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Police and locals search sand at Bethells Beach west of Auckland after 19 packages marked with unusual symbols are foundCocaine with a street value of around $2m (NZ$3m) has washed up in packages on a wild New Zealand beach, sparking a major search for…
Embassy accuses MP of having a ‘Cold-War mentality’ after he said rise of China was putting Australia’s sovereignty at risk China has said it “strongly deplores” comments by the Liberal MP Andrew Hastie comparing the west’s attitude to China to France’…
Minister says archipelago in grave situation through no fault of its own as he unveils plan for net zero emissions and village relocationFiji will introduce one of the world’s most ambitious legislative programs to tackle the climate crisis, and has la…
US secretary of state dismisses warning by top security analyst, arguing ‘you can sell your soul for a pile of soy beans or you can protect your people’The US secretary of state Mike Pompeo has declared “you can sell your soul for a pile of soy beans, …
Mike Pompeo hails ‘unbreakable’ relationship between Washington and Canberra as he urges Australia to join coalition to protect shipping in the Gulf Australia’s defence minister Linda Reynolds says the Morrison government is giving “very serious consid…
Wang Yi criticises ‘relaunch’ of China-Australian relations as Marise Payne defends Huawei banThe progress of repairing China-Australia ties, strained over Canberra’s concerns about Chinese influence in its domestic affairs, has been “unsatisfactory”, …
China’s claim it has freed 90% of people in Xinjiang detention camps has been met with anger and scepticismWhen news broke that senior officials in China were saying 90% of Uighurs detained in Xinjiang’s notorious detention centres had been released, N…
James Sanders snapped up the bat for a few hundred dollars but could pocket $35,000 at an auctionAn unemployed New Zealand man is facing an extraordinary payday after picking up a cricket bat Sir Donald Bradman once owned for a few hundred dollars and …
Countries focus on increasingly effective encryption of communicationsBritish, American and other intelligence agencies from English-speaking countries have concluded a two-day meeting in London amid calls for spies and police officers to be given spec…
Countries focus on increasingly effective encryption of communicationsBritish, American and other intelligence agencies from English-speaking countries have concluded a two-day meeting in London amid calls for spies and police officers to be given spec…
A reluctance to offend China and an information blackout has meant the persecution of the ethnic minority has gone under the radar. But pressure for change is building On Wednesday, Sadam Abdusalam went to Australia’s federal Parliament House for the …
James Marape says Australia, with New Zealand and PNG, has a moral obligation to listen to the voices of smaller island nationsAustralia has a responsibility to protect the Pacific region from the impacts of climate change, PNG’s newly appointed prime …
James Marape says his country must move on from depending on overseas aid to become an economic powerhousePapua New Guinea will be free of its dependence on Australian aid within a decade, the new prime minister, James Marape, has said in Sydney.He sai…
Husband Henry John taken to hospital under police guard after woman found dead at Suva homeAn Australian woman working for the UN has allegedly been murdered in Fiji.Police in the capital, Suva, said they were treating the death of Jennifer Downes as s…
Van Kham Chau, 70, has been held for six months on treason charges and denied a lawyerHuman rights groups and relatives have expressed concern for the wellbeing of a 70-year-old Australian citizen who has been imprisoned in Vietnam for six months witho…