World Archive

Less than 48 hours after writing an article for MegaphoneOz criticising the English media’s reaction to Kate Middleton’s pregnancy, I find myself discussing the extraordinary behaviour of the Australian media as well. The British public is outraged at a prank call made by …

China’s anti-corruption drive through social media received its first triumph when a whistleblower leaked a Chongqing official’s sex photographs on Weibo, Chinese Twitter. Zhengfu Lei, the Party Secretary of the Beipei district in Chongqing, was dismissed on November 23, three days after …

Australia’s Asian Century White Paper was welcomed as a great gift for China’s new president Xi Jinping in the Chinese media which also dubbed Australia a “Reform Vanguard” in the second Industrial Revolution led by Asia. The White Paper, which aims to …

Europe is united more than ever, in protest: Spain, Portugal, Greece and now Italy. Thousands of European workers, trade unions, pensioners and students moved to oppose all governments that support austere policies in response to the economic crisis, without “first depriving themselves …

China’s yuppies celebrated Barack Obama’s win in the American election on social media, but are showing less passion about their own country’s new leadership transition. While the new president Xi Jinping and the other six Central Committee members were announced on November …

A large scale malaria prevention program, consisting of intermittent distributions of anti-malaria medicines, appears to be drastically reducing the number of new cases of the disease among young children during peak transmission season, according to preliminary results from projects run by the …

As President Barack Obama and former Governor Mitt Romney deal with the challenge of superstorm Sandy hitting the US East coast in the final stage of their election campaigns, the world is holding its breath. In an increasingly globalized world, it’s no …

US President Barack Obama voted today, making history with his very early vote. In less than two weeks, Americans will vote for the next US President either incumbent President Obama or former Governor Mitt Romney during an election season that reports are …

A small, but important, event was held in the area of Nörrebro in Copenhagen on September 23. It is an area with some social problems and is also home to Hells Angels and immigrant gangs. The reason for the event has its …

The Green Isle, sitting pretty on the edge of Europe just a skip, hop and jump away from a market of half a billion people, is proving an attractive location for Australian businesses writes Anne Lillis. Similar in size to Tasmania with …