American presidential inaugurations traditionally nurture a sense of unity, pride and aspiration that causes emotions to soar ...

Average temperatures across the nation and surrounding seas exceeded last year’s record-breaking levels "by a significant ...

Muhammad Ali gave a talk at Harvard and a student called out ‘Give us a poem’.  Ali paused and replied: "MeWe".

While it is perfectly legitimate and understandable to engage with books for relaxation, some works of literature leave us ...

There’s repetitive violence emanating from the most powerful nation on earth and nobody seems to be able to stop it.

The inertia and timidity that has characterised the collective leadership style of Australia’s bishops ought now to be a ...

Violence has been a part of human behaviour since the dawn of history, but it often took excessively brutal forms. To curb ...

The effect of affluence is confirmed in research (led by epidemiology professor, Dr Paola Zaninotto at University College ...

Noam Chomsky, scientist, linguist, human rights activist, suffered a stroke at age 95 and can no longer speak.

The West is accusing China of “overcapacity” to blame it for its own industrial demise. A concerted effort by Western ...

The 2000 residents of Diego Garcia were forcibly removed to make way for a giant US military base. Will the Cocos Islands be ...

The release of newly declassified 2004 cabinet documents about Australia’s involvement in the Iraq War sheds further light on ...