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China drops tariffs against Australian barley
The decision puts an end to a three-year-dispute over the $1.2 billion export.
- by Eryk Bagshaw
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Multiple victims after car ramming, stabbing incident in South Korea
Authorities said at least 14 people were wounded in the country’s second mass stabbing in a month.
- by Kim Tong-Hyung
Lucky 11: Friends share a $4 lottery ticket and a fortune in prize
The 11 Indian workers spend their days collecting household rubbish and building public toilets. They could not afford the ticket individually.
- by Suhasini Raj and Mike Ives
Singapore in a mess as PM admits politics not as clean as country’s image
The city-state places as much stock in the cleanliness of its politics as it does in spotless streets. Recent events have threatened to sully that reputation.
- by Chris Barrett
‘It did not happen in Indonesia’: Jakarta at odds with Australia over cattle disease
Indonesian officials say Australian cattle with lumpy-skin disease showed symptoms before being unloaded from ships, heightening their suspicion over its origin.
- by Chris Barrett and Karuni Rompies
‘Barbenheimer’ memes trigger backlash in Japan, scene of real atomic explosions
One critical posting said many victims who died under the mushroom clouds were children the same age as those playing with Barbie dolls.
- by Mari Yamaguchi
Unexpected rains around Chinese capital leave dozens dead, missing
The severity of the flooding took the capital by surprise. Beijing usually has dry summers and had a stretch of record-breaking heat this year.
Global ‘rooftopping’ trend highlighted by gruesome death in Hong Kong
A 30-year-old French photographer plunged 68 floors to his death last week in a suspected extreme climbing escapade gone horribly wrong.
- by Lucy Cormack
Aung San Suu Kyi among 7000 to receive pardons
The 78-year-old Nobel laureate was jailed for 33 years after the Myanmar military staged a coup in 2021. The clemency means her jail time will be reduced.
- by Chris Barrett
‘Human in disguise’: Chinese zoo forced to deny bear is a person
Sun bears, originally from Malaysia, are smaller than other species, the Hangzhou Zoo insisted and assured visitors that their animals are the real thing.
- by David Child
Opinion
India
An economic miracle is shifting the global balance of power
India’s physical infrastructure boom is impressive enough, but its digital infrastructure expansion has been stunning in empowering its marginalised millions.
- by Peter Hartcher