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The severe Arctic blast and storms that hit the central part of the United States are another example of extreme weather due to climate change, writes Barry Sheppard.

Big Mac sauce and Aeroplane Jelly are off the menu for now while the workers who make them are denied a pay rise. Kerry Smith reports.

Kurdish community inÌýSydneyÌýcalling on the United Nations to prosecute Turkish dictatorÌýRecep Tayyip ErdoÄŸan for crimes against women in the occupied cantonÌýof Afrin, reports Peter Boyle

Peter Boyle accompanied activists from Jews Against the Occupation to present a petition to Facebook calling on the social media platform not to banÌýcriticism of ZionismÌýon alleged anti-Semitism grounds.

The Transport Workers Union is calling on theÌýfederal government to regulate the gig economy, after a British court rulingÌýthat Uber drivers should be consideredÌýworkersÌýnot contractors, reports Jim McIlroy.Ìý

Isabelle Huppert peddling giant bags of hash in The Godmother

Isabelle Huppert comes to rule the Parisian hashish trade in this comedy/drama that demonstrates the casual violence of the French police, writes Barry Healy.

Nicolas Marie, Virginie Efira and Albert Dupontel in Bye Bye Morons

Bye Bye Morons is a sweet French comedy with a satirical bite, writes Barry Healy.

Ben Mortley burns down the house with Hayley McElhinney in The Cherry Orchard. Photo Daniel J Grant

Broad Australian humour in a beautiful outdoor venue combined with a great 1980s soundtrack brings new life to Chekhov's The Cherry Orchard, in this Black Swan Theatre production,Ìýwrites Barry Healy.

Babkir Omda, a Medevac refugee who is detained in the Park Hotel prison in Melbourne, speaks to Â鶹´«Ã½.

Kavita KrishnanÌýspeaks with Â鶹´«Ã½ on the current situation regarding the Indian farmers protests.

The government intends to remove the pandemic supplement at the end of March as Jobseekers struggle to meet their basic needs,ÌýreportsÌýKerry Smith

The Darwin Asylum Seeker Support and Advocacy NetworkÌýis organising daily vigils outside a compoundÌýwhere 15Ìýrefugees are being held indefinitely, reportsÌýJustine Darwin.Ìý