Australia can’t reach its ambitious climate targets with current policies. Here are 6 things we can try
By Steve Hatfield-Dodds In less than ten years, Australia has to cut its emissions 62–75% below 2005 levels. Given reductions in emissions over the past 20 years, that translates to cutting emissions 47–65% below current levels. As of last year, that’s about 440 million tonnes (Mt) of carbon dioxide equivalent. Under current climate policies, official projections indicate annual emissions
‘800 Missing In Delhi’ Shared With Misleading Claims
Social media platforms are awash with alarming posts claiming that over 800 people, mostly women and children, have gone missing in the national capital in the first 15 days of 2026 alone. The posts, often accompanied by hashtags questioning women’s safety in Delhi, suggest a sudden and unprecedented spike in disappearances, sparking panic. BOOM found
Southeast Asia’s domestic political turmoil hobbles ASEAN’s global role
Domestic political instability across Southeast Asia is constraining ASEAN’s ability to act collectively at a time of growing global economic and security pressures. Electoral uncertainty in Malaysia, the Philippines and Thailand is pushing leaders to focus inward, while Indonesia’s increasingly personalised foreign policy under President Prabowo Subianto threatens to weaken ASEAN-centred multilateralism in favour of bilateral deals. Global turbulence makes the imperative to institutionalise regional cooperation more urgent than ever, with Indonesia’s commitment to ASEAN leadership pivotal to the bloc’s success.
Japan’s rock star leader now has the political backing to push a bold agenda. Will she deliver?
Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi has delivered her Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) a landslide victory in the parliamentary elections she called shortly after taking office. Now that she has consolidated her power in Japan’s legislature (called the Diet), the big question is what she will do with it. Since her ascent to the prime ministership in a parliamentary vote
