Like sand through the hourglass, this was another day in our lives. Well, seven. Tony Abbott got zinged, a Trump flunkie got sent to the slammer and a billionaire was murdered by schadenfreude. Standard.
While you were asleep: Australian Navy clashes with China, Oppressive regime relaxes code, Uber driver does well
Friday. Good lord. Overnight, our Navy clashed with the Chinese (sort of), one harsh regime relaxed slightly and one Uber driver put the rest to shame.
Current Affairs Wrap: NZ’s youth movement, Euthanasia bill shows signs of life, Man takes on the law for the likes
Happy Sunday! This week NZ made us look old, a very important bill cleared the first hurdle and one citizen took on the man…with bants!
Current Affairs Wrap: The election that wouldn’t die, the end of piracy and the prank gone wrong
Enough, already! This week saw the reemergence of blame in the results in the US election, the return of a 1990’s approach to stop piracy and the promotion of idiots on YouTube.
While you were asleep: Sydney rode storm, Trump baited China, Uber got clingy
Morning, fellow students. What happened while you were asleep? Well, it rained, Trump complained and Uber will refrain…from leaving you alone. Think I pulled that off. No?
Current Affairs Wrap: Trump v Cuba, Greens v Pauline, arrest over French fries
Oh, the week that was. Everything old is new again. Pauline Hanson, the Cold War and someone hitting the law where they don’t like it – in the stomach.
Chinese whispers with Trump’s Asian foreign policy
With witting or unwitting misinterpretation comes great danger, especially about the potential foreign policy of Donald J Trump.
Foreign policy: Predicting the path of the US war machine
The US foreign policy stereotype of “Democrats: good, Republicans: bad” is dead; so who’d be the most destabilising? And no, it’s not who you think – Nicholas Harrington