View from The Hill: an over‑committed Albanese is scrambling to keep his eyes on the main game

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese is delaying by a day his departure to the international climate conference (COP31) in Turkey ...

10 years after Leonard Cohen’s passing, his grappling with the divine lives on

There’s material in Cohen’s contemporary psalms for every human experience, including lament, complaint, joy, doubt, ...

Pope Leo’s trip is a homecoming to Peru – where debate over liberation theology roiled the church during his early years as a priest

Pope Leo’s November 2026 trip to Latin America will bring him back to Peru, where he served as a priest and bishop for two ...

Pauline Hanson’s High Court appeal will put freedom of speech to the test

The One Nation leader’s case is among a slew of cases the High Court will deal with in coming months on freedom of political ...

US voters lashed out at data centres. What does that mean for Australia’s AI ambitions?

One surprisingly important factor was a rising backlash to the ongoing boom in data centre development triggered by the rise ...

Georgia Gov.‑elect Keisha Lance Bottoms stands on the shoulders of Stacey Abrams, Charlotta Bass and countless other Black women who dreamed

For generations, Black women have been asked to save a democracy that would not save them, carrying entire movements on their ...

Flesh‑eating screwworm is spreading in the US, threatening livestock and wildlife – hunters can be the first line of defense

Over 100 screwworm cases have appeared in US animals in 2026, including in elk. How America’s 11.5 million hunters can help ...

What C.S. Lewis said about Narnia’s most famous character: the Jesus‑like lion Aslan

Some Narnia fans are up in arms about Netflix’s upcoming adaptation of ‘The Magician’s Nephew,’ directed by Greta Gerwig.

Young people turned out in near‑record numbers for the 2026 midterms, with the economy top of their minds

Overall, 27% of young people – meaning people ages 18 to 29 – went to the polls during the midterms, our Nov. 5 analysis ...

Interest rates are making UK homes less affordable, even as wage rises increase faster than house prices

There has been some improvement since then. In 2025, the median home in England cost £300,000, equivalent to 7.6 times ...

The hidden ways insects support animal life – from habitat to health – go way beyond being food

As insect biodiversity declines, people and all the other species on Earth stand to lose the beneficial ‘ecosystem services’ ...