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How Koran burning has turned the Swedish way of life on its head

How Koran burning has turned the Swedish way of life on its head

It was intended to shock and antagonise the Muslim community, but now it has triggered furious reactions from foreign governments and UN intervention.

  • by Rob Harris

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Sassy Trucker stuck in Dubai after clash with car rental company

Sassy Trucker stuck in Dubai after clash with car rental company

American influencer Tierra Young Allen has been stuck in Dubai for months in the latest case showing the limits of speech in the United Arab Emirates.

  • by Jon Gambrell
Wake up, lefties, and reject wokeness

Wake up, lefties, and reject wokeness

Fear of being publicly shamed, bullied, cancelled or even fired is stifling sincere dialogue – and there’s nothing left-wing about that.

  • by Clive Hamilton
Hanson’s legal dream team to fight Faruqi ‘racism’ case

Hanson’s legal dream team to fight Faruqi ‘racism’ case

Senator Pauline Hanson has engaged two of Australia’s top lawyers, who will argue a law banning offence on a racial basis is unconstitutional.

  • by Paul Sakkal
Protesters storm Sweden’s embassy in Baghdad in protest over Koran burning

Protesters storm Sweden’s embassy in Baghdad in protest over Koran burning

The Iraqi security official said the man who burned the Islamic holy book was an Iraqi Christian who had previously fought in Iraq.

  • by Ali Jabar and Qassim Abdul-Zahra
Morrison warns against age of self-loathing, Western guilt

Morrison warns against age of self-loathing, Western guilt

The former PM used a speech to Britain’s Oxford Union to voice concern that digital echo chambers and so-called cancel culture have fuelled enthusiasm for society to disown past transgressions.

  • by Rob Harris
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China lobbies press club against Tibetan appearance

China lobbies press club against Tibetan appearance

The Chinese government is seeking to block the head of Tibet’s government-in-exile from making a scheduled appearance at the National Press Club.

  • by Matthew Knott
Philosophers cry freedom in gender wars

Philosophers cry freedom in gender wars

A group of leading Australian academics says universities must do more to create conditions for rigorous, informed discussion of unorthodox ideas.

  • by Chip Le Grand
‘Notorious’ speaker threatens to bring Oxford’s famed debating club to its knees

‘Notorious’ speaker threatens to bring Oxford’s famed debating club to its knees

After inviting a speaker with controversial views on gender, a 200-year-old debating society is fighting for survival.

  • by Rob Harris
The secret service agents had a message: take down the app or go to jail. How is the internet splintering?
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The secret service agents had a message: take down the app or go to jail. How is the internet splintering?

Cracking down on the net was like nailing jelly to a wall, Bill Clinton said in 2000. But governments have found myriad ways to filter, block or slow it. And now some nations want nets of their own. Why?

  • by Sherryn Groch and Nick Bonyhady
BBC backs down and reinstates presenter Gary Lineker

BBC backs down and reinstates presenter Gary Lineker

The corporation said on Monday that it would hold a review over how presenters can use social media, including freelancers outside news and current affairs, after Lineker was taken off air over a tweet criticising the government’s immigration policy.

  • by Sarah Young