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2025 has been a wild ride, and in these ten articles, writers here at The New World confronted some of the most important questions of the year

The dictator’s threats and dirty tricks go unanswered and unpunished. We can’t keep rolling over like this

In the months leading up to the holy festival in Bangladesh, bombs have been going off at Christian sites, and nobody knows why

As America retreats from the world into its own sphere of influence, the resulting vacuum will bring more confrontation, uncertainty and disorder. And in almost all cases, Trump won’t care

Decisions made in Beijing have caused immense suffering for the Chinese people. It’s time to understand the mistakes of the past, or risk falling into ignorance

Western leaders and diplomats have spent huge amounts of political capital on Gaza and Ukraine – but not on Sudan. Even now, the slaughter goes on, but where is the response?

Most politicians remain oblivious to the threat, especially on the left. But they must realise Putin could do to us what he’s done to Ukraine, without firing a shot

Digging into the detail and data to separate the noise from the news

A turbulent 2025 unfolded in striking contrasts – from apocalyptic climate disasters and surging global protests to the ever-present threat of war

Terranera, a tiny mountaintop hamlet of 50 residents, doesn't organise its festivities by the Christian calendar or tradition

If you really want to understand this country and who we are, you need to come here in December

After the murder of Jewish Australians on Bondi beach, the instinct is to use grief as a way to bolster preconceived arguments. But certainty itself carries its own dangers

Politicians and activists must do better than using slaughter to justify their points of view

If you want to get near the US president, your face has to fit. And if it doesn’t, sorry - it’s time to go under the knife

The president said he had brokered a peace between the Thai and Cambodian governments. As ever, with the US president, the truth is very different

Young people got depressed, anxious and led astray long before social media arrived. So is the new ban in Australia really going to do any good? And if so, how will we be able to tell?

The latest edition of the Taylor Wessing Photo Portrait prize exhibition features subjects looking for a connection

On political funding and social media, Malinauskas has shown real leadership. Our government should take note

People around here think that if you drive an electric vehicle, you’re likely to end up either on fire, or in a nightmarish traffic accident. But attitudes are changing

Two years ago, it happened to the people of Grindavík in Iceland – and yet today, the lights flicker and the boats put out to sea

The Greek capital has experienced an influx of Israeli investment in property – but the graffiti around town suggests severe local antipathy

An attempt to remove the stories of Black GIs from a second world war cemetery in the Netherlands ran into stiff resistance

We live in a world shaped by banal, slogan-heavy politics, and leaders whose ideas are tilted against the interests of the young. They will leave behind nothing but catastrophe

Zelensky’s chief of staff has resigned amid the biggest corruption scandal Ukraine has seen. The president must act fast to restore trust - while not forgetting about the frontline

Huge numbers of Venezuelans have fled into Guyana to escape inflation and corruption. But if the US attacks, Caracas will not fold. Maduro has too much to lose

What they couldn’t take they tried the destroy, using statues for target practice - they even shot all the mummies

Putin’s friend and emissary has manipulated Steve Witkoff to the point where the US special ambassador is known as “Dim Philby”. And Ukraine is paying the price

A city of tech parks and start-ups, Bidadi is the very image of India's digital rise

It may be Thanksgiving, but as the country emerges from the longest government shutdown in history, life is about to get harder for many Americans

Right wing challengers are capitalising on disillusionment with leftist governments and Chile is just the latest to test that sentiment

What does the ousted prime minster’s death sentence mean for Bangladesh’s political future?

The offer being pushed on Kyiv forces huge compromises and restrictions on Ukraine, but nothing on Russia. For that reason alone it is bound to fail