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Interpol drops red notice against Gregor Haas, lawyer calls for release

Interpol drops red notice against Gregor Haas, lawyer calls for release

Australia should demand the father of NSW prop Payne Haas be released immediately if he is not set free, his legal team says following the global agency’s decision.

  • by Chris Barrett and Zach Hope

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British man survives Air India disaster which killed at least 240 people
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British man survives Air India disaster which killed at least 240 people

Officials initially believed there were no survivors when the Boeing 787 jet crashed shortly after take-off, before Indian authorities confirmed a passenger in seat 11A was pulled alive from the wreckage.

  • by Rob Harris
‘Heartbreaking beyond words’: More than 200 people killed in Air India plane crash
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‘Heartbreaking beyond words’: More than 200 people killed in Air India plane crash

Black smoke billowed from the site where Flight 171, a Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner, went down in a populated area near the airport, hitting a medical college hostel.

Trump hails a ‘done deal’ with China on trade. What’s actually in it is fuzzy

Trump hails a ‘done deal’ with China on trade. What’s actually in it is fuzzy

The US president declared a great deal has been made with China, but with few details and seemingly no progress, analysts have doubts.

  • by Lisa Visentin
World in pictures this week, June 12, 2025
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World in pictures this week, June 12, 2025

The best photos from the international wire agencies as chosen by The Age picture editors.

After two days of talks, Trump’s China trade deal is right back where it started
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After two days of talks, Trump’s China trade deal is right back where it started

After a marathon round of talks, US and Chinese negotiators arrived back at the same starting point they brokered one month ago.

  • by Lisa Visentin
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The US and China thrashed out their trade fight for 20 hours. Here’s what they agreed to

The US and China thrashed out their trade fight for 20 hours. Here’s what they agreed to

In a new round of negotiations that were sparked by a phone call between the US president and his Chinese counterpart, officials emerged vowing to resurrect a fragile truce.

  • by Lisa Visentin
Sex drops and whiskey packets: The bizarre market built around a barbed wire fence

Sex drops and whiskey packets: The bizarre market built around a barbed wire fence

An international border separates the vendors from customers, while behind it people live in the middle of a river, knowing their houses will soon be washed away.

  • by Zach Hope
Putin declares it’s an unshakeable friendship. But his spies say China is ‘the enemy’

Putin declares it’s an unshakeable friendship. But his spies say China is ‘the enemy’

A secretive intelligence unit in Russia’s domestic security agency has warned that China poses a serious threat to security as it tries to recruit Russian spies and get its hands on sensitive military technology.

  • by Jacob Judah, Paul Sonne and Anton Troianovski
North Korea raises capsized warship damaged in botched launch

North Korea raises capsized warship damaged in botched launch

It wasn’t immediately clear what condition the ship is in from lying in the water for several days after the launch failure, which Kim Jong-un labelled “a criminal act”.

  • by Kim Tong-hyung
He’s survived slums, sweatshops and a stabbing. Now this leader has to survive Donald Trump

He’s survived slums, sweatshops and a stabbing. Now this leader has to survive Donald Trump

When the US president launched his global trade war in April, South Korea was hamstrung, frozen by political turmoil. And a key industry was in the firing line.

  • by Lisa Visentin

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