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What is the ‘healthier’ salt WHO wants us to use?

By Xiaoyue (Luna) Xu and Bruce Neal This week the World Health Organization (WHO) released new guidelines recommending people switch the regular salt they use at home

How DeepSeek shocked the AI world

By Tongliang Liu Chinese artificial intelligence (AI) company DeepSeek has sent shockwaves through the tech community, with the release of extremely efficient AI models

Countdown still looks fresh in a world that’s getting old

By Shane Rodgers When you get to a certain age you spend a lot of time saying you cannot believe how long it has been since something happened. Is that really 30 years?

West worried as China invests billions in global ports

By Claudio Bozzi On his way to the G20 summit in Rio de Janeiro in November, Chinese President Xi Jinping met with Peruvian President Dina Boluarte to officially open a

Tips to help a child with back-to-school anxiety

By Samantha Vlcek From next week, schools will start to return for term 1. This can be a nervous time for some students, who might be anxious about new teachers, classes

Trump’s day one executive order blitz. The full list

By Samuel Garrett In a piece of pure political theatre, Donald Trump began his second presidency by signing a host of executive orders before a rapturous crowd of 20,000

Simple answer to damaging Australia Day debate

By Shane Rodgers A former work colleague of mine had a really simple solution to the ridiculous annual controversy that mars Australia Day. He believed we should just

What the Gaza deal really means. An expert’s view.

After 15 months of bitter conflict on the Gaza Strip, a ceasefire deal has been agreed which promises an end to the fighting and will allow for the access of food and

Aussie dollar hits five-year low, but don’t panic

By John Hawkins You may have seen stories the Australian dollar has “plummeted”. Sounds bad. But what does it mean and should you be worried? The most-commonly

Dutton’s election year “launch” short of answers

By Michelle Grattan Opposition Leader Peter Dutton’s Sunday “soft launch” of his campaign for election year was carefully calibrated to pitch to the party faithful

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