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Several Dozen Chinese Workers Stage Protest Against Russian State-Owned Oil Giant (RFE RL)

Several dozen Chinese workers in Russia’s Far East staged a protest on November 7 against their employer, Kremlin-controlled oil giant Rosneft. Roughly 50 workers walked...

Russian Prosecutors Open Criminal Investigation Into Torture At Prison Hospital (RFE RL)

Russian prosecutors in the souther region of Rostov have opened a criminal investigation into the torture of inmates at a prison hospital, local rights activists...

Russian Defense Minister Calls ‘Constant’ U.S. Presence In Black Sea A Provocation (RFE RL)

Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu called the constant presence of the U.S. Navy in the Black Sea a provocation after another ship entered the...

Digital payments startup Paytm launches India’s biggest IPO (Al Jazeera)

India will see its biggest-ever initial public offering with digital payments platform Paytm looking to raise nearly $2.5bn, in what has already been a...

‘National tragedy’: Sierra Leone mourns victims of tanker blast (Sally Hayden, Al Jazeera)

Relatives of the dead and injured from Friday’s fuel tanker explosion in eastern Freetown, Sierra Leone, have been gathering at hospitals across the city, searching for...

Indonesia-Australia: Deeper divide lies beneath AUKUS submarine rift (Gatra Priyandita, Riyandita Benjamin Herscovitch, The Interpreter)

Amid Jakarta’s diplomatic shots across Canberra’s bow over AUKUS, Foreign Minister Marise Payne is travelling in Southeast Asia to reassure the region. This move comes...

Sinking trust (Sian Troath, The Interpreter)

Last week in Australia news headlines brimmed with emotive accusations about a betrayal of trust levied against Prime Minister Scott Morrison. French President Emmanuel...

Evolving Australia–Japan cooperation in dealing with the ‘three Cs’ (Yuma Osaki, The Strategist)

Amid global uncertainties, strengthening like-minded nations’ bonds to deal with those challenges is vital. In the Indo-Pacific region, cooperation between Australia and Japan has...

Media freedom is the lifeblood of Philippine democracy — and it’s under threat (East Asia Forum)

If there’s a silver lining for the Philippines’ beleaguered democracy, it’s that its increasingly autocratic president, Rodrigo Duterte, is limited to a single six-year term...

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