I resigned from the intelligence services over the fraudulent case for the invasion of Iraq in 2003. And I see some alarming parallels with this case * Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast Despite the blatant obfuscation by the Australian government and the opposition, the US-Israel war on Iran is illegal. To have legal grounds for the use of force, a country must be acting in self-defence in response to an attack or imminent attack, or be acting with the express approval of the UN security council. Andrew Wilkie is the independent member for Clark Continue reading...

As a historian, I’ve studied the major consumer boycotts of history. We can take down ChatGPT and send a powerful signal to Silicon Valley, says author and historian Rutger Bregman

YouTube video by 60 Minutes

Creators say they’re offering Africans a ‘hopeful, utopian feeling’ of retrieving objects looted by colonial armies

Epstein was a convicted sex offender with a reputation for throwing parties with underage girls. That was precisely his appeal to some of the country’s richest and most powerful people.

Alt: GIF from THE BOONDOCKS (2005-2014) showing Huey Freeman standing on a hill overlooking the suburb in which he lives, then turning to camera to face the viewer square on. Excerpt in main post from the PEN Arthur Miller Freedom to Write Lecture, delivered at the Apollo Theater, New York, 12 May 2019. First published in the Guardian, 13 May 2019. This lecture was lightly edited to avoid repetition when republished as "The Language of Literature" in AZADI: FREEDOM. FASCISM. FICTION. by Arundhati Roy (2020).

As AI generated content becomes increasingly realistic, we think laws should be put in place to prevent misuse. All such media should carry a permanent watermark or disclosure, alongside a blanket ban...

Admitting the variety, embracing the fractures, this was the lesson of all of Wicomb’s writing.

When things are grim, the promises made by the wellness industry sound very appealing. I worry about how vulnerable this has made me Ordinarily, I’m a sensible person – at least part-time. A journalist, an asker of questions, a checker of sources. Historically, a big fan of research. But three years into a debilitating chronic illness, I am willing to try anything to get well. Even things that would have once made me roll my eyes. Chromotherapy, sound baths, mushroom extract. Reiki, leg compression boots, strategic humming. Continue reading...

A weekend off has given the eight remaining teams time to work on their strengths and weaknesses – and us an opportunity to assess their chances The AFL finals race went down to the wire with early pacesetters limping to the line and other sides flying home, before Gold Coast booked the last spot for this year and their first in club history with a win in the game that finished the home-and-away season. An evenly-matched finals series is now on the cards; only three wins separate minor premiers Adelaide from Hawthorn in eighth place – just the second time the gap has been so narrow since the top eight was introduced 31 years ago. Ahead of finals sign up for our free weekly AFL newsletter Continue reading...

DA’s Michael Bagraim debates Just Share’s Kwanele Ngogela