Ukraine crisis doesn’t herald a new era for refugee rights in Japan
Author: Petrice R Flowers, University of Hawaii at Manoa In March 2022, the Japanese government announced that it would accept…
Sanctions on Russia will work, but slowly
Author: Masahiko Takeda, ANU In response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the G7 and some 50 other countries have imposed…
Albanese’s foreign policy the same song in a new key
Author: James Curran, University of Sydney Although 2022 brought a change of government in Australia and a new public tone…
Philippine election year reinvents dynasty cartel
Author: Danilo Araña Arao, UP Diliman In the Philippines, 2022 will be remembered as an election year in which familiar…
Sri Lanka out of intensive care, but still in the trauma ward
Author: Editorial Board, ANU If you think your New Year hangover was bad, spare a thought for Sri Lanka. In…
Russia says retaliatory strike kills 600 Ukraine soldiers, but Kyiv denies claim
Russia said it had carried out a devastating retaliatory strike in eastern Ukraine to avenge a recent deadly attack on…
Dozens killed in Senegal bus accident, 3 days of national mourning declared
President Sall said government council will be held to ‘take firm measures on road safety’; accidents are common, in part…
Jack Ma cedes control of Shanghai-listed financial software firm Hundsun Technologies amid Ant Group restructuring
Alibaba owns the South China Morning Post. By giving up his control of Ant, Ma will no longer control Hundsun,…
Sri Lanka’s hard road to recovery from economic and political crisis
Author: Dushni Weerakoon, IPS In 2022 Sri Lanka faced its deepest ever economic and political crisis. The country’s descent into…
17 killed, 22 injured in eastern China road accident, state media reports
Accident occurred when a truck hit a funeral procession, local news outlet in Nanchang county of Jiangxi province reports.