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Dwindling cases of coronavirus across Asia Pacific, the stabilisation of the outbreak in Europe, and the gradual easing of restrictions around the world were positives offset this week by persistently high fatalities in the United States and Europe, and emerging hotspots in parts of Latin America and Russia. Beaches in Sydney and the Gold Coast were reopened as cases...

COP25, the twenty-fifth edition of the annual United Nations Climate Change Conference, saw delegates from the international community meet in Madrid on Monday to commence two weeks of talks. Madrid then serves as the resting place for this crucial climate summit which has twice changed venue: originally planned for Brazil before the government pulled out late last year, citing...

In an increasingly familiar refrain, the week kicked off with Martin Scorsese having to defend his stance on comic book movies, courtesy of an opinion piece in The New York Times. In an interview with Empire magazine published last month, Scorsese had said that Marvel movies are 'not cinema', comments which provoked a fierce backlash. In the Times, Scorsese...