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SBS News In Depth
Episodes — page 53
Hong Kong defends 20 year sentence against China critic Jimmy LaiHong Kong's most vocal China critic, media tycoon Jimmy Lai, has been sentenced to 20 years in prison, ending the city's largest national security case. Mr Lai's sentence on two co…
INTERVIEW: Feyza Tuncay on helping children learn about ethicsPrimary Ethics is an independent, not-for-profit organisation and provides ethics classes for school students across New South Wales. Classes are impartially run by volunteers and…
Arrests made as protests against Israeli President's visit turn chaoticDozens of people have been arrested after a demonstration against Israel's visiting president descended into chaos. New South Wales Police say 10 of the 27 people arrested on Monda…
ASX has best day since Donald Trump's Liberation DaySBS Finance Editor Ricardo Gonçalves speaks with George Boubouras from K2 Asset Management to find out why the market has been so volatile of late as he takes a closer look at how…
'We will be wiped out': Support for Coalition at record lowA new opinion poll has support for the Coalition at a record low with Opposition Leader Sussan Ley the least popular leader in 23 years. The poll comes a day after she and National…
Danish apps help grocery shoppers boycott US goodsA Danish app born out of Donald Trump’s Greenland rhetoric is turning everyday grocery shopping into a quiet act of protest. As shoppers scan products to see where their money real…
Minneapolis Indigenous leaders, community, hold memorial service as US Senate debates ICE fundingIndigenous leaders and community members in Minneapolis have held a memorial honouring two people shot dead by immigration officers last month. As protests against the widespread i…
Japan's "Iron Lady" Takaichi secures sweeping mandate for conservative agenda in landslide electionJapan's Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi has won the country's election In a landslide victory, with her party expected to secure a more than two-thirds majority in the powerful lower…
Australian researchers on a mission to save millions of lives from antibiotic resistanceThe rise of antibiotic resistance is threatening millions of lives worldwide, but “unconventional” Australian research could make obsolete medications effective again. Data release…
Trump's America wants more access to your personal data. Could the Australian Government hand it over?Growing speculation over a proposal to hand Australians' personal and biometric data to the United States is raising alarm among privacy and security experts. As other countries wi…
The fight over voting: can the US electoral system be altered to favour one party?With the midterm elections due at the end of this year in the United States, Republicans and Democrats in some states are scrambling for an advantage. Republican President Donald T…
INTERVIEW: SBS talks to Mildura's mayor on managing heatwaves, and overcoming climate change scepticismThe far northwestern city of Mildura is used to hot summers. But in January, the city and surrounds sweltered through an unusual heatwave, with temperatures breaking records throug…
More Australians in jail at a higher cost; is the system working?Australia's average daily prison population is at its highest level in eight years. New data from the Productivity Commission has found more on average, around 45,000 people were l…
‘Are our loved ones alive or not?’ A distressing start to the academic year for these international studentsUniversity students in Australia, including more than 800,000 from overseas, are preparing for a new academic year. However, many from Iran are facing financial hardship while also…
Australia and Indonesia sign security pactPrime Minister Anthony Albanese has hailed a new security pact with Indonesia as a significant shift toward a closer defence partnership between the two countries. However, analyst…
ASX200's worst day since April 2025 as technology rout continuesSBS Finance Editor Ricardo Gonçalves speaks with Lochlan Halloway from Morningstar to go through all the factors that has triggered a sell-off on the sharemarket, including an ongo…
Pressure mounts on Keir Starmer to resign over Epstein scandalThe UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer is under mounting pressure, following scrutiny over his decision to appoint friend of Jeffrey Epstein Peter Mandelson as the UK's US ambassador i…
Prisoners of war exchanged, with hope of further Russia-Ukraine peace talksA second round of talks in Abu Dhabi between Ukraine, Russia and the United States have concluded without a peace deal, despite delegates citing progress towards reaching an end to…
Software sell-off continues and bitcoin tumblesSBS Finance Editor Ricardo Gonçalves speaks with Ben Clark from TMS Private Wealth about the day's market action including a software sell-off in the US which is trickling to Austr…
Coroner identifies major failings by psychiatrist who treated Bondi Junction attackerA psychiatrist who treated the Westfield Bondi Junction attacker has been referred for review by the coroner investigating the mass killing in 2024. New South Wales State Coroner T…
