An Australian senator has revealed a dead salmon in a plastic bag while speaking in parliament, in protest against a bill being debated. The bill is designed to protect salmon-farming jobs, prime minister Anthony Albanese’s Labor government says, but it would also limit the public’s ability to review and challenge environmental decisions. Some politicians and environmental groups have already questioned …

Like other leading nuclear powers, India has been modernising its conventional and nuclear forces. Recent reports from the Bulletin of Atomic Scientists, Arms Control Today, Stockholm International Peace Research Institute, International Institute for Strategic Studies and many other leading national and international think tanks reflect how and why India is growing and modernising its deterrent force.

Hamdan Ballal, a Palestinian co-director of the Oscar-winning documentary No Other Land, has been released after being detained by Israeli forces. Ballal had been assaulted by Israeli settlers before his arrest.

In a move to improve social welfare and employment opportunities for the disabled, Chinese and Pakistani companies signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on January 12 to bring an inclusive, disability-friendly coffee shop model to Pakistan. The initiative aims to address the persistent challenge of employment for people with disabilities in the South Asian country. According to the World Health …

Heavy users of ChatGPT tend to be lonelier, more emotionally dependent on the AI tool and have fewer offline social relationships, new research suggests. Only a small number of users engage emotionally with ChatGPT, but those who do are among the heaviest users, according to a pair of studies from OpenAI and the MIT Media Lab. The researchers wrote that …

Labor has bet a blockbuster $17.1bn in tax cuts to deliver it a second term at the upcoming election, as Jim Chalmers handed down his fourth budget jammed with cost-of-living support for middle Australia. In the shadow of the US president Donald Trump’s determination to overturn a global trading order that has seen Australians enjoy an era of prosperity, the …

Pakistan has reported its second case of mpox this year, with a 29-year-old man from Karachi testing positive for the viral infection. This marks the first case in Sindh and follows an earlier case in January when a traveler arriving in Peshawar from a Gulf country tested positive. While authorities insist that there is no local transmission, the country cannot …

District administrations in South Waziristan and Tank have imposed a curfew due to heightened security threats. In Upper South Waziristan, movement is restricted in Azizabad Chowk, Sarwakai, Jandola, Asman Manza, Ladha, and Makeen. Roads leading to Bibi Raghzai, Kotkai via Jandola, Molay Khan Sarai, and Barwand are also closed. In Tank, a complete curfew will be enforced in Dabara Bazaar, …

Hamdan Ballal, co-director of the Oscar-winning documentary No Other Land, has reportedly gone missing after being attacked by Israeli settlers, according to co-director Yuval Abraham. “A group of settlers just lynched Hamdan Ballal,” Abraham posted on X (formerly Twitter). “They beat him, leaving him with head and stomach injuries. Soldiers then invaded the ambulance he called and took him. No …

Climate change, previously handled as an isolated environmental factor, has now become a controlling factor in reshaping global geopolitics. The effects of climate change are interconnected with migration movements and the spread of conflicts and are changing the socio-political landscape of different continents. Climate Change as a Driver of Migration Climate-based migration is gaining prominence. Disturbances to the environment such …