David Lipson

For several years, the region of Xinjiang has been shut off from most of the world's media. The ABC got to go inside, but all was not as it seemed.

In Canada, thousands of firefighters from all over the world have united to battle the country's "worst fires in recorded history".

The AFL is being urged to do much more to stamp out what one academic calls "systemic racism", including Indigenous quotas for club staff, Indigenous programs for players and a league-wide review.

In the hugely popular but often maligned world of true crime, the conviction this week of former Sydney teacher Chris Dawson for the murder of his wife Lynette was a big win for podcast justice.

While Labor is hopeful of forming a majority government, it's acknowledged that Australians want "a different style of politics".

Featured: Dr Monique Ryan, incoming Independent member for Kooyong

Australians will soon be able to go to places like the UK, which has close to 50,000 cases of COVID-19 a day. But travel to Indonesia, which is recording fewer than 1,000 daily cases, won't be allowed.

Doctor Jamal Rifi, who has been working to vaccinate patients in south-west Sydney, says a military tribunal in Lebanon has sentenced him to 10 years in prison. He says it's evidence of a "corrupt" system.

Several people complain about a lack of social distancing at Sydney's Royal Prince Alfred Hospital vaccination centre, which was never listed publicly as an exposure site despite a positive COVID case visiting earlier this month.

The Public Health Association and Médecins Sans Frontières Australia are urging the Prime Minister to temporarily waive intellectual property rights for life-saving vaccines to address the imbalance in global distribution. 

A right-wing extremist group is set to be formally listed as a terrorist organisation for the first time in Australia.

Former judges and legal support services express their dismay at the "devastating" passage of legislation that will see the Family Court combined with the Federal Circuit Court.

Senator Bridget McKenzie will front the "sports rorts" inquiry for the first time today. Here's everything you need to know to get yourself back up to speed.

Agriculture minister David Littleproud tells climate change "zealots" to "let the adults in the room" discuss net-zero emissions target after some Nationals MPs threaten to cross the floor.

The corridors of the press gallery in Canberra became the stage for Parliament's latest theatre piece, this time COVID-themed and featuring Craig Kelly as the villain with Labor's Tanya Plibersek as the heroine, political reporter David Lipson writes.

In a world where falsehoods come from the top and are amplified louder and louder all the way down, we all need to focus on evidence, rather than unsubstantiated bluster. Because right now it's not just democracy in danger, but reality itself, writes North America bureau chief David Lipson.

As the stream of baseless conspiracy theories about widespread voter fraud spews from the US President's Twitter feed, his team of lawyers and loyalists has repeatedly spoken of a genuine attempt to steal the election from Joe Biden, writes David Lipson.

Joe Biden has hit the magic number of 270 electoral votes. In normal times, that would see the losing candidate call the winner and concede. But Donald Trump won't be picking up the phone to Biden any time soon, writes David Lipson.

The ABC's Washington bureau chief David Lipson reflects on a year of living and reporting in the US through COVID, civil unrest and a drama-packed election campaign.

At a time when US President Donald Trump is proving he's desperate to win next week's election, Joe Biden's sporadic campaign schedule could suggest complacency. In reality, this has always been a referendum on Trump. And a busy schedule doesn't translate to election victory, writes David Lipson.

In delivering by far his strongest, most focused and least belligerent performance of the campaign, US President Donald Trump actually revealed he thinks he's in trouble. He isn't a man who willingly moderates his behaviour. And you don't change tactics when you're on a winner, writes David Lipson.

Donald Trump's town hall was more entertaining than the Joe Biden event — in the same way that Rambo III is more entertaining than Driving Miss Daisy. But there are signals every day that Americans are ready for a feelgood drama after four years of explosive action, writes David Lipson.

Since Kathy Blake moved onto Hoopers Island in the United States in 1996, she's lost eight cars to rising waters. But this is Trump country. And for voters like her, climate change will not be high on their list of priorities when it comes time to vote in November. Here's why.

Michael and William Null were armed to the teeth when North America bureau chief David Lipson filmed them for Foreign Correspondent in June. Now the pair are facing up to 20 years in prison on terrorism- and gang-related charges.

To some observers, Donald Trump looks like a president spiralling out of control and headed for an historic election thumping. But he has proven time and time again he can smile and punch back while his feet are held to the fire, writes David Lipson.