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United States
Obama blasts ‘clown show’ after Trump’s racist monkey video
The ex-president said most Americans ‘find this behaviour deeply troubling’ and it will hurt the Republicans in the midterm election.
16 Feb 2026 - 11:18AM
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United States
Trump administration sues Harvard, accusing it of defying investigation
14 Feb 2026 - 2:20AM
United States
Trump admin removes rainbow flag from birthplace of US gay rights movement
11 Feb 2026 - 7:39AM
Donald Trump
Trump claims he ‘didn’t see whole’ racist post showing Obamas as apes
The White House initially defended the video clip as a Lion King meme, then blamed a staff member for posting it ‘erroneously’.
7 Feb 2026 - 3:58PM
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Fame and celebrity
‘I am not a Nazi’: Kanye West regrets antisemitic rants, blames bipolar disorder
In an open letter, the American rapper said he was ‘deeply mortified’ by his past behaviour.
27 Jan 2026 - 11:15AM
Australia
Australia approves gun buy-back, hate crime reforms after Bondi attack
New legislation limits firearm access, sets up a gun buy-back programme, and tackles hate speech.
20 Jan 2026 - 9:35PM
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Malaysia
Anwar’s reform record questioned after Malaysian reporter’s sedition arrest
Rex Tan’s arrest for asking a ‘sensitive question’ shows how a colonial-era act continues to hold back Malaysian reforms, critics say.
19 Jan 2026 - 5:21PM
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Australia
Australia faces record guns as Bondi massacre prompts reform
There were more than 4 million guns in Australia in 2025, more than at the time of a 1996 shooting that killed 35 and prompted a gun buy-back scheme.
18 Jan 2026 - 8:01PM
Crime
Man found guilty of involuntary manslaughter of San Francisco Thai grandfather
The 2021 killing of Vicha Ratanapakdee, 84, sparked a national movement against anti-Asian-American violence.
17 Jan 2026 - 8:11AM
Obituaries
Scott Adams, Dilbert cartoonist and Trump fan, dead at 68
Ex-wife shares a final message from the artist, whose comic strip lampooned office life and whose career flagged after a racist rant.
14 Jan 2026 - 1:58PM
Australia
Letters
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Bondi response must go beyond policing and towards rebuilding unity
Readers discuss social cohesion in Australia, a commission into the Bondi shooting, and US interventions.
11 Jan 2026 - 11:30AM
Obituaries
Anne Frank’s stepsister, Holocaust survivor Eva Schloss, dies at 96
Schloss co-founded the Anne Frank Trust UK foundation in 1990 to pass on the memory of the Holocaust to young people and combat prejudice.
5 Jan 2026 - 7:06AM
Australia
Increased police presence in Sydney for New Year’s Eve following Bondi attack
New South Wales’ premier Chris Minns urged people to ‘show defiance to these evil terrorists’ by celebrating the event at Sydney Harbour.
31 Dec 2025 - 7:00AM
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France
France’s president to skip Bardot’s funeral as Le Pen confirms attendance
French screen legend Brigitte Bardot’s final send-off in Saint-Tropez exposes a rift over her controversial far-right legacy.
31 Dec 2025 - 9:19AM
Australia
Bondi Beach attack hero wanted to protect ‘innocent people’
Recovering from gunshot wounds, Syrian Ahmed al Ahmed says he ‘saved lots’ but mourns the 15 victims of the tragedy.
29 Dec 2025 - 6:52PM
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Keir Starmer
Starmer under fire for activist’s return from Egypt as old posts resurface
Prime minister faces criticism from Jewish groups and Britain’s opposition over Alaa Abdel-Fattah’s return to the UK.
29 Dec 2025 - 10:31AM
Australia
Australian PM Albanese booed as Bondi Beach attack victims honoured
Tens of thousands attended Sunday’s memorial. The Sydney event was heavily guarded by police, including snipers on rooftops and police boats.
22 Dec 2025 - 12:25PM
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Malaysia
‘We just want to live’: fear grips Malaysia’s LGBTQ community
With drag clubs closed and spas raided, the shrinking space for queer life in Malaysia leaves a community with nowhere left to turn.
21 Dec 2025 - 2:35PM
Australia
Australia’s Albanese faces battle over gun laws after Bondi Beach shooting
The prime minister’s call for tighter gun controls is meeting resistance from right-wing populists and mainstream conservatives.
20 Dec 2025 - 9:10AM
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The Philippines
Is Philippines being unfairly named in Australia’s Bondi Beach shooting?
Australian police are looking into a trip the two suspects made to Davao City, but Philippine officials say it is not connected to the shooting.
19 Dec 2025 - 5:24PM
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Japan
Japan dismayed over Finnish beauty queen’s ‘slanted eyes’ photos
Sarah Dzafce was stripped of her Miss Finland title after an image of her making the offensive gesture went viral.
18 Dec 2025 - 3:56PM
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Nordic nations
Finnish PM apologises for MPs’ ‘racist’ gestures in Miss Finland scandal
PM Petteri Orpo offers regrets to Japan, China and South Korea after MPs mimic ousted beauty queen Sarah Dzafce’s offensive squinting gesture.
17 Dec 2025 - 9:20PM
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Australia
Millions raised for ‘hero of Australia’ who stopped gunman at Bondi Beach
Over 40,000 people have donated about US$1.5 million to Ahmed al Ahmed, the Syrian-Australian Muslim hero who saved Jewish lives.
17 Dec 2025 - 8:38PM
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Anti-Asian racism
Miss Finland ‘racism’ scandal is damaging country, PM says
Prime Minister Petteri Orpo weighs in as Finnish politicians mimic a racist gesture in solidarity with stripped beauty queen.
17 Dec 2025 - 1:36PM
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Australia
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Bystander tackles, disarms gunman in Australia
Shooting happened in the popular tourist area of Bondi Beach.
15 Dec 2025 - 12:23PM
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World leaders express horror at Bondi Beach attack as vigils held for victims
Israel’s Herzog condemned the ‘cruel attack on Jews’ by ‘terrorists’; Trump branded the shooting that killed 15 people ‘purely antisemitic’.
15 Dec 2025 - 6:28AM
Benjamin Netanyahu
Netanyahu accuses Australia’s PM of inaction in tackling antisemitism
After the Bondi Beach shooting, the Israeli PM said he warned Albanese months ago that Australia’s policy was ‘encouraging antisemitism’.
15 Dec 2025 - 2:41AM
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Australia
‘Worst fears happened’: Bondi shooting feels tragically inevitable to some
Amid firebombing, graffiti and hate speech, which surged during the Gaza war, a special envoy was appointed last year to combat antisemitism.
14 Dec 2025 - 11:40PM
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