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Why did global talks to fight pandemics break down?
Global talks over developing a joint pandemic treaty broke down last week, as delegations failed to agree on a pact, largely because participating countries di
North Korea flies rubbish-filled balloons to South in ‘tit-for-tat’ attack
South Korea condemns ‘low-class’ attack which comes amid tensions raised by Pyongyang’s failed satellite launch.North Korea has sent hundreds of balloons
Former Thailand PM Thaksin Shinawatra to go on trial for…
The case relates to an interview the billionaire politician gave to South Korean media while in self-imposed exile in 2015.Thailand’s former Prime Minister Th
The art project aiming to keep Australia’s Indigenous people out…
Melbourne, Australia – More Indigenous people are behind bars in Australia than ever before, making them the world’s most imprisoned people. Despite making
Hong Kong charges six people under new national security law
Police arrest the group for seditious social media posts under the much criticised law.Hong Kong’s national security police have arrested six people accused o
Taiwan’s parliament passes bill pushing pro-China changes
Thousands protested outside Taiwan’s parliament after reforms seen as reducing the president’s power were passed.Taiwan’s opposition-controlled legislatur
Disgraced Olympic swimmer Sun Yang eyes competitive return as drug…
Sun’s ban ends too late for him to compete at the Paris 2024 Olympics but he says he will restart his swimming career.Disgraced three-time Olympic champion Su
Papuans head to Indonesian court to protect forests from palm…
Indigenous activists from the Indonesian province of West Papua have held traditional ceremonies outside the country’s Supreme Court in Jakarta calling for th
Papua New Guinea evacuating landslide villages as hopes for survivors…
Hopes are fading that an estimated 2,000 people buried by a landslide in Papua New Guinea’s Enga province will be found alive, a United Nations official has s
North Korea says rocket carrying satellite exploded in flight
Pyongyang says its attempt to put another spy satellite into orbit ends in failure, according to state news agency KCNA.North Korea says its attempt to launch a
Art, violence and resistance: Raoul Peck and Viet Thanh Nguyen
Filmmaker Raoul Peck and author Viet Thanh Nguyen discuss their road to making art that’s political and subversive.Haitian filmmaker Raoul Peck highlights the
‘A miracle’: Couple survives Papua New Guinea landslide that ‘buried…
Two found alive as overnight rains raise fears tonnes of rubble covering the area could become dangerously unstable.A couple has been found alive three days aft
