Extreme leaders, inequality, and unhappy citizens: what happened to the promise of a new day in Eastern and Central Europe? From the fall of the Wall to this pandemic era, looking at the legacy of an ill-fitting “politics of imitation,” with 2020 Gelber Prize-winners Ivan Krastev and Stephen Holmes.

Co-founder of Partners in Health Dr. Paul Farmer says the COVID-19 pandemic offers many lessons and opportunities for the world, including a chance to reorient how we think about who deserves access to a high standard of health care.

Justice is not blind in Canada’s legal system, argues Métis lawyer Jean Teillet. She says it needs to view Indigenous people fully to render justice fairly.

Tensions persist across the country over the ongoing rail blockades protesting the Coastal Gaslink pipeline.

How has the outbreak affected your life? What problems or struggles are you facing right now? Our expert panel takes your questions about money, medicine, mental health and kids today on a special Q&A edition of Cross Country Checkup.

(ABM FN-Dow Jones) De Amsterdamse beurs is de week in het groen geindigd. De AEX steeg 0,8 procent naar 520,57 punten.

(ABM FN-Dow Jones) Moody's Investors Service heeft de kredietrating van ArcelorMittal verlaagd van Baa3 naar Ba1, wat gelijk staat aan een zogeheten junk status. Dit bleek vrijdagavond.

(ABM FN-Dow Jones) Beleggers zijn in mei iets positiever over de financile markten, maar verwachten geen zomerrally. Dat bleek zaterdag uit de nieuwe BinckBank Beleggersbarometer, waarin beleggende klanten hun oordeel over het beursklimaat geven.

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Het aantal Nederlandse consumenten dat een vaste telefoonlijn belangrijk vindt, blijft dalen. Een trend die al in 2014 ingezet is. De meest voorkomende reden waarom consumenten nog een vaste telefoonlijn in huis hebben? Omdat de vaste telefoniedienst onderdeel uitmaakt van het internet en bellen abonnement of alles-in-1 pakket. Dat zegt ruim een kwart (26%) van de consumenten in het meest recente telefoniemarkt onderzoek van Telecompaper.

A passionate and seductive album which reminds us how distinctive this band can be.

Twenty years into their career, Low have created one of their best albums yet.

If a future employer asks you: "What did you do during lockdown?" Then "I watched a lot of TV" probably won't go down so well. Today, two career experts join us to talk about how to use your time in lockdown to build a solid career plan and make yourself as employable as possible.

Do you have a vocation that's been passed through your family for generations? For Dr Mark Wenitong — the legacy of health work has been passed from his mother, through him and onto his son. And that's not the only family tradition being continued... Reggae music has also been a big part of his family's livelihood.

A newcomers-friendly introduction to some impressively original sounds.

Every track is destined to fill a dancefloor with abandoned gyrations.

Cherry-picked cuts from the catalogue of He Who Carries Death In His Pouch.

The Red Cross have launched a phone service to connect vulnerable Australians as many feel the pressure of home isolation and social distancing restrictions.

Thirty years since the Hubble Space Telescope launched it's still providing vital space data having delivered us more than 1.4 million observations.

RN Drive's Country Drive ploughs through some of the most important news of the week from rural and regional Australia.

Australia's National Cabinet was joined by the New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern to discuss the possibility of a trans-Tasman travel 'bubble' - but what do we need to be sure of before that can become a reality?

New Zealand's Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern today joined Australia's National Cabinet meeting to discuss the possibility of a trans-Tasman bubble, and her Deputy PM Winston Peters says he hopes it can be established as soon as possible.

Last month, the government of Malawi tried to impose a lockdown, but was knocked back by the courts.

There are fears without adequate protection, entire tribes in the Brazilian Amazon could be eradicated.

LeBlanc’s second album presents proof positive that break-ups aren’t all bad.

Disciples of tradition return with their best offering yet.

A lovely piece of programming, tenderly performed.

A fresh-feeling recording of ear-popping brilliance.

A deeply affecting experience that ought to win the opera many new admirers.

Floodwaters that crippled North Queensland's cattle industry have turned the Channel Country further downstream into a landscape of dramatic contrasts.

Often underprepared but determined to live the dream, hordes of grey nomads are keeping the Royal Flying Doctor Service busy in the outback.

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A holiday house in the middle of a beautiful forest may sound wonderful, but what if your favourite isolated retreat became a bushfire death trap?

One year on, 2018's most unlikely internet sensation, Knickers the giant steer, has put his big hoof forward for a good cause, raising more than $14,000 in the process.

Aurora chasers around Tasmania are treated to a spectacular display of the southern lights in conditions described as "just perfect".

DAILY BRIEFING: Police are still looking for escapee Jake Mark Pearce, the Greens want an end to wildlife culls after six permits were issued to kill platypus.

The family of a woman violently stabbed to death by a man with schizophrenia has slammed the prison system which released him in the grip of psychotic delusions, saying prison authorities had blood on their hands.

Turkeys bred on a farm in western Victoria are at the centre of the global fight to improve the flu vaccine.

Death-defying set pieces, first class production, and a great director makes this one of the best films in the action/spy series.

Don't forget your tissues for Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close - the tale of an odd and hurting 10 year old boy searching for meaning and connection after the death of his father on September 11

This lacklustre threequel should be called Men in Bland.

A darkly comic Australian film that hits the right note.

Stallone and his crew of aging macho stars return for another lumbering, if somewhat entertaining, exercise in heavy action and disposable one-liners.

An Adelaide community garden started as a hobby by a group of refugees wanting to grow vegetables from Africa and Asia is now proving so popular its produce is being sought interstate.