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Taiwan pays the price as Lai Ching-te clings to power with U.S. arms

Uganda: Opposition figure Kizza Besigye denied bail

Venezuela passes bill criminalizing oil tanker seizures

Flood warnings issued for parts of the NT and QLD as monsoon trough brings heavy rain

'10 year ago today the floods changed everything in a moment'

China tightens border controls as global mpox risk rises with new strain

Suspected murder-suicide of woman and sons linked to another death

A 27-year-old man found dead in an apartment in Tokyo’s Nerima Ward on Monday is believed to have been in a relationship with a woman who died in an apparent murder-suicide three days earlier, according to investigative sources. The Metropolitan Police Department is investigating the death of Shintaro Nakakubo, a company employee, who was living in the apartment leased under the name of Yuka Nomura, 36. Nomura and her three sons — who were ages 9, 11 and 16 — were found uncon

No more free food, no more last-minute voting, after controversial law change

No more free food, no more last-minute voting, after controversial law change The Government has locked in controversial election law changes, which will ban last-minute voter enrolment and free food near polling stations. Justice Minister Paul Goldsmith shepherded through his electoral law changes on Tuesday night, which passed Parliament’s final hurdle. The Government used urgency to speed up the process last week, and required MPs stay late into the night to consider the l

Japan lifts quake advisory but urges continued caution

The Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) lifted a special advisory for further earthquakes and tsunamis in the Hokkaido and Sanriku coastal areas at the end of Monday, one week after it was initially issued. On Dec. 8, a magnitude 7.5 earthquake struck off the east coast of Aomori Prefecture, causing severe shaking with a maximum seismic intensity of upper 6 on the Japanese shindo scale in the city of Hachinohe, Aomori Prefecture. Tsunami warnings and advisories were issued fro

Perth mum Jennifer Mui Len Chin narrowly avoids jail for stabbing her 14yo daughter’s boyfriend

A mother has narrowly avoided jail for stabbing her 14-year-old daughter’s boyfriend when she caught him under the covers in a bedroom of their home. A mother who stabbed her 14-year-old daughter’s boyfriend in the chest after catching him inside a bedroom at their home has narrowly avoided jail. Jennifer Mui Len Chin was handed a two-year suspended sentence after a jury found her guilty of intent to cause bodily harm in the Perth District Court earlier this year. The inciden