Twenty years ago,Steve Fossett completed a historic around the world adventure in a hot air balloon,taking just 13 days to complete the extraordinary journey.
Public criticism of a Melbourne GP who continued to work before he was diagnosed with coronavirus divided readers.
Debate swirled around the integrity of Prime Minister Scott Morrison,and readers threw their support behind New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern.
As protests roll into 2020,it becomes less likely the PLA will be deployed to the streets or that Hong Kong will see another Tiananmen.
For the first two years of my posting,Xi Jinping's control appeared absolute. Yet party leaders sensed before any Western onlookers that 2019 held danger.
China and the United States have agreed to a "phase one" trade deal that would see US tariffs on Chinese goods removed in stages.
The decision by Australian,Canadian and New Zealand experts to "formally stand aside from its role" is a further blow to the credibility of Carrie Lam's government.
A top Chinese official says the camps would be repurposed to train farmers and herdsmen.
The Chinese President has attended an event hosted by businessman Chau Chak Wing,while relations between Canberra and Beijing remain strained.
A Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson has vowed five human rights groups "shall pay the price for what they have done".