Swedish ex-ambassador Anna Lindstedt acquitted – had been accused of going beyond her remit to have talks with a foreign power ~news sweden china politics Article 511 words 4 votes
TikTok is getting caught up in the geopolitical conflict between China and the US ~tech social media Article 612 words 8 votes
Indian government bans fifty-nine Chinese apps for security reasons ~tech security Article 348 words 11 votes
Cyber-attack Australia: Sophisticated attacks from ‘state-based actor’, PM says ~tech security.cyber Article 769 words 7 votes
Prime Minister Scott Morrison says Australian organisations, including governments and businesses, are currently being targeted by a sophisticated foreign "state-based" hacker ~news australia politics Article 344 words 6 votes
At least twenty Indian Army soldiers killed in a face-off with Chinese troops in Galwan Valley ~news india china Article 977 words 16 votes
For the first time in modern Swedish history, an ex-ambassador has gone on trial and faces a possible jail term ~news sweden china politics Article 487 words 6 votes
Victoria did not consult the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade before signing a controversial infrastructure deal with the Chinese government last year ~news australia.vic china politics Article 650 words 6 votes
Chinese foreign minister warns US against taking the countries ‘to the brink of a new Cold War’ ~news china usa politics.usa Article 701 words 10 votes
China has imposed a massive eighty per cent tariff on Australian barley imports from today, saying the product has been imported against trade rules ~food Article 755 words 11 votes
United States seeks to change the rules for mining the Moon ~space spaceflight.commercial Article 918 words 6 votes
Venezuela alleges proof of Juan Guaidó's involvement in foiled coup plot, a legal invoice regarding past due payment to Silvercorp USA ~news venezuela usa Link 3 votes
China has imposed an import ban on four Australian abattoirs in an apparent escalation of Beijing's trade war tactics ~food Article 133 words 7 votes
Department of Homeland Security report: China hid virus’ severity to hoard supplies ~health healthcare Article 855 words 11 votes
The West’s incompetent response to the pandemic will hasten the power-shift to the east ~health Article 1570 words 13 votes
Russia's ambassador to Denmark has accused Washington of provoking confrontation in the Arctic in order to achieve dominance in the region ~news denmark russia usa Article 331 words 3 votes
Greenland wary of US plans for aid projects in its territory – politicians say expected announcement of $12m must not have conditions attached ~news denmark.greenland usa politics.usa Article 715 words 6 votes
Australian, US vessels in South China Sea as China flexes muscles ~news australia usa china Article 1160 words 5 votes
Russia filed a protest to Oslo after Norwegian coastguards detained a Russian trawler near a remote chain of islands in the Arctic ~news norway.svalbard politics Article 302 words 4 votes
Border wall work in Arizona speeds up, igniting contagion fears ~health Article 1475 words, published Mar 31 2020 5 votes
How Vladimir Putin's Russia has become increasingly unstable ~humanities Video 15:44, published Aug 17 2016 8 votes
Sweden's external military intelligence service said Friday the security policy situation in the Baltic Sea region 'has deteriorated over time' ~news sweden russia Article 226 words 4 votes
Health ministers squabble over face masks at coronavirus talks ~health Article 1031 words, published Mar 6 2020 5 votes
Thirty-three Turkish soldiers killed in attack in Idlib, mostly by the Russian Airforce ~news russia syria.idlib turkey Article 378 words 9 votes
Struggling to keep up, Finland exports plastic waste – a quarter of all plastic waste will be sent to facilities in Sweden or Germany for sorting and repurposing ~enviro recycling plastics Article 323 words 4 votes
US oil executives moved from house arrest to prison after Juan Guaido meets with Donald Trump ~news venezuela usa politics.usa Article 5 votes
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov requests a meeting with Norwegian authorities to remove limitations on Russian activity on Svalbard ~news norway.svalbard russia politics Link 4 votes
How Brexit could reignite tensions at the Irish border ~humanities.history Video 7:18, published Aug 17 2018 12 votes
Donald Trump’s US border wall, vulnerable to flash floods, needs large storm gates left open for months ~enviro Article 1854 words 7 votes
Cod war tensions with Iceland – British trawlers, bunched together as they are, make easy prey for Icelandic gunboats in 1976 ~humanities.history Article 542 words 3 votes
Belarus started importing oil from Norway on Tuesday after Russia, its main oil provider, suspended supplies earlier this month ~news norway belarus russia Article 441 words 9 votes
Sweden's PM Stefan Löfven wants swift and complete probe into Iran plane crash ~transport Article 8 votes
How a Chase Bank chairman helped the deposed shah of Iran enter the US ~humanities.history Article 2552 words, published Dec 29 2019 5 votes
Chinese ambassador dismisses Uyghurs mass detention as 'fake news' ~news china.xinjiang australia politics Article 351 words 9 votes
The Vietnam draft lotteries functioned as a randomized experiment—which has allowed social scientists to study its life-changing effects ~science psychology Article 2281 words 7 votes
China tried to plant its candidate in Australian Federal Parliament, authorities believe ~news china australia politics Article 1626 words 17 votes