World
These Taiwanese want unification with China. There’s just one problem
Liang, a 21st-generation descendant of the Hakka people of southern China, yearns for Taiwan and the motherland to be united. He is among those voting on Saturday.
- by Eryk Bagshaw and Daniel Ceng
Updated
Israeli-Palestinian conflict
US launches new airstrike on Houthi target in Yemen
- by Jennifer Jacob and Peter Martin
Opinion & Perspectives
How Mary and Frederik’s fairytale kiss provided an antidote to our times
Europe correspondent Rob Harris was among the 100,000 people on the streets of Copenhagen watching on in below-freezing temperatures as Mary Donaldson from Hobart became Denmark’s new queen.
Rob Harris
Europe correspondent
If Trump wins, it will not be in spite of democracy, but because of it
Liberal elites often deny the legitimacy of democratic outcomes by blaming it all on populism. Which is curious, since populism must surely mean that the popular will has prevailed.
George Brandis
Former high commissioner to the UK and federal attorney-general
Lai’s victory in Taiwan is an embarrassment for Beijing
The challenge for Taiwan and for its supporters around the world, including Australia, will be maintaining the status quo.
Eryk Bagshaw
North Asia correspondent
North America
Opinion
Populism
If Trump wins, it will not be in spite of democracy, but because of it
Liberal elites often deny the legitimacy of democratic outcomes by blaming it all on populism. Which is curious, since populism must surely mean that the popular will has prevailed.
- by George Brandis
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Europe
Analysis
Royalty
How Mary and Frederik’s fairytale kiss provided an antidote to our times
- by Rob Harris
Asia
Australia may be next for Rohingya refugees ‘running out of places to go’
Fleeing violence and squalid conditions in the world’s largest refugee camp in Bangladesh, the persecuted Muslim minority from Myanmar is desperate.
- by Chris Barrett
Analysis
Taiwan
Lai’s victory in Taiwan is an embarrassment for Beijing
The challenge for Taiwan and for its supporters around the world, including Australia, will be maintaining the status quo.
- by Eryk Bagshaw
Taiwan’s government wins a third term, delivering a blow to Beijing’s ambitions for the democratic island
- by Eryk Bagshaw and Daniel Ceng
These Taiwanese want unification with China. There’s just one problem
- by Eryk Bagshaw and Daniel Ceng
Deepfake dead dictator Suharto back on the campaign trail
- by Chris Barrett and Karuni Rompies
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