Sean Mantesso

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

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.

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?

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 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.

China's 'dark' fishing fleets are plundering the world's oceans

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. 

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.

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.

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.