TikTok and Optimism: How Rob Jetten Won Over the Netherlands
Sleek social media posts and a shift rightward on immigration helped a center-left party win last week’s election. But can its leader, Mr. Jetten, form a government?
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Two Sydney hospital employees critical after car mounts footpath and strikes them outside entrance – as it happened
This blog is now closedLiberal women react with ‘horror’ at abortion comments from Coalition colleaguesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast‘More room for movement’ ahead of social media banThe government has announced two new pla…
Reddit targeted by Australia’s under-16s social media ban as ‘dynamic’ list of online services grows
Popular platform added to list of companies required to restrict access for children, along with video streaming site KickFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastEven more online …
‘What are they going to do, chase someone up?’ Victorian rock climbers scorn ban on Mount Arapiles Indigenous sites
State park contains rock art dating back at least 3,000 years and tens of thousands of artefactsGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastRock climbers are openly discussing flouting Victoria’s voluntary bans on routes near Mount Arapi…
Digested week: Sometimes it feels the clocks do nothing else but go back | Lucy Mangan
Women need exclamation marks for good reason!! Plus, Andrew is losing everything he holds dear, including his house full of memoriesThe clocks have gone back. Which is to say, something happened overnight for reasons that I am no closer to understandin…
X to Retire Twitter.com, Users Must Re-Register Security Keys by Nov 10
X (formerly Twitter) is asking users with security keys to re-enroll by Nov 10 as it moves logins from twitter.com to x.com for continued 2FA access.
US and China reach ‘final deal’ on TikTok sale, treasury secretary says
Scott Bessent said plan was part of framework for trade deal but did not share details on transferring app’s ownershipMurdoch, Ellison and China: what we know about the US’s TikTok dealUS treasury secretary Scott Bessent claimed on Sunday that the US a…
Chinese Impersonator’s Trump Act Has Won Him Millions of Fans
Ryan Chen has turned an uncanny impersonation of President Trump into a social media career, and a mirror of China’s fascination with America.
Nepal’s Gen Z Sees Little Hope at Home
The protests that rocked Nepal were about more than a social media ban. The economy is so dire that for many, going abroad seems the only way to build a future.
Army counterintel expects its new authorities will drive surge in espionage arrests
Army Counter-Intelligence Command has arrested just 25 people since it stood up in December 2021 – but “that number pales in comparison to the number of investigations that are currently open across the continental United States today which will lead t…