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Melissa Jardine 4 hours ago A looming police shortage in the Pacific: Drug use can cripple a male workforce The labour and public health consequences from expanding drugs surge in the region must be acted upon.
Mikaela Lui 16 hours ago Foreign policy challenges loom in Germany’s election Immigration is the major battleground but with a war in Europe and political challenges across the Atlantic, the February poll has sharp consequences.
Miah Hammond-Errey 18 hours ago Meta power move is about more than fact checking We can expect more pushback from US tech companies towards national governments – but will this also come with official US government support?
Richard Javad Heydarian 1 day ago Can Malaysia drive ASEAN like the pony express? Or does the regional grouping remain stuck in the stable?
Selwyn Parker 1 day ago Trump goes deep into the Panama Canal But Panama, which is very proud of its operations, already has plans that would be in America’s interests.
Donald R Rothwell 1 day ago The legal options for Trump to acquire Greenland A Compact of Free Association akin to arrangements in the Pacific could be one answer, if Greenlanders agree.
Grant Wyeth 2 days ago The practical obstacles to Canada as the 51st state Be serious for a moment – even if Donald Trump often doesn’t seem to be – and think through what stands in the way of an enlarged union.
Meg Tapia 2 days ago Meta’s decision to ditch fact-checking gives state-sponsored influence operations more chance The social media giant’s move to user-based content moderation is a perilous step that risks enabling state-backed disinformation attacks.
Sheridan Ward 2 days ago The case to keep guns out of police hands in Solomon Islands In a country where trust in the police is already fragile, bringing in more weapons won’t help.