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Notre Dame cathedral. (Image: Pixabay)

Notre Dame and the disruption of our links to a living past

The immolation of Notre Dame de Paris rips at the threads that link us to our ancestors and to our descendants, regardless of whether we're religious or not.

Yellow vest protesters. (Image: Wiki Commons)

The slow burn of the gilets jaunes 

Our correspondent-at-large reports on the simmering tensions in Paris amid the yellow vest movement.

The WikiLeaks arrest is about the journalism, not the journalist

The debate over whether Julian Assange is a journalist or not serves no purpose other than to undercut future press freedom.

The case against Julian Assange

The US government has just unsealed the charge sheet against Wikileaks founder Julian Assange. Read it for yourself.

The Al Noor Masjid on Deans Rd in Christchurch (Image: AAP/Mick Tsikas)

Free hugs and fatigue: Christchurch one month after a tragedy

From schools to hospitals and newsrooms, Christchurch is a city heaving under shock and trauma one month after a deadly mosque attack.

What happens to Assange now?

Barrister and legal adviser to Julian Assange, Greg Barns, discusses the developments in Assange's case and what's likely to come next.

WikiLeaks co-founder Julian Assange arrives at Westminster Magistrates Court in April 2019 (Image: EPA/stringer)

Assange is in the dock, but it's investigative journalism on trial

On the ground in the UK, Crikey's correspondent-at-large covers Julian Assange's first court appearance in London.

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Naveed Ahmed)

'Mind-blowing logistics': India embarks on epic five-week election

As the country's 900 million voters head to the polls for the first time in five years, what is the current lay of the land when it comes to India's key political parties?

The face of hard Brexit, Mark Francois. (Image: Wikimedia Commons)

A blustering Thatcherite rises from the crowd...

The new pin-up boy for a hard Brexit, Mark Francois, sounds no-nonsense. He sounds like he knows what he’s doing. He sounds like Thatcher.

China-Australia relations are going to be a big issue this election

Politicians may try to ignore it, but they will eventually have to start talking honestly about Chinese influence this election cycle.