China’s property crisis is expected to get worse as sales of new homes plummet and indebted developers struggle to find funds to complete projects. Real estate giant Evergrande was recently forced to liquidate as more than 50 housing developers have defaulted on their debts in recent years. WSJ’s Jonathan Cheng travels to an abandoned “ghost…

To date, only five nations, the U.S., Russia, China, Japan and India, have completed a successful soft landing on the moon. But bolstered by evidence of the presence of water and other natural resources, many more nations and private companies are now seeking to get to the moon. And whoever is able to establish a…

Israeli warplanes have struck targets deep inside Lebanon. The town of Ghaziyeh is 60km north of Israel’s border. In the past four months, Israel has repeatedly struck areas of southern Lebanon it says have links to Hezbollah. It has also conducted targeted assassinations. In response, the armed group has fired rockets into Israel. Al Jazeera’s…

Six-year-old Hind Rajab spent three hours on the phone with Palestinian emergency services, crying for help, stranded in a car under Israeli fire in Gaza. Her relatives were killed while trying to escape. 12 days later, she was found dead. What happened after Hind’s phone line went dark? In this episode:  – Nebal Farsakh, Director…

Marwan Bishara, Al Jazeera’s senior political analyst, discusses how the Israeli occupation of Palestine is the root cause of settler colonialism, racism, violence, hatred, apartheid, and more. Bishara says while the rest of the world is “fed up” with Israel’s actions in the occupied Palestinian territories, US support has allowed Israel to continue to violate…

Police in Papua New Guinea have recovered the bodies of tribesmen who were shot dead in what’s being described as a massacre. Police in Enga province said 26 men were killed on Sunday, near the town of Wabag in the northern highlands. The government says there’s been a major escalation in tribal fighting with villagers…

With the hearings at the International Court of Justice over Israel’s occupation set to continue tomorrow, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office has issued a statement saying it does not recognise the legitimacy of the ongoing proceedings. The statement said that the trial was “designed to harm Israel’s right to defend itself from existential threats”….