Australia is perceived as a country weathering the current global degradation of democracy well. Its systems of compulsory and ranked choice voting, combined with a national disposition that is ...

As Australia was tentatively exiting its strict lockdowns and border closures that marked the COVID-19 pandemic, some worried that the legacy of the ‘Fortress Australia’ approach to pandemic control ...

At what point does food become more than food? Barbecue in particular has become the great unifier for Texans everywhere. Be it a birthday, a funeral or any number of life's big events, more than ...

Countries that slide from democracy toward autocracy tend to follow similar patterns. To measure what is happening in the United States, the Times editorial board has compiled a list of 12 markers of ...

Australia has expelled the Iranian ambassador after its spy agency accused Iran’s government of orchestrating two antisemitic attacks in the country. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said that ...

A Hong Kong pro-democracy activist and a former lawmaker who are wanted by the city’s authorities have been granted asylum in Great Britain and Australia, respectively. Tony Chung, an activist who was ...

Hong Kong pro-democracy activist Ted Hui said he’s been granted asylum in Australia, more than four years after he left the city to evade national security charges. The former lawmaker said in a post ...

Former pro-democracy Hong Kong lawmaker Ted Hui who is wanted by the Chinese city has been granted asylum in Australia, he said in a social media post, calling on Canberra to do more for those who ...