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China’s carbon dioxide emissions have been flat or falling for 18 months, analysis reveals, adding evidence to the hope that the world’s biggest polluter has managed to hit its target of peak CO2 emissions well ahead of schedule. Rapid increases in the deployment of solar and wind power generation – which grew by 46% and

The foreign affairs select committee is drawing up plans to examine Chinese government interference in academia as part of its inquiry into the UK’s strategy towards Beijing. MPs are broadening the scope of their investigation into the China audit, an internal government review of UK-China relations that concluded in June, to look into Chinese state

Indonesia has awarded former authoritarian leader Suharto the title of national hero, in a move that has sparked accusations of historical revisionism in the world’s third-largest democracy. The award has deepened fears about attempts to whitewash Suharto’s rise and decades-long rule, a period marked by rampant corruption, censorship and accusations of mass human rights violations.

Typhoon Fung-Wong, locally known as Uwan, is the second in a week to affect the Philippines after making landfall on Sunday evening. The weather system prompted warnings for heavy rainfall and life-threatening storm surges across much of the country, with sustained winds of 115mph (185km/h) and gusts of about 140mph recorded on Sunday by the

More than 1 million people have been evacuated from their homes in the Philippines and at least two people have been killed as Typhoon Fung-wong – the second big storm to hit in days – made landfall on the east coast. The super-typhoon crossed over the north of the archipelago’s most populous island, Luzon, with

Two passenger planes only narrowly avoided colliding with construction vehicles and workers during takeoff at Melbourne airport in 2023 because the flight crews were unaware the runway had been shortened by nearly 1,600m, an Australian safety investigation has found. The incidents have prompted changes to domestic and international practices on notifying flight crews about critical

Australia’s biggest battery project hits a snag during testing The Waratah Super Battery, the biggest battery on Australia’s energy grid and one of the largest battery energy storage system in the world, has had a temporary loss in capacity due to a recent transformer outage. The energy project is run by Akaysha Energy and sits

The Victorian government should ramp up train services in Melbourne’s north and west, extend eight tram routes and create six new express bus services within the next five years, the state’s independent infrastructure adviser has recommended. Infrastructure Victoria’s 30-year plan also calls for off-peak public transport to be made cheaper and for collaboration with the

Sussan Ley has already been required to reshuffle her shadow ministry twice in her six short months as Liberal party leader. The first was to replace Jacinta Nampijinpa Price, whose refusal to apologise for incorrect and offensive claims about Indian migrants, or back Ley’s leadership, made her frontbench position untenable. The second was to deal

Landlords who knowingly allow their tenants to sell illicit tobacco and illegal vapes could be fined up to $165,000, sentenced to up to a year in prison or both, under legislation planned by the New South Wales government. The changes, expected to be introduced to state parliament this week, would create an offence for commercial