24 Oct: Manchester United and England footballer Marcus Rashford successfully lobbied the UK Government to provide free school meals once. Now he's enlisted the support of businesses after the Government knocked back a proposal to extend the scheme.... more
24 Oct: After recording the world's worst per capita rate of new coronavirus infections, Israel finds some success with a second lockdown. But there are now fears Israelis might be less willing to cooperate with restrictions.... more
24 Oct: Bangladesh has lifted the lid off one of its darkest secrets — its silent rape crisis. As cases surge amid the pandemic, human rights organisations say the new death penalty for rape crimes won't fix the problem.... more
24 Oct: For the first time, Latino voters are this year expected to be the largest racial or ethnic minority group to vote in a US presidential election. And given the number of eligible Latino voters in key swing states, they could have a huge impact on the fina... more
24 Oct: Japan has recently clinched defence export deals with Vietnam and the Philippines. With Indonesia next in line, is there truth to claims Japan is seeking to contain China?... more
24 Oct: Donald Trump rolled out the personal attacks. Joe Biden played it steady. Here's what you missed at the final 2020 US presidential debate.... more
24 Oct: After a protracted legal battle to keep the document secret, Ghislaine Maxwell's testimony in a defamation suit brought by one of Jeffrey Epstein's alleged victims is now public. This is what the 465 pages reveal.... more
23 Oct: The chair of Australia Post says the total cost of four luxury watches bought for senior employees was almost $20,000, not $12,000 as Senate Estimates was told yesterday.... more
23 Oct: US President Donald Trump and Democratic nominee Joe Biden kept clear of the interruptions, but didn't shy away from attacking each other in the final debate. See what happened in our blog.... more
