The ABC's overseas reporters give their interpretation and analysis of the week's major events.
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The attempt by 12 of Europe’s biggest football clubs to form a breakaway super league collapsed within 48 hours after a furious reaction from fans and players. So what was it all about?Av Australian Broadcasting Corporation
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It's the end of Hong Kong as we've known it
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Beijing’s security laws, the expulsion of pro-democracy legislators, and an ongoing police crackdown on opponents has effectively killed off the notion of one country-two systems.Av Australian Broadcasting Corporation
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How Taiwan is dealing with disinformation on social media
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In Taiwan the government and the biggest social media app have formed a public-private-partnership to tackle disinformation, predominantly from China, through the use of AI and fact checking.Av Australian Broadcasting Corporation
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Angela Onwuachi-Willig's 'The fire this time' - balancing personal and professional responses to the murder of George Floyd
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Angela Onwuachi-Willig is Dean of the Boston University School of Law. As the first African-American to hold that position she grappled with how to speak to her students about the murder of George Floyd and the broader issue of racial inequality in the US.Av Australian Broadcasting Corporation
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A true story of slavery and restitution in America
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The story of former slave Henrietta Wood who successfully sued the man who abducted her and sold her into slavery has won the 2020 Pulitzer history prize.Av Australian Broadcasting Corporation
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Under fire WHO meets at a critical time in the pandemic
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The World Health Organisation is holding its annual assembly at a critical juncture in the COVID 19 pandemic and while facing sustained criticism over its responseAv Australian Broadcasting Corporation
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Concerns over new mothers and babies during COVID 19
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Giving birth alone, without pain medication and forced separation from the baby is every pregnant woman’s worst nightmare. How the pandemic has changed birth practicesAv Australian Broadcasting Corporation
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Blue Mountains charity feeding 18,000 daily
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A charity in the Blue Mountains is feeding 18,000 people a week during the COVID 19 crisis.Av Australian Broadcasting Corporation
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Coronavirus pandemic creates a dilemma for ABC correspondents
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The coronavirus pandemic has forced the ABC's Jakarta correspondent to evacuate.Av Australian Broadcasting Corporation
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In Israel the coronavirus is adding to a political and legal crisis
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The coronavirus has overshadowed an unprecedented political and legal crisis that has left Israel without a government and with an un-elected prime minister who is now ruling by decree.Av Australian Broadcasting Corporation
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Americans know how to prep and they've stocked up to bunker down as Coronavirus takes hold.Av Australian Broadcasting Corporation
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A snapshot of life in Japan under coronavirus
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In Japan supplies of toilet paper and masks are returning to normal and many store shelves remain well stocked with food. But the government faces criticism over the lack of virus testingAv Australian Broadcasting Corporation
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In the USA the price you're quoted is never the price you have to payAv Australian Broadcasting Corporation
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Covid-19 hits Thailand's tourism industry
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Tourists are avoiding Thailand due to Covid-19 fears and Bangkok, normally a popular destination for Aussie tourists, is bearing the brunt.Av Australian Broadcasting Corporation
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As Australians panic buy toilet paper, those closest to Coronavirus outbreaks panic the least
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China correspondent Bill Birtles travels to South Korea and is struck by how people carried on as usual.Av Australian Broadcasting Corporation
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Namaste Trump: US president fills world's largest cricket stadium for political rally
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With more than 20 rolling news channels in India, even an Australian perspective on Trump's India visit is news.Av Australian Broadcasting Corporation
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Germany is battling a resurgence of right-wing fundamentalism
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In the last year the country has seen three extremist attacks, the Chancellor says they have been driven by racism.Av Australian Broadcasting Corporation
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Indonesia's pollution and rubbish problems are legendary
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Jakarta's construction and development are taking a never-ending toll on the environment.Av Australian Broadcasting Corporation
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Papua New Guinea's home to more than 800 languages
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Tok pisin is the language that is most widely spoken in PNGAv Australian Broadcasting Corporation
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Meet a group of Ultra-orthodox Jewish women in Israel in the wig-making businessAv Australian Broadcasting Corporation
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Deciding how much and and when to tip in America can be confusing for Aussies. Here are some pointers.Av Australian Broadcasting Corporation
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Life for the 3,600 people trapped on board the Diamond Princess is increasingly challengingAv Australian Broadcasting Corporation
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Was the Iowa caucus democracy in action?
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Caucusing is a uniquely American way of voting, but many people in Australia wouldn't even know what the activity is.Av Australian Broadcasting Corporation
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The wild riots erupting on the streets of Lebanon are being fuelled by an economic catastrophe that's destroying businesses, jobs and people's live savings.Av Australian Broadcasting Corporation
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Icy mountaineering in the European Alps
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Europe Correspondent Linton Besser travelled to the Ecrins Massif, a significant chain of peaks in France where he wasn't climbing mountains but waterfalls.Av Australian Broadcasting Corporation
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The 'Mother of all Rivers' facing serious challenges from droughts, dams
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The ABC's South-East Asia correspondent gets literally immersed in the Mekong River to understand the impact of upstream dams and drought.Av Australian Broadcasting Corporation
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Smithsonian's surprisingly Australian exhibit
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For museums around the world, the Smithsonian brand in Washington DC is considered the gold standard.Av Australian Broadcasting Corporation
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After years of paralysing uncertainty, the UK has left the European Union.Av Australian Broadcasting Corporation
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Trip to the viral epicenter of Wuhan
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China correspondent Bill Birtles flew to the viral epicenter of Wuhan recently with cameraman Brant Cumming recenlty, and life became a tad anxious.Av Australian Broadcasting Corporation
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Poor infrastructure and bad mobile service makes Bougainville a difficult place to file reports from, but one local journalist takes it in his stride.Av Australian Broadcasting Corporation
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Harry and Meghan souvenirs selling at bargain prices
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After a tumultuous few weeks for Britain’s Royal Family bargain hunters in London can now pick up a few Harry and Meghan souvenirs for half price.Av Australian Broadcasting Corporation
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New South Asia correspondent James Oaten reflects on his first trip to India when mental health issues took centre stageAv Australian Broadcasting Corporation
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Young people leading the protests say they’re optimistic their nation can change for the betterAv Australian Broadcasting Corporation
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Singapore’s famous hawker culture is up for consideration at the UN committee that registers intangible cultural heritage.Av Australian Broadcasting Corporation
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ABC's US Bureau chief Zoe Daniel reflects on her posting as she heads home to Sydney.Av Australian Broadcasting Corporation
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The Japanese government's love of the industrial scale shredderAv Australian Broadcasting Corporation
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Hong Kongers mark the six-month anniversary of pro-democracy protests with a large rallyAv Australian Broadcasting Corporation
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Correspondent Siobhan Heanue farewells South Asia
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From flying over the Hindu Kush in Afghanistan to traipsing through the desert in Rajasthan to seeing the aftermath of terrorist bombings in Sri Lanka, Siobhan Heanue has experienced it all as the ABC's South Asia correspondent.Av Australian Broadcasting Corporation
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The Christmas lights are on, but the festive season in the UK is being drowned in politics.Av Australian Broadcasting Corporation
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For the next two weeks, the people of this small island in Papua New Guinea will vote on whether to become an independent nationAv Australian Broadcasting Corporation
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Europe Correspondent Linton Besser recently travelled to Finland where he became mystified by the small Scandinavian state and its peculiar customsAv Australian Broadcasting Corporation
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Poland's reproductive rights are impacting IVF treatment for single women
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For many women's rights activists in Poland, these are dark times, as new laws start to take effect, governing abortion, contraception, sex education and even IVF.Av Australian Broadcasting Corporation
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Cancer patients in PNG forced offshore
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It's been three years since PNG's only radiotherapy machine stopped working and doctors are being forced to use chemotherapy instead.Av Australian Broadcasting Corporation
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Clashes between Israel’s military and militant groups in Gaza – as happened this week - can seem depressingly familiar.Av Australian Broadcasting Corporation
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Helium balloons are an essential part of any birthday party, but a shortage of the element has may cause major problems for healthcare and scientific research.Av Australian Broadcasting Corporation
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Beijing is changing, and not necessarily for the better
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Beijing bookshop that had become a centre for discussions, festivals and ideas announced it would shut amid a broad campaign to transform the city.Av Australian Broadcasting Corporation
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Adam Harvey visits a prison for ISIS fighters in Syria
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There are dead and wounded all around, including a man writhing in agony.Av Australian Broadcasting Corporation
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Dangerous wildfires in California have finally been contained, but forecasters say the reprieve may be brief.Av Australian Broadcasting Corporation
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The children's song has become the unofficial anthem of the Washington Nationals baseball team, which has just won its first ever baseball World SeriesAv Australian Broadcasting Corporation
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Finding a green park to exercise in a big Asian city like Bangkok can be difficult for an Australian accustomed to wide open space.Av Australian Broadcasting Corporation
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