Category: International

Stress Ages You but Can Be Reversed: Study

While stress such as surgery, pregnancy, COVID-19, and the vaccines themselves can significantly age a person biologically, the body is able to naturally reverse this effect and increase longevity, a new study from Harvard University has found. While chronological age is defined by the number of years you have been alive, biological age represents how…


Drug Reforms? More Like Drug Deforms

Commentary Talk about “drug reform” should always start with the recognition that non-medically prescribed drugs deform. Drug use unrelated to medical conditions nearly always deforms and harms health. Surely the Queensland government is aware of that truth. So why does it want to make life easier for the drug pedlars and their hapless clients? All…


Brazilian Authorities Response to Jan. 8 Riots Still Raise Questions

Commentary After more than three months, questions continue to emerge over the “assault” on government buildings in Brazil’s capital city on Jan. 8. Army general Gonçalves Dias is the head of Brazil’s Institutional Security Bureau (GSI), which advises the president on defence and security matters and handles presidential security. However, Dias resigned after a CNN…


Australian Government Considers Extending Gas Price Controls Until 2025

The Australian government is considering extending the current gas price cap—that restricts wholesale prices—to 2025. On April 26, the Labor government announced the final round of consultation on a code of conduct for the sector, which aims to lower gas prices for local consumers. In December 2022, the federal government enacted a temporary price cap…


Defacing of Historical Statue During Australia’s Remembrance Day ‘Very Disappointing,’ Says Mayor

A statue of a historical figure in Sydney’s northwest was defaced while Australians gathered to commemorate ANZAC Day The words, “Here stands a mass murderer who ordered genocide,” was spray painted onto the statue of Lachlan Macquarie, the fifth governor of New South Wales, at McQuade Park in Windsor. Macquarie’s statue was doused in red…


Inflation Falls From to 7 Percent Ahead of Cash Rate Call

Australia’s inflation has most likely topped out and starting to moderate, but it’s unclear if the fall will be enough to convince the Reserve Bank to keep rates on hold next week. Inflation lifted seven percent annually in the March quarter, but consumer prices as measured by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) are growing…


Battle for Talent Wanes as Top Business Concern

Finding workers is no longer the top concern for leaders at middle-tier firms as the ultra-competitive jobs market in Australia starts to come off its peak. Battling for talent remains the second most pressing concern for mid-market business leaders as per new survey results, with costs and margin pressures now the number one worry. The findings…


New Vaccine Printers to Produce COVID-19 mRNA Shots on Demand

Researchers have designed a vaccine printer that can produce COVID-19 mRNA vaccines on the go, as part of the intense effort to get more people inoculated. Published on April 24 in Nature Biotechnology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) scientists said their current vaccine printer prototype can produce 100 thumbnail-sized patches in 48 hours, with the…


Plugging Capability Gaps Essential to Australian Defence: Strategic Review

Increasing recruitment, securing trade routes, and boosting energy supply are among the biggest issues in the Australian Defence Force, according to a major review. The final report of a strategic defence review, which was released by the Albanese government on April 24, warned that Australia’s geographical isolation is no longer a significant strategic advantage that…


Ukrainian Counter-Offensive Activities Reported in Kherson, Donetsk

Ukrainian forces are staging regular attacks on the Russian-held eastern bank of the Dnipro River in the Kherson region, according to a top Ukrainian regional official. “Our military visit the left [eastern] bank very often, conducting raids,” Yuriy Sobolevskiy, deputy head of Kherson’s Kyiv-appointed regional administration, said in televised comments on April 25. “The Ukrainian…