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Top Australian judge Robert French quits Hong Kong court
Former High Court of Australia chief justice Robert French has quit Hong Kong’s top court, becoming the latest overseas judge to resign from the bench after Beijing’s crackdown on the city.
- by Lisa Visentin
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Trade wars
China says US stands to become ‘a joke in the history of the world economy’
After lifting tariffs on US goods again, to 125 per cent, China’s Finance Ministry signalled Beijing would no longer go tit-for-tat with the Trump administration.
- by Lisa Visentin and Michael Koziol
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Trade wars
Xi holds more cards than Trump in trade showdown
With the two leaders standing eyeball to eyeball as global markets whipsaw around them, who will blink?
- by Lisa Visentin
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Adoption & fostering
Did Australia know? South Korean adoptees demand answers over global scandal
Labor has promised, if re-elected, to investigate concerns about the program that facilitated thousands of adoptions to Australia.
- by Lisa Visentin
China whacks US with extra 50 per cent tariff as trade war escalates
Analysts believe a deal between the world’s two biggest economies is now unlikely in the short term because it would require major concessions.
- by Lisa Visentin
Australian and tour guide injured in same waters as Bali boat tragedy
An Australian man, his wife and their tour guide went through a terrifying ordeal in Bali when waves knocked them from the jet skis they were riding.
- by Zach Hope and Karuni Rompies
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China relations
In this game of tariff chicken, China has little to lose
Long gone are the heady days of January, when Donald Trump and Xi Jinping spoke of solving the world’s problems together.
- by Lisa Visentin
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Adoption & fostering
Josie was handed two Korean toddlers at the airport. They sobbed ‘mummy’ the whole way to Australia
The former social worker says she is horrified by what she was asked to do in 1984 and is calling for an inquiry into Australia’s overseas adoption practices.
- by Lisa Visentin
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Earthquakes
Thailand just gave Myanmar what it craved, and it wasn’t humanitarian aid
The junta was so happy with the news that it dominated the first five pages of the Myanmar newspaper, even as thousands lay dead or dying in rubble.
- by Zach Hope
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Myanmar coup
Myanmar chief feted by leaders as bombs fall
As the junta leader shook hands in Bangkok, the UN said it had received 14 reports of attacks despite a promised halt to the bombing after the earthquake.
- by Zach Hope
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Trade wars
China fires back at Trump with 34 per cent tariffs on American goods
Beijing’s most comprehensive response to date in the ratcheting tariff exchange signals it has no intention of surrendering to the US president’s punitive trade measures.
- by Lisa Visentin
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