Manila says Chinese coastguard shot water canon at Filipino vessels in disputed South China Sea. The Philippines has accused the Chinese coastguard of using water cannon to “obstruct” three government boats that were conducting their regular resupply mission near a reef off its coast in the South China Sea. The…
Success of LandSpace Technology’s Zhuque-2 Y-3 could boost investor confidence in methane as a potential rocket fuel. A methane-powered rocket developed by a private Chinese company has launched three satellites into orbit, a milestone in its mission to test whether the vehicle is ready for commercial liftoffs. The success could…
Manila, Philippines – Leila de Lima was released from detention last month into what the former Philippines senator calls “a whole new world”. In 2016, then-President Rodrigo Duterte promised to “destroy” de Lima, one of the loudest critics of his deadly drug war. The president’s supporters began targeting the first-term…
Middle East expert Steven Cook says US President Joe Biden made a mistake with his ‘bear hug’ embrace of Israel. Some US officials have talked about the need to protect innocent Palestinian lives, but US President Joe Biden has said almost nothing. Council on Foreign Relations senior fellow Steven Cook…
Canberra will provide assistance for PNG’s police and judiciary in deal underlining two countries’ close ties. Australia and neighbouring Papua New Guinea (PNG) have signed a bilateral security agreement that will provide the Pacific state with more assistance for its police and support for its legal system. The agreement was…
Suva, Fiji – From the Arctic to the Pacific, Indigenous communities have used unique design and building techniques for millennia to help them survive in some of the most challenging environments on Earth. Now, as the UN World Meteorological Organization confirms that 2023 is ‘almost certain’ to be the hottest…
In universities across the world, the definition of anti-Semitism put forward by the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) has been used to silence critical commentary on Israel’s human rights violations and war crimes. In Australia, the definition has been having a chilling effect on campuses across the country. Amid Israel’s…
Investigators in the US and Australia say the 58-year-old incited ‘terror attack’ in which six people died last year. An American citizen has been arrested and charged in the US state of Arizona for online comments that allegedly incited a “religiously motivated terrorist attack” in Australia a year ago in…
For years, Chinese media has portrayed the United States as an unfriendly nation that seeks to contain and weaken China on the world stage. The US has repeatedly been cast as a threat to world peace in Chinese media owing to Washington’s policies of arming Taiwan, sending military assistance to Ukraine,…
Two more bodies were found late on Monday, an Indonesian official says, as volcanic activity hampers rescue mission. Thirteen climbers have been declared dead since the Mount Marapi volcano erupted in Indonesia on Sunday, with the head of the local rescue service saying two more bodies were found. “The total…
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