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With his fiery brand of oratory, the philosopher and activist speaks about the decaying soul of the United States under a Trump presidency. The Australian Liberal senator Eric Abetz rejects West's

Crossbencher condemned for calling for plebiscite on Muslim immigration in his maiden Senate speech. All the day’s events, live 11.22am BST Just in case I have to fact-check Fraser Anning’s speech for

Unusual initiative aims to galvanise citizens of Pacific nations, which have highest obesity rates in the world The prime minister of Tonga has urged fellow leaders of Pacific nations to join the

Swedish foreign minister welcomes medical help for publisher who may have neurological conditionChina has allowed a Swedish doctor to examine publisher Gui Minhai, a Chinese-born Swede who vanished

David Glosser says despite family ties, he cannot justify keeping silent about ‘virtual kidnapping of thousands of children’Donald Trump’s senior adviser Stephen Miller has been publicly savaged by

Vienna ends Australian city’s winning streak due to downgraded threat of militant attacks and low crime rate Melbourne has been dislodged by Vienna for the first time at the top of the Economist

Those working irregular hours forced to take second or even third jobs after work week cut from 68 to 52 hoursKim Jeong-cheol wakes up every morning at 6am to deliver packages to Seoul’s wealthier

Eric Abetz says Australian attempts to reduce emissions won’t make ‘one scintilla of difference’ to climate changeThe philosopher and activist Cornel West has labelled the US president, Donald Trump,

US interior secretary Ryan Zinke blames environmentalists for the devastation in California and calls for an increase in loggingThe US interior secretary, Ryan Zinke, has blamed environmentalists for

Tony Abbott, Craig Kelly and Ken O’Dowd unhappy as committee votes for scheme to be considered at meetingJosh Frydenberg has secured the backing of a majority of the voting members of the government’s

Former police officer Joseph DeAngelo charged with murder of teacher who was protecting his child, authorities sayProsecutors added another murder charge on Monday against a California serial killing

Michael Drejka charged with manslaughter Police initially declined to arrest him due to self-defense ruleA Florida man has been charged with manslaughter for a July shooting during an argument over a

Three people have been hospitalised, with 38 more treated for minor injuriesMore than 40 people have been hurt after a coach overturned on the M25 near Swanley in Kent.Minor injuries were sustained by

Muslim Council of Britain tells PM to act after Boris Johnson’s ‘dehumanising’ commentsThe Muslim Council of Britain has urged Theresa May to launch an independent inquiry into Islamophobia in the

Peso and rand become knock-on casualties of Turkey’s currency slide after lira falls 8% against the dollarA fresh plunge in the Turkish lira sent tremors through global currency markets on Monday,

Refusing standard monetary medicine means following Argentina is logical conclusionThere is not an easy way for Turkey to escape its financial crisis but three measures that might contain the coming

Some services on Android and iPhone automatically stores your movements even after you pause the ‘location history’ settingGoogle wants to know where you go so badly that it records your movements

Federal Labor silent about prosecution of spy and lawyer Bernard Collaery over role in exposing bugging operationNew South Wales Labor will move a motion to condemn the “entirely inappropriate”

The latest poll has Labor ahead 52% to 48% on the two-party preferred measureLabor has crept further ahead of the Turnbull government, and Bill Shorten’s approval ratings have improved in the wake of

US president believed he had secured deal with Turkish president to secure release of pastor, sources sayThe currency plunge imperilling Turkey’s economy has been fuelled by a standoff between Donald