Tag: International

Major Newspaper Cuts Ties With Columnist Over Gender Identity Issue

The Age newspaper in Melbourne, Australia, has ended its relationship with columnist Julie Szego over a feature story about youth gender identity disorders. According to Szego, she had been commissioned to write a 5,000-word feature article on the issue, but the current editor, Patrick Elligett, refused to run it. Szego revealed that Elligett had described…


Intelligent Brains Are Slower In Processing Complex Information: Study

You would think that intelligent people think faster, correct? However, a recent study has found that this is only partially true when it comes to simple problem-solving. When the difficulty level is higher, those with high IQs like to take their time. This surprising finding was made by researchers at the BIH and Charité—Universitätsmedizin Berlin,…


NATO Summit Preview With Chairs of European Parliamentary Foreign Affairs Committees: A Hudson Event

Žygimantas Pavilionis, chair of the Foreign Affairs Committee, Parliament of the Republic of Lithuania; Michael Aastrup Jensen, chair of Foreign Policy Committee, Parliament of Denmark; and Marko Mihkelson, chair of Foreign Affairs Committee, Parliament of Estonia, discuss the NATO summit at Vilnius, Lithuania and how to ensure Ukraine receives the assistance in a conversation held…


Australian Open CEO Calls for Transgender Athletes in Women’s World Tennis

CEO of Tennis Australia Craig Tiley has declared his organisation’s support for the inclusion of transgender athletes in women’s tennis. Tiley called on the International Tennis Federation (ITF) and the Women’s Tennis Association (WTA) to allow transgender tennis players to compete at the elite level. “When it comes to professional tennis, we’ve got to be…


Catholic Hospital Takeover by State Authorities Driven by Ideology: Law Professor

The ACT government’s move to take over Calvary Hospital, a Catholic institution, is driven by ideology rather than operational concerns, says law professor Joanna Howe. “If this decision was just about efficiency, then the government would have its sights set on Canberra Hospital [the largest hospital in the ACT] which is performing far worse than…


Shocked Kipyegon Adds 5,000m World Record to 1,500m Mark in Paris

PARIS—A week after shattering the world record in the women’s 1,500 meters (0.932 miles), Kenya’s Faith Kipyegon had no expectations of a world-beating time in the 5,000, a distance she had not contested in eight years, but managed to surprise herself. The 29-year-old produced a stunning performance to crush the world 5,000 (3.1 miles) mark…


Shangri-La Should Not Be a Mere Talkfest on the CCP Threat

Commentary I was reminded that Shangri-La is a fictional utopian paradise valley in Tibet as I read the remarks of the Chinese defence minister to the Singaporean security conference held in the hotel named after the mythical land. In his speech on “China’s New Security Initiative,” Li Shangfu emphasised “a new path to security featuring…


Shangri-La Should Not Become Mere Talkfest on CCP Threat

Commentary I was reminded that Shangri-La is a fictional utopian paradise valley in Tibet as I read the remarks of the Chinese defence minister to the Singaporean security conference held in the hotel named after the mythical land. In his speech on “China’s New Security Initiative,” Li Shangfu emphasised “a new path to security featuring…


Russia Arrests US Musician, Former Paratrooper Michael Travis Leake on Drug Dealing Charges

MOSCOW—A U.S. musician and former paratrooper has been arrested in Moscow on drug dealing charges and his court appearance, locked in a metal cage, has been shown on Russian state television. Russia’s court system named the detained American as Michael Travis Leake, 51, who was formerly a songwriter and musician in the Russian “Lovi Noch”…


Canadian Chef Probed Over Australian Deaths by Suicide

A Canadian chef accused of selling “suicide kits” to vulnerable people online has reportedly been linked to several Australians who took their own lives. Kenneth Law, 57, is accused of selling poisonous substances to at-risk people online over a two-year period, and is now at the centre of an international multi-agency probe. Investigators from Australia,…