To avoid getting sick overseas,follow these key rules

To avoid getting sick overseas,follow these key rules

It may go by amusing names such as Delhi belly,Bali belly,the backyard trots or Montezuma’s revenge,but there’s nothing entertaining about traveller’s diarrhoea.

  • byBrian Johnston

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The elevation of the Quad had been a central feature of US President Joe Biden’s push to compete with China and it has also boosted Australia’s prominence on the world stage.

  • byMatthew Knott
Around the world in 40 elections:Welcome to the year of the voter
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Around the world in 40 elections:Welcome to the year of the voter

In 2024,countries representing half the global population go to the polls – more than in any previous year. Some elections will be shams,but it is the year of democracy,

  • byGeorge Brandis
Indian students rejected as Australia cracks down on ‘ghost colleges’

Indian students rejected as Australia cracks down on ‘ghost colleges’

Data shows Australia approves far fewer student visas from India than China,despite government ministers visiting India to promote skills study.

  • byAngus Thompson
Human trafficking probe:Hundreds of Indians stuck at French airport depart for Mumbai

Human trafficking probe:Hundreds of Indians stuck at French airport depart for Mumbai

Prosecutors wouldn’t comment on whether the passengers’ ultimate destination could have been the US,which has seen a surge in Indians crossing the Mexico-US border this year.

  • byAngela Charlton andChristophe Ena
The planet’s population will get to 10.3 billion – then drop. Why?
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The planet’s population will get to 10.3 billion – then drop. Why?

India overtook China as the world’s most populous nation in 2023 but far bigger population shifts are transforming the world. Where will all the people be in 2100?

  • byMatt Wade andAngus Holland
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Hate Christmas? Here are five places you can go to avoid it altogether

Hate Christmas? Here are five places you can go to avoid it altogether

There are large parts of this planet where Christmas passes almost unnoticed. No sleigh bells,no mistletoe,no silly hats,no turkey and no jollity to make you feel like you’re missing out.

  • byMichael Gebicki
Crisis over Indian assassination plots against Sikh separatists escalates

Crisis over Indian assassination plots against Sikh separatists escalates

US prosecutors have laid charges on a man who they say worked with an Indian government employee on a plot to assassinate a New York City resident.

  • byLuc Cohen
‘It should have been a tomb’:The Victorian who rescued 41 workers trapped in a Himalayan tunnel

‘It should have been a tomb’:The Victorian who rescued 41 workers trapped in a Himalayan tunnel

Arnold Dix is an emergency response expert who led the rescue of Indian labourers from a collapsed tunnel. But at home in Monbulk,he is a little-known flower farmer.

  • byAlex Crowe
Plot to kill a Sikh separatist leader thwarted in the US

Plot to kill a Sikh separatist leader thwarted in the US

Gurpatwant Singh Pannun,the target of the plot,has warned that Australia would be ‘next’ in an Indian state effort to eliminate Sikh separatists.

Size matters:The world’s 10 best megacities you must visit

Size matters:The world’s 10 best megacities you must visit

Whatever you desire in a big city,you will find it. Here’s how to embrace (and survive) some of the world’s top megacities.

  • byBen Groundwater