Does the peace sign still stand a chance?

Does the peace sign still stand a chance?

A universal peace sign seems wildly optimistic now when almost everything from the colour of your hat to the emoji in your post is an ideological declaration.

  • byMichael Rock

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Inside the killing of a Russian defector with all the hallmarks of a Kremlin hit job

Inside the killing of a Russian defector with all the hallmarks of a Kremlin hit job

The men who killed Maksim Kuzminov wanted to send a message. It didn’t help his cause that he was partying in Spain and messaging an ex-girlfriend back home.

  • byMichael Schwirtz andJosé Bautista
Eclectic,arty and the food is fantastic - this city isn’t what I’d imagined

Eclectic,arty and the food is fantastic - this city isn’t what I’d imagined

One moment you might be in a bar sipping cocktails,the next in a bunker during an air raid alert but locals say Kyiv’s sophisticated spirit has returned.

  • byRob Harris
Europe has entered ‘pre-war era’,says Poland’s prime minister

Europe has entered ‘pre-war era’,says Poland’s prime minister

“I know it sounds devastating,especially to people of the younger generation,but we have to mentally get used to the arrival of a new era,” said the Polish leader.

  • byRob Harris
Australian-Algerian wanted over alleged murder of British ex-soldier

Australian-Algerian wanted over alleged murder of British ex-soldier

Daniel Burke,from Manchester,travelled to Ukraine in 2022 to help fight against Russian invading forces. He was found dead in September.

  • byMartin Evans
From TV comic to wartime leader:The making of Volodomyr Zelensky

From TV comic to wartime leader:The making of Volodomyr Zelensky

Simon Shuster’s biography of the Ukrainian president is informed by the time he spent covering his story long before the Russian invasion.

  • bySonia Mycak
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Australians have blindly accepted Albanese’s line on this for far too long
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Australians have blindly accepted Albanese’s line on this for far too long

Bureaucrats who decide budgets may think we do not have skin in the game. We do. Just like Britain did when Nazi Germany coveted Czechoslovakia.

  • byRob Harris
How a real estate agent ended up a worker in a war zone
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How a real estate agent ended up a worker in a war zone

An estimated four million Ukrainians are internally displaced,but many are determined to stay at home to help their homeland rebuild and pick up the pieces.

  • byRob Harris
The strain on the faces of mums and teachers shows,but they hold it together for the preschoolers

The strain on the faces of mums and teachers shows,but they hold it together for the preschoolers

The hidden toll of the war on Ukraine’s children is clear as air raid sirens fail to deter the 15 or so girls and boys in a basement classroom.

  • byRob Harris
Ukraine’s children facing a ‘scary future’
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Ukraine’s children facing a ‘scary future’

Rob Harris reports from Ukraine where women’s shelters tell the story of the plight of women and children in the war-torn country.

‘Banditry and theft’:The delicate plan to unlock a $350 billion Russian safe
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‘Banditry and theft’:The delicate plan to unlock a $350 billion Russian safe

After intense debate,the West has taken a big step towards a move that will upset Vladimir Putin and the Kremlin.

  • byStephen Bartholomeusz