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Ukraine was not invited to a key meeting between American and Russian officials in Saudi Arabia last week to decide what peace in the country might look like. Such high-handed power politics rarely ends well for those affected, as these seven historical examples show.

J.D. Vance’s speech to last week’s Munich Security Conference was a masterpiece of MAGA rhetoric. His theme was that “there is a new sheriff in town” who doesn’t give a damn what you stuffed shirts think.

The legacy media impose their worldview by ignoring stories that do not fit the narrative they wish viewers to adopt. From investigations that never occur to scandals never exposed, here are the 10 most underreported stories of 2024. 

The former president famously declared he would end the war in Ukraine in 24 hours. Can he do it? And what will his strategy be?

Putin's censorship of a theologically sound sermon as a national security threat exemplifies how easy it will be for governments to abuse misinformation and disinformation legislation.

Those who seek to weaken Western support for Ukraine and continue to urge Israel to back off (the Penny Wong proposal) are ignoring the high stakes involved and fail to understand the aims and threats of these ideologically driven states.

Children have become a commodity, and so have women and their wombs. Surrogacy is marketed as the fulfilment of a dream. But often, it ends up a terrible nightmare, especially considering the health risks to both the surrogate mother and the child.

Ukraine’s asymmetric warfare has kept the Kremlin under pressure, but for how much longer will Kyiv have to defend itself with one arm tied behind its back?

Over 22 million people across the world tuned in on Monday night to listen to a lengthy discussion between former President Donald Trump and tech magnate Elon Musk. Hosted on X, the two-hour-long conversation covered a broad range of topics.

Britain’s General Sir Roly Walker has warned that his country and NATO have three years to prepare for war against an “axis of upheaval” as Russia, China, North Korea, and Iran work together. This does not mean that a major war in Europe, the Middle East or East Asia is inevitable.

There is a tremendous sense of joy, hope and unity. Indeed, the Republicans are fully united behind Trump. As in Australia, in America, the conservative parties are becoming the parties of the worker, of the blue-collar class, while leftist parties tend to serve only the elites.

Erstwhile Prime Minister Scott Morrison expressed his gratitude and shared some lessons from his time of public service, ending with a proclamation of his faith in God.

We’ve got three giant authoritarian powers dedicated to the defeat of the United States and the defeat of the West: Russia, Iran and China. Three very different systems – they are allied together, and they are striking the West.

The world is at this moment grappling with a succession of challenges that, if not properly addressed, will cause everything we know to spiral hopelessly out of control.

Any effective alleviation of food scarcity must be addressed at the national scale, which is still the only real seat of authority.

British comedian Russell Brand has been accused of sexual assault a decade after the fact. Has his past caught up with him or is something else at play? The excesses of the #MeToo movement — perhaps most evident in last year’s infamous Johnny Depp trial — seemed [...]

Social media sites like Facebook and Twitter are infested by government-backed troll farms, in particular Russian and Chinese operations.

When the current government calls Hungary a ‘Christian nation’, it’s not referring to a theocracy, but Christian in the sense of informing Hungary’s laws, customs and traditions.

Former prime minister Paul Keating has launched another extraordinary spray at the Australian government’s foreign policies. In an apparently unsolicited written statement, Mr Keating lambasted the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) and its Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg, while supporting Emmanuel Macron’s opposition to the organisation expanding [...]

One of the most striking developments of the past 18 months has been the re-emergence of NATO, the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation, as a major force in European affairs and its role as the principal supplier of military hardware to Ukraine in defending itself against [...]