“The web of our life is of a mingled yarn, good and ill together.” We’ve all had a pretty ill time this last 12 months or...
Does Australia have a bad reputation on climate change? Among the worst in the world, according to at least one survey of international media and social...
Teenage activist Greta Thunberg has labelled the ongoing global climate talks in Glasgow “a failure”, and branded the event as “a global north greenwash festival,” as...
Annalakshmi Sivaraman and Palaniappan Subramanian, with their daughters Hanshruthi, 5, and Nuvali, 2.(ABC News: Jack Fisher) Summer hibernation, sweltering days, more natural disasters. As the world watches Glasgow, is this...
In 2008, China used the Beijing Summer Olympic Games to announce itself on a world stage that only mega events can provide. Key points: Beijing will...
A video showing celebrity chef Salt Bae feeding a powerful Vietnamese official morsels of steak smothered in gold leaf at a luxury London restaurant has sparked anger...
Injured South Australian workers will be entitled to hundreds of millions of dollars’ worth of additional compensation following a High Court ruling. Key points: The case...
China says it will make people who support Taiwan independence criminally liable for life, a spokeswoman for China’s Taiwan Affairs Office has said. Key points: China...
Flash flooding caused by torrential rains has killed at least six people on Indonesia’s main island of Java, and three others are missing. Key points: Floodwaters have inundated five townships...
Kangaroo Island Mayor Michael Pengilly has sensationally stormed out of a parliamentary committee inquiry into Vickie Chapman’s refusal of a port on the island. Key points: Michael...