World
From Nobel peace hero to driver of war: Ethiopia’s Pentecostal leader
Not long ago, Abiy Ahmed, whose country voted in long-delayed parliamentary elections on Monday, was a shining hope for the country and continent.
- by Declan Walsh
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China relations
The Chinese community group, the consulate and the Labor Premier
- by Marta Pascual Juanola, Eryk Bagshaw and Hamish Hastie
Opinion & Perspectives
The contradiction at the heart of China’s rise
Peter Hartcher
We need to understand what Isaiah Berlin called “the most important, most inhuman and still the most imperfectly understood phenomenon of our times”.
North America
George Clooney, big stars to open film crew school aimed at LA’s Latino teens
Hollywood has sought to increase the number of people of colour in front of and behind the camera since the #OscarsSoWhite scandal in 2016.
- by Jill Serjeant
Coronavirus might shrink parts of the brain, scientists say
The results underscore how evidence is mounting that people can still suffer from illness related to COVID-19 many months after infection.
- by Rong-Gong Lin II
Eight children in van among 13 lives lost in Alabama to storms, floods
- by Jeff Amy and Amy Forliti
China risks isolation over probe into coronavirus origin, Joe Biden aide says
- by Yueqi Yang and Claire Ballentine
Europe
Sweden plunged into political chaos as PM loses no-confidence vote
- by Niclas Rolander and Ott Ummelas
Asia
Japanese companies to vaccinate millions of workers against COVID
The employer-led drive is expected to reach more than 13 million people, including suppliers and workers’ families, boosting the country’s slow vaccine rollout.
- by Yuri Kageyama
Duterte threatens to jail people who reject COVID vaccination
The Philippines is currently battling the Delta variant and the President says another wave of infections would be disastrous for the country.
- by Andreo Calonzo
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China relations
Hong Kong’s Apple Daily to shut down within days, adviser says
- by Anne Marie Roantree
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China relations
The Chinese community group, the consulate and the Labor Premier
- by Marta Pascual Juanola, Eryk Bagshaw and Hamish Hastie
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Quarantine-free travel from NSW to New Zealand paused for 72 hours
The decision followed an assessment on Tuesday which determined that while the overall risk to public health in New Zealand currently remained low, there were still “several unknowns”.
- by Hannah Martin
Taliban enter key cities in Afghanistan as US prepares to leave
- by Thomas Gibbons-Neff and Najim Rahim
‘A delicate balance’: Talks to revive Iran nuclear deal fail
- by Jonathan Tirone and Golnar Motevalli
Even as Brazil hits 500,000 COVID-19 deaths, many reject available vaccines to demand Pfizer
- by Julia Leite, Gabriela Mestre, Luana Vicentina and Bloomberg News