A criminal investigation team operating under the auspices of the Dutch Public Prosecution Service has confirmed that Malaysian Airlines flight MH17, which crashed in eastern Ukraine two years ago, was brought down by a Russian missile that had been brought from Russia into territory controlled by pro-Russian separatists. The launch vehicle was subsequently moved…
The storm that triggered the unprecedented complete blackout of South Australia’s electricity industry has inevitably focused attention on the state’s reliance on alternative energy: the cornerstone of SA Labor’s plan to make the state Australia’s greenest. South Australia currently generates about 40 per cent of its electricity from wind and solar power, about twice…
When Donald Trump launched his campaign for the U.S. presidency, very few expected that he would succeed against a set of formidable Republican candidates who included very experienced politicians such as Ted Cruz, Marco Rubio and former governor of Florida and scion of the Bush dynasty Jeb Bush. After all, Trump has no experience…
A record turnout of over 2 million voters saw a swing towards younger leaders who oppose Beijing’s increasingly public efforts to muzzle free speech in Hong Kong. The election took place as Chinese President Xi Jinping was hosting the G20 meeting in Hangzhou, a Chinese coastal city near Shanghai. The visit by U.S. President Barack Obama was characterised by a series of behind-the-scenes incidents as Chinese officials repeatedly limited the operations of both U.S. government officials and media to cover Obama’s presence at the summit. Hong Kong, formerly a British colony, was handed over to Beijing in 1997, after the…
