Can four-year terms make it out of the too-hard basket?
PerthNowby Ben McKay·2d ago
Can four-year terms make it out of the too-hard basket? Political leaders are united on them across the divide, while billions in taxpayer dollars could be saved and some hard reforms delivered.
Election fight heats up over proposed $7.6 billion powerline through Victoria
ABC News Australiaby Richard Willingham and Daniel Mercer·2d ago
In short: Victorians heading to the polls in November are being offered two very different plans for Victoria's energy supply.
Blocks smaller than tennis courts allowed under Brisbane planning changes
ABC News Australiaby Lottie Twyford·2d ago
In short: Brisbane City Council has passed amendments to its planning laws which will allow smaller lot sizes and taller buildings in some suburbs.
U.P. Deputy CM Brajesh Pathak meets reservation reform movement agitators, assures dialogue with Union Ministers
The Hinduby Mayank Kumar·2d ago
Uttar Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister Brajesh Pathak on Saturday (August 22, 2026) in Lucknow said the demands raised by students involved in the “reservation reform” movement would be taken up with...
Call me, I’ll join your protest: Rahul Gandhi offers to join tribal students’ stir
India Todayby Mausami Singh·2d ago
Call me, I'll join your protest: Rahul Gandhi offers to join tribal students' stir At an interaction in Pune, Rahul Gandhi told tribal students he was ready to join their protest.
US Postal Service shares mail-in ballot restrictions despite court ruling
Al Jazeeraby Al Jazeera Staff·2d ago
The United States Postal Service (USPS) has published a final draft of its proposed rules to restrict the use of mail-in ballots under President Donald Trump.
This Palantir Billionaire’s Passion Project is Criminalizing Homelessness
Mother Jonesby Sophie Hurwitz·2d ago
Joe Lonsdale, co-founder of the weapons-tech company Palantir, is also a major force behind the Trump administration’s policy of pushing unhoused people toward incarceration.
Invoking Mahatma Gandhi, BJP to start nationwide Vande campaign
Times of Indiaby TNN·2d ago
Invoking Mahatma Gandhi, BJP to start nationwide Vande campaign TNN / Aug 23, 2026, 02:15 IST Share AA Text Size Small Medium Large The campaign was approved at a meet of new office-bearers...
Mark Carney: Why I Rejected Trump’s Trade Deal | The Walrus
The Walrusby Mark Carney·2d ago
W hat follows are the remarks Prime Minister Mark Carney delivered in Ottawa after the suspension of Canada–United States trade talks on August 22, 2026.
PM Modi pushes social media outreach with new BJP office-bearers
India Todayby Piyush Mishra·2d ago
PM Modi pushes social media outreach with new BJP office-bearers PM Narendra Modi met the BJP's newly appointed national office-bearers and urged them to stay active on social media.
U.S.-Canada trade talks have collapsed. Carney says these 3 issues torpedoed them | Globalnews.ca
globalnews.caby Isaac Callan·2d ago
Prime Minister Mark Carney says trade talks with the United States fell apart at the eleventh hour over last-minute disagreements on how to tariff autos and broader issues of independent Canadian...
The Canadian province set to vote on becoming a breakaway country
ABC News Australiaby Lauren Day and Bradley McLennan·2d ago
As he walks around his cafe refilling coffee and delivering baskets of gravy-laden poutine, Christopher Scott wears his politics on his T-shirt. "Free Alberta!" the shirt declares.
Hyderabad police step up security for Milad-un-Nabi procession
The Hinduby The Hindu Bureau·2d ago
Hyderabad police are stepping up security arrangements for the Milad-un-Nabi procession scheduled to be held on August 26, with the main procession to be monitored through drones and CCTV cameras...
Their job is to influence politicians. An MP warns they can be powerful enemies
ABC News Australiaby Mark Willacy, Lesley Robinson, and Dylan Welch·2d ago
A senior officer in Canberra's Parliament House has received an urgent message. An interloper is in one of the break rooms.
'They thought this toerag would disappear': Why Joyce ditched the party that made him
ABC News Australiaby Leisa Scott and Robyn Powell·2d ago
The one thing to know about me, says Barnaby Joyce, "I won't be pushed around". "And if you're gonna push me around," he tells Australian Story, "I'll fight back."
Census 2027: Troubling questions on caste enumeration
New Indian Expressby Mukesh Ranjan·2d ago
The ongoing Census 2027 was to be an apolitical statistical exercise to collect data on population and economic indices, but it has stirred up a hornet’s nest with the introduction of an open-ended...
Were Gandhi, Nehru anti-national? Kharge jabs Amit Shah over Vande Mataram row
India Todayby India Today News Desk·2d ago
Were Gandhi, Nehru anti-national? Kharge jabs Amit Shah over Vande Mataram row Speaking to reporters in Kalaburagi, Mallikarjun Kharge defended the Congress's practice of singing the first two...
Bill Maher blasts Democratic Party, says it is fine with religion 'as long as that faith isn’t Jewish'
FOX Newsby Taylor Penley·2d ago
Comedian Bill Maher took aim at what he portrayed as the Democratic Party’s double standard on religion Friday, quipping that a candidate’s public faith is welcome "as long as that faith isn’t...
Congress submits memorandum to Odisha Guv demanding assembly session on mines bill
ThePrintby PTI·2d ago
Bhubaneswar, Aug 22 (PTI) The opposition Congress in Odisha on Saturday demanded a special session of the assembly to discuss the Mines and Minerals (Development and Regulation) Amendment Bill...
Samajwadi Party plans youth manifesto for U.P. poll; party won’t break alliances
The Hinduby Mayank Kumar·2d ago
Samajwadi Party (SP) chief Akhilesh Yadav on Saturday said his party would not break alliances, asserting that its fight was against the Bharatiya Janata Party, which he accused of pursuing...
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