This Month
This airport is one of the world’s most scenic – and treacherous
Trekking in Nepal’s Everest region is on many a bucket list. But the adventure starts well beforehand, with a landing at Tenzing-Hillary Airport.
- Alana Christensen
Mount Everest from your tent? That’s a view worth the trek
Waking up to behold Nepal’s most renowned mountains is a dream come true. But you’ve got to put in the hard yards to get there.
- Alana Christensen
Chinese do better than others in student visa crackdown
Nearly every Chinese student who applies for a visa to study at an Australian university gets approved. It’s a different story for others.
- Julie Hare
December 2023
‘People thought I was crazy’: how to spend eight weeks in Nepal
A longer trip around the south Asian nation drops you into a gentler rhythm of daily life. But it’s still hard to resist some hiking.
- Jason Mowen
August 2023
The data that signals ‘students’ are coming for work, not uni
Universities are bleeding money as thousands of international students enrol in dodgy colleges as a means of accessing paid work.
- Julie Hare
May 2023
Discover where the legend of Everest went to de-stress
The renowned mountaineer rented this former sherpas’ hostel for decades. Now a refurbished hotel, you too can hire it all for $8835 a night.
- Nina Karnikowski
April 2023
‘One in a million’: Climber saved after three days in 300m crevasse
Mountaineer Anurag Maloo had been missing for days after falling into the crevasse on Mount Annapurna in Nepal but was rescued after a daring and dangerous mission.
- Gopal Sharma
January 2023
- Opinion
- Australia Day
Why Australia Day will just die of old age
Migration and changing attitudes of the young will ensure fewer conservatives with the power to cling to Australia’s colonial past.
- Craig Emerson
- Opinion
- Software
A tech giant paid big salaries – now it’s paying the price
The pro-employee culture of Salesforce is under threat from activist investors and an economic downturn.
- Aaron Patrick
Nepali pilot dies in crash 17 years after her husband met same fate
Despite family opposition, Anju Khatiwada vowed to continue her pilot husband’s dream when he was killed in plane crash in Nepal. On Sunday, she met the same fate.
- Bhadra Sharma and Mujib Mashal
Nepal mourns after deadly plane crash kills at least 66
A witness who recorded footage of the plane’s descent from his balcony said he saw the plane flying low before it suddenly veered to its left.
- Anish Bhattarai, Krutika Pathi and Sheikh Saaliq
Plane crash in Nepal resort town kills 68 people
The plane carrying 72 people, including an Australian, was attempting to land at a new airport after a 27-minute flight when it crashed.
- UPENDRA MAN SINGH, SHEIKH SAALIQ and ANISH BHATTARAI
August 2022
- Exclusive
- International students
International students to return en masse in 2023
Predictions that the education sector would take years to recover from the pandemic appear wrong as numbers point to a bumper 2023.
- Julie Hare
May 2022
Nepalese ‘students’ flood in to work unlimited hours
A huge surge in approvals for student visas from Nepal is likely being driven by non-genuine students who want to take advantage of the removal of a cap on the number of hours they can work.
- Julie Hare
September 2021
Capex booms as companies prepare for consumer surge
Globally, corporate capital expenditure, or capex, will jump by 13 per cent this year, according to S&P Global Ratings, with growth in all regions and broad sectors.
- Enda Curran
May 2021
Singapore-Hong Kong travel bubble in doubt
Quarantine-free travel between the two cities is under review as community transmission increases in Singapore.
- Emma Connors
March 2021
- Opinion
- Coronavirus pandemic
Global vaccination a jab in the dark in some developing economies
Because Asian states have largely done a good job containing COVID-19, they may not face the same immediate pressures for widespread vaccination campaigns.
- Jeremy Youde
December 2020
China and India watch as Nepal descends into political turmoil
The political turbulence in Nepal is taking place amid rising tensions between China and India, its two powerful and increasingly bellicose neighbours.
- Bhadra Sharma
August 2020
- Opinion
- Global economy
Australia's big soft power test
Australia cannot recover well if our neighbouring region is destabilised and deteriorating. This is a major diplomatic challenge.
- Gordon Cairns
June 2020
- Opinion
- Trade wars
India picks a side in the new cold war
There is near-consensus in Indian policymaking that China is a hostile power and the only feasible response is to move closer to the US and to Asian democracies, such as Japan and Australia.
- Updated
- Gideon Rachman
