7+ hour, 27+ min ago   (115+ words) Philippine Navy Capt. Edwin Carpio, deputy command for fleet operations, delivers remarks to members of Armed Forces of the Philippines, Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force, and U.S. Navy during Multilateral Maritime Cooperative Activity (MMCA) Pre-Sail Conference at the Port of Manila, July…...

1+ hour, 50+ min ago   (190+ words) Lord John Horam died at St Mary’s Hospital in Paddington Former minister Lord John Horam has died aged 87, his family has said. The peer died at St Mary’s Hospital in Paddington after falling on the way home from a day…...

4+ hour, 32+ min ago   (61+ words) Big tech’s secret playbook to kill Australia’s social media ban The Cairns Post Big tech's secret playbook to kill Australia's social media ban Meta, TikTok and Snap are deliberately flouting Australia's under-16s social media ban – hoping eSafety fines them so…...

1+ hour, 37+ min ago   (971+ words) Christie Hayes is no stranger to adversity; the straight-shooting former soap star turned Tassie-based radio host knows better than most what it means to be up against a wall with seemingly no way out. The young mother spends most of…...

1+ hour, 31+ min ago   (576+ words) France has become the first European country to impose a statutory ban on children’s access to social media. On July 21, the French parliament adopted a new law that prohibits children under the age of 15 from accessing social media, even with…...

1+ day, 39+ min ago   (1737+ words) Serious students of English will be wondering how this term “oxymoron” (which deliberately pairs two contradictory or opposing words side by side), could apply to a serious organisation like Dialogue Fiji that has such a large presence in Fiji funded…...

7+ hour, 9+ min ago   (293+ words) Hancock Prospecting has released a scathing statement criticising ABC TV’s Race Around the World after the program aired a distasteful comment about billionaire Gina Rinehart. The controversial comment, which was featured during the program, has caused offence, with Hancock Prospecting…...

3+ hour, 7+ min ago   (780+ words) Implicitly at least, a landmark new book, The Twilight of Exceptionalism: The Liberal and Conservative Era, might equally have been titled, "After the Party's Over". But to which party would that title refer? Would it be Australia as a whole,…...

6+ hour, 8+ min ago   (837+ words) Sridhar Vembu wants to lock the digital door and throw away the key. The Zoho billionaire recently stepped up to declare that social media should be banned for young children, echoing a chorus of panic-driven executives who think digital prohibition…...

2+ hour, 57+ min ago   (563+ words) Opposition Leader Inia Seruiratu has accused the Coalition Government of failing to deliver on its promises of prudent fiscal management, arguing that higher taxes, rising public debt and increasing living costs have left many Fijian families worse off after nearly…...