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America's three biggest pharmaceutical distributors and Johnson & Johnson have been ordered to pay up to $665 million to native American tribal communities devastated by the opioid crisis. More than 400 tribes sued the companies, claiming they were inundated with highly addictive painkillers manufactured by J&J and shipped by the distributors who ignored clear signs of abuse and death. We hear from Lloyd Miller, one of the lead attorneys representing a third of the litigating tribes.

An independent report has found systemic racism, sexual harassment and bullying at the Australian mining giant Rio Tinto. We speak to ABC's Peter Ryan in Sydney and ask whether this could be the mining sector's #MeToo moment.

The Winter Olympics start in Beijing on Friday. Many countries are officially boycotting the games over claims of human rights abuses in China, and now allegations are surfacing of athletes being forced to install spyware on their devices. We have an extended report from Ed Butler.

And as the word game Wordle is sold to the New York Times, we look at what's behind its success and what the move could mean for fans of the game.

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