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TOPSHOT - This handout photo taken on February 13, 2025 and released by The Australian Defence Force shows sailors onboard the Royal Australian Navy ship HMAS Arunta looking at the People's Liberation Army-Navy (PLA-N) Fuchi-class replenishment vessel and Weishanhu Jiangkai-class frigate Hengyang in the Tasman Sea. Australia's foreign minister voiced concern on February 21 over live fire drills conducted by three Chinese warships sailing off the country's east coast. (Photo by Handout / AUSTRALIAN DEFENCE FORCE / AFP) / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT "AFP PHOTO / AUSTRALIAN DEFENCE FORCE" - NO MARKETING NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS

‘Hyped it’: China slams Australia after live-fire drills

China has responded to claims it did not give enough notice for live-fire naval exercises in waters between Australia and New Zealand.

TOPSHOT - This handout illustration image obtained February 27, 2020 courtesy of the National Institutes of Health taken with a scanning electron microscope shows SARS-CoV-2 (yellow)—also known as 2019-nCoV, the virus that causes COVID-19—isolated from a patient in the US, emerging from the surface of cells (blue/pink) cultured in the lab. - President Donald Trump has played down fears of a major coronavirus outbreak in the United States, even as infections ricochet around the world, prompting a ban on pilgrims to Saudi Arabia. China is no longer the only breeding ground for the deadly virus as countries fret over possible contagion coming from other hotbeds of infection, including Iran, South Korea and Italy. There are now more daily cases being recorded outside China than inside the country, where the virus first emerged in December, according to the World Health Organization. (Photo by Handout / National Institutes of Health / AFP) / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT "AFP PHOTO /NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH/NIAID-RML/HANDOUT " - NO MARKETING - NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS

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Covid-like bat virus found in Chinese lab

A new coronavirus in bats that could spread from animal-to-human one day has been discovered in China.

Local Bali social media video reportedly shows shirtless Australian tourist and his mates wielding what appear to be planks of wood are accused of starting a shocking melee in Bali which left four security guards injured.

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Aussie among five questioned over wild Bali brawl

An Australian is among a group of tourists being grilled by Bali police over a fight outside a popular beach club, with calls for them to spend time behind bars.

Indonesian police are investigating after an Australian tourist allegedly started a fight outside Bali beach club Finns on February 11 2025

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Aussie man detained after being grilled on ‘heated’ Bali brawl

Bali police have said one Australian is their main suspect from a shocking melee outside a beach club, where a group of five men claim they were attacked by at least 15 security guards.

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