The BRICS Summit in the Russian city of Kazan signals that the world is “tired”of the dictates of the US-led collective West, RT Editor-in-Chief Margarita Simonyan has said. The gathering also exposes the West’s failed attempts to isolate Russia, she added.
DXY is turning into a wrecking ball: AUD blood in the streets: North Asia has got nuthin’: Gold is wildly overshot: Commods fighting the power: Miners not: Xi rally in trouble: Junk warning worked a treat: Jackknife! Stocks finally woke up: The DXY wrecking ball has multiple drivers. BofA: USD has risen significantly in October,
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Earlier this year, Vanguard Australia warned that the housing crisis threatens the nation’s retirement system. Vanguard projected that an increasing proportion of Australians would rent in retirement, while 30% would still be paying down their mortgages. “Australians have this view that they will own a home and be debt-free when they get to those retirement years”,
A horrible illness has been widely neglected, thanks in part to the influence of a cruel and bizarre cult.
By George Monbiot, published in the Guardian 18th October 2024
How could this happen in the 21st century? The question could apply to many issues, but this one sends you reeling. A brilliant and lively young woman with a common illness was repeatedly disbelieved, dismissed and given inappropriate treatment, until she starved to death. It is a terrible result of the most remarkable situation I’ve ever encountered in either medicine or journalism.
It seemed that everyone on one side of politics has been clamouring to hear from Jordan Peterson, the reactionary Canadian psychologist best known for apocalyptic ramblings about the death of Western civilisation and life advice for teenage boys who just can’t seem to get a girl. But alas, the big guy was a no-show at his own conference in Sydney on Tuesday.
Remember those two pieces of US intelligence that appeared on the Middle East Spectator and set off alarm bells in Washington about a security breach? Yeah, forget about that. Move along. Nothing to see here. I checked the websites of the NY Times, the Washington Post and Politico this evening and was surprised to see the story has disappeared. No longer worthy of coverage, I guess.
Earlier this week, property industry analysts Charter Keck Cramer poured cold water on the notion that rezoning Australian suburbs for high density will lead to more affordable housing. Charter Keck Cramer said that with the explosion in construction costs since the pandemic, apartment prices would need to rise by 15% to make it financially viable
Via Peter Hartcher in the Nine papers, I learned the other day that Albanese snubbed President Prabowo of Indonesia to meet King Charles.
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has urged Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to revive ceasefire talks to end the war in Gaza and pressed for more aid to be allowed to enter the Palestinian territory.
“At the end of the day, Ukraine will be a member of NATO” — Finnish President Alexander Stubb calls for strong NATO deterrence and backs Ukraine's path to membership in an exclusive interview conducted by DW political correspondent Hans Brandt.
'We will do our part to fend off any Russian aggression'
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NATO’s Response to Aggression? Glorious Ambiguity
Asian stock markets are still putting in very mixed sessions, which is not surprising given the continuining poor lead from Wall Street overnight and also the lack of economic catalysts for risk markets to go on. Futures are indicating a flat or lower start for European stocks which are likely to be muted again although
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I removed the old towel I’d folded and laid out on my desk for the cat/s to sleep on while I’m in the office. It needed to go in the laundry.
This, of course, was the worst thing any human had ever done since we were domesticated many thousands of years ago.
I was glared at continually for twenty minutes.