Today: October 05, 2024
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Gang kills at least 26 villagers in remote Papua New Guinea, officials say

Officials say at least 26 people have been killed by a gang in three remote villages in Papua New Guinea’s north, and eight villagers remain missing

Gang kills at least 26 villagers in remote Papua New Guinea, officials say
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Australian army private and her husband accused of spying for Russia

An Australian army private and her husband accused of spying for Russia have been denied bail on the first charges against suspected operatives under Australia’s updated 2018 espionage laws

Australian army private and her husband accused of spying for Russia
Environment|News

Rangers shot dead a 14-foot crocodile after it killed a girl swimming in an Australian creek

Rangers have shot dead a 14-foot saltwater crocodile in Australia after it killed a 12-year-old girl while she was swimming with her family

Rangers shot dead a 14-foot crocodile after it killed a girl swimming in an Australian creek
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Australia appoints special envoy to confront a rise in antisemitism across the country

The Australian government has named a special envoy to confront a rise in antisemitism across the country since the Israel-Hamas war began

Australia appoints special envoy to confront a rise in antisemitism across the country
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Pro-Palestinian protesters breach security at Australia's Parliament House to unfurl banners

Pro-Palestinian protesters have breached security at Australia’s Parliament House to unfurl banners from the roof as a senator quit the government over its direction on the Gaza war

Pro-Palestinian protesters breach security at Australia's Parliament House to unfurl banners
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Australia appoints second woman governor-general in 123 years to represent British monarch

Australia has appointed Sam Mostyn as only its second woman governor-general, a largely ceremonial role representing the British monarch as the nation’s head of state

Australia appoints second woman governor-general in 123 years to represent British monarch
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Stella Assange thanks Australian lawmakers for WikiLeaks founder's freedom

Stella Assange has thanked the spectrum of lawmakers who campaigned for her husband, WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, to be freed

Stella Assange thanks Australian lawmakers for WikiLeaks founder's freedom
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Australian leaders cautiously welcome expected plea that could bring WikiLeaks founder Assange home

Australian leaders are cautiously welcoming an expected plea agreement that could set free WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange

Australian leaders cautiously welcome expected plea that could bring WikiLeaks founder Assange home
Economy|Environment|News|Political|Science|Technology

Australian opposition puts nation's first nuclear power plants in its energy plan ahead of elections

Australia’s main opposition party says it plans to build Australia’s first nuclear power plants as early as 2035, arguing the government’s policies for decarbonizing the economy with renewable energy will not work

Australian opposition puts nation's first nuclear power plants in its energy plan ahead of elections
Economy|News|Political

Chinese premier agrees with Australia to 'properly manage' differences

Chinese Premier Li Qiang says he has agreed with Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese to properly manage their nations’ differences as they emerge from a hostile era in which minister-to-minister contacts were banned and trade barriers cost Australian exporters up to $13 billion a year

Chinese premier agrees with Australia to 'properly manage' differences
Economy|News|Political|World

Chinese premier promises more pandas and urges Australia to put aside differences

Chinese Premier Li Qiang’s visit to Australia has focused on positive aspects of the bilateral relationship including shared giant pandas and a rebounding wine trade after he urged both countries to shelve their differences

Chinese premier promises more pandas and urges Australia to put aside differences
Economy|News|Political|World

Australia anticipates China will lift final obstacle for exports as they ease past 2020 row

Australia's top trade official is predicting China will lift a ban on Australian lobster imports after Chinese Premier Li Qiang visits the country

Australia anticipates China will lift final obstacle for exports as they ease past 2020 row
News|Technology|World

Australian online watchdog drops court case against X over stabbing video

Australia’s online safety watchdog has dropped her Federal Court case aimed at forcing X Corp. to take down a video of a Sydney bishop being stabbed

Australian online watchdog drops court case against X over stabbing video
News|World

Papua New Guinea's prime minister visits the site of a landslide estimated to have killed hundreds

Papua New Guinea’s prime minister has visited the site of a major landslide that is estimated to have buried hundreds of villagers in the South Pacific island nation’s mountainous interior a week ago

Papua New Guinea's prime minister visits the site of a landslide estimated to have killed hundreds
Environment|News|World

Papua New Guinea landslide survivors slow to move to safer ground after hundreds buried

Traumatized survivors of Papua New Guinea’s massive landslide are hesitating to move to safer ground as the South Pacific island nation’s authorities prepare to use heavy machinery to clear debris and risk triggering another landslide

Papua New Guinea landslide survivors slow to move to safer ground after hundreds buried
Environment|News|World

Authorities in Papua New Guinea search for safer ground for thousands of landslide survivors

Authorities in Papua New Guinea are searching for safer ground to relocate thousands of survivors at risk from a potential second landslide in the South Pacific country's highlands, while the arrival of heavy earth-moving equipment at the disaster site where hundreds are buried has been delayed

Authorities in Papua New Guinea search for safer ground for thousands of landslide survivors
Environment|Health|News

Fears rise of a second landslide and disease outbreak at site of Papua New Guinea disaster

Authorities fear a second landslide and a disease outbreak are looming at the scene of Papua New Guinea’s mass-casualty disaster

Fears rise of a second landslide and disease outbreak at site of Papua New Guinea disaster
Health|News|World

Papua New Guinea says Friday's landslide buried more than 2,000 people and formally asks for help

A Papua New Guinea government official has told the United Nations that more than 2,000 people are believed to have been buried alive by a landslide Friday

Papua New Guinea says Friday's landslide buried more than 2,000 people and formally asks for help
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Over 670 people died in a massive Papua New Guinea landslide, UN estimates, as survivors seek safety

The International Organization for Migration has increased its estimate of the death toll from a massive landslide in Papua New Guinea to more than 670

Over 670 people died in a massive Papua New Guinea landslide, UN estimates, as survivors seek safety
News|Political|Technology

Australian judge rules that social media platform X must answer to hate speech complaint

An Australian judge has ruled that the social media platform X is subject to a state’s anti-discrimination law even though it does not have an office in Australia

Australian judge rules that social media platform X must answer to hate speech complaint
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Over 100 feared dead in landslide in remote part of Papua New Guinea, with rescue efforts underway

More than 100 people are believed to have been killed in a landslide that buried a village in a remote, mountainous part of Papua New Guinea

Over 100 feared dead in landslide in remote part of Papua New Guinea, with rescue efforts underway
News|Travel|World

Australia and New Zealand evacuate scores of their citizens from New Caledonia

Australia says its military has flown 115 people from the restive French Pacific territory of New Caledonia and France will soon evacuate and 100 to the Australian city of Brisbane

Australia and New Zealand evacuate scores of their citizens from New Caledonia
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Army whistleblower who exposed alleged Australian war crimes in Afghanistan is sentenced to prison

A former Australian army lawyer has been sentenced to almost six years in prison for leaking classified information that exposed allegations of Australian war crimes in Afghanistan

Army whistleblower who exposed alleged Australian war crimes in Afghanistan is sentenced to prison
News|Technology

Australian judge says it is unreasonable to require X to hide video of church stabbing for all users

An Australian judge says it would be unreasonable for the country’s internet safety watchdog to require social platform X to hide video of a bishop being stabbed in a Sydney church from all of its users around the world

Australian judge says it is unreasonable to require X to hide video of church stabbing for all users
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Australian judge lifts court ban on X showing video of Sydney church stabbing

An Australian judge has lifted a ban on the social media platform X showing Australians a video of a bishop being stabbed in a Sydney church

Australian judge lifts court ban on X showing video of Sydney church stabbing

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