Google has announced a mammoth fibre optic cable to run from Kenya, through the spine of Africa and across the Indian Ocean to Australia. Google announced the roughly 13,000km subsea cable late on Thursday. “Diversifying Australia’s connectivity and supporting digital inclusion across the globe are both incredibly important objectives, andContinue Reading
The developers of a 900-home apartment development in Sydney have been ordered to immediately fix a number of serious defects, with concerns the building could be at “threat of collapse”. On Monday, a Building Work Rectification Order was issued for Greenland Australia – the developers behind 23 Halifax St, MacquarieContinue Reading
Generation Z might finally be ready to put down their vapes, but not for the reason you’d expect. The war on vapes has been going on for some time, with young people constantly being warned about the health risks, and yet they’ve been rising in popularity, not sinking. Disposable vapesContinue Reading
The world of online philanthropy is no stranger to controversy, and it seems that YouTuber MrBeast, whose real name is Jimmy Donaldson, has fallen victim to the phenomenon of being “cancelled”. Donaldson initiated an ambitious project to fund the construction of 100 wells across Africa to provide clean drinking waterContinue Reading
Amnesty International has raised alarm over the industrial mining of cobalt and copper for rechargeable batteries, detailing a string of ugly human rights offences related to the ongoing demand for electric vehicles and smartphones. In a newly released report titled Powering Change or Business as Usual?, Amnesty International and theContinue Reading
Less than six months after joining as head honcho of Andrew Forrest’s Fortescue Metals, the company has announced the shock departure of Fiona Hick. Ms Hick was hired after a year-long search for a new CEO following the departure of former boss Elizabeth Gaines, who held the position for threeContinue Reading
On June 23, Wagner chief Yevgeny Prigozhin ordered his convict mercenaries to march on Moscow. From that moment, he was doomed. CIA Director Bill Burns turned his hand to prophecy last month: “Putin is someone who generally thinks that revenge is a dish best served cold … in my experience,Continue Reading
The recent revolt led by Yevgeny Prigozhin, the head of the notorious Russian mercenary group Wagner, has raised significant uncertainties about the future operations of the organisation in distant regions. For years, Wagner has been viewed as a formidable tool of Moscow’s influence, particularly in Syria and Africa, acting asContinue Reading
Back in the 80s, when Diana, Princess of Wales was starting to work with HIV and AIDS sufferers, the late Queen was flummoxed. “Why,” she asked the princess, “don’t you get involved with something more pleasant?” It thrills me to my feminist core to report that three decades on, theContinue Reading
Elon Musk’s dad Errol claims he bankrolled his billionaire son’s escape from South Africa to America with emeralds from an “under the table” mine in Zambia. The Tesla CEO, 51, last week offered a million Dogecoin (about AU$124,000) to anyone who can prove the existence of the mine his dadContinue Reading