Interested in the news but sometimes find there is a whole lot of assumed knowledge which makes it hard to get the full picture? Recent examples include the Hong Kong/China relationship, how the moon landing 50 years ago still impacts us today, and who Punky Brewster is... Each week, Squiz Shortcuts will give you the context on the news, personalities and historical events that often come up but can be confusing and time-consuming to get across. In the usual Squiz tone, we'll keep it short and sharp, and opinion-free. As always, The Squiz is your shortcut to being informed.
The Games are finally here... Of course we’re talking about the Tokyo Olympics. Delayed last year, it’s been a long and tough road to get to the start...
The US and its allies are withdrawing the last of their troops from Afghanistan after one of their longest military engagements. It amid rising violen...
Superannuation, for plenty of us is something that’s just always been a line item on our pay check. Its goes out, and somewhere way in the future we’l...
Mouse plague - chilling words. For parts of Australia, it's been the reality for thousands of people. They've been battling millions of mice in their ...
Barnaby Joyce has been in politics for the best part of 16 years. This week, for the second time, he was has won the job of Leader of the Nationals Pa...
Cyberattacks are one of those things we all know we are exposed to, and if you follow the news, you know it happens... And not just to individuals but...
As evidence builds around the long term impact of repeated head knocks in sport, sporting codes are putting in place protocols to protect players. The...
Belarus has been making news lately after a commercial flight was forced to land in the capital Minsk and a journalist and his girlfriend - both outsp...
Cryptocurrency, perhaps the most requested Shortcut and one that has taken a little bit of time to wrap our head around. But we've got there and in th...
The latest eruptions of long-running tensions between Israel and the Palestinian Territories have prompted the UN to warn of a "full-scale war". It's ...