Rallies are held in all 50 states amid fears that abortion rights are being rolled back. Keep Reading

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A swath of the Southern California coastline is now covered with oil after 3,000 barrels' worth gushed into the Pacific Ocean this weekend, officials said. Keep Reading

If we want a more stable region, France must be at the table. Rather than alienate France, Australia should be getting closer to it, writes Stan Grant. Keep Reading

Behind a seemingly minor dispute, the long unresolved enmity with Serbia simmers Keep Reading

TAIPEI: Taiwan has reported the largest ever incursion by the Chinese air force into its air defence zone, with 38 aircraft flying in two waves on Friday (Oct 1) as Beijing marked the founding of the People's Republic of China. Chinese-claimed Taiwan has complained for a year or more of repeated missions b Keep Reading

Australia's Prime Minister Morrison Scott Morrison made it clear his loyalty lies with his deputy, Barnaby Joyce, and not with international allies who are urging Australia to take greater action to cut emissions. Keep Reading

Grim milestone reached as tens of millions refuse to get vaccinated even though the jabs are widely available. Keep Reading

Prices for all energy commodities jumped during the past month, some by record margins, as a global energy shortage set off a scramble for gas, coal and oil. Brent crude has doubled in the past yea… Keep Reading

Divisions in his Democratic Party is delaying the US president’s ambitious infrastructure plans. Keep Reading

With democracy at stake in Iraq and Tunisia, top Islamists are rising to its defense. Keep Reading

Women in refuges have been sent home to their abusers or to prison since the Taliban takeover. Those in the few shelters still open fear what lies ahead Keep Reading

Politicians are preparing to underwhelm the world at the big UN climate summit at Glasgow, unless business and civil society groups put the heat on them to show ambition, reports Rod Oram from the UK. Keep Reading

The Burman majority is finally understanding the abuse ethnic minorities have long been experiencing in the country. Keep Reading

Between 2009 and 2011, 80 percent of USAID funds that came into Afghanistan went to areas of the south and east, which had been the natural base of the Taliban. Even this money, a U.S. Senate report noted, went toward “short-term stabilization programs instead of longer-term development projects.” In 2014, Haji Abdul Wadood, then governor of the Argo district in Badakhshan, told Reuters, “Nobody has given money to spend on developmental projects. We do not have resources to spend in our district, our province is a remote one and attracts less attention.” Keep Reading

China’s top state-owned energy companies have been ordered to ensure there are adequate fuel supplies for the approaching winter at all costs, a report said Friday, as the country battles a p… Keep Reading

Chinese authorities have an intriguing, if troubling, option in handling the Evergrande crisis. Keep Reading

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Congress’ many crises, explained. Keep Reading

Haitian migrants are camped out on the beaches of this Colombian town, which is a stopover before the Darién Gap leading to Panama. They hope the United States will take them in. Keep Reading

“It is connected to any other right that matters to you.” Keep Reading

TOKYO – In July, Fitch Ratings analyst Charles Seville put out a rather perfunctory report on how the US Congress might handle America’s credit rating. Like most, he assumed lawmakers would be prudent. He spelled out, though, what might transpire if Republicans acted as irresponsibly as they did in 2011, back when Standard & Poor’s yanked away Washington’s AAA status. “Failure to raise the debt limit in time to prevent a default – in the absence of a formal way of prioritizing debt service – is a meaningful but remote tail risk to the rating,” Seville said. Not remote enough, it seems. Keep Reading

It is not a coincidence that Haitians have the lowest asylum acceptance rates in the US and are deported en masse. Keep Reading

The proposals would overhaul the way aid agencies are held accountable, coordinated, financed, and governed. Can they gain traction in the sector? Keep Reading

Top US General Mark Milley says the Afghan Taliban have not broken their ties with the terrorist group. Keep Reading