The BRICS summit in India delivered the final declaration approved by all core members of the bloc. The declaration builds on some of the key tracks of BRICS development from the past several years, while also launching new initiatives prioritized by India during its chairmanship. On some of...
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In September of 1814, 1,000 American patriots heroically defended our young Nation’s sovereignty at the Battle of Fort McHenry, where they halted the British invasion of Baltimore in a critical turning point in the War of 1812. Despite relentless cannon bombardment from the most powerful na...
“I dreamed of going to school like other girls,” she said. “Instead, I became a wife before I had the chance to live my childhood, and a mother before I truly understood what that meant.”For a while, life with her husband was steady, if simple. Then war tore through Yemen, closing cli...
The group – Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa and several other nations that have also signed on – was founded to give major developing economies a stronger voice in a global system long dominated by Western powers. This year's summit, hosted by India, has drawn heads of stat...
The Albanese Government is pleased to announce Ms Melissa Doyle AM as the new Chair of the National Australia Day Council Board.Ms Doyle has had a distinguished career as a television presenter, author and journalist, with more than 30 years of experience.In the 2016 Australia...
ANTHONY ALBANESE, PRIME MINISTER: Good morning. Today is an exciting day for an extraordinary Australian. A familiar face to just about every Australian I think, no matter where they live. For several decades, Melissa Doyle AM has beamed in the living rooms right around the country through a...
Initially set up following the announcement of the Israel-Hamas ceasefire agreement of October 2025, the “yellow line” splits Gaza into two sections: most of the Palestinian population is confined in the western zone, while the eastern zone is under Israeli military control. At first,...
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi said the BRICS bloc has reached a "coming-of-age" moment as he opened the leaders' summit in New Delhi, calling for urgent United Nations Security Council reform and equal participation for the Global South in shaping international rules. Indian Pri...
On Friday, September 11, 2026, the President signed into law:H.R. 1276, which directs the Department of the Interior to remove all deed restriction from an approximately 3.62-acre parcel of land conveyed from the Department to the City of Paducah, Kentucky;H.R. 2069, the “Stop...
The planetary heat record was documented by monthly reports from the European Union’s Copernicus Climate Service, the United States National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and NASA.Its effects were felt around the planet, the World Meteorological Organization (