After the excesses of the past, the reformist Anwar Ibrahim is pushing to tighten the belt now he is finally in the driver’s seat.

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Lockdown protesters in China demand President Xi Jinping resign.

For two days and nights, disgruntled Chinese citizens have staged protests on a scale not seen since 1989.

“An individual’s life has been taken and a family’s life has been shattered. It was deeply moving,” the NZ PM said of the murder of Janak Patel.

The pilot and a passenger were trapped in a small plane when it crashed into a Pepco tower and power lines.

BBC journalist Ed Lawrence was arrested during COVID protests in Shanghai.

Eight-year-old Landon McCubbins died after choking on a bouncy ball at his school in Kentucky.

Ottawa wants deeper ties with a fast-growing Indo-Pacific, but the focus is on China which is mentioned more than 50 times in a new $2.5 billion strategic plan.

Ed Lawrence was "beaten and kicked by police" before being arrested during COVID-19 protests in Shanghai.

The concept of a “lady-in-waiting” has existed in European history since the Middle Ages to support queens, even with dressing and bathing.

“Oh free people, be with us and tell your governments to stop supporting this murderous and child-killing regime,” Farideh Moradkhani said.

Speculation Kim Jong-un's daughter will succeed her father as North Korean leader.

The equilateral cross with its legs bent at right angles is a millennia-old sacred symbol in Hinduism, Buddhism and Jainism that represents peace and good fortune.

The BBC said that Chinese police assaulted and detained one of its journalists covering a protest in Shanghai before later releasing him after several hours.

New Zealand opposition MPs are touring cities around the world with large expat communities to persuade people to make Labour pay for its COVID-19 policies that locked them out during the pandemic.

As Iranian women dare to protest, what could Australia possibly do to help them? There are actions that can make difference.

A corruption trial against Benjamin Netanyahu has detailed the extent of the relationship between James Packer and the newly reinstated Israeli prime minister.

Irene Cara, star of the movie Fame and the woman behind the song Flashdance...what a feeling, has died aged 63.

Landslides have devastated a town in Italy leaving at least one woman dead.