Qatar’s World Cup has echoes of Berlin 1936
Qatar stole the World Cup 2022 hosting rights from Australia, but its cheating is just part of a deeper, darker story the world appears ready to ignore.
Qatar stole the World Cup 2022 hosting rights from Australia, but its cheating is just part of a deeper, darker story the world appears ready to ignore.
Former Australian captain Craig Foster wants the world to recognise the terrible trail of deaths that leads up to Qatar’s World Cup.
Anatoly Gerashchenko had run the Moscow Aviation Institute for years and died there last week having fallen down several flights of stairs.
Almost everyone alive knows the first words uttered on the moon. But the last words spoken are barely remembered.
When Australian states hanged people, the people were the executioners. A century of statistics shows capital punishment has never been a deterrent to murder.
Jack Charles started life as a child of the Stolen Generation – but he ended up stealing Australians’ hearts.
Popular SBS presenter Basia Bonkowski fell into her first TV role but soon becoming a household name while presenting the music show Rock Around the World.
Elton John has performed with many of today’s big names in music, and, for decades, they have lined up for the opportunity to sing with him – with mixed results.
Singing a duet sounds simple enough, but even great artists have been brought undone when they decided to perform together.
Zofia Posmysz had decided to seal her concentration camp memories forever, but they were accidentally liberated, and she took them on a remarkable journey.
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