How to dislodge a 200,000-tonne ship from a canal wall

How to dislodge a 200,000-tonne ship from a canal wall

When you can’t shift a ship that’s stuck fast into the wall of a canal that’s vital to world trade,there’s only one thing to do:call the salvage guys.

  • byAnn Koh andAlex Longley

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Suez Canal blockage adds to global supply chain chaos

Suez Canal blockage adds to global supply chain chaos

The grounding of a mega-container ship on one of the world’s busiest trade routes will hurt global supply chains already battered by the pandemic and rising US-China tensions.

  • byStephen Bartholomeusz
One year later,we still have no plan to prevent the next pandemic

One year later,we still have no plan to prevent the next pandemic

It’s time that we stop looking for intelligent life on Mars and start manifesting it here on planet earth.

  • byThomas L. Friedman
Biden’s trade attack on China will reverberate around the world
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Biden’s trade attack on China will reverberate around the world

The world is experiencing a significant turning point in what for decades has been the increasingly China-centric globalisation of manufacturing.

  • byStephen Bartholomeusz
The US election will change the world,regardless of who wins

The US election will change the world,regardless of who wins

The election pits Trump's"America First"isolationism and protectionism versus Biden's globalism and multilateralism. But some of the scars of this bizarre period in its history and the divisions and mistrust that has been sown at home and abroad will remain.

  • byStephen Bartholomeusz
Tougher values test and free unlimited English classes for new Aussies

Tougher values test and free unlimited English classes for new Aussies

Permanent residents and citizens with poor English will be given unlimited language classes and aspiring Australians will face a tougher values test.

  • byJennifer Duke
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BlackRock sees'Rip Van Winkle'risks as pandemic hurts globalisation

BlackRock sees'Rip Van Winkle'risks as pandemic hurts globalisation

Strategists at the world's largest asset manager BlackRock have warned that decades of globalisation will erode due to the coronavirus pandemic,leaving investors facing new risks as they emerge from lockdowns.

  • byAnnie Massa
Call of the wild:listen up,people,time is running out

Call of the wild:listen up,people,time is running out

Humanity's once-in-a-lifetime chance to save the planet.

  • byDavid Leser
New normal:The global economy will look nothing like it did before

New normal:The global economy will look nothing like it did before

All the talk about a return to normal after the pandemic – the debates about ‘’V-shaped,’’ or “U-shaped” or ‘’W-shaped’’ recoveries – understates the probability that,whatever normal looks like after the pandemic,it won’t be what it was before.

  • byStephen Bartholomeusz
As China throws a diplomatic tantrum,how much does WA really have at stake from its threats of economic boycott?

As China throws a diplomatic tantrum,how much does WA really have at stake from its threats of economic boycott?

WA politicians and billionaires are warning our economy is at stake if China's anger over a coronavirus inquiry is not appeased by Canberra. But are WA jobs really under threat from this latest stoush with our biggest trading partner?

  • byNathan Hondros
Coronavirus? Not in my backyard

Coronavirus? Not in my backyard

The current situation is a disaster of our own making,even if we don't want to admit it.

  • byAmelia Lester