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A Chinese student attacked in Hobart on Tuesday is being treated in Royal Hobart Hospital for head wounds. Photo: Handout
China-Australia relations

China calls for tough penalties over attack on student in Australia

Assault in Hobart one the latest in a string of incidents against Chinese visitors in recent months.

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Asia housing and property

The View | Why Osaka, Bengaluru and Johor are overlooked drivers of Asia property

Australia

Tens of thousands march for Palestine on Sydney Harbour Bridge

Hong Kong transport

Hong Kong Airlines to launch new direct routes to Melbourne and Lijiang

Carrier says it is capitalising on the increased capacity of city’s international airport.

Hong Kong Airlines will roll out a new direct service to Melbourne and Lijiang in Yunnan province. Photo: May Tse
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.

The Philippines

Will Australia host Duterte’s interim release from The Hague detention?

Duterte’s daughter, Sara, said her father’s lawyers were looking at Australia for his release to a third-party country.

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Australia

Australian woman dies of caffeine overdose after ‘unacceptable’ wait for help

The delay in dispatching an ambulance to Christine Lackmann – found to have dangerously high levels of caffeine – was a factor in her death, coroner rules.

Christina Lackmann, 32, died of a caffeine overdose after a series of ambulance delays. Photo: Handout
Indonesia

Bali shooting: Indonesia hunts gunmen after Australian tourist killed

The victim was shot in a bathroom of a Bali villa, where police found 17 bullet casings and two intact bullets.

Art

4 major exhibitions to awaken your aesthetic senses this summer

Head to Paris to explore avant-garde fashion with Rick Owens, and consider the future with Tillmans; visit London to see Saville’s powerful paintings; and fly to Melbourne to get wrapped up in kimonos.

Hong Kong transport

Exclusive | Hong Kong Airlines to open routes to Urumqi, Melbourne after resolving debt woes

Carrier chief Jeff Sun says it has become a ‘financially sound airline’ with strong investor backing’, more services and plans for a rebrand.

Hong Kong Airlines has managed to weather its debt crisis and rebuilt itself after a major restructuring. Photo: Dickson Lee
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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Machetes are seen at Victoria Police Headquarters in Melbourne, Australia. Photo: AAP Image via AP
International Property

The View | Trump’s war on universities not a threat to student housing market

The market remains attractive despite the scapegoating of foreign students in the US, UK, Canada and Australia.

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Fame and celebrity

Who is singer Zach Bryan’s rumoured new girlfriend, Hannah Duncan?

The passionate traveller and marketing professional, who works for fitness subscription platform ClassPass, once spent 5 months exploring Europe with her friends.

Australia

Terror trip: gun-toting Australian teen sneaks on board Jetstar plane

Passengers overpower the 17-year-old after he tries to board the flight with a shotgun and ammunition.

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A screengrab shows the Australian teen being subdued after trying to sneak on board with a shotgun and ammunition. Photo: 9 News Australia
Luxury Hotels

Review | How Melbourne Place pays tribute to the Australian city’s vibrant design

Found on city-centre Russell Street, the hotel and its aesthetics eschew the blandness of corporate accommodation for something warmer and more retro – and quintessentially Melbourne.

Melbourne Place hotel, the new face in the city’s central business district. Photo: Handout
Australia

Australian police instructor likely to be charged for Nazi salute, slogan

The offence by the instructor at the Victoria state police academy in Melbourne carries a penalty of a fine and up to 12 months in prison.

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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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New Zealand

Better pay, cheaper rent: New Zealanders leave for Australia in droves

‘We feel like everything else is going up but not wages, so we had to think of where we could live a better life,’ says a resident who moved to Melbourne.

Some 44,534 New Zealanders left to live in Australia in 2023. Photo: Bloomberg
Paris 2024 Olympic Games

Zheng Qinwen aims to inspire Chinese girls after historic Olympic tennis gold

She dedicates triumph to her parents for driving her on, saying her father ‘treats the Olympics with more importance than any other event’.

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Paris 2024 Olympic Games

Editorial | With second gold, Hong Kong punches above its weight at Olympics

Fencer Cheung Ka-long has made this city of just 7 million people proud after defending his title in Paris, and there’s still more to come with swimmer Siobhan Haughey aiming for her second medal at the Games.

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Paris 2024 Olympic Games

Profile | Who is Cheung Ka-long? Stunning rise of Hong Kong’s twice Olympic gold medallist

The first man to retain an Olympic foil title in 68 years, he has come a long way since joining his first fencing class in Hong Kong aged 10.

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Cheung Ka-long offers his trademark tongue-out celebration after winning his Olympic semi-final at the Grand Palais in Paris. Photo: EPA-EFE
Paris 2024 Olympic Games

Hong Kong bags Cheung Ka-long gold, Siobhan Haughey bronze at Olympics

‘Best moment of my life’ for Cheung Ka-long, who makes fencing history minutes after Siobhan Haughey finishes third in 200m freestyle.

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Cheung Ka-long receives his Olympic gold medal after winning the men’s foil title in Paris. Photo: EPA-EFE
Paris 2024 Olympic Games

Hong Kong’s Cheung ‘can defeat everybody’ as he eyes repeat Olympic fencing gold

Defending the crown would be a rare feat in foil fencing for the Hongkonger who is aiming to triumph as he did in Tokyo in 2021.

Paris 2024 Olympic Games

Vivian Kong’s historic Olympic gold sparks day of celebration in Hong Kong

Chief Executive John Lee voices Hongkongers’ gratitude, while triumph helps bring the Games’ expected boost to the city’s economy.

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Indonesia

JI’s disbandment in Indonesia rings hollow for Bali bombing families

The militant group also says it will align the curriculum of its affiliated schools with the national syllabus.

An Australian police officer stands near the ruins of the Sari Club, which was flattened by a bomb attack in Kuta, Bali, Indonesia in 2002. Photo: AP
Australia

Asia-Pacific faces fallout from CrowdStrike outage: ‘It will continue to happen’

While its impact on the region was limited, analysts said the incident highlights the need for backup systems and business contingency plans.

The CrowdStrike offices in Sunnyvale, California. In what will go down as the most spectacular IT failure the world has ever seen, a botched software update from cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike crashed countless Microsoft Windows computer systems globally. Photo: Bloomberg
Australia

My Take | Australian media needs to know – Asia does not just revolve around China

Australians want to do more business with Asia similar to Canberra’s goal but are perplexed by a lack of genuine coverage of the region.

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Paris 2024 Olympic Games

The day swimmer Wan put Hong Kong on people’s lips at the 1956 Melbourne Olympics

The youngest swimmer in the 400m freestyle, Wan set a blistering pace before finishing last – but he felt a sense of accomplishment because people ‘knew the name of Hong Kong’.

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