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The cruise ship MV Hondius leaves the port of Granadilla de Abona, Tenerife, Spain on May 11. Photo: Reuters
Canada

Canadian cruise passenger gets a presumptive positive hantavirus test result

The patient, who was on the MV Hondius where the outbreak began, shows mild symptoms including a fever and headache.

Australia

Huge blaze at Australian refinery threatens petrol supply amid global oil crisis

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Australia

‘Coward’: police killer shot dead after 7-month manhunt in Australia

Australia

Australian drug lord Tony Mokbel walks free: ‘I don’t regret anything’

The court dropped a planned retrial for the Melbourne mobster, who inspired the ‘Underbelly’ TV series, after the police informant scandal.

Tony Mokbel leaves the Victorian Court of Appeal in Melbourne on September 3, 2025. Photo: AFP
Australia

Record heat in Australia, as temperatures near 50 degrees Celsius

Authorities urge caution as temperatures soar, fuelling out of control fires.

Australia

South Korean church deploys ‘special force’ to recruit Australian youths

The Shincheonji church compiles profiles of potential members to draw up personalised recruitment plans, according to a former member.

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Australia

‘Leave, go’: Australia declares state of disaster amid bushfires

Emergency crews can now force evacuations as conditions rivalled the infamous ‘Black Summer’ blazes of 2019-2020.

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Smoke shrouds a home in Longwood, Australia’s Victoria state, on Friday as firefighters attempt to douse the flames. Photo: AAP/Reuters
Australia

Murderer slathers Australian state with lawsuit over Vegemite ban in prison

Andre McKechnie argued that he had a right to eat the spread because it was ‘his culture as an Australian’.

Australia

Man charged with stealing 43 Labubu dolls during Melbourne burglary spree

The highly valued limited-edition figures were allegedly stolen during a months-long crime spree at a shopping centre in central Melbourne.

China-Australia relations

Chinese nationals in Australia blindsided by anti-immigration marches

Sweeping rallies in all Australian capital cities protest against immigration, sparked by rising right-wing sentiment and cost-of-living crisis.

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A scuffle breaks out as protesters gather outside Flinders Street Station in Melbourne, Victoria, during the “March for Australia” anti-immigration rally. Photo: AAP/DPA
Australia

Australia’s mushroom murderer sentenced to life in jail, no parole for 33 years

Erin Patterson’s ‘failure to exhibit any remorse pours salt into all the victims’ wounds’, judge said.

Convicted murderer Erin Patterson (centre)
Australia

Australia posts US$659,000 reward for gunman’s arrest over police killings

Desmond Freeman is accused of opening fire when police arrived at his home in Victoria with a search warrant last month.

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Australia

2 Australian police officers killed in rare fatal shooting, manhunt under way

Authorities in Victoria said the officers were ambushed as they tried to serve a warrant for historical sex abuse allegations.

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Australia

‘Half alive’: sole survivor of Australia’s mushroom murders tells court of grief

A pastor who survived a deadly mushroom lunch with killer Erin Patterson has opened up about life without his wife, who died from the meal.

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Pastor Ian Wilkinson outside the court buildings in Melbourne in August last year. Photo: AFP
Australia

Video | Australia’s ‘mushroom murderer’ found guilty of killing in-laws

Erin Patterson was convicted of murdering her in-laws by serving a meal spiked with poisonous death cap mushrooms

Australia’s ‘mushroom murderer’ found guilty of killing in-laws in shocking poison plot
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Australia

Arson hits Australian synagogue amid surge in antisemitic attacks

A wave of antisemitic attacks has roiled the country since the start of the war in Gaza in October 2023.

Australia

Europeans committed genocide against indigenous Australians, inquiry finds

The explosive report details mass killings, forced child removals and cultural suppression, calling for government compensation.

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Australia

Australian woman accused of 3 murders testifies over mushroom poisoning

Patterson is alleged to have killed three members of her ex-husband’s family and is also accused of trying to murder another, via death cap mushrooms in a pie.

Erin Patterson, the woman accused of serving her ex-husband’s family poisonous mushrooms, is photographed in Melbourne in April. Photo: AP
Australia

A machete-wielding mob ran riot in Australia. Days later the knives were banned

The government of Victoria state brought in the ban on the sale of large knives on Wednesday after a weekend gang fight at a Melbourne mall.

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Australia

What’s in the air? Australian state reels from deluge of dust

New South Wales is grappling with a widespread dust storm days after record flooding that killed five and displaced 50,000 people.

Australia

Australia Day protesters support Aboriginal groups, deface statues

Tens of thousands of people across the country joined protests in support of Aboriginal groups, who say the date is not one to celebrate.

An Aboriginal Australian protestor marches during the annual ‘Invasion Day’ protest through the streets in Sydney on Sunday. Photo: AFP
Asean

Biden skips Southeast Asia summits – is it a snub or strategy shift?

Biden’s absence does not necessarily indicate weaker US interest in Southeast Asia but rather a shift in engagement strategy, analysts say.

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US President Joe Biden poses with other leaders during the 2022 Asean summit in Phnom Penh. Photo: Reuters
Australia

‘I regret nothing’: Australia to jail self-described Nazi for salute

Jacob Hersant, 25, made the gesture in front of news media cameras six days after the Victoria state government made the Nazi salute illegal.

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Hong Kong stock market

Hong Kong stocks fall as profit-taking halts China onshore market frenzy

Hang Seng Index slipped 1.4 per cent, adding to its 9.4 per cent plunge on Tuesday, while the CSI 300 Index of onshore stocks sank 7.1 per cent.

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Cancer

CK Life’s Yuen banks on Big Pharma experience to boost new drug success

Lance Yuen spent two decades at Bristol Myers Squibb and Bayer in the region before becoming the CEO at CK Life Sciences last month.

CK Life Sciences management (from left) Wendy Tong Barnes, chief corporate affairs officer Wendy Tong-Barnes, CEO Lance Yuen, deputy chairman Alan Yu, chief scientific officer Melvin Toh, and vice president corporate development Cecilia Ho
Hong Kong stock market

Hong Kong stocks hit 20-month high as China frenzy continues

Stocks jumped for a sixth straight day as gains snowballed to US$3 trillion since Beijing unveiled its biggest stimulus package in this cycle.

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Pedestrians walk past a stock ticker outside the Exchange Square in Central. Photo: EPA-EFE
Electric & new energy vehicles

Chinese premium EV maker Xpeng adds Qatar to export list

Firm is one of several stepping up international expansion efforts as ferocious domestic competition continues to ravage profit margins.

Banking & finance

Explainer | How 5 international brands are growing in China despite spending downturn

Arc’teryx, Adidas, Ralph Lauren, Sam’s Club and Yum China are all growing their China sales, but for different reasons.

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