Correspondents Report

Correspondents Report

The ABC's overseas reporters give their interpretation and analysis of the week's major events.

Episodes

April 24, 2021 12 mins

The attempt by 12 of Europe’s biggest football clubs to form a breakaway super league collapsed within 48 hours after a furious reaction from fans and players. So what was it all about?

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Beijing’s security laws, the expulsion of pro-democracy legislators, and an ongoing police crackdown on opponents has effectively killed off the notion of one country-two systems.

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In Taiwan the government and the biggest social media app have formed a public-private-partnership to tackle disinformation, predominantly from China, through the use of AI and fact checking.

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Angela Onwuachi-Willig is Dean of the Boston University School of Law. As the first African-American to hold that position she grappled with how to speak to her students about the murder of George Floyd and the broader issue of racial inequality in the US.

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The story of former slave Henrietta Wood who successfully sued the man who abducted her and sold her into slavery has won the 2020 Pulitzer history prize.

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The World Health Organisation is holding its annual assembly at a critical juncture in the COVID 19 pandemic and while facing sustained criticism over its response

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Giving birth alone, without pain medication and forced separation from the baby is every pregnant woman’s worst nightmare. How the pandemic has changed birth practices 

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A charity in the Blue Mountains is feeding 18,000 people a week during the COVID 19 crisis.

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The coronavirus pandemic has forced the ABC's Jakarta correspondent to evacuate.

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The coronavirus has overshadowed an unprecedented political and legal crisis that has left Israel without a government and with an un-elected prime minister who is now ruling by decree.

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March 22, 2020 6 mins

Americans know how to prep and they've stocked up to bunker down as Coronavirus takes hold.

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In Japan supplies of toilet paper and masks are returning to normal and many store shelves remain well stocked with food. But the government faces criticism over the lack of virus testing

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March 15, 2020 5 mins

In the USA the price you're quoted is never the price you have to pay

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Tourists are avoiding Thailand due to Covid-19 fears and Bangkok, normally a popular destination for Aussie tourists, is bearing the brunt.

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China correspondent Bill Birtles travels to South Korea and is struck by how people carried on as usual.

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With more than 20 rolling news channels in India, even an Australian perspective on Trump's India visit is news.

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In the last year the country has seen three extremist attacks, the Chancellor says they have been driven by racism.

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Jakarta's construction and development are taking a never-ending toll on the environment.

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Tok pisin is the language that is most widely spoken in PNG

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February 23, 2020 8 mins

Meet a group of Ultra-orthodox Jewish women in Israel in the wig-making business

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