5 news stories, including EU to share biometrics with US and launch of UK’s mass internet messaging surveillance programme

5 important stories from this week that might have been overlooked. The EU’s plans to give the US access to national biometric databases; the launch of the UK’s mass internet message surveillance programme; an EU-funded organisation has det

The liberal world order appears to be coming to an end

Francis Fukuyama declared the “End of History” in 1989, stating that Western liberal democracy had become the final form of human government. However, by 2026, the liberal world order appears to be coming to an end, with countries like Chin

Hearing for High Court case to compel New Zealand government to release the Pfizer covid vaccine contract schedule for June

Erika Whittome is taking the New Zealand government to the High Court to challenge the decision to withhold the contract with Pfizer for the supply of Covid-19 vaccines. The Government has refused to release the contract, citing various rea

A warning to Australians: Look what’s happened in the UK; policing “hate speech” online does not stop criminal acts

While the Australian government is attempting to rush through the “hate crime” bill, the UK serves as an example of how this bill will morph into something other than what politicians claim it is intended for. While UK police use time and r

Trump’s withdrawal from 66 international organisations is a challenge to a global governance that perpetuates problems

Last week, we highlighted that President Donald Trump had signed a memorandum to withdraw the US from the UNFCCC, the UN’s foundational climate change treaty.  The UNFCCC is one of the 66 international organisations named in the memorandum.