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‘Break their roots’: New report details Chinese authorities’ alleged torture, rape of Uighur women
One witness said women in her crammed cell were stripped naked, forced to undergo a medical examination, electroshocked and beaten while interrogated.
- by Eryk Bagshaw
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Pakistan begins talks with banned extremist group after violent clashes
The protests called for the French ambassador to be expelled over remarks by President Emmanuel Macron last year about cartoons ridiculing Prophet Muhammad.
- by Ismail Dilawar and Kamran Haider
Future of ASEAN on the line as Myanmar junta chief fronts summit
South-east Asia’s regional bloc is facing a defining test of its legitimacy as junta chief Min Aung Hlaing appears at an emergency summit in Jakarta this week.
- by Chris Barrett
Navalny on brink of death as celebrities call on Putin to send a doctor
Celebrities around the world - including Stephen Fry, Hilary Mantel and Benedict Cumberbatch - joined Navalny’s daughter in pleading for medical help.
- by Robyn Dixon
‘The whole atmosphere has changed’: China’s ambitious plan to solve the climate puzzle
China has grand ambitions to break away from its dependency on fossil fuel but the massive shift has been likened to “changing the course of a big ship”.
- by Eryk Bagshaw
Chinese officials identified Huanan market as a pandemic risk years before COVID emerged
Health experts in Wuhan knew the wet market at the centre of the coronavirus outbreak was a pandemic risk at least five years before COVID-19 emerged, a Sydney scientist has revealed.
- by Sarah Newey
Indonesia rolls out ‘blow in the bag’ COVID-19 tests with results in three minutes
Despite questions about its accuracy, the developers of a virus breathalyser in the world’s fourth most populous country hope it can test 1.2 million people a day.
- by Chris Barrett and Karuni Rompies
US, China call truce on ‘climate crisis’ to cooperate on solutions
The two superpowers, often at loggerheads, have committed to work together on developing carbon capture, energy storage and hydrogen targets.
- by Eryk Bagshaw
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Myanmar coup
Australian publisher released from jail in Myanmar in mass pardon
Ross Dunkley was sentenced to 13 years in prison in 2019 for drug possession but was one of 23,000 convicts let out by the junta on Saturday, his ex-wife said.
- by Chris Barrett
New global coronavirus cases nearly double in two months
Scientists are also worried about the arrival of the new variant from India, which has a mutation that may make it more able to evade the body’s immune responses.
- by Erin Cunningham and Siobhán O'Grady
Perspective
World War II
Lost poetry from a brutal jungle prison, still in search of a home
A book of poetry written by an unknown prisoner of war has travelled for 75 years without a proper home.
- by Tony Wright