Long seen as Africa's most stable and democratic nation, Senegal's reputation is now tarnished, many argue. Recent presidential elections saw the 85-year-old president, Abdoulaye Wade, controversially seeking a third term, which provoked violence in...
Australian film director and impresario Jim Sherman has ventured into new media territory with an online-only film about the life and death of Andy Warhol. The film is called Andy X, and features ten original songs. 澳大利亚电影导演兼经理人...
When Spain changed. Spanish novelist-turned-historian Javier Cercas dissects the failed 1981 coup by Franco loyalists which led to the final chapter of Spain's transition from dictatorship to democracy. 当西班牙改变。西班牙历史小说家哈维...
What's the problem with politics today? Is it the media cycle, is it a general dumbing-down in our society or is it all show business? When was the last time you were genuinely inspired by a politician? 政治现在有什么问题?这是媒体的循环...
Sydney is preparing for a crucial countdown to new years as mystery cases and falling test numbers put the state on high alert. Contact tracers are scrambling to link three cases, one in Wollongong, one in Sydney's inner west and the third in the Nor...
The top stories on ABC News. Nine new local cases of coronavirus have been recorded in New South Wales from a record 60-thousand tests. Seven of the new infections have been linked to the Avalon outbreak, taking the cluster to 104. Two cases are unde...
Health authorities are in a race against time to track down hundreds of people across Sydney who may have come into contact with positive cases as Christmas gatherings hang in the balance. Overnight, New South Wales Health has added 13 more locations...
New South Wales health authorities say contact-tracing and urgent genome sequencing is underway to identify the source of three new coronavirus cases in Sydney. The latest cases involve a man and a woman from the Northern Beaches who are close contac...
A massive clean-up operation is under way this morning after hundreds of kilometres of the nation's east coast was battered by a massive storm. The extraordinary weather event has claimed at least one life with a man dying when his car hit a tree dur...
Here are the top stories on ABC News. The federal government's plans to make its controversial cashless welfare card a permanent fixture in parts of the country have been ditched, after the coalition failed to win enough support in the Senate. The ca...