Australia’s Chileans in exile: remembering the past as they fear the future
Australia’s “Chileans in exile” are concerned that Chile today is increasingly like Chile under the dictatorship of General Augusto Pinochet.
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Category: WORLD
Hong Kong: chaos returns to airport
Tuesday August 13: Protestors have forced the cancellation of flights in and out of Hong...
Read MoreThe basket weavers banking on tradition
The indigenous women of Coron in the Philippines’ northern islands, are adapting to their rapidly changing environment by turning to their past. A shortage of fish – at a time of rising tourist numbers – has...
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The mission to remember
It’s 50 years since Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin left their footprints in the lunar surface, after Michael Collins flew them there.
The radio telescope engineers on duty at the CSIRO Parkes Observatory that day, are among those being honoured for helping NASA achieve the seemingly impossible.
‘Anti-vax’ sentiment grips Filipino families
At Claudio Sandoval Elementary on the Philippines island of Coron, just 27 of the 300 enrolled Grade 1 students are vaccinated.
And yet, immunisations are readily available.
Forbidden fruit: the Palawan mango tempting tourists
In the crystal blue waters of the Sulu Sea lies Palawan, an island around 600 kilometres from the Philippines capital, Manila – known for its picturesque lagoons, shipwrecks… and sugary mangoes.
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Teaching Jordan’s future leaders
The Life Centre is a quaint building, in a moderately busy street lined with shawarma and falafel restaurants, pharmacies, electronics stores, shopping malls and a library.
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Transforming lives and recyclables in Aqaba
Just outside Jordan’s bustling tourist precinct of Aqaba lies Mahdood, a crowded suburb, home to Green Creations.
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