Danny [Daniel Davis] explains that after years of stalled efforts, there are now real signs that the Russia-Ukraine war might be moving toward a negotiated settlement. A secret 28-point U.S.–Russia peace proposal is reportedly being drafted, inspired by Trump’s earlier ceasefire framework used in the Israel–Hamas conflict. The plan reportedly covers four broad categories:
ending the war,
security guarantees for both sides,
This should be a pivotal moment in British history. Our political system has utterly failed to confront a genocide.
I explained this week how the Albanese government has taken specific actions to bolster the flow of international students into Australia. These actions come as the number of international students and graduates in Australia is tracking at a historically high 3.2% of the nation’s population as at Q3 2025, up from the pre-pandemic peak of
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Ukrainian leader Vladimir Zelensky could fire his influential chief of staff, Andrey Yermak, as a full-scale “riot”unfolds within parliament over a vast corruption scandal that allegedly links Yermak to a roughly $100 million kick-back scheme in the country’s energy sector, according to several media reports and lawmakers.
It’s been three long, very long weeks, but the scaffolding finally came down around the house this morning. It went up so the roofers could get up top and repair some damage I didn’t even know was up there.
Stocks across Asia had mixed sessions today with domestic pressures overriding the bigger macro picture with tensions between China and Japan still boiling over. Most undollars fell back during the session, especially the Kiwi on the poor PPI print while the Australian dollar lost its gains from overnight on the wages data while Bitcoin briefly
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I have argued repeatedly that rising unemployment is the key condition that must be met for the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) to deliver another interest rate cut. As illustrated below by Alex Joiner from IFM Investors, the latest Statement of Monetary Policy (SoMP) from the RBA forecasts that the headline unemployment rate will remain
