Russian Emergency Ministry employees leave one of two planes that landed in Myanmar following Friday’s earthquake.

China and Russia already have boots on the ground in Myanmar. The US is nowhere to be seen

The United States,the richest country in the world and once its most generous provider of foreign aid,has so far sent nothing to the earthquake disaster zone.

  • Hannah Beech andEdward Wong

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Elon Musk played a key role in Donald Trump’s winning campaign and has been rewarded with an advisory role in the new administration.

I’ve seen the impact of Trump and Musk’s savagery. What they’re doing is cruel and lethal

As an aid leader,how do I tell my African friends that Trump’s Christianity isn’t for them,so babies will die?

  • Tim Costello
Yeath Saly,11.

The US was cleaning up its deadly mess in Cambodia – then came Trump’s call

The United States dropped millions of tonnes of bombs on Cambodia. Now efforts to get rid of them have been thrown into disarray.

  • Zach Hope andNara Lon
Software engineers enlisted to work for DOGE and Elon Musk’s cost-cutting effort,left to right:Ethan Shaotran,22,Luke Farritor,23,Gavin Kliger,25,Edward Coristine,19,Akash Bobba,21,Gautier Cole Killian,24.

‘Muskovites’:The baby-faced squad dismantling foreign aid

America’s USAID is being pulled apart by a band of 19-24-year-old tech proteges hand-picked to slash government spending.

  • Cameron Henderson
Schapelle Corby’s release will play a part in the political discussion in Indonesia over the release of the remaining Bali Nine.

Most Australians don’t remember the Bali Nine. Indonesians won’t forget Schapelle Corby

In the public discussion about the potential release of the remaining Bali Nine drug smugglers,many Indonesians will remember another occasion when a deal was done.

  • Michael Bachelard
The oil industry still dominates Baku,host to the COP29 United Nations climate talks.

‘Wrecking ball’:The oil-rich nation blocking UN climate talks

The need for consensus is delaying urgent action on climate – and consensus is needed to fix it.

  • Nick O'Malley
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Zomi Frankcom,one of the aid workers killed in an airstrike in April,at a World Central Kitchen site in March.

‘Zomi’s death cannot be in vain’:Australia leads push to protect Gaza aid workers

The family of Australian aid worker Zomi Frankcom,who was killed by Israeli drone strike in Gaza earlier this year,backed Foreign Minister Penny Wong’s initiative.

  • Matthew Knott
Australia spends a much smaller share of the federal budget on overseas aid than a decade ago

The number in the federal budget most Australians get wrong

Polling reveals many are “quite alarmed” when they find out how little the government really spends helping poorer nations.

  • Matt Wade
Ajay Banga,president of the World Bank,will visit Australia next week.

The World Bank head has thoughts on the Pacific – and needs Australia’s help

Ajay Banga will make the first visit to Pacific Island nations by a World Bank leader in almost 50 years.

  • Peter Hartcher
Australian aid worker Zomi Frankcom,43,was killed in an Israeli airstrike in central Gaza while helping to deliver food.

Death of Australian aid worker Zomi Frankcom result of Israel’s ‘procedural failures’

An Australian special adviser has handed down a report into the death of aid worker Zomi Frankcom,who was killed in Gaza in April.

  • Olivia Ireland