Chinese students’ suicides in Australia highlight mental health crisis amid ‘extreme isolation’
Police asked the public for more information while the local press indicated it was being investigated as a murder-suicide.
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Energy-hungry Singapore eyes Malaysia’s rainforests, Australia’s deserts, for clean power
This week Australia announced a massive solar farm that it hopes will eventually offer two gigawatts of power to Singapore via undersea cable.
Australian transgender woman wins landmark case against female-only app
An Australian court ruled on Friday that removing a transgender woman from female-only social networking platform Giggle for Girls constituted discrimination, in a landmark decision on gender identity for the country.
New Zealand official says Western neglect of Pacific Islands let other nations boost their influence
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — Western nations, including the United States and New Zealand, failed to understand swiftly enough the geopolitical importance of island nations in the South Pacific, leaving a power vacuum that allowed other countries to increase their diplomatic influence, New Zealand Foreign Minister Winston Peters said.
Asia markets mostly lower ahead of Powell's speech at Jackson Hole; Australia snaps 10-day win streak
Asia-Pacific markets mostly fell on Friday as investors awaited U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell's comments at the Jackson Hole gathering of global central bankers.
Kiribati’s pro-China government bars foreign officials from visiting until 2025, citing elections
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — The government of Kiribati is suspending all diplomatic visits to the tiny Pacific Island nation until next year and has cancelled some already planned, because it is in the midst of an election process that could run for several more months, an official said Thursday.
Australia’s Raygun Olympic saga simmers over demand for answers from the top
Lest we forget, Australia’s male entry J Attack or Jeff Dunne was on form but didn’t rack up as many memes — the tabloid measure of fame — as Raygun.
Nippon Steel, JFE Steel to invest $1bn in Australian coal mine
TOKYO -- Japan's Nippon Steel and JFE Steel announced Thursday that they will invest a total of $1.08 billion in a coal mine owned by Australian coal producer Whitehaven, aiming to secure long-term supplies of high-quality coking coal.