What is it like to get called up by DoorDash and flown to D.C. to bring McDonald’s straight to the Oval Office?

Only Sharon Simmons would know.

Playbook PM spoke with her after the viral moment with Trump: www.politico.com/playbook

May Victor Orbán simply be the first in a string of countries engaging in overdue housecleaning by kicking their authoritarian leaders to the curb.

Congress is completely useless at this point.

The United States Has Become a Rogue State Here’s what the rest of the world can do about it.

We are the baddies.

The United States Has Become a Rogue State

foreignpolicy.com/2026/03/26/u...

Surcharging on credit and debit card payments will be banned from October, the Reserve Bank has confirmed. tinyurl.com/bdhh99hf

BTS Returned to Gwanghwamun. Not Everyone in South Korea Was Celebrating. The Korean government treated a BTS comeback concert as a national event. The response at home was more complicated than expected.

The Korean government treated a BTS comeback concert as a national event. The response at home was more complicated than expected.

The limits of South Korean soft power South Korea’s cultural appeal boosts its national brand but falls short in translating to concrete political influence, writes Cedarbough Saeji.

South Korea’s cultural appeal boosts its national brand but falls short in translating to concrete political influence, writes Cedarbough Saeji.

North Korea: Is Kim’s daughter the chosen successor? Analysts once doubted Ju Ae was the chosen heir. The evidence has shifted – but obstacles remain.

“Her public image was being constructed first, potentially laying the groundwork for later formalisation – a preemptive strategy against the structural…” Read Gabriela Bernal in The Interpreter.
www.lowyinstitute.org/the-interpreter/north-ko...

The US needs a regime change

Is Bengali identity changing across India and Bangladesh? Bangladesh’s constitutional overhaul and India’s culture wars are reshaping a once-settled identity.

“The debates unfolding in Dhaka and Kolkata may reshape how Bengali identity is expressed – a familiar pattern in which being Bengali continues to evolve,” writes Saqlain Rizve in The Interpreter.
www.lowyinstitute.org/the-interpreter/bengali-...

‘Strategic Cousins’ Australia and Canada Chart a Closer Course Both countries are navigating a geopolitical environment far more turbulent than the one that shaped their post-Cold War outlook.

'Strategic cousins' Australia and Canada are navigating a geopolitical environment far more turbulent than the one that shaped their post-Cold War outlook.

I am now in my 55th year of being an imminent millionaire.

I Remeber when North Korea had the craziest dictator

They told me if I voted for Kamala the US would continue to be involved in foreign wars, and they were right!

As an Iranian in exile as some call it, I want nothing more than a regime change in Iran.

But what I don't want is my country destroyed, people killed, and all looted by Americans!

#FuckYourWar

In NYC, everyone knows, when the U.S. starts another war, people protest by marching to Times Square which has a U.S. Army recruiting station at the center.

This is today at "Stop War on Iran" march.

Video shot by @yyeeaahhhboiii2 via @scootercaster.com

When the going gets tough, the imitation tough attack a marginalized ethnic group with next to no ability to defend themselves.

A reminder: almost all crime in America is committed by our fellow Americans; often by our neighbors and folks we know.

Pauline Hanson’s no ‘good’ Muslims comment shows how normalised Islamophobia has become in Australia Recent events show troubling signs that Islamophobia has become normalised, tolerated in ways other forms of racism are not.

Criticism of the state of Israel is considered hate speech, but a politician publicly stating there are "no good muslims" is totally acceptable. This is how normalised Islamophobia is & also shows the jarring reality of how Muslims are publicly dehumanised.

theconversation.com/pauline-hans...

The case for universities as Australia’s soft power engine Education is Australia’s fourth-largest export and a tool of statecraft yet is so often undervalued in public debates.

“Universities suffer for the gap between the nation’s aspirations for higher education and its willingness to pay for them,” write Michael Wesley and Melissa Conley Tyler in The Interpreter.
www.lowyinstitute.org/the-interpreter/case-uni...

Bangladesh’s election gives India a chance to reset relations With the BNP’s landslide victory, can the neighbours move past the Hasina era?

“With the BNP’s landslide victory, can the neighbours move past the Hasina era?” Read Grace Corcoran in The Interpreter.
www.lowyinstitute.org/the-interpreter/banglade...

Closed-door apologies are not enough for a community confronted by images of worshippers being seized by NSW police | Aftab Malik Long-term trust depends on demonstrating that state power can be corrected as well as asserted

Closed-door apologies are not enough for a community confronted by images of worshippers being seized by NSW police | Aftab Malik | The Guardian www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Ocasio-Cortez says US military aid to Israel ‘enabled a genocide in Gaza’ New York congresswoman criticizes ‘unconditional’ US aid and calls for enforcement of Leahy laws

“Personally, I think that the United States has an obligation to uphold its own laws, particularly the Leahy laws."

This should not be a controversial position, and it's damning of US politicians that it is!

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

Bangladesh Election 2026 Live Updates: Tarique Rahman's BNP Claims Victory The B.N.P., led by Tarique Rahman, was heavily favored to win the first election in the country since a student-led revolution toppled the last government in 2024.

The Bangladesh Nationalist Party, led by Tarique Rahman, claimed victory on Friday in the country’s first elections since a student-led movement topped the last government in 2024. Follow live updates.

South Korea’s Parliament Mounts Rare Bipartisan Effort to Avert US Tariffs Both President Lee Jae-myung and the National Assembly want to send a clear message to Trump that they are working to expedite implementation of the trade deal.

Both President Lee Jae-myung and the National Assembly want to send a clear message to Trump that they are working to expedite implementation of the trade deal.

BREAKING: Australia rushed Israel’s Herzog to ICC.
Relax, not the Hague but drinks at International Convention Centre.
There's no arrest warrant like Netanyahu but Herzog was cited by UN inquiry concluding genocide + current ICJ referral
Australia must investigate not sip bubbles with war criminals

A protest against Israeli President Isaac Herzog’s visit is under way at Sydney’s Town Hall. Police have capsicum-sprayed dozens of protesters and members of the media as clashes turn increasingly violent. Live updates: shorturl.at/Wq8BD

How is it breaking news that Donald Trump is racist?

For someone who loves seeing his name on everything, it's telling that Trump doesn't like that he appears thousands of times in the #EpsteinFiles.

South Korea’s AI revolution is forcing a US–China balancing act As South Korea develops its sovereign AI ecosystem, it must carefully navigate intensifying US–China competition in the region, writes Afeeya Akhand.

As South Korea develops its sovereign AI ecosystem, it must carefully navigate intensifying US–China competition in the region, writes Afeeya Akhand.

With Its New Laws, Australia’s Government Is Tackling Hate Speech Quickly, But Not Properly In its rush to respond to the Bondi terrorist attack, the government risks entrenching legislation that raises more questions than it answers.

In its rush to respond to the Bondi terrorist attack, the government risks entrenching legislation that raises more questions than it answers.