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Poll shows Republican candidate with biggest edge over Biden

Nikki Haley has opened up a far bigger lead than Donald Trump holds in a hypothetical 2024 matchup with the incumbent US president

The Queensland Labor Premier Anastacia Palaszczuk has announced her retirement after 9 years as premier

An armada of aging oil tankers is helping to keep Russian oil flowing. Hundreds of vessels are part of a “shadow fleet” that’s allowed the Kremlin to dodge Western sanctions over its war on Ukraine. Bloomberg set out to uncover the traders, intermediaries and investors that make up this network, and how they’re getting rich in the process.

The Shadow Fleet Fueling Russia’s War | Bloomberg Investigates

The Reserve Bank of Australia’s (RBA) 0.25% increase in the official cash rate (OCR) last month had an immediate damping effect on housing values, particularly in Melbourne and Sydney. CoreLogic’s daily dwelling values index has recorded a sharp slowing in value growth at the 5-city aggregate level following the latest rate hike, driven by Melbourne

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Back in early 1992, I travelled to what remained of the USSR (or CIS, or whatever it was called at the time), on an exchange program between governments: a Russian colleague had come to Australia to work with us in 1990. 1992 was after the USSR fell apart and Boris Yeltsin had become president, the first popularly elected leader in Russia’s entire history1.

Cunning, subtle, understated. Israeli policy in the Pacific has seen United Nations votes cast in its favour, the foreign policies of certain countries adjusted, and favours switched. While China may be considered the big, threatening beast competing alongside that large, clumsy figure called the United States, the small state of Israel is directing its expertise,…

The post Accidents of Eccentricity: Israel’s Pacific Hold appeared first on The AIM Network.

CSIRO News Release A new scientific cooperation agreement for the Pacific will boost climate change risk and adaptation management, environmental protection and sustainable development for current and future generations across the region.  The five-year Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed at COP28 in Dubai by the Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Program (SPREP) and…

By Denis Hay   In today’s world, there is a growing concern about the destructive impact of neoliberalism, an ideology that prioritizes individualism and free markets over social responsibility and collective well-being. The effects of this ideology can be seen in the widening gap between the rich and poor, the erosion of democratic values, and the…

The post Choosing Justice, Peace, and Decency over Anti-Social Neoliberalism appeared first on The AIM Network.

Indeed, we only change once it gets too uncomfortable to stay the same.  A philosopher once said:  “The secret of change is to focus all your energy on not fighting the old, but on building the future.”  I have written some pieces on change for The AIMN this year. More particularly, societal change. Now, my…

The post As I get older, change becomes both a nightmare and a necessity appeared first on The AIM Network.

International Reads: 99% of Americans will be financially worse-off than they were pre-pandemic by mid-2024, JPMorgan says – Business Insider Sen. Robert Menendez, facing bribery charges, stumps bank CEOs by asking how much their firms paid in settlements for allegedly ripping off consumers – Fortune Greedflation: corporate profiteering ‘significantly’ boosted global prices, study shows –

https://www.theinteldrop.org/2023/12/07/scott-ritter-russia-gives-israel-a-final-warning-stop-the-attack-now/

Scott Ritter: Russia Gives Israel A FINAL WARNING – Stop The Attack Now!!

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Having filed Sideboob early, I’ve spent most of the day going back through the Dave Hooper novels to prep for a Dave and Threshy Christmas special. Man, those things were… different. I can sort of see at this remove why Pan Mac freaked the fuck out. They are a long way from the Axis of Time books and even further from Felafel.