Child poverty was a hot topic in the last three elections. But it’s slipped off the agenda, even though it’s got worse. What’s going on?

“We’ll make sure that people are able to watch it,” Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said Thursday about the firing squad execution of convicted Fort Hood shooter Nidal Malik Hasan.

A survey suggests streaming subscription numbers are down, and film critic Dan Slevin reckons “we’re starting to realise the rot of it”.

Lithuania and Canada were also pressured to withdraw, and days before #Disinfo2026, logos were wiped off website The Trump administration pressured multiple countries to withdraw their sponsorship of a leading European conference on disinformation, with Canada, Lithuania and the EU’s diplomatic service subsequently agreeing to do so, the Guardian understands. The conference, #Disinfo2026, taking place Wednesday and Thursday, is the annual meetup of Europe’s counter-disinformation community and has drawn hundreds of researchers, journalists, technologists and policymakers to a hotel in Vilnius, Lithuania. It is run by an independent Brussels non-profit, EU Disinfo Lab. Continue reading...

In 2022, an overwhelming majority of MPs in the New Zealand Government voted to prohibit conversion practices - that is, practices that aim to change or suppress someone’s sexual orientation, gender i...

The Prefu’s defective, Opp’s got bottom lines and Luxon’s got “balls”, but Chloe doesn’t know finance?

On the day Springfield held a funeral for Pierre Damas Bel, the president held a rally 25 miles away. We went to both.