- Asia Pacific, China, Coronavirus outbreak, Donald Trump, Infectious diseases, Japan, Mike Pence, South Korea, US news, World news
Coronavirus latest updates: Australia initiates emergency plan as Trump says risk to US is ‘very low’
Losses on Asian stock markets mount as Saudi Arabia bans entry of religious pilgrims over virus fears. Follow …
- Asia Pacific, China, Coronavirus outbreak, Donald Trump, Infectious diseases, Japan, Mike Pence, South Korea, US news, World news
Japan closes schools as Saudi Arabia halts pilgrimages due to Coronavirus fears – as it happened
UK reports two new cases as outbreak spreads and losses on stock markets mount This live blog is closed. Follo…
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Inside Christmas Island: the Australian detention centre with four asylum seekers and a $26m price tag
The sole occupants of a million-dollar facility off the country’s coast are two adults and two small children,…
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Leaked photos of Papua New Guinea prison reveal ‘torture’ of 18 asylum seekers cut off from world
Exclusive: Conditions inside Australia-funded Bomana centre prompted dozens to agree to return to country of o…
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Nauru 19 members jailed over protest against crackdown on opposition MPs
Lead defendant Mathew Batsiua sentenced to 18 months for riot over 2015 demonstration while others receive les…
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Nauru 19 found guilty of rioting and other charges in controversial retrial
Lead defendant Mathew Batsiua tells court ‘history will absolve’ the group who had ‘stood up for democracy’A g…
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Nauru 19: Australian judge blasts ‘appalling’ persecution of protesters
Geoffrey Muecke says Nauruan government regarded group as guilty without ensuring a fair trialAustralian judge…
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Nauru 19 pair seek asylum in Australia ahead of retrial that lawyers say is rigged
Squire Jeremiah and Rutherford Jeremiah are among the group set to face a new trial beginning on MondayTwo mem…
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‘Attack on the media’: Vanuatu newspaper boss has work visa refused
Dan McGarry believes visa was rejected because of his paper’s critical coverage of government The Vanuatu gove…
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US knew Indonesia intended to stop East Timorese independence ‘through terror and violence’
Documents reveal ‘muted’ attempts to convince Indonesian officials to allow free vote to proceedThe US governm…
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Pakistani refugee sets himself alight on Nauru
Medecins Sans Frontieres accuses Nauru of breaching medical ethicsA 36-year-old Pakistani refugee has been hos…
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Australia must help protect Pacific from climate change, PNG prime minister says
James Marape says Australia, with New Zealand and PNG, has a moral obligation to listen to the voices of small…