Australian PM asks Indonesian president ...
Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison has called on Indonesian President Joko Widodo to overturn the decision to pardon convicted terrorist Abu Bakar Bashir. Widodo announced over the weekend tha
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Australian PM asks Indonesian president ...
Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison has called on Indonesian President Joko Widodo to overturn the decision to pardon convicted terrorist Abu Bakar Bashir. Widodo announced over the weekend tha
China's Li Na to be inducted into Intern...
The first ever Chinese Grand Slam Champion, Li Na, will soon be inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame (ITHF). Announced in Melbourne on Tuesday during the Australian Open, the CEO of t
China's Zhang marks birthday by moving i...
China's Zhang Shuai celebrated her 30th birthday in style on Monday, booking a place in the Australian Open women's doubles quarterfinal stage for the first time in her career. Flying high after two
(Sports)Naomi Osaka moves into the Austr...
MELBOURNE, Jan. 23 (Xinhua) -- Japanese sensation Naomi Osaka has booked her place in the semi-final stage of the Australian Open on Wednesday, breezing past injured Ukrainian sixth-seed Elina Svitol
(Sports) Roundup: Djokovic, Pouille, Pli...
MELBOURNE, Jan. 23 (Xinhua) -- Now in the quarter-final stages of the tournament, day nine of the Australian Open on Wednesday was jam-packed with drama, action and injuries. In what was described by
(Sports) Roundup: Nadal, Osaka, Kvitova ...
MELBOURNE, Jan. 24 (Xinhua) -- The Australian Open women's final has been set on Day 10 of the tournament with the Czech Republic's Petra Kvitova to face young Japanese sensation Naomi Osaka after bo
Scientists suspect Apollo moon rock samp...
SYDNEY, Jan. 25 (Xinhua) -- Australian scientists studying lunar rock samples have found one of the rocks' compositions to be highly indicative that it was in fact formed on Earth, causing them to sp
China's Zhang Shuai wins Australian Open...
China's Zhang Shuai and her Australian partner Sam Stosur have won the 2019 Australian Open women's doubles final in straight sets on Friday against Hungary's Timea Babos and France's Kristina Mlade
Iran frees Australian-based fertility ex...
An Australian-based fertility expert detained late last year on charges of trying to "infiltrate" Iranian institutions in collusion with foreign "espionage networks" has been freed, Iran's state news
Australian PM asks for freedom for refug...
CANBERRA, Jan. 30 (Xinhua) -- Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison has urged his Thai counterpart to intervene in the case of detained footballer Hakeem al-Araibi, local media reported on Tuesday
Photographs of contemporary China featur...
SYDNEY, Jan. 31 (Xinhua) -- Former Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott on Thursday night officially opened the "China Moments in Time" in Sydney, the largest display of images portraying contempora
Xinhua Asia-Pacific news summary at 0600...
CANBERRA -- Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison has warned against any rash response to the landmark banking royal commission. The Royal Commission into Misconduct in the Banking, Superannuation
South Australia launches major crackdown...
CANBERRA, Feb. 2 (Xinhua) -- South Australia (SA) has become the nation's first state to launch a multi-agency task force targeting methylamphetamine supply and distribution. Led by SA Police and sta
New agency to prosecute bankers consider...
CANBERRA, Feb. 7 (Xinhua) -- Australia's opposition has said it is open to establishing a new agency to prosecute bankers. Clare O'Neil, the Australian Labor Party (ALP)'s financial services spokespe
6 arrested in Australia linked to larges...
SYDNEY, Feb. 8 (Xinhua) -- Six people have been arrested in Australia in relation to the United States' biggest ever domestic seizure of the drug methylamphetamine, also known as ice. A joint U.S. an
Australian gov't begins political year t...
CANBERRA, Feb. 11 (Xinhua) -- The Australian government has begun the parliamentary year trailing the opposition Australian Labor Party (ALP), according to a leading opinion poll. The latest Newspoll
Roundup: Australian government defeated ...
CANBERRA, Feb. 13 (Xinhua) -- The Australian government has suffered an historic defeat, losing a vote on the floor of the House of Representatives for the first time since 1941. The Opposition Austr
Australian senator calls for diverting f...
CANBERRA, Feb. 15 (Xinhua) -- A prominent Australian senator has called for Australia to cut its foreign aid budget to help Australians who have suffered from disasters. Pauline Hanson, leader of the
Australian PM issues warning to prospect...
CANBERRA, Feb. 17 (Xinhua) -- Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison has issued a stern message to people smugglers and would-be asylum seekers, warning them to stay away from Australia. Morrison,
Tuvalu dismisses proposal of Australian ...
CANBERRA, Feb. 18 (Xinhua) -- Tuvalu has rejected a former Australian prime minister's proposal to offer Pacific Islanders citizenship, describing it as "imperial thinking." In an essay published on