ending the ukraine war is not about dealmaking......
All of Kellogg’s underlying assumptions lacked any basis in reality. Yet Trump seemingly took them on trust.
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welcome to peter's country.....
GREAT CARTOON FROM CATHY WILCOX — SMH 29/04/2025.....
Hairdresser Renee Johnson hears a lot in her Muswellbrook hair and beauty salon.
australia-china relations under international pressure and domestic scrutiny....
In the lead-up to the Australia election, new research examines the ALP and Coalition messaging and policy on the People’s Republic of China.
old useless rusting retirees to the tanking cemetery...
A fleet of retired tanks the Albanese government pledged to Ukraine last year remains stuck in Australia, with defence figures in part blaming resistance from the United States for their delayed transfer.
a special CDU party conference to approve the coalition contract with the SPD center-left....
Chancellor-in-waiting Friedrich Merz and his CDU won Germany's election, yet his personal popularity is low — and getting lower. Most Germans don't trust him, not least because of his approach to the far-right AfD.
sanctions on russia are illegal......
As the Kremlin massed troops on Ukraine’s border in early 2022, and the threat of sanctions grew, wealthy Russians began flying crates of cash home — with help from Raiffeisen Bank International, Brink’s and Bank of America.
crimea is russian and that's that, boris.....
Boris Johnson rages at Donald Trump's 'capitulation' to Russia - 'Putin will attack again'
Boris Johnson says it is time to take the boot off the neck of the Ukrainians and put the squeeze on Vladimir Putin.
figuratively rolling up his sleeves........
We still cannot feel confident in predicting the outcome of this 2025 election. But what we can confidently say is that it has been a quite remarkable campaign, shaped by external events in unpredictable ways.