How the West was conned:its world of order has turned to global chaos

How the West was conned:its world of order has turned to global chaos

Proclamations of the “end of history” were tragically premature. The world is far from escaping the horrors of the 20th century.

  • byNick Bryant

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One of the world’s great global cities has lost its identity

One of the world’s great global cities has lost its identity

Inside the information war being waged in Hong Kong,and the rewriting of history in real time.

  • byEryk Bagshaw andDaniel Ceng
The ‘forgotten’ Australian locked up in Hong Kong

The ‘forgotten’ Australian locked up in Hong Kong

Gordon Ng has been jailed since 2021 on national security charges. The former Waverley College student faces a maximum sentence of life in prison.

  • byEryk Bagshaw
Two brothers are hoping for another Australian ‘miracle’ in Beijing

Two brothers are hoping for another Australian ‘miracle’ in Beijing

Last month,Yang Hengjun’s sons watched on as fellow Australian Cheng Lei was released from jail. Now they want Anthony Albanese to get their father out.

  • byEryk Bagshaw
In naming his successors,Widodo is one step closer to cementing his political dynasty

In naming his successors,Widodo is one step closer to cementing his political dynasty

Australia’s diplomatic focus may be on the Middle East right now,but another potential headache is gaining steam as the Indonesian election draws closer.

  • byRobert Law
The politics of No is dumbing down our democracy

The politics of No is dumbing down our democracy

The nation is languishing because its politics have come to be defined by retreat,revenge and regression.

  • byNick Bryant
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No campaign’s ‘fear,doubt’ strategy revealed

No campaign’s ‘fear,doubt’ strategy revealed

Volunteers for Fair Australia are told not to identify themselves upfront as No campaigners as they make hundreds of thousands of calls ahead of the referendum.

  • byPaul Sakkal
Jailed Aung San Suu Kyi ill and denied medical care,says son

Jailed Aung San Suu Kyi ill and denied medical care,says son

The 78-year-old’s condition has led her family to raise new concerns about her treatment by Myanmar’s military,which has detained her since a 2021 coup.

  • byChris Barrett
Democracy on trial:millions taken to court to keep opposition busy

Democracy on trial:millions taken to court to keep opposition busy

With an election on the way,thousands of political leaders,members and supporters of opposition parties stand before a judge nearly every day in Bangladesh.

  • byMujib Mashal
Proud Boys leader gets 18 years in prison for pro-Trump US Capitol riot

Proud Boys leader gets 18 years in prison for pro-Trump US Capitol riot

“If we don’t have a peaceful transfer of power in this country,we don’t have anything,” said US District Judge Timothy Kelly.

  • byMakini Brice andSarah N. Lynch
Australian fears he’ll die in Chinese prison after doctors find huge kidney cyst

Australian fears he’ll die in Chinese prison after doctors find huge kidney cyst

Yang Hengjun’s supporters are urging the federal government to demand the academic be given medical parole or access to Australian-supervised medical care.

  • byMatthew Knott