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‘Very volatile’: Beijing retaliates with tariffs on US imports, Google probe
Within minutes of the new Trump-imposed tariffs hitting Chinese imports, Beijing fired back with a suite of tariffs and a probe into Google.
- by Lisa Visentin
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China relations
Why China must be quietly pleased that Trump has made it a target
Around the world, Beijing is working to peel away support for a US-led international system and recast itself as a more reliable partner in trade, development and security.
- by Lisa Visentin
For Xi Jinping, Year of the Snake is destined to be turbulent
Those born in 1941, 1953, 1965, 1977, 1989, 2001, 2013 and 2025 are said to be wise and charming, but also mysterious and cunning.
- by Lisa Visentin
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Courts
‘I would not forgive’: Accused killer speaks about deaths of holidaying Australian couple
Ronel Estipona Perido allegedly killed Sydney man David Fisk and his Australian-Filipina partner Lucita Cortez to feed an online gambling addiction.
- by Zach Hope
Dozens killed in crush at world’s biggest ‘festival of humanity’ despite AI-crowd controller
The 45-day Hindu festival is expected to draw some 400 million people. Even Adani Group chairman Gautam Adani and celebrities like Coldplay’s Chris Martin are attending.
- by Saurabh Sharma and Shivam Patel
North Korean soldiers fighting for Russia earn millions for the Kim regime
Captured soldiers have lifted the curtain ever so slightly on the secretive Kim regime’s decision to join Russia’s war against Ukraine.
- by Lisa Visentin
Images show China ‘building laser-ignited fusion research centre’ in challenge to US
The experiment bay at the Chinese facility is believed to be about 50 per cent bigger than one in the United States, currently the world’s largest.
- by Gerry Doyle
Japanese TV execs grilled in 10-hour press conference over celebrity ‘cover-up’
Fuji Television organised a press conference to try to salvage its reputation after being accused of protecting a big star. It had a lot to answer.
Bird feathers found in engines of South Korean plane that crashed
The first report on last month’s Jeju Air crash in South Korea confirmed traces of bird strikes in the plane’s engines, though officials haven’t determined the cause of the accident that killed 179 people.
South Korean prosecutors indict president on martial law charges
Impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol will face trial on insurrection charges relating to his short-lived insurrection attempt.
- by Lisa Visentin
Inside Shanghai’s marriage market - where parents seek a match for their unwed child
Marriage rates are declining across China. But at a pop-up market in Shanghai, parents sit for hours every weekend, advertising their single children’s key attributes.
- by Lisa Visentin
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