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Biden says he’s ‘concerned’ about Beijing’s actions as China extends military drills around Taiwan
KEELUNG, TAIWAN - AUGUST 07: Navy personnel are seen on a Taiwanese Navy warship on August 07, 2022 in Keelung, Taiwan. Taiwan remained tense after Speaker of the U.S. House Of Representatives Nancy Pelosi visited earlier this week, as part of a tour of Asia aimed at reassuring allies in the region. China has been conducting live-fire drills in waters close to those claimed by Taiwan in response. (Photo by Annabelle Chih/Getty Images)
olympics
Cricket makes strong case for Olympics
BIRMINGHAM, ENGLAND - AUGUST 07: Jemimah Rodrigues of Team India drops a catch to dismiss Jess Jonassen of Team Australia during the Cricket T20 - Gold Medal match between Team Australia and Team India on day ten of the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games at Edgbaston on August 07, 2022 on the Birmingham, England. (Photo by Alex Davidson/Getty Images)
international business
Glencore shareholders get $4.5-billion windfall as coal prices soar
FILE PHOTO: The edge of Glencore's Mount Owen coal mine and adjacent rehabilitated land are pictured in Ravensworth, Australia, June 21, 2022. Picture taken June 21, 2022. Picture taken with a drone. REUTERS/Loren Elliott/File Photo
energy and resources
Australia watchdog urges gas export curbs to avert domestic supply crunch in 2023
Prelude floating LNG plant is live and operating its FLNG facility off northwest Australia in this undated handout photo obtained June 11, 2019. Royal Dutch Shell Australia/Handout via REUTERS
sports
Some rugby league players in Australia refuse pride jersey
Former Australian rugby league player Ian Roberts gestures during a red carpet event for the movie premiere of "Thor: Love and Thunder" at the Entertainment Quarter in Sydney, Australia, Monday, June 27, 2022. Roberts, who in the 1990s was the first high-profile rugby league player to come out as gay, said he was not surprised, Tuesday July 26, 2022, that seven Manly Sea Eagles players withdrew from a National Rugby League match because they're unwilling to wear their club's inclusion jersey. (AP Photo/Mark Baker)
world
Climate change in focus as Australia’s parliament opens
FILE PHOTO: Tourists walk around the forecourt of Australia's Parliament House in Canberra, Australia, October 16, 2017. REUTERS/David Gray/File Photo
world
Record number of COVID-hit Australians in hospital as Omicron surges
FILE PHOTO: Customers queue outside a Western Sydney chemist to purchase Rapid Antigen Test kits in the wake of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic in Sydney, Australia, January 5, 2022. REUTERS/Jaimi Joy/File Photo
world
Australia to double foreign investment fees, penalties
Australia's landmark Opera House in Sydney is lit up in the colours of Japan on July 10, 2022, in honour of slain former Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe. (Photo by Muhammad FAROOQ / AFP) (Photo by MUHAMMAD FAROOQ/AFP via Getty Images)
sports
Canada teams learn path at Rugby World Cup Sevens in South Africa
Toronto Wolfpack rugby balls and training equipment are shown at Lamport Stadium in Toronto on May 10, 2019. The Toronto Wolfpack's potential new owner will make his case to England's Super League on Tuesday with the transatlantic rugby league team also submitting a new five-year business plan to bolster his case. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Neil Davidson
sports
Stenson stripped of Ryder Cup captaincy as LIV Golf rift widens
FILE PHOTO: Golf - 2018 Ryder Cup at Le Golf National - Guyancourt, France - September 27, 2018 Team Europe's Henrik Stenson during a press conference REUTERS/Paul Childs/File Photo
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Australia reinstates COVID-19 quarantine pay amid fresh Omicron wave
Australia's Prime Minister Anthony Albanese speaks during a press conference at the Australia Pacific Training Coalition Centre (APTC) after attending the Pacific Islands Forum (PIF) in Suva on July 15, 2022. (Photo by William WEST / various sources / AFP) (Photo by WILLIAM WEST/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)
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Xi Jinping visits Xinjiang for the first time since imposing crackdown
A giant screen shows news footage of Chinese President Xi Jinping visiting Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, at a shopping centre, in Beijing, China, July 15, 2022. REUTERS/Tingshu Wang
golf
One golfer not welcome at the British Open? Greg Norman
Greg Norman, CEO of LIV Golf, tosses a beer to spectators into the crowd surrounding the 18th green at the Portland Invitational LIV Golf tournament in North Plains, Ore., Saturday, July 2, 2022. (AP Photo/Steve Dipaola)
asia-pacific business
Australia’s central bank raises rates for third month, still more to come
FILE - People walk past the outside of the Reserve Bank in Sydney, Australia on May 3, 2022. Australia’s central bank on Tuesday, July 5, 2022 lifted its benchmark interest rate for a third time in consecutive months, changing the cash rate to 1.35% from 0.85%. (AP Photo/Mark Baker, File)
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Australia’s Link rejects Dye & Durham’s lower offer, but keeps door open
File #: 2124574 Exclusive iStockphoto Photographer Partnership Hands putting a puzzle together. Credit: Amanda Rohde / iStockphoto (Royalty-Free) Keywords: Merger, Jigsaw Piece, Partnership, Togetherness, Human Hand, Jigsaw Puzzle, Puzzle, Teamwork
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Australia commits to Pacific islands defence training as China seeks rival meeting
FILE - Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese speaks during a press conference in Sydney, Australia, Friday, June 10, 2022. Albanese said Thursday, June 23, 2022, that he will meet President Emmanuel Macron in France next week to reset a bilateral relationship that was damaged when the previous Australian government canceled a submarine contract. (AP Photo/Mark Baker, File)
international business
Dye & Durham lowers Link Administration takeover offer by a quarter
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Australia to push mining industry to set up register of sexual harassment offenders after report release
FILE PHOTO: A stacker unloads iron ore onto a pile at a mine located in the Pilbara region of Western Australia December 2, 2013. REUTERS/David Gray/File Photo
soccer
Australia qualifies for World Cup after edging Peru
DOHA, QATAR - JUNE 13: Bailey Wright of Australia celebrates their sides victory after a penalty shoot out following the 2022 FIFA World Cup Playoff match between Australia Socceroos and Peru at Ahmad Bin Ali Stadium on June 13, 2022 in Doha, Qatar. (Photo by Mohamed Farag/Getty Images)
world
Australia reaches settlement with France over scrapped submarine deal
FILE PHOTO: Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese speaks during a joint press conference with New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern following a meeting at the Commonwealth Parliamentary Offices in Sydney, Australia, June 10, 2022. REUTERS/Loren Elliott
international business
Australia’s central bank raises rates by 50 bps in hawkish surprise
A man walks past the Reserve Bank of Australia building in the central business district of Sydney on June 7, 2022. - Australia's central bank raised interest rates by a higher-than-expected half percentage point on June 7 and warned of more increases, trying to rein in "significantly" increased inflation. (Photo by Muhammad FAROOQ / AFP) (Photo by MUHAMMAD FAROOQ/AFP via Getty Images)
energy and resources
Australia faces community, regulatory hurdles in renewable energy push
FILE PHOTO: A fence is seen in front of wind turbines that are part of the Infigen Energy Capital Wind Farm located on the hills surrounding Lake George, near the Australian capital city of Canberra, Australia February 21, 2018. REUTERS/David Gray/File Photo
world
Australia says Chinese fighter jet intercepted its surveillance aircraft
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Australian journalist detained in China denied calls from family and consular staff, partner says
FILE - Cheng Lei, a Chinese-born Australian journalist for CGTN, the English-language channel of China Central Television, attends a public event in Beijing on Aug. 12, 2020. The Australian partner of the journalist who has been detained in China for nearly two years said Thursday, June 2, 2022, she is being denied the chance to speak with her family and consular staff, and her health is declining due to a poor prison diet.(AP Photo/Ng Han Guan, File)
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Australia’s centre-left Labor party to govern outright, new prime minister says
FILE PHOTO: Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese attends the Quad leaders’ summit, in Tokyo, Japan, May 24, 2022. Yuichi Yamazaki/Pool via REUTERS
opinion
Canada inexcusably absent from another Indo-Pacific initiative
John Ibbitson
world
China’s foreign minister begins eight-nation Pacific tour in the Solomon Islands
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi speaks during a press conference in Honiara on May 26, 2022. - China has "no intention at all" to build a military base in Solomon Islands, Foreign Minister Wang Yi said on May 26, following speculation about the purpose of a recent security pact with Honiara. (Photo by AFP) (Photo by STR/AFP via Getty Images)
opinion
Australia’s ‘teal wave’ is a wakeup call for Canada’s Conservatives
Jillian Oliver
world
China’s foreign minister to visit Solomon Islands this week amid security pact concerns
FILE - Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi talks during a ceremony to mark the establishment of diplomatic relations between the Solomon Islands and China at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing, on Sept. 21, 2019. China’s Foreign Minister Wang will visit Solomon Islands this week in what the South Pacific nation’s leader said was a “milestone” in his country’s relationship with China, amid concerns over their security pact that could allow Chinese military personnel on the islands. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein, File)
international business
Biden to lay out in Japan who’s joining new Indo-Pacific trade pact
Marine One, with President Joe Biden lifts off at the U.S. Yokota Air Base, in Fussa on the outskirts of Tokyo, Sunday, May 22, 2022. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)
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Australia swears in new Labor PM Anthony Albanese
CANBERRA, AUSTRALIA - MAY 23: (Left to Right) Jim Chalmers, Penny Wong, Anthony Albanese, Richard Marles and Katy Gallagher pose for a photograph outside Government House after being sworn in as Treasurer, Foreign Minister, Prime Minister, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Finance respectively, in front of The Governor-General, His Excellency General the Honourable David Hurley AC DSC (Retd) on May 23, 2022 in Canberra, Australia. Labor leader Anthony Albanese has become Australia's 31st Prime Minister after defeating Scott Morrison in the Australia Federal Election. (Photo by David Gray/Getty Images)
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Labor’s Anthony Albanese to be next Australian PM as ruling coalition lose out to independents
Anthony Albanese, leader of Australia's Labor Party, addresses supporters after incumbent Prime Minister and Liberal Party leader Scott Morrison conceded defeat in the country's general election, in Sydney, Australia May 21, 2022. REUTERS/Jaimi Joy
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Polling stations open in Australian elections
MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - MAY 21: Prime Minister Scott Morrison takes a selfie at the Laurimar Primary School on Federal Election day, in Doreen on May 21, 2022 in Melbourne, Australia. Australians head to the polls today to elect the 47th Parliament of Australia, with a tight battle between incumbent Prime Minister Scott Morrison of the Coalition party and Labor Leader, Anthony Albanese. The Coalition party has led government since 2013. (Photo by Mick Tsikas-Pool/Getty Images)
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‘Teal wave’ in Australia sees voters backing climate-focused independent candidates
Independent candidate Monique Ryan (2/R) greets voters at a pre-polling centre in Melbourne on May 17, 2022 as she takes on Australia's treasurer Josh Frydenberg in his usually safe seat of Kooyong in the May 21 general election. (Photo by William WEST / AFP) (Photo by WILLIAM WEST/AFP via Getty Images)