22 July 2019
Boris Johnson looks likely to be confirmed as Britain's next prime minister, but his years of stunts, gaffes and messy hair mean he's no stranger to global attention.
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22 Jul: A male pigeon called Jayabaya becomes the most expensive bird in Indonesia as pigeon racing spreads through the island nation, boosted by a national organisation, low costs and high profit margins.... more
22 Jul: Uyghurs in Xinjiang were forced to become Muslim and have been an integral part of China for thousands of years, Beijing says in a new report, in an attempt to justify its controversial crackdown against the ethnic minority in the far-western region.... more
22 Jul: As Timor-Leste prepares to tap into its oil wealth, critics say the same people who won the nation's independence fight 20 years ago are playing a dangerous game with the nation's future.... more
22 Jul: An investigation by the head of the Prime Minister's department finds former ministers Christopher Pyne and Julie Bishop have not breached ministerial standards by taking up new jobs in the private sector.... more
21 Jul: Kiribati could soon be a memory as sea levels rise but its President has a 20-year plan to turn it into the next Dubai or Singapore. It is an ambitious project for a nation that struggles to provide its population with safe drinking water and electricity.... more
21 Jul: Experience Neil Armstrong's first steps on the Moon's surface and the first hours of exploration, using raw archive footage from that historic day 50 years ago.... more
21 Jul: On the 50th anniversary of the Moon landings, three original NASA video tapes showing the entirety of the Moon walk as seen by Mission Control sell at auction for an interstellar price.... more
21 Jul: When the plot to blow up Hitler failed, Prince Friedrich signed away everything he owned to the Nazis in exchange for his life. His grandson says it's his life's mission to win it back.... more
