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How a disease becomes a pandemic, and how the world watches for the next one

The jump from local outbreak to global pandemic follows a recognisable pattern, and the systems designed to catch it early are better than they were, though still imperfect.

By The Daily World · 10 January 2026

What the Paris Agreement actually commits countries to

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What the Paris Agreement actually commits countries to

The Paris Agreement is the closest the world has come to a shared climate contract, but how it works, and what it does not require, is widely misunderstood.

By The Daily World · 8 January 2026

How artificial intelligence is reshaping the global economy

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How artificial intelligence is reshaping the global economy

AI is moving from a research curiosity to an infrastructure technology, and the economic shifts it is triggering will play out over decades.

By The Daily World · 6 January 2026

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What NATO is and why an alliance born in 1949 still shapes the world

The North Atlantic Treaty Organization was built to deter a specific threat in a divided Europe, but it has outlasted that world and remains the most powerful military alliance ever formed.

By The Daily World · 4 January 2026

The global race for lithium, and why Australia sits on a goldmine

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The global race for lithium, and why Australia sits on a goldmine

Lithium is the element at the heart of rechargeable batteries, and the countries that control its supply are shaping the energy transition and global geopolitics.

By The Daily World · 2 January 2026

Why the US Federal Reserve's interest rate decisions reach Australian mortgages

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Why the US Federal Reserve's interest rate decisions reach Australian mortgages

When the world's most powerful central bank moves its benchmark rate, Australian borrowers eventually feel it, even though Washington has no authority over the Reserve Bank of Australia.

By The Daily World · 31 December 2025

Why global shipping chokepoints set the price of everything in your trolley

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Why global shipping chokepoints set the price of everything in your trolley

A handful of narrow waterways control the flow of the goods that fill supermarket shelves worldwide, and when they seize up, prices move fast.

By The Daily World · 29 December 2025

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How a disease becomes a pandemic, and how the world watches for the next one

What the Paris Agreement actually commits countries to

How artificial intelligence is reshaping the global economy

What NATO is and why an alliance born in 1949 still shapes the world

The global race for lithium, and why Australia sits on a goldmine

Why the US Federal Reserve's interest rate decisions reach Australian mortgages

Why global shipping chokepoints set the price of everything in your trolley