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Displaced Palestinians returning to a destroyed Rafah in the Gaza Strip, a day after the ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas came into effect.

Here’s why Trump’s ‘clean out Gaza’ idea is rejected

The US president said resettling most of the strip’s population of 2.3 million in Jordan or Egypt could be “temporary or long term”. He’s already heard a firm “no”.

  • Joseph Krauss

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The US is bidding farewell to Red Dye No. 3, but what about other food dyes?

A red food dye was just banned in the US. Do we need to be worried about it?

Does Australia still use the vivid cherry-red dye, and what could a ban mean for other artificial colours?

  • Nell Geraets
Erosion due to wild weather at Wamberal Beach on the Central Coast of NSW in 2020.

‘Managed retreat’: Should Australians withdraw from our beloved coastlines?

Climate change is increasing the rate and severity of coastal erosion, leading some experts to call for a “managed retreat” from beachfront development.

  • Bianca Hall
Humanitarian aid trucks enter through the Kerem Shalom crossing from Egypt into the Gaza Strip on Monday.

‘A big step-up’: UN says 915 aid trucks entered Gaza on day two of the ceasefire

That’s on top of 630 on Sunday, but there’s much more to go to avert famine and disease.

  • Michelle Nichols
Gazan doctor Mohammad M.E Alastal has welcomed a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas.

‘There is euphoria’: In Gaza a rare moment of peace after 15 months of war

As the sun set over Gaza, doctor Mohammad Alastal was looking forward to something he hadn’t enjoyed in over a year: a night free of the sound of bombs.

  • Matthew Knott
Accommodation cells in the Boys’ unit at the Cairns watch-house taken from the ‘Cairns and Murgon watch‑houses inspection report’ delivered September, 2024.

Queensland’s tough youth crime agenda slammed in human rights report

Significant concerns are held for children in contact with Australia’s youth justice system, including those held in custody in adult facilities in Queensland.

  • Courtney Kruk
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President-elect Donald Trump

How Australia, and the world, can respond to an unpredictable future

There are limited and difficult choices ahead for those who believe in a multilateral world order.

  • The Age's View
Illustration: Simon Letch

It’s worse than any war or pandemic, so why are our leaders ignoring it?

Tell me I’m not dreaming: 2025 could be the year of bipartisan action on catastrophic climate change.

  • Malcolm Knox
The Israeli strikes on Sanaa left the airport control tower a blackened shell.

WHO chief caught up in Israeli airstrike ‘lesson’ on Yemen

“The Houthis will also learn what Hamas, Hezbollah, the Assad regime have learned. This lesson will be understood across the Middle East,” the Israeli PM said.

  • Daniel Hardaker and Jotam Confino
Ingram in October 2024, in a shelter in Beirut.

From Perth to Manhattan to Sudan, this is the year that changed my life

I haven’t felt that way about many, if any, of the 34 years I lived before this one. But I am certain what I experienced in 2024 will stay with me forever.

  • Tess Ingram

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