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Chinese President Xi Jinping's latest remarks come amid tensions with the United States and concerns in Asia about Beijing's rising power
World
06.08.2024
Xi says 'no clash' of civilisations amid US trade war
Chinese-Australians, who make up almost six percent of the population, have become prime targets for politicians in the recent election
World
06.08.2024
Mahjong and parking: Aussie politicians learn to court Chinese vote
Couple Shane Lin and Marc Yuan are expectedly waiting for Asia's first gay marriage law to pass and planning to register for their own wedding at the end of May -- if the government's bill passes
World
06.08.2024
Taiwan gay couples plan weddings even as opponents fight back
Ghana's security forces are taking no chances, arresting almost 90 members of a separatist group led by an 85-year-old
World
06.08.2024
Ghana cracks down on 'Western Togoland' separatist dream
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Ladj Ly made his name by filming his neighbourhood during the 2005 riots, with his film now competing for the top prize at Cannes
World 06.08.2024
Ladj Ly: From Paris riots to Cannes red carpet
French President Emmanuel Macron and New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern are to launch a new initiative aimed at curbing extremism online
World 06.08.2024
Macron, Ardern host Paris summit against online extremism
Facebook will bar "dangerous" people from posting live videos on its platform, in response to the livestream of the March 2019 mosque massacre in New Zealand
World 06.08.2024
Facebook tightens live-streaming in crackdown on violence
Map of PNG locating a 7.5-magnitude quake.
World 06.08.2024
Assessment teams deployed after massive Papua New Guinea quake
In Afghanistan domestic abuse can seem like the norm and women are often seen as little more than household chattel
World 06.08.2024
Kabul murder highlights Afghan women's plight
The largest human rights defense organization in the United States, the ACLU, has promised to file a lawsuit to block the Alabama bill's implementation, although the bill's backers have expressly said they want to bring the case to the Supreme Court
World 06.08.2024
Alabama senate passes toughest abortion ban bill in US
Investors are looking ahead to a possible meeting between Donald Trump and Xi Jinping at the G20 next month
World 06.08.2024
Asian markets tick up after Trump tweets but uncertainty remains
D-Day veteran Bill Sisk, 92, says he was too young to be a hero, despite landing on Utah Beach and fighting across France and Germany
World 06.08.2024
At 17, Bill Sisk fought from the shores of Normandy to Germany
The cast of "The Big Bang Theory" press their handprints into the cement at the TCL Chinese Theatre
World 06.08.2024
Curtains for "The Big Bang Theory," unlikely ratings giant
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