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Hong Kong’s activists and artists reflect on the past year of protest – ABC News
The pro-democracy protests in Hong Kong dominated international headlines in 2019. One year on, the ABC asked activists, artists and writers to reflect on the continuing tumult.
Hong Kong’s pro-democracy protests dominated international headlines in 2019.
What began as demonstrations against a controversial extradition bill morphed into an existential struggle for Hong Kong…
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Coronavirus Updates LIVE: Victorians urged to comply with rules, NSW government looks for app downloads, decision looms on Queensland border – The Sydney Morning Herald
State governments are shifting their focus on how to control case outbreaks as social distancing rules are eased. Overseas there are worrying signs in Europe and…
We must not be complacent or self-congratulatory. Leadership, science and unity got us and our Asia-Pacific neighbours to this place. And its these things that stand between a “zero COVID” life and the devastation of a new wave.
A one-way travel bubble is in place with New Zealand and that could be cautiously extended two-way to other Pacific and Asian countries with low transmission like Vanuatu, Taiwan, South Korea, Thailand, Vietnam, Singapore and Hong Kong.
Until there is an effective and widely…
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Meghan Markle wins court bid to delay privacy trial as Thomas Markle says he could die soon – NEWS.com.au
Meghan Markle wins court bid to delay privacy trial as Thomas Markle says he could die soon
Meghan Markle has won her bid to delay her privacy court battle for almost a year over a confidential matter, despite her dad warning I could die tomorrow.The Duchess of Sussex is suing Associated Newspapers, the publisher of the Mail on Sunday, for releasing a letter she wrote to her estranged father Thomas Markle before her royal wedding in 2018.
A ten-day trial was set to take place in London on January 11 next year, where the 39-year-old royal and her father were expected to give evidence in…
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‘A bigot without principles’: ex-Malaysian PM condemned by former ambassador to France – Sydney Morning Herald
Mahathir Mohamad infuriates Europe for saying Muslims “have a right to kill millions of French people” after a terrorist beheaded an elderly Christian.
Famously described as a “recalcitrant” by former PM Paul Keating, Mohamad has previously been condemned for inflammatory comments about Jews and gays.
He was the prime minister of Muslim-majority Malaysia for 22 years between 1981 and 2003, and returned as leader for a further two years before his government collapsed in March this year.
The comment by former Malaysian prime minister Mahathir Mohamad was removed by Twitter after it was found to glorify violence.Credit:AP
In a series of tweets about…
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