Tehran has benefited from America’s ‘enemy’ status. The truce with Trump could change that

The US and Iran have officially signed an agreement to end their months-long war, sending a collective sigh of relief through global economies this week.  But across Tehran and other Iranian cities, news of the agreement sparked protests, rather than relief. Hardline supporters of the regime mobilised against the country’s negotiators, Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi and…

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Montreal man with ALS shares story as awareness month highlights progress, hope – Montreal

June marks ALS Awareness Month in Canada, a time when advocates are reminding the public that amyotrophic lateral sclerosis remains an incurable, fatal neurodegenerative disease, 87 years after baseball legend Lou Gehrig’s diagnosis brought it global attention. For one Montreal man living with ALS for more than a decade, the month is also an opportunity…

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Against an unfamiliar enemy, Labor is preparing a familiar campaign on health and child care

Thirteen thousand words were spoken during Pauline Hanson’s marathon press club appearance this week. Almost nobody, bar a few political obsessives, will have heard them all. Instead, most people will engage with the speech the way they engage with most political content: on their phones, in the form of bite-sized clips. Professional campaigners know this,…

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