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Australian coal has faced restrictions getting into China.
China relations

Sailors stranded on board for five months due to China-Australia dispute

Two dozen Indian sailors have been prevented from going ashore after a ship carrying Australian coal was refused permission to dock at a Chinese port.

  • by Eryk Bagshaw
President-elect Joe Biden with his wife Jill gestures to the crowd
Opinion
US votes 2020

Admit it, we underestimated Joe Biden

  • by Chris Zappone
President Donald Trump gives two thumbs up to supporters as he departs after playing golf at the Trump National Golf Club in Sterling Virginia on Sunday.
Analysis
US votes 2020

Trump's lost war: From a gold escalator to Four Seasons Total Landscaping

  • by Dan Zak and Karen Heller
People wearing masks as a precaution against the coronavirus crowd a market place as they shop ahead of Diwali festival in Mumbai, India. India’s tally of coronavirus cases is currently the second largest in the world behind the United States.
Coronavirus pandemic

Global coronavirus cases top 50 million

The UK has ordered hospitals to isolate all patients suspected of being infected with 'mink virus' strain of coronavirus
Coronavirus pandemic

Calls to isolate some UK COVID-19 patients over fears of 'mink virus'

  • by Bill Gardner and Laura Donnelly

Opinion & Perspectives

Read 'em and Veep: History has Kamala Harris in its sights

Anne Summers
Anne Summers

The Vice-President-elect will attract much greater scrutiny than any of her predecessors, and not just because of her gender or ethnicity.

Admit it, we underestimated Joe Biden

Chris Zappone
Chris Zappone

In a single moment, Biden refuted slurs about his mental acuity while recasting the terms of politics from Trumpian combat to compassion.

Trump's lost war: From a gold escalator to Four Seasons Total Landscaping

Dan Zak and Karen Heller

Literally anywhere else would have conveyed more legitimacy than the Four Seasons car park, but legitimacy did not seem a high priority for one of the last battles of the Trump team.

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Donald Trump gives two thumbs up to supporters as he departs after playing golf at the Trump National Golf Club in Virginia on Sunday local time.
US votes 2020

Biden's plan to kickstart transition thwarted as Trump prolongs the fight

The US President will file more lawsuits and hold more rallies in key states to contest the election result, as the president-elect readies to take over.

  • by Colleen Long and Zeke Miller
The security of the region is personal for Joe Biden, Scott Morrison has said.
US votes 2020

US election LIVE updates: Donald Trump yet to offer concession speech as Joe Biden becomes the 46th president of the United States

Millions of Americans continuing their celebrations following Joe Biden’s election victory.

  • by Megan Gorrey and Latika Bourke
Prime Minister Scott Morrison has pledged to work closely with the US President-Elect Joe Biden on key issues such as climate change.
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US votes 2020

US Election 2020: Morrison pledges to work with Biden on climate change

Kamala Harris will be a vice-president like we've never seen before.
Opinion
US votes 2020

Read 'em and Veep: History has Kamala Harris in its sights

  • by Anne Summers
An election watcher observes an Allegheny County Return Board's counting of the remaining absentee and mail-in ballots on Friday in Pittsburgh.
US votes 2020

Under pressure: Vote counters emerge as real heroes of US election

  • by Amy Gardner, Reis Thebault, Hannah Knowles and Michelle Ye Hee Lee

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Australian coal has faced restrictions getting into China.
China relations

Sailors stranded on board for five months due to China-Australia dispute

Two dozen Indian sailors have been prevented from going ashore after a ship carrying Australian coal was refused permission to dock at a Chinese port.

  • by Eryk Bagshaw
WHO Director-General, Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, is yet to include Taiwan, the island nation says.
Coronavirus pandemic

Taiwan says not invited to WHO meeting after China's 'obstruction'

Taiwan is locked out of most global organisations such as the WHO due to the objections of China, which considers the island one of its provinces.

  • by Ben Blanchard
Voters queue to cast their ballots in Naypyitaw, Myanmar.
World elections

Myanmar's Suu Kyi favoured to win ahead of general election

Thailand's King Maha Vajiralongkorn and Queen Suthida greet supporters last Sunday.
Political unrest

King of compromise? Thailand's Vajiralongkorn plays the long game in face of protests

  • by Michael Ruffles
Putin has made several video speeches but rarely appeared in public during the pandemic.
World politics

Rumours Putin may step down as he is granted lifetime immunity

  • by Theo Merz

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