Society
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Julian Assange intends to seek asylum in France, lawyers say
French team member Eric Dupont-Moretti said Assange’s case placed at stake “the fate and the status of all journalists”. ABC…
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Australia cannot look away from Iran’s atrocities
With Iran holding parliamentary elections for the first time in four years on Friday February 21 and the 43rd Session…
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How two women from a conservative Queensland town made the deportation of a local Tamil family national news
It was a sunny spring evening when more than 50 people from the central Queensland town of Biloela gathered at…
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Syria facing ‘massacre’ on a scale never seen before, UN warns
The UN is warning an unprecedented bloodbath is looming in northwest Syria without international action to restrain the Assad regime.…
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Merkel condemns ‘poison’ of racism after gunman kills nine in Germany
A gunman with suspected far-right links shot dead nine people, some of them migrants from Turkey, in an overnight rampage…
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Are voters prejudiced against ethnic minority candidates?
Many people now accept that governments and parliaments should try to reflect the diversity of the people they seek to…
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Murder of seven-year-old girl in Mexico City sparks mounting fury about brutal femicides
The brutal killing of a seven-year-old girl in the suburbs of Mexico City has sparked renewed anger about rates of…
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Could a Multibillion-Dollar Canal Be Erdogan’s Undoing in Turkey?
He and his ruling Justice and Development Party, or AKP, claim they spur economic development and create jobs. Clare Busch…
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Germany is shutting down its coal industry for good, so far without sacking a single worker
“My grandpa did it like this, we used it like this to destroy the big stones,” he tells Foreign Correspondent.…
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Grooming: what parents should know and what schools should do if they suspect it
Several current and former staff, students and parents told Four Corners St Kevin’s College had a history of failing to…
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British Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s adviser Andrew Sabisky resigns after past comments linking intelligence to race
Andrew Sabisky said he was quitting because he had become “a distraction”. ABC news MPs from both the Opposition and…
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Regular Democrats Just Aren’t Worried About Bernie
Judging by media coverage and the comments of party luminaries, you might think Democrats are bitterly polarized over Bernie Sanders’s…
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China’s Uighurs systematically tracked and detained due to religion, leaked documents show
The Chinese government is reportedly keeping track of how often members of the country’s Uighur minority pray and whether they…
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The Dalai Lama’s succession rests with Tibet, not China
There are things they do well — provide sane advice, take care of the grandchildren — and everyone thanks them…
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Caroline Flack’s death is yet another reason to be angry at the way the media treats women
This warning shot, directed toward traditional media, trolls and fans alike, wasn’t heeded by all. Beth Johnson The Conversation When…
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Raphael’s tapestries return to the Sistine Chapel
The tapestries are usually only displayed on rotation in the “Raphael Room” at the Vatican Museum, according to the Vatican.…
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