Foreign Desk Staff
5 posts
‘Symbolic’ Afghanistan National Women’s Soccer Team Gives a Voice for the Voiceless on and off the Pitch in Melbourne
More than 11,000 kilometres from Kabul, Afghanistan National Women's players have returned to their beloved game of football. …
May 5, 2022
China and Solomon Islands Sign Security Pact, Beijing Says it is ‘Not Directed at Any Third Party’ Amid Pacific Influence Fears
The federal government has declared it is "deeply disappointed" that Solomon Islands has pressed ahead and signed a security pact with China – a deal Australia, New Zealand and the US fear could open the door to a Chinese naval base in the South Pacific.
April 20, 2022
Mega-Rich Russian Oligarchs in Surrey ‘In Tears Unable to Book Private Jets’
Mega-rich Russians living in a British billionaires’ row have been reduced to tears after Ukraine war sanctions wrecked their luxury…
Too Many Ukrainian Refugees in Poland, EU Says
The EU is pressing to get Ukrainian refugees to leave Poland and go to other member states. The…
March 29, 2022
Poland’s Capital Straining Under Weight of More Than 300,000 Refugees Fleeing War in Ukraine
Warsaw's mayor warns that services, volunteers, housing are stretched to the limit