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US president-elect Donald Trump arrives at the New York Young Republican Club’s annual gala on December 9. Photo: AP

Australasia

‘Please don’t do that’: New Zealand urges Trump to spare ally from tariffs

The finance minister urged the incoming administration to exempt Wellington from any new levies, highlighting the balanced trade ties between the two sides.

13 Dec 2024 - 9:12AMvideocam

New Zealand to tweak ‘golden visa’ rules to court more rich investors

12 Dec 2024 - 2:30PM

Australia seals Papua New Guinea security deal with eye on China

12 Dec 2024 - 12:54PMvideocam

Australasia

Pacific nations

Rebel region vows to become Pacific’s newest nation by 2027

Bougainville, home to about 300,000 people, voted to secede from Papua New Guinea five years ago after a bloody decade-long war.

11 Dec 2024 - 2:33PM

A bustling waterway in Bougainville’s capital Buka pictured in 2019. Photo: AFP

Australasia

Vandals spray ‘Kill Israiel’ graffiti in Australia’s largest Jewish community

The incident in Sydney’s suburb of Woollahra came after federal police established a task force to investigate increasing antisemitic crimes.

11 Dec 2024 - 1:59PM

Politics

‘Nice day for tennis’: Albanese slammed for slow response to synagogue attack

A politician has criticised Australian PM Anthony Albanese for not ‘showing solidarity with the Jewish community’ soon after the attack.

10 Dec 2024 - 2:17PM

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Australasia

New Zealand moves to ban greyhound racing

New Zealand is one of only five countries where commercial greyhound racing is still allowed.

10 Dec 2024 - 11:13AM

Greyhounds compete during a race in London. Photo: Reuters

Australasia

Pacific nations

Australia signs security treaty with China-friendly Nauru

The treaty limits Nauru’s deal-making abilities. Last year, Beijing persuaded the Pacific microstate to sever diplomatic links with Taiwan.

9 Dec 2024 - 3:41PM

Australasia

Pacific nations

Tonga’s prime minister abruptly quits amid Pacific power struggle

It was not immediately clear who was in line to replace Siaosi Sovaleni, who has butted heads with Tonga’s influential king.

9 Dec 2024 - 1:29PM

Australasia

Melbourne synagogue fire an act of ‘terrorism’: Australian PM

Australia’s prime minister said the incident highlights the ‘worrying rise’ of antisemitism in the country.

8 Dec 2024 - 12:07PM

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has denounced the arson attack on the Melbourne synagogue as an act of “terrorism”. File photo: Reuters

Lifestyle & Culture

Australia faces seismic shift over social media ban – and it’s felt across Asia

As Thailand’s youth advocate for similar bans on under-16s, Malaysia and Singapore ramp up their own efforts to combat online dangers.

9 Dec 2024 - 10:05AM

Image: Huy Truong

Australasia

US, Canadian hikers missing on New Zealand’s tallest peak believed dead: police

Police said ‘we do not believe the men have survived’ five days after the trio went missing on the peak.

6 Dec 2024 - 12:39PM

People

Passenger at Sydney airport charged with assault and illegal plane entry

The case involving an Indian national comes after several incidents at other Australian airports in which passenger safety was threatened.

5 Dec 2024 - 12:45AM

Australasia

China’s growing presence ‘worries me and it should’: New Zealand’s defence chief

New Zealand’s concerns come as the government plans to increase defence spending, eyeing Nato’s guidance.

4 Dec 2024 - 12:46PM

Type 055, or Renhai-class, large destroyers of the People’s Liberation Army Navy. New Zealand’s defence chief described the vessels as China’s most capable warships. Photo: CCTV

Politics

Australia warns against China’s normalisation of ‘dangerous actions’ in rows

Foreign Minister Penny Wong’s comment comes as an Australian government delegation visits Singapore to discuss deepening their ties.

3 Dec 2024 - 6:19PMvideocam

Chinese coastguard personnel appearing to wield bladed weapons during a clash in the Second Thomas Shoal in the South China Sea. Photo: AFP

Australasia

China-Australia beef over as Beijing lifts red meat ban on Canberra exports

Over the past two years, Beijing has dropped tariffs on Australian barley and wine, halted an import ban on timber and resumed shipments of coal.

3 Dec 2024 - 6:51PMvideocam

Australasia

New Zealand finds bird flu case at egg farm, suspends poultry exports

Tests at the free-range farm identified ‘a high pathogenic H7N6 subtype of avian influenza’, officials said.

2 Dec 2024 - 3:56PMvideocam

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Australasia

‘Remarkable’: New Zealand scientists dissect world’s rarest whale

The week-long dissection offers a unique opportunity to study a deep-sea mammal that has never been seen alive.

2 Dec 2024 - 2:36PM

Rangers walk beside the carcass of a rare spade-toothed whale after it was discovered washed ashore on a beach in New Zealand’s southern Otago province in July. Photo: New Zealand Department of Conservation / AFP

Australasia

Australia passes social media ban for children under 16

The law, expected to take effect in November 2025, sets some of the toughest social media controls in the world.

29 Nov 2024 - 2:24PMvideocam

Big Tech

Tech giants Meta, TikTok, Google slam Australia’s under-16 social media ban

The proposed law will hold social-media platforms responsible for policing the ban, under threat of fines of up to US$32.5 million.

26 Nov 2024 - 7:18PM

Australasia

‘Incredible’ community effort saves dozens of stranded whales in New Zealand

This event highlights the ongoing challenge of whale strandings in the region.

25 Nov 2024 - 5:07PM

Rescuers rope off an area around a dead pilot whale that was stranded on Ruakākā Beach in northland, New Zealand on November 24. Photo: New Zealand Department Of Conservation/AP

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