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Australia passes anti-hate and gun laws after deadly Sydney attack
CANBERRA (Realist English). Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese on Wednesday welcomed Parliament’s approval of new anti-hate speech and gun control...
Bystander disarms gunman during Bondi Beach attack, is hailed as hero
SYDNEY (Realist English). An Australian bystander who tackled and disarmed one of the attackers during a deadly shooting at Sydney’s...
Australia to provide households three hours of free solar power daily from 2026
SYDNEY (Realist English). Australia will offer at least three hours of free solar power each day to households — including...
Australia launches largest defence overhaul since World War II
SYDNEY (Realist English). Australia has embarked on its biggest military modernization drive since the Second World War, committing more than...
Australia to ban stalking and ‘nudify’ apps under new online safety reforms
CANBERRA (Realist English). Australia will prohibit applications that enable stalking and the creation of non-consensual deepfake nudes, the government announced...
Australians stage mass pro-Palestinian rallies as ties with Israel deteriorate
SYDNEY (Realist English). Thousands of Australians joined nationwide pro-Palestinian demonstrations on Sunday, organizers said, amid worsening relations between Israel and...
Japan’s Mitsubishi Heavy wins $6.5bn Australian frigate deal in landmark naval export
TOKYO (Realist English). Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) has been named Australia’s preferred bidder to build up to 11 general-purpose frigates,...
Albanese re-elected, holds warm call with Trump amid tariff tensions
CANBERRA (Realist English). Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said he had a “warm and positive” conversation with U.S. President Donald...
The European security architecture must take into account the Russian factor: Austrian Foreign Ministry
VIENNA (Realist English). February 24, 2022 was a violent shock that pulled us out of our dreams of a post-national...
Taiwan fears US weapons use in Iran could aid China
TAIPEI (Realist English). Taiwan has raised concerns that extensive US use of long-range cruise missiles in the war involving Iran...
Strait of Hormuz disruption sends shockwaves through global trade
LONDON (Realist English). Escalating military tensions around the Strait of Hormuz are rapidly disrupting global shipping and energy markets, as...
Iran war puts Vice President JD Vance in difficult political position
WASHINGTON (Realist English). The ongoing war with Iran has placed US Vice President JD Vance in a politically sensitive position,...
Hormuz crisis reshapes global tanker market as shipping routes collapse
LONDON (Realist English). The effective closure of the Strait of Hormuz following the escalation of the Iran war has triggered...
Star Wars without fiction: how space became the next battlefield
MOSCOW (Realist English). “Star Wars” stopped being science fiction long ago. Unfortunately, over ten thousand years of civilisation, humanity has...
Dadivank: The Legacy of Christ’s Apostles in Artsakh
YEREVAN (Realist English). In Artsakh, before the ethnic cleansing and forced deportation – simply put, genocide – carried out by...
An unusual phenomenon at the Church of the Holy Savior in Shushi
YEREVAN (Realist English). In the distant year 1979, as a third-year university student, I used to visit the Church of...
War with Iran seen as inevitable, Armenia warned of looming regional storm
YEREVAN (Realist English). The war with Iran is drawing ever closer. And once again, this pulls Armenia into a zone...
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