Australia and New Zealand

An Australian researcher found that many areas that supposedly produce lots of centenarians also produce shoddy record-keeping.

By Julia Bergin

No theatrical wizardry is needed for this compelling drama about a woman’s journey to Australia from war-torn Sri Lanka and the generations that follow.

By Elisabeth Vincentelli

Days after the storm made landfall, northern Vietnam was being battered by incessant rain. A landslide buried a whole village in a mountainous province.

By Damien Cave

The government is considering setting a minimum age for platforms like TikTok and Instagram that could be as high as 16.

By Jin Yu Young

A lo largo de varias décadas, más de 30 sacerdotes y misioneros católicos relacionados con abusos de menores en Occidente han sido trasladados a naciones insulares remotas.

By Pete McKenzie

As the acclaimed “Counting and Cracking” makes its North American debut, the playwright describes the work as “my soul on a plate.”

By Laura Collins-Hughes

Many don’t see Brisbane in the same light as the other two cities, but the Queensland capital is showing it, too, has cultural heft.

By Julia Bergin

Over a period of decades, at least 34 priests and missionaries left their home countries in the West for the Pacific Islands after they allegedly sexually abused children, or were found to have done so, according to court records, government inquiries, survivor testimonies, news media reports and comments by church officials. The pattern suggests that in some cases, Catholic organizations saw Pacific nations as a “dumping ground” for abusive clergy. Pete McKenzie, a freelance journalist, explains.

By Pete McKenzie, Gabriel Blanco, Christina Shaman and James Surdam

Over a decades-long period, more than 30 Catholic priests and missionaries moved to remote island nations after they had allegedly abused children in the West, or had been found to do so.

By Pete McKenzie

Nga Wai Hono i te Po took her place on the throne next to the coffin of the late king, her father.

By Shawn Paik