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May 19, 20243 min read
WikiLeaks' Julian Assange faces U.S. extradition judgment day
LONDON - A British court could give a final decision on Monday on whether WikiLeaks' founder Julian Assange should be extradited to the...
May 19, 20244 min read
Explainer-Who is Julian Assange?
LONDON -WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange will learn on Monday whether he has lost his long-running legal battle in the English courts to...
May 16, 20243 min read
France sends more police in bid to restore calm in New Caledonia
SYDNEY/PARIS -The French government sent more police to the Pacific island of New Caledonia on Thursday and said it would crack down on...
May 14, 20243 min read
New Caledonia deploys more police as 'streets on fire' over voting reform
WELLINGTON/PARIS -Authorities in the French-ruled Pacific island of New Caledonia sent more police onto the streets, shut the...
May 13, 20242 min read
Analysis-Before global scrutiny, Indian spice maker MDH faced many US rejections
HYDERABAD, India - Popular Indian spice brand MDH, under scrutiny for alleged contamination in some products, has since 2021 seen an...
May 12, 20243 min read
US Marine pilot arrested in Australia worked with Chinese hacker, lawyer says
SYDNEY - A former U.S. Marine pilot fighting extradition from Australia on U.S. charges of training Chinese military pilots to land on...
May 10, 20244 min read
Factbox-Eurovision 2024: what to expect, as crowds gather amid anti-Israel protests
MALMO, Sweden -The world's biggest live music event, the Eurovision Song Contest, is taking place in Sweden this week with 37...
May 5, 20241 min read
Australian police shoot boy dead after stabbing with 'hallmarks' of terrorism
SYDNEY -Australian police said on Sunday they had shot dead a boy after he stabbed a man in Western Australia's capital Perth, in an...
May 4, 20242 min read
Bodies found in Mexico where Australian, US tourists went missing
MEXICO CITY -Mexican authorities have located three bodies in the state of Baja California where one American and two Australian tourists...
May 3, 20242 min read
'Show solidarity': Pro-Palestinian protesters camp across Australian universities
SYDNEY - Hundreds of people protesting Israel's war in Gaza rallied at one of Australia's top universities on Friday demanding it divest...
May 3, 20245 min read
Missile defence successes in Gulf, Ukraine fuel global urgency to acquire systems
The success of ballistic missile defences facing their first complex, high-stakes combat scenarios in Israel, the Red Sea and Ukraine...
May 2, 20242 min read
Papua New Guinea has 'human capital crisis', says World Bank
SYDNEY - The World Bank has urged the largest Pacific Island nation, Papua New Guinea, to address a "human capital crisis" and invest...
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