The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) mouthpiece Global Times on Wednesday accused Australia’s government of “McCarthyism” amid a recent crackdown by Canberra on Chinese agents in Australia suspected of espionage.
A report on New Zealand’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) revealed on Thursday that the nation has slipped into its first recession in ten years, thanks to economic damage from the Wuhan coronavirus.
An increasingly frustrated China lashed out at what it called “stupid” Australia on Wednesday, using an editorial in a Communist Party mouthpiece to demand an end to Canberra’s “smears” against Chinese journalists, diplomats and academics.
Australia’s interior ministry on Sunday defended the government’s recent intelligence raids on Chinese agents “masquerading as journalists” in Australia after China condemned the searches.
English Premier League (EPL) footballers obeyed the Black Lives Matter (BLM) movement on the launch day of the 2020/21 season, with players taking a knee in all four of Saturday’s top-flight fixtures.
SYDNEY (AP) – A senior Australian government minister on Sunday warned foreign journalists working in the country they might come under the scrutiny of federal agencies if they provide a “slanted view” of Australian affairs
A town councillor in Cornwall has written to Britain’s Home Secretary accusing a Baptist preacher of spreading hate by criticising gay pride, requesting the pastor’s immediate deportation to his native Australia.
The decision by cricketers representing Australia and England not to take a knee before commencing their latest series has been called “lame” by a former West Indies player.
Authorities in China recently detained an Australian news anchor on charges of “endangering national security,” the Chinese Foreign Ministry announced on Tuesday.
China’s President Xi Jinping on Tuesday claimed the triumphant combination of socialism and traditional Chinese culture alongside the World Health Organization (W.H.O.) “helped save a great number of lives” from the worst of the global coronavirus pandemic.
The Vatican has reasserted the strict duty of priests to defend the seal of the confessional in the face of mounting external pressure to overturn the ancient practice.
(AFP) — Australian officials on Sunday extended a strict virus lockdown of the country’s second-biggest city by two weeks, saying new cases had not dropped enough to prevent another spike.
Facebook has promised to block Australian news publishers from sharing news on its platform if a proposed law forcing Google and Facebook to pay media companies for monetizing their content is passed.
Australian Defense Minister Linda Reynolds said on Thursday that her nation is under sustained cyberattack from what senior officials described as “a sophisticated state-based actor.”
A little dog was reunited with her family in Australia recently after a journey that took her approximately 136 days to complete.
Police in Australia arrested a pregnant 28-year-old woman in front of her partner and two children Wednesday for allegedly planning a coronavirus lockdown protest and promoting it on Facebook.
The Australian Foreign Ministry revealed on Monday that Chinese-born Australian journalist Cheng Lei has been detained by the Chinese state without formal charges or legal representation.
A Chinese government-controlled newspaper warned Tuesday that Australia will become the “poor white trash of Asia” unless it stops pushing back against the ruling Communist Party.
(AFP) — Australia’s parliament is set to probe alleged foreign interference at public universities, a government minister said Monday, as concerns grow about Chinese influence.
Australia’s prime minister is seeking federal powers to veto state governments’ deals with foreign entities. The move is widely viewed as targeting China’s influence on the country.
Former Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott is set to become the United Kingdom’s joint president of the post-Brexit Board of Trade.
The Australian Government was accused Wednesday of damaging China’s “feelings” after leading a global push for an independent investigation into the source of the coronavirus pandemic. One of China’s most senior diplomats made the claim as he categorically refused to acknowledge the virus originated in Wuhan.
If you want to know why the world is in such a mess, don’t blame the feckless politicians, blame the paranoid, credulous, insidiously leftist Deep State.
England rugby star Billy Vunipola refused to take a knee for Black Lives Matter because, as a Christian, he could not abide their supporters “burning churches and Bibles”.
Australia’s Prime Minister Scott Morrison quickly reversed course Wednesday after announcing he would make a potential free coronavirus vaccine “mandatory,” saying instead it would be “encouraged.”
Tech giant Google has been engaged in a long battle with Australia’s news publishers, now Google is attempting to appeal directly to the Australian public, ominously warning them that the way they use the services of the Masters of the Universe is “at risk.”
Japan would like to help build a “Five Eyes”-plus intelligence-sharing alliance that would add it to Australia, Canada, New Zealand, the U.S. and the U.K, Defense Minister Taro Kono told the Nikkei in an interview published Friday.
Most Australian Olympians oppose protests in competition or on the medal podium, a survey showed Friday, with more than 80 percent agreeing on-field protests detract from the experience of athletes.
Melbourne, Australia’s second largest city, has imposed the strictest lockdown rules in the country as it grapples with a coronavirus resurgence.
As hundreds of thousands of people die around the planet as a result of the coronavirus pandemic, the U.N. on Wednesday sought to assert the primacy of climate action in any recovery plans.
Video of an Australian woman being confronted by police and violently wrestled to the ground for not wearing a mask has gone viral and sparked an official inquiry.
(AFP) — New Zealand plans to open a virus-free “travel bubble” with the tiny Pacific realm of the Cook Islands before year’s end, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said Monday, while expressing caution about a similar arrangement with Australia.
A “Freedom Day” rally in the Australian city of Melbourne on Sunday that drew anti-mask protesters onto the streets of the Victorian state capital ended with seven arrests and dozens more fines issued to participants.
“We had to smash car windows and pull people out because they wouldn’t give us details…they wouldn’t tell us where they’re going”, declares a senior Australian policeman dressed from head to toe in black.
CANBERRA, Australia (AP) – Australia’s Prime Minister Scott Morrison said on Wednesday his government held a less dramatic view of U.S.-China strategic tensions than a predecessor who warned of a potential “hot war” before U.S. presidential elections in November.
An “SOS” message scraped onto the beachfront of a tiny Pacific island directed the aircrew from an Australian navy assault ship to three missing sailors, military authorities said Tuesday.
(AFP) — Hundreds of coronavirus-infected people in Australia’s worst-hit state have been caught flouting stay-at-home orders, authorities said Tuesday, prompting tougher fines.
(AFP) — Australia’s second-largest city started a six-week curfew and the Philippine capital was ordered back into lockdown, as the number of global coronavirus cases on Monday topped 18 million.
In a world first, the Australian government will require U.S. tech giants Facebook and Google to pay Australian media outlets for news content, the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) reported Thursday.
An isolated pub in the vastness of the great Australian outback has banned a pair of local emus from the premises because of their propensity to commit “improper acts,” and an unwillingness to “use the facilities” in a responsible manner.
