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What do boiled bandicoot, smuggled salami and an invisibility cloak have in common?

What do boiled bandicoot, smuggled salami and an invisibility cloak have in common?

The federal government says it will commit almost half a billion dollars straight away to fix the aged care system, after a 2-year Royal Commission. Improving the provision of home care will be central to a new system, but are we prepared to pay for it?

The federal government says it will commit almost half a billion dollars straight away to fix the aged care system, after a 2-year Royal Commission. Improving the provision of home care will be central to a new system, but are we prepared to pay for it?

As mass street protests continue in Myanmar, with a growing death toll, the military coup has created a diplomatic crisis for ASEAN.

As mass street protests continue in Myanmar, with a growing death toll, the military coup has created a diplomatic crisis for ASEAN.

China’s leaders see climate change as an opportunity in the Arctic, where a new shorter trade route is emerging as ice melts. With its Polar Silk Road, China is targeting access to rare earths, uranium, fish stocks, oil, gas—and the strategic benefits of having a presence in the Arctic. China’s initiative has revived U.S. interest in the region and stoked concerns over an ambitious rising power.

On China’s Silk Road is a production of the Global Reporting Centre in Vancouver, Canada, which produces and teachers global journalism. The podcast was created by Mary Kay Magistad, a former China correspondent for US public radio’s The World, working with partner reporters on five continents. The full series is available wherever you get your podcasts or by visiting the Global Reporting Centre podcast project webpage.

China’s leaders see climate change as an opportunity in the Arctic, where a new shorter trade route is emerging as ice melts. With its Polar Silk Road, China is targeting access to rare earths, uranium, fish stocks, oil, gas—and the strategic benefits of having a presence in the Arctic. China’s initiative has revived U.S. interest in the region and stoked concerns over an ambitious rising power.

On China’s Silk Road is a production of the Global Reporting Centre in Vancouver, Canada, which produces and teachers global journalism. The podcast was created by Mary Kay Magistad, a former China correspondent for US public radio’s The World, working with partner reporters on five continents. The full series is available wherever you get your podcasts or by visiting the Global Reporting Centre podcast project webpage.

It took Christine six years and many doctors visits before being diagnosed with Myositis - a rare muscle disease. She is one of only 350 people in Australia known to have the disease.  Is genetic testing helping in the diagnosis of rare diseases? And what more can be done to develop therapies when the economic incentive for pharmaceutical companies is low?

It took Christine six years and many doctors visits before being diagnosed with Myositis - a rare muscle disease. She is one of only 350 people in Australia known to have the disease.  Is genetic testing helping in the diagnosis of rare diseases? And what more can be done to develop therapies when the economic incentive for pharmaceutical companies is low?