--- title: Sharon Verghis | TIME description: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. canonical: https://time.com/author/sharon-verghis/ og:title: TIME | Current & Breaking News | National & World Updates og:description: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. og:url: https://time.com/author/sharon-verghis/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 300 og:image:height: 300 og:image:alt: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. og:type: profile twitter:card: summary twitter:title: TIME | Current & Breaking News | National & World Updates twitter:description: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Sharon Verghis ## Sharon Verghis ## Sharon Verghis *  Mar 16, 2019 ### [Australia and the New Zealand Massacre](https://time.com/5553009/australia-new-zealand-christchurch/) The tragedy in Christchurch exposed divisions in neighboring Australia [WORLD](/section/world/) *  Jul 12, 2017 ### [Cardinal Pell and the Catholic Church's Crisis of Abuse](https://time.com/4848627/cardinal-pell-sex-abuse-catholic-pope-australia/) "The hope is that this is going to be a turning point," one expert says [WORLD](/section/world/) *  May 4, 2017 ### [Inside Australia's Meth Crisis](https://time.com/4737800/meth-australia-ice-crystal-methamphetamine-methylamphetamine/) Cost, culture and geography leave Australia uniquely vulnerable to a drug that has made inroads ther... [WORLD](/section/world/) *  Feb 22, 2017 ### [Will Trump's Diplomatic Debacle Push Australia to Seek Closer Ties With Asia?](https://time.com/4678316/australia-indonesia-jokowi-trump-turnbull-asia/) Indonesia's President makes his first state visit as Canberra begins to assess who its real friends ... [WORLD](/section/world/) *  Feb 2, 2017 ### [Australia Bewildered by Malcolm Turnbull's Apparent Rift with Donald Trump](https://time.com/4657759/malcolm-turnbull-donald-trump/) Reactions Down Under have ranged from bemusement to mild outrage [POLITICS](/section/politics/) Meta: null ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Organization","@id":"https://time.com/","name":"TIME","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/","name":"Home"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/author/sharon-verghis/","name":"Sharon Verghis"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Person","@id":"https://time.com/author/sharon-verghis/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/author/sharon-verghis/"},"name":"Sharon Verghis","jobTitle":null,"description":"","url":"https://time.com/author/sharon-verghis/","sameAs":["https://x.com/SVerghis"],"worksFor":{"@type":"Organization","name":"TIME","url":"https://time.com/"}}] ```