The international criminal court is bracing itself for Donald Trump to launch aggressive economic sanctions against it this week, amid fears such a move could paralyse its work and pose an existential threat. ICC officials are preparing for Trump’s new US administration to act quickly once in office to impose draconian financial and travel restrictions…
Many tech leaders and companies have courted President-elect Donald J. Trump in recent weeks. From Meta’s Mark Zuckerberg to Amazon’s founder Jeff Bezos, they have visited Mr. Trump at Mar-a-Lago, flattered him on X and donated to his inaugural fund. But TikTok has taken those methods to the next level. As the Chinese-owned social app…
University of Sydney staff and students would be banned from holding banners on campus without prior permission and staff would be unable to send political emails unless recipients had expressed prior interest under a string of draft policies introduced before the academic year. In 2024, the sandstone institution introduced a “draconian” protest crackdown that required…
The art direction and photographs of Oliviero Toscani were provocative not for what they showed – real life, he said, complex and contradictory – but where they were seen. The images, subjects ranging from a bloodied newborn baby to the condemned of death row, would have been unremarkable on the editorial pages of a classic…
NFL divisional round overreactions Mackenzie Salmon breaks down the divisional round of the NFL playoffs as the championship game matchups are set. Sports Seriously It goes without saying that the College Football Playoff national championship is typically an impressive showcase for top NFL draft prospects. Monday’s matchup between Ohio State and Notre Dame could be…
Australia’s new anti-slavery commissioner has called on the government to urgently address the “inadequacy” of its forced labour laws after revelations that it had allowed thousands of imports from Chinese companies blacklisted for their alleged links to Uyghur workers. Guardian Australia revealed on Monday that Australia had received thousands of imports from Chinese companies blacklisted…