Sean Mantesso

Pandemic measures are only part of the reason foreigners are leaving China in droves. Many believe the spirit of openness that underpinned China’s economic rise could be in terminal decline.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi is transforming India to improve the lives of the “common people” and especially the poor, but critics say he is steering the nation down an illiberal path, stoking religious tensions and undermining democratic institutions.

Italian is on the decline in Australia, but experts say younger generations of Australian Italians who are showing increased interest in the language and embracing their culture could reverse that trend.

America's military adventurism has long been a lightning rod for criticism from Beijing, but the hasty US withdrawal from Afghanistan has Beijing changing its tune.

Increasingly defensive about accusations it is committing atrocities against Uyghurs in Xinjiang, China hits back, accusing Western nations including Australia of having poor human rights records.

Remember when Facebook planned to launch its own digital currency Libra? Well, its plans have stalled but China has raced ahead building a digital yuan controlled by its central bank – and it's already being used in some cities.

At a time of heightened political tensions between China and the West, space is emerging as an important front in the geopolitical struggle brewing between the world's great powers. 

Experts say Beijing and New Delhi are sending millions of doses of COVID-19 vaccinations abroad in the hopes of shoring up their international reputations and securing some political goodwill in return.

A tussle between the Indian government and Twitter is fuelling a surge in users on India's new social media platform, Koo. It's raising questions over censorship and freedom of speech in the world's biggest democracy.

'They will be back': How China's 'dark' fleets are plundering the world's oceans

Sarah Hamilton is busy juggling remote learning with three kids and she knows the change in routine is making them anxious. So they're all using a new app to help them think of positive things until the crisis eases.

The benefits of cold water immersion have long been touted, and in the midst of a pandemic, a dip in Port Phillip Bay has been a “saving grace” for a group of Melbourne mothers.

The US President says his predecessor was involved in an “obvious crime” to derail his early presidency in an incident known as #Obamagate. If it doesn’t seem that obvious to you, keep reading.

The Mayor of Venice blames climate change for a week of severe flooding in the Italian canal city, saying it is "in the trenches" in the fight against rising tides. But is there more to Venice's woes, and is climate change entirely to blame?

Millions of Sri Lankans are heading to the polls today to vote for their eighth president — but after this year’s deadly Easter Sunday bombings, voters may feel compelled to elect a controversial strongman from the country’s conflicted past.

Chile is in the midst of its worst crisis since the end of Augusto Pinochet's military dictatorship in 1990 — how has a rise in subway fares in Latin America's most stable democracy gotten to this point?

Competitive gaming is now a successful spectator sport, and the players are fast becoming multi-millionaire esports superstars with salaries and lucrative sponsorship deals.

As a slew of far-right parties anticipate strong gains in the EU’s parliamentary elections, Europe’s centrist parties have been left wondering where it all went wrong.

New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern is taking her fight to end online extremism to Europe today, teaming up with French President Emmanuel Macron to try and curtail the power of tech companies to self moderate.

A controversial Scientology-affiliated group called Applied Scholastics has entered Samoa’s education system — but what is Applied Scholastics and where else around the world are they operating? You might be surprised.