Australia, once celebrated for its economic resilience, is grappling with a cost-of-living crisis that has left millions teetering on the edge of financial ruin. Finder's June 2025 survey reveals a stark reality: 43% of Australians, 9.2 million people, have less than $1,000 in savings, with an average balance of just $215 for this group, barely eno...
Coal continues to power the economic engines of developing nations, particularly China and India, which together account for nearly 80% of global coal consumption. In 2024, global coal use hit a record 8.77 billion metric tons, with China consuming 4.6 billion tons (55% of the global total) and India 1.3 billion tons, projected to exceed 1.4 billio...
The speculation surrounding Aaron Pierre as a potential James Bond, as reported by GB News and fuelled by industry insider Daniel Richtman, has sparked intense debate about the future of the 007 franchise. While Pierre's talent, evident in his acclaimed performances in The Underground Railroad, Rebel Ridge, and Mufasa: The Lion King, is undeniable,...
The recent tightening of Victoria's anti-vilification laws, heralded by supporters as a progressive shield for marginalised groups like LGBTQIA+, people with disabilities, and those targeted for their sex, sexual orientation, or gender identity, is a deeply flawed approach that risks becoming a woke political weapon rather than a genuine solution t...
The claim that conservatives are happier than Leftists, as highlighted in the Breitbart article citing Nate Silver's analysis of a 60,000-person survey, has been a recurring theme in social science research. The survey shows conservatives consistently report better mental health (51% rating it "excellent" vs. 20% of liberals) and higher happiness a...
The article from Jihad Watch, citing an Associated Press report by Sylvia Hui dated June 16, 2025, discusses a UK government review led by Baroness Louise Casey into group-based child sexual exploitation, commonly referred to as "grooming gangs." The review highlights systemic failures in recording the ethnicity of perpetrators, with data missing f...
A groundbreaking MIT study, Your Brain on ChatGPT: Accumulation of Cognitive Debt when Using an AI Assistant for Essay Writing Task, has sounded a deafening alarm: reliance on Large Language Models (LLMs) like Chat GPT is not just a shortcut, it's a one-way ticket to cognitive decay. Through EEG brain scans and rigorous analysis, the study exposed ...
A recent Live Science article, citing a study published in Nature on June 4, claims that women "likely ruled" in a matriarchal society in eastern China around 4,500 years ago, based on DNA analysis of skeletons from the Fujia archaeological site. The study's findings, centred on burial patterns and genetic evidence, suggest a matrilineal social str...
The catastrophic blackout that struck Spain and Portugal on April 28, 2025, affecting over 60 million people, has sparked intense debate about the reliability of renewable energy, particularly solar power, in the context of aggressive Net Zero policies. An official Spanish government investigation, as reported by The Daily Sceptic and The Telegraph...
Recent reports in the UK media, notably from The Telegraph and The Daily Sceptic, have raised alarms about the potential weaponisation of solar geoengineering technologies, specifically solar radiation modification (SRM). These concerns suggest that "hostile nations such as Russia" or other third-party actors could misuse these technologies to orch...
Russia's subsequent warning following the US bombing of Iran's nuclear sites, that the world is "millimetres" from a nuclear catastrophe, voiced by Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova and Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov, underscores the heightened global tensions. While Iranian officials claim enriched uranium was moved beforehand,...
Historical interventions in the Middle East, such as the 2003 Iraq invasion and the 2011 Syrian conflict, triggered massive refugee flows, with the 2015 Syrian crisis sending over 1 million migrants to Europe. A collapse of Iran's government could spark similar mass migration, straining Western countries and intensifying social tensions, including ...
The U.S. airstrikes on Iran's nuclear facilities at Fordo, Natanz, and Isfahan, have escalated tensions, raising the hypothetical scenario of Iran's regime collapsing and a U.S.-aligned government taking control. Iran is a significant oil supplier to China, reportedly accounting for a substantial portion of its crude imports. I will look at the imp...
As James Dwyer argues in The Conversation, the US strikes on the Iranian nuclear sites may have backfired, pushing Iran to conclude that acquiring nuclear weapons at any cost is now essential for regime survival. Drawing lessons from North Korea's defiance, Ukraine's disarmament, and the fates of Iraq and Libya, Iran may see nuclear armament as its...
Iranian officials, including a key adviser to Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei and IRGC commander Esmail Kosari, have raised the prospect of closing the Strait of Hormuz, a critical maritime chokepoint through which roughly 20–30% of global oil and 20% of liquefied natural gas (LNG) transit. At the time of writing the Iranian Parliament has approved a m...
President Donald Trump claiming that the bombings of Iran's nuclear sites "completely and totally obliterated" the sites. However, reports suggesting Iran may have evacuated critical nuclear assets beforehand, combined with heightened rhetoric from Iranian leaders, have fuelled speculation about potential retaliation. Among the concerns raise...
President Donald Trump has claimed the strikes on Iran's nuclear sites had "completely and totally obliterated" Iran's nuclear enrichment capabilities, aiming to halt what he described as a nuclear threat from the "world's number one state sponsor of terror." However, reports from Iranian officials and some security experts suggest a provocative sc...
While the U.S. claimed "spectacular military success," for its bombing of Iranian nuclear sites, former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, in a scathing post on X, argued that the strikes failed to destroy critical nuclear infrastructure and may have unintended consequences, including the possibility that "a number of countries" are ready to supply...
The "Make America Great Again" (MAGA) movement, synonymous with Donald Trump's political base, has long been perceived as a monolithic force driven by nationalism, populism, and loyalty to its leader. However, recent internal conflicts reveal a movement splintered into competing "tribes" with irreconcilable visions for America's future. These triba...
US Dr Paul Thomas undertook a study of 3, 324 children, comparing vaccinated versus unvaccinated children. He found the following results indicating much better health of the unvaccinated group: Fever – 9.1× higher in vaccinated Ear Pain – 3.4× higher Otitis Media (Ear Infections) – 2.9× higher Conjunctivitis – 2.4× higher Eye Disorders (Other) – 1...
