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.... Now it remained for Minin and Pozharsky to take the Kremlin.

The Polish garrison in the Kremlin did not want to give up, but quickly ran out of food supplies. First, they resorted to eating crows, rats, and grass, and then set upon their dead comrades in an orgy of cannibalism. The Russians subsequently discovered an absolutely monstrous trophy in the Kremlin worthy of a horror movie – a barrel of salted human flesh.

Claims that solar and wind are deeply unpopular among Australia's regional communities have been challenged by the results of a new poll.

AI consciousness Is the chess program on your phone conscious? Is ChatGPT5 a conscious agent? Will ChatGPT9 be conscious? Most people would answer no to the first question, don’t think so to the second and “don’t know” to the last. … Continue reading →

The fallout from last night’s selloff on Wall Street has hit most of Asian markets in today’s session although local shares escaped the carnage following yesterday’s hold from the RBA. The USD reversed slightly against some of the major currency pairs particularly the Australian dollar although the Canadian Loonie couldn’t find any support as the

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Three global solar manufacturers are interested in a new technology from UNSW that helps identify faults in PV cells.

The past month has seen a procession of opinion polls proving that Australians reject excessively high immigration levels. Polling by Macquarie University’s Housing and Urban Research Centre showed that two-thirds (66%) of respondents believe that Australia should reduce the rate of immigration to address the housing crisis: Resolve Political Monitor’s polling of 1,800 Aussies from

There is nothing gold likes less than a strong DXY supported by a hawkish central bank. The Market Ear. Watching $3900 Gold putting in another big down candle. $3900 is the line in sand level to watch (50 day comes in slightly lower). A close below that area and things could accelerate further to the

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The Bell Bay smelter given another year to do a deal with Hydro Tasmania as the state government leans on federal support to keep it going longer.

I reported earlier this week that the number of temporary visa holders in Australia (excluding visitors) hit a record high of 2,547,000 in the September quarter of 2025, up 83,200 on the prior year’s record: The share of Australia’s population on temporary visas has also ballooned to a record high of 9.2%, up from 7.2%

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Mike Burgess, director-general of the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation (ASIO), warned that a foreign government might attempt to kill a dissident on Australian territory, and the majority of outlets carried his warning overnight. In a speech to Sydney’s Lowy Institute think tank yesterday night, the head of ASIO stated that there was a “realistic possibility”

God save me from the eggheds of the RBA. RBA governor Michele Bullock, in her opening statement addressing a press conference, says the central bank may have misjudged “the gap” between supply and demand in the economy. “Overall, when we take into account a broad range of indicators, we judge that the labour market is

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On July 4, 1776, America freed itself forever, it believed, from the tyrannical rule of kings. Yet here we are today, almost 250 years later, as millions of Americans are gearing up for the 2028 presidential election, contemplating the possibility that Donald Trump will opt to remain in power. And it’s not altogether beyond the realm of possibility.