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G20 summit
Bali locks down and prays as Widodo bids to broker peace for Ukraine
Seventeen visiting heads of state, 20,000 delegates, 18,000 soldiers and police, 14 warships, plus fighter jets, have transformed the holiday island.
- by Chris Barrett
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Taliban bans women from gyms and parks, affecting children as well
A spokesman for the Ministry of Virtue and Vice said men and women were seen together in parks, and women were not obeying orders to wear head-to-toe clothing.
- by Riazat Butt
Biden, Albanese urged to fight repression in Cambodia
World leaders are flying to Phnom Penh for the East Asia summit just weeks after long-time ruler Hun Sen threatened to have the country’s main opposition party dissolved.
- by Chris Barrett
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Coronavirus pandemic
Guangzhou, world’s manufacturing hub, on brink of lockdown
The Chinese metropolis is very exposed to international trade and any Shanghai-style lockdown is likely to have a flow-on effect on consumers in Australia.
- by Eryk Bagshaw
Putin will be no-show at G20 in Bali, confirms Indonesian official
There are still plans for the Russian president to be involved in talks on the Indonesian island by video link, as Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelensky will be.
- by Chris Barrett and Karuni Rompies
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Myanmar coup
Verified Myanmar mass killings just the tip of the iceberg
Civilian slayings by the Myanmar military continue unabated while the world’s eyes are on Ukraine, a new report says.
- by Chris Barrett
‘Positive changes’: China’s Foreign Minister speaks with Wong
The discussion paves the way for a meeting between Xi Jinping and Anthony Albanese at the G20.
- by Eryk Bagshaw
Sculpture by the Sea defends controversial map of China
The chief executive of Sculpture by the Sea has defended an artwork that depicts Taiwan as part of China.
- by Emma Ding
In Taiwan’s bomb shelters, a space for life and even entertainment
All over Keelung – which suffered its first foreign attack, by the Dutch, in 1642 – the landscape has been carved up for protection.
- by Damien Cave and Amy Chang Chien
North Korea says missile tests were practice to attack South, US
The plan is to “mercilessly” strike key South Korean and US targets such as air bases, the military said.
- by Hyung-Jin Kim
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World elections
‘Last chance’: Twice-jailed Anwar makes final bid to lead Malaysia
Imprisoned on trumped-up charges, opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim is mounting what is likely to be a final attempt to become prime minister at this month’s election.
- by Chris Barrett