The attempt by 12 of Europe’s biggest football clubs to form a breakaway super league collapsed within 48 hours after a furious reaction from fans and players. So what was it all about?

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The European Super League debacle

Beijing’s security laws, the expulsion of pro-democracy legislators, and an ongoing police crackdown on opponents has effectively killed off the notion of one country-two systems.

It's the end of Hong Kong as we've known it

In Taiwan the government and the biggest Social Media app have formed a public-private-partnership to tackle disinformation, predominantly from China, through the use of AI and fact checking.  

How Taiwan is dealing with disinformation on Social Media

Angela Onwuachi-Willig is Dean of the Boston University School of Law. As the first African-American to hold that position she grappled with how to speak to her students about the murder of George Floyd and the broader issue of racial inequality in the US.

Angela Onwuachi-Willig's 'The fire this time' - balancing personal and professional responses to the murder of George Floyd

The story of former slave Henrietta Wood who successfully sued the man who abducted her and sold her into slavery has won the 2020 Pulitzer history prize.

A true story of slavery and restitution in America

The World Health Organisation is holding its annual assembly at a critical juncture in the COVID 19 pandemic and while facing sustained criticism over its response

Under fire WHO meets at a critical time in the pandemic

Giving birth alone, without pain medication and forced separation from the baby is every pregnant woman’s worst nightmare. How the pandemic has changed birth practices 

Concerns over new mothers and babies during COVID 19

A charity in the Blue Mountains is feeding 18,000 people a week during the COVID 19 crisis.

Blue Mountains charity feeding 18,000 daily

The coronavirus pandemic has forced the ABC's Jakarta correspondent to evacuate.

Coronavirus pandemic creates a dilemma for ABC correspondents

The coronavirus has overshadowed an unprecedented political and legal crisis that has left Israel without a government and with an un-elected prime minister who is now ruling by decree.

In Israel the coronavirus is adding to a political and legal crisis

Americans know how to prep and they've stocked up to bunker down as Coronavirus takes hold.

America's prepper culture kicks in

In Japan supplies of toilet paper and masks are returning to normal and many store shelves remain well stocked with food. But the government faces criticism over the lack of virus testing

A snapshot of life in Japan under coronavirus

In the USA the price you're quoted is never the price you have to pay

The S in USA stands for swindle

Tourists are avoiding Thailand due to Covid-19 fears and Bangkok, normally a popular destination for Aussie tourists, is bearing the brunt.

Covid-19 hits Thailand's tourism industry

China correspondent Bill Birtles travels to South Korea and is struck by how people carried on as usual.

As Australians panic buy toilet paper, those closest to Coronavirus outbreaks panic the least

The ABC's overseas reporters give their interpretation and analysis of the week's major events.

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