11+ hour, 30+ min ago   (225+ words) World Socialist Web Site Of course there is no doubt that Gelb, pursuing a crusade against the Russian soprano ever since the war in Ukraine started more than four and a half years ago, attacked Netrebko with the aim of…...

11+ hour, 47+ min ago   (1101+ words) The federal Albanese Labor government has sprung to the defence of the determination of the Victorian state Labor government to demolish 44 public housing towers in Melbourne, despite a United Nations complaint and a legal challenge in the Australian High Court....

2+ day, 11+ hour ago   (874+ words) Teachers at Overnewton Anglican Community College, an independent P-12 school in Melbourne’s western suburbs, have voted to take industrial action for the first time in the school’s history. This is a further indication, following strikes in government schools across Australia, that…...

2+ day, 22+ hour ago   (576+ words) The outcome of Sunday’s parliamentary election in Sweden will do nothing to change the Nordic country’s increasingly aggressive role as a frontline state in NATO’s war on Russia, and rapidly growing social inequality at home. All of the main parties…...

3+ day, 13+ hour ago   (1062+ words) About 10,000 public servants in New Zealand took part in a half-day strike on September 9 against the National Party-led government’s moves to drive down wages. The government also intends to cut about 8,700 jobs across government departments—14 percent of the core public…...

6+ day, 11+ hour ago   (936+ words) As teachers and students return to classrooms for the 2026–27 school year, a frontal assault on the democratic right to education is unfolding across the United States. This attack, spearheaded by the Trump administration, is a key part of the ruling…...

6+ day, 13+ hour ago   (848+ words) About 10,000 public servants will join a nationwide strike across New Zealand on Wednesday. It will be the country’s largest industrial action since the October 23, 2025 strike by more than 100,000 teachers and healthcare workers. Pickets or rallies have been announced in Auckland,…...

6+ day, 13+ hour ago   (1072+ words) University educators and professional staff members joined one-day or half-day stoppages at the universities of Melbourne and Sydney last week and the week before. They are fighting against ongoing real pay cuts, job destruction and rising workloads. But the trade…...

1+ week, 12+ hour ago   (762+ words) The 55th Pacific Islands Forum (PIF) summit, held this year in Palau, concluded on September 4. The event was marked by intense diplomatic pressure from the United States and its allies, Australia and New Zealand, which pressured the small island nations to…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (484+ words) A further 11,844 cases have not been laboratory-confirmed or remain under investigation, bringing the total to roughly 29,000 illnesses. Travel-associated infections, 1,805 of them, are counted separately. Among confirmed patients, the median age is 46, while the age range runs from 1 to 99, and the…...