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See You Again, the hit reality TV series in China helping to destigmatise divorce
The premise of See You Again, a Chinese online reality television series that sends three married couples contemplating divorce away on an 18-day roadtrip, is designed to contrive an emotional spectacle. It is still raw viewing when it delivers.
The show’s key dynamics are universal: power games, family dramas, division …
Ukraine war briefing: US House speaker dumps key Ukraine backer Mike Turner
Mike Johnson, the speaker of the US House of Representatives, on Wednesday removed his fellow Republican Mike Turner, a vocal supporter of assistance for Ukraine, as
chairman
of the powerful House intelligence committee.
Johnson, who has aligned himself closely with Trump, said he would soon announce a new …
Vanuatu holds election amid earthquake devastation
Polls have opened in Vanuatu , a Pacific nation grappling with political instability and the logistics of holding a snap election in the
aftermath of a 7.3-magnitude earthquake
that killed at least 14 people and displaced thousands.As downtown Port Vila remained shuttered, with multiple buildings earmarked …
A ceasefire deal is here. For Gaza, the Middle East and the world, the future remains unknown
Australia’s unemployment rate rises to 4% but uncertainty now lingers over expected RBA cut
The unemployment rate increased in December, while job creation also rose, in a sign of a resilient labour market that creates uncertainty over an expected interest rate cut next month.
Australia’s jobless rate lifted to 4% in December, the Australian Bureau of Statistics data revealed on Thursday. At the same …
Key mediator Qatar said that 33 hostages held by Hamas in Gaza would be released in
the first stage of a ceasefire deal aimed at ending the war in the Palestinian territory.
Israel earlier said it would release about 1,000 Palestinian prisoners in the first stage …
Australians should be angry about another year of climate inaction. But don’t let your anger turn into despair | Greg Jericho
2025 has not started well, and you should be bloody angry.
We are less than five months from the federal election and both major parties’ climate change policies are an amalgam of indolence and lies.
Not one politician in either major party is being honest with voters.
The Liberals claim …
The US supreme court will hear arguments on Friday from TikTok and its China-based owner ByteDance, which is seeking to block a law signed by Joe Biden that will ban the short-form video app beginning on 19 January unless it is divested from ByteDance. TikTok has said divestment is “not …
UK should seek new customs union with EU, Lib Dems to say
The Liberal Democrats are to call for the government to seek a formal customs union with the EU to boost growth and insulate the UK from the impacts of a Trump presidency, a move that will place new pressure on Keir Starmer over Europe.
The changed Lib Dem stance – …
Met police investigating alleged spiking at bar in parliamentary estate
Police are investigating an alleged spiking in a bar on the Westminster parliamentary estate.
A woman, believed to be a parliamentary researcher, told police and staff at parliament’s Strangers’ Bar that her drink had been spiked, according to Politico.
The incident is understood to have taken place at the Palace …