As Israel closes the chapter on 2025 and looks toward 2026, few voices sit at the intersection of capital, philanthropy and national responsibility as clearly as Shira Ruderman. A senior figure in Israel’s investment and fund-management…
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Containing the Threat of Containerized Missiles
In any war over Taiwan, American commanders will face a problem that barely existed a decade ago: China can hide lethal military systems inside standard commercial shipping containers. These “containerized” missile…
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AUDIO: Restrictions on protest laws extended – Australian Broadcasting Corporation
- AUDIO: Restrictions on protest laws extended Australian Broadcasting Corporation
- Australia news live: NSW police commissioner says extension on protest restrictions in Sydney ‘not about stopping free speech’ The Guardian
- Sydney protest ban…
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Emergency session on Israel’s recognition of Somaliland – Amani Africa
Today (6 January), the African Union (AU) Peace and Security Council will hold a ministerial session on Israel’s recognition of Somaliland as an independent state. The session, not initially envisaged in the Provisional Program of Work of the…
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It became known about the shooting near the presidential palace in Venezuela – Ореанда-Новости
- It became known about the shooting near the presidential palace in Venezuela Ореанда-Новости
- «Я невиновен. Я — порядочный человек». Репортаж Би-би-си из зала суда над…
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Some NSW farmers say 10 guns are not enough ahead of planned restrictions
Calls for broader exemptions to new gun laws for farmers and sporting shooters in New South Wales are growing.
Once the new regulations are finalised, licensed individuals will be limited to a maximum of four firearms, with exemptions for primary…
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Venezuela detains 14 journalists covering Maduro events
More than a dozen media workers were detained on Monday while covering events in the Venezuelan capital Caracas, including a march in support of captured President Nicolas Maduro and the swearing-in of the country’s new legislature, the South…
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NSW Police commissioner extends restrictions on Sydney protests for another fortnight
The NSW police commissioner will extend temporary protest restrictions across three Sydney metropolitan policing areas for another two weeks.
The restrictions have been in place since December 24 when Commissioner Mal Lanyon activated them just…
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Anthony Albanese doesn’t rule out calling royal commission into Bondi terrorist attack
Anthony Albanese has not ruled out calling a federal royal commission into the Bondi terror attack amid mounting pressure for a Commonwealth-level inquiry.
The prime minister was touring flood-ravaged north Queensland on Tuesday when he was asked…
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Facing protests and new threats from Trump, is the Iranian regime on its last legs?
This opinion piece by Emeritus Professor Amin Saikal, from The University of Western Australia’s School of Social Sciences, was originally published in The Conversation on 6 January 2026.
Iran’s Islamic regime is once again faced with…
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