Monique Ryan urges Australia to fast track medical innovation funding as Trump guts research

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‘Releasing MRFF funds not only secures the future of Australia’s research sector; it delivers better health outcomes’, Kooyong MP says Australian scientists and independent MP Monique Ryan are urging Labor to speed up funding for cutting-edge Australian medical innovation, taking advantage of the growing vacuum caused by Donald Trump’s gutting of government-funded research in the … Read more

Malaysia defends Trump trade deal after critics warn it will compromise country’s sovereignty

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Former Malaysian prime minister Mahathir Mohamad said the deal amounted to ‘handing over’ the country’s independence Malaysia’s government has been forced to defend its new trade deal with the US after opposition politicians, analysts and civil society groups warned that the deal was “one-sided” and could compromise the country’s sovereignty. Investment, trade and industry minister … Read more

Danish authorities in rush to close security loophole in Chinese electric buses

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Investigation launched after discovery that Chinese supplier had remote access to vehicles’ control systems Authorities in Denmark are urgently studying how to close an apparent security loophole in hundreds of Chinese-made electric buses that enables them to be remotely deactivated. The investigation comes after transport authorities in Norway, where the Yutong buses are also in … Read more

Canada budget adds tens of billions to deficit as Carney spends to dampen Trump tariffs effect

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Budget envisions significant increase in defence spending, cuts to civil service and ‘generational investments’ A protracted trade war with the United States and a weakening domestic economy has forced Mark Carney to run a deficit tens of billions larger than initially forecast in his first-ever federal budget. The spending plan, titled “Canada Strong” envisions significant … Read more

Democrats celebrate while Republicans stew over Mamdani’s historic win and others

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Obama said ‘the future looks a little bit brighter’ while the House speaker lied about New York mayor-elect’s policies Left-leaning Americans awoke to a rare recent moment of political celebration with Democratic victories in several elections across the country, led by the election of Zohran Mamdani as the next mayor of New York, while Republicans … Read more

‘Green desert’: the farmers winning a battle with Brazil’s wood-pulp giant

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Eucalyptus production is dominated by large multinationals that convert farmland and forest into monoculture plantations Razor-straight rows of eucalyptus clones flank the Baixa Verde settlement in north-eastern Brazil. The genetically identical trees are in marked contrast to the patches of wild Atlantic forest – one of the most biologically diverse ecosystems on Earth – that … Read more