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Societies evolve and schools are under pressure to adapt, but some features of education policy are perennial. For example, modernisation will always be denounced as a…

With the once-familiar pillars of the old world order crumbling and the US stepping away from action on climate crisis, it falls to others to assume…

When I was leaving London for Melbourne, my eldest sister-in-law told her kids not to forget the “tradition” – to throw a bowl of water behind…

Last Monday, when the US president, Donald Trump, addressed the Knesset alongside the Israeli prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, my compatriot lawmaker Ayman Odeh and I raised…

Zhang You, Kunming, Yunnan, ChinaOverall Winner: A rice weevil perched on a grain of riceDr. Jan Rosenboom Rostock, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany2nd Place: Colonial algae (Volvox) spheres in…

For a generation of liberal democratic leaders shaped by the verities of the 1990s, the prospect that new media and communications technologies would deliver their citizens…

The 2026 rankings overall show that “East Asian nations, led by China, continue to thrive,” said THE’s chief global affairs officer, Phil Baty. Photo illustration by…

For close followers of the annual World’s 50 Best Bars accolade, it’ll come as little surprise to see Melbourne’s Caretaker’s Cottage and Sydney’s Maybe Sammy recognised.For…

The University of Oxford has extended its record-breaking run at the top of an international league table to a 10th year.The university, which is the oldest…

A man who posted non-consensual, pornified “deepfake” images of Australian women has been ordered to pay $343,500 in civil penalties for doing so by a federal…