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Donald Trump: Making sexism great again with Brigitte Macron

Trump's sleazy appraisal of Brigitte Macron's "good shape" is a vile insult to women everywhere ...  
Has the Trump Show jumped the shark?

It's been quite a week for the leader of the Free World and the Twitter champion of free speech. ...  
Thanks, Chris Uhlmann, but the world has had quite enough U.S. 'leadership'

Despite an ABC reporter's viral video, most of the world is heartily sick and tired of the US-led ...  
Patriotism, witch hunts and Donald Trump Jr

With President Trump's son now deeply embroiled in the Russian interference scandal, momentum ...  
Our incomplete freedom: Why Palestine is still the issue

Until Palestinians have their freedom and homeland there will be no peace in the Middle East — ...  
Let’s take Donald Trump’s tweeting seriously

Opinion is divided on whether or not we should ignore Donald Trump’s tweeting but his tweets are ...  
Slavery, child prostitution and sex tourism hit epidemic proportions

It is estimated that around the world, there are up to 45.8 million people who are currently being ...  
Will the UN ‘leave no one behind’ and improve LGBTI health and well-being?

A new report illustrates how the UN Sustainable Development Goals can ensure healthy lives and ...  
Tensions in Hamburg: The G20 fractures

The G20 summit did little to heal fractured international relations, merely signalling more ...  
What Australia – and the world – might learn from France’s new president

President Emmanuel Macron intends to transform France. Then Europe. Then the world.  
Behind dramatic G20 clashes a deep demand for a better world

Hordes of protesters have descended on Hamburg, challenging both the policies of Trumpist natio ...  
War crimes: Did the U.S. use white phosphorus without informing its allies?

Why is the U.S. using a a toxic and lethal weapon apparently without informing its war partner ...  
The demise of the US petrodollar and the new multipolar world

Australia needs to decide whether to cling to the dangerous skirts of a dying empire or grasp the ...  
Fresh evidence on alleged Syrian gas attacks concealed from Australian public

An exposé by acclaimed journalist Seymour Hersh throws into more doubt U.S. claims Assad gassed ...  
Was Australia part of a strike on ISIL in a Mosul civilian neighbourhood?

Marise Payne's claim that Australian bombs did not kill civilians in a March Mosul air strike ...  
If Michelle Carter is responsible for inciting suicide, who else is?

How will Michelle Carter's guilty verdict affect fictional accounts of criminal acts and the duty ...  
ISIS in the Philippines and Australia's surrender of South East Asia

Australia’s interests are strongest in our region, so why do we prioritise the Middle East ...  
One law for the poor at Grenfell Tower

In austerity Britain, can justice and accountability be served for the victims of the Grenfell ...  

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