China’s Communist Party elevates Xi Jinping’s authority with ‘historical resolution’

President Xi Jinping has extended his power after the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) passed a "historical resolution", further elevating his status and comparing him to Mao Zedong.The statement was only the third of its...

Austria to place unvaccinated people into lockdown from Monday as COVID cases surge

Unvaccinated people in two hard-hit regions in Austria will be forced into lockdown next week as the government looks at doing the same nationwide due to rising COVID-19 cases.From Monday, unvaccinated people in the...

‘He beat us for three hours’ – the stories of asylum seekers trying to make it into Poland

Outside a detention centre in the Polish city of Bialystok, where we know asylum seekers who crossed the border from Belarus are being held, we meet a local mother and son.They have arrived as...

Leader of one of most climate-vulnerable nations says Boris Johnson’s language doesn’t ‘convey seriousness’ of crisis

The leader of one of the world's most climate-vulnerable nations has told Sky News that the commitments at the Glasgow summit have "no teeth" and are just "aspirational".In a damning assessment of world leaders'...

‘Without coal this area cannot exist’: The impoverished who rely on India’s mining industry

What's happening is so extraordinary that at first it's difficult to make sense of it.We're in a town called Jharia, in northeast India, standing on the edge of an Indian government mine site. It's about...

In dark, dangerous mines, men risk their lives for riches – and add to an environmental nightmare

The mountainside towering above Madagascar's biggest freshwater lake in the island's northern central plateau is a mass of pitched tents - pockmarked with manmade mining shafts.It's like the whole area has been turned inside...

US govt sues Uber over ‘discriminatory’ wait time fees for disabled passengers

Uber is being sued by the US government for allegedly overcharging disabled people.The lawsuit by the Department of Justice takes aim at the ride-hailing app's "wait time" fees, which kick in two minutes after...

‘Yes means yes’: Sexual consent laws set for ‘significant’ reform in New South Wales

The New South Wales lower house has passed legislation that could see affirmative consent incorporated into the law, changing the way courts understand consent in rape and sexual assault cases.Affirmative consent differs from traditional...