Aukus risks being just ‘a label’ if it fails to curb China’s regional ‘adventurism’
The urgency to produce results would benefit researchers, start-ups as well as other enterprises involved in the defence pact, they add.
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Asia-Pacific markets rise as investors digest China economic data, await Fed rate verdict
Asia-Pacific markets were mostly higher Monday, as investors parsed through economic data from China and awaited the Federal Reserve's monetary policy move.
UN official says between 20 and 50 people have been killed in Papua New Guinea violence
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Between 20 and 50 people have been killed in violence among illegal miners in Papua New Guinea, a United Nations official said Monday.
Australia can’t afford an AUKUS about-face
Three years have passed since the United States, Australia and United Kingdom announced on September 15, 2021, that they would enter into a security partnership called AUKUS.
In New York Case, Signs of a Familiar China Playbook
A prominent lawyer in Britain, accused of trying to advance Beijing’s interests in Parliament.
Quad plans joint patrols in Indo-Pacific to counter illegal fishing where China’s influence growing
Japan, the United States, Australia and India plan to launch joint patrols to monitor vessels in the Indo-Pacific, diplomatic sources said on Sunday, in the latest effort by the Quad group to counter illegal fishing in waters where China’s influence is growing.
Australia faces academic crisis as profit-driven policies erode university standards
However, noticeably absent from the flood of protest has been any acknowledgement of what critics argue is the greatest threat to the sector’s integrity: the entrenchment of a corporate culture that has prioritised profit, enriched university executives and private consultants, and left academics marginalised, demoralised and burned out.
Germany sails two warships through Taiwan Strait for the first time in two decades
BANGKOK (AP) — Germany sailed two warships through the Taiwan Strait on Friday in its first transit of the disputed waters in more than two decades, as Berlin seeks to increase its defense engagement in the Asia-Pacific region.