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Panusaya Sithijirawattanakul believes she has a duty to speak out about her country’s politicsThailand protests: everything you need to knowWhen Panusaya Sithijirawattanakul decided to risk going to jail by calling for reforms to Thailand’s powerful mo…
Read MoreScientists’ verdict on £12bn system has refocused attention on what is working elsewhere in cutting Covid-19 transmission ratesCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageThe newly released assessment by the UK government’s scientific a…
Read MoreRural women in Tamil Nadu are mostly excluded from land ownership, but collective farms can offer self-sufficiencyWhen all the shops closed due to the coronavirus lockdown, small collectives were key to remaining self-sufficient for marginalised farmer…
Read MoreMonths of delayed nuptials have been crowded together with one man having to attend 23 celebrationsCouples have rushed to get married over China’s national day holiday in the first wedding season since the coronavirus pandemic began.Months of delayed n…
Read MoreCharities warn that seven months of the pandemic has set the country back decades on child exploitationOver 70 children were crammed into a bus, heading from Bihar to a sweatshop in the Indian city of Rajasthan, when the authorities pulled it over. Amo…
Read MoreGovernment has struggled to control outbreaks in the capital while charter flights carrying foreign workers run risk of spreading virusCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coveragePapua New Guinea will fit everybody coming into the count…
Read MoreOpposition leader, who has been on the brink of power several times, claims to have enough support to lead, but doubts persistMalaysia’s opposition leader, Anwar Ibrahim, will at last be granted an audience with the king on Tuesday, a meeting his suppo…
Read MoreMove comes after nationwide demonstrations sparked by series of sexual assaultsBangladesh will introduce the death penalty for rape cases, after several high-profile sexual assaults prompted a wave of protests across the country in recent weeks.Speakin…
Read MoreMove comes after nationwide demonstrations sparked by series of sexual assaultsBangladesh will introduce the death penalty for rape cases, after several high-profile sexual assaults prompted a wave of protests across the country in recent weeks.Speakin…
Read MoreAs far as polling booth drama goes, Aotearoa’s election has so far yielded none – but early voters are quite keen on the fragrant hand sanitiserThey arrive carrying their own pens. They stop for a dollop of pleasantly lemon-scented hand sanitiser as th…
Read MoreAs far as polling booth drama goes, Aotearoa’s election has so far yielded none – but early voters are quite keen on the fragrant hand sanitiserThey arrive carrying their own pens. They stop for a dollop of pleasantly lemon-scented hand sanitiser as th…
Read MoreRights campaigners voice concerns as Cuba and Pakistan also expected to be electedChina, Russia, Cuba, Pakistan and Saudi Arabia are expected to be elected to the board of the UN human rights council on Tuesday, leaving human rights campaigners in the …
Read MoreShenzhen residents can win one of 50,000 ‘red packets’ to spend in local shopsAuthorities in the Chinese city of Shenzhen have begun giving away more than 10m yuan ($1.49m) in a citizens’ lottery, as part of trials of a new digital currency.Almost 2 mi…
Read MoreCarrie Lam to consult Beijing in attempt to protect city’s status as international finance hubHong Kong’s chief executive, Carrie Lam, has postponed a key annual policy address scheduled for Wednesday, claiming she must consult Beijing on some of her p…
Read MoreIn 1996 Aotearoa ditched the ‘first past the post’ system for a mechanism that creates a more diverse governmentRead the NZ weekly election briefingDespite New Zealand democracy being founded on the British system, in 1996 Aotearoa ditched the “first p…
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