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Australian Media Revealed Life Behind Bars of Detained Australian Journalist in China

August 25, 2022
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Australian media has revealed the life behind bars of Cheng Lei, the Chinese-Australian journalist who has been detained in Beijing for two years since she was first detained in 2020. The Daily Telegraph has released a documentary, “Disappeared – The Cheng Lei Story” on Aug. 24, which introduced in detail her experience in custody. Cheng,…

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Life Behind Bars of Detained Chinese-Australian Journalist Revealed

August 25, 2022
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Media outlets have revealed the life of Cheng Lei behind bars. The Chinese-Australian journalist has been detained in Beijing for two years since 2020. The Daily Telegraph released its documentary, “Disappeared – The Cheng Lei Story,” on Aug. 24, which revealed the news anchor’s experience in custody. Cheng, 47, previously worked as an English-language anchor…

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Law Council Urges Kiribati to Respect Rule of Law After Attempts to Oust High Court Judge

August 25, 2022
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Peak legal association, the Law Council of Australia, has urged the government of Kiribati to respect the independence of the judiciary following moves to deport one of two High Court judges from the country. Australian David Lambourne has been fighting a deportation notice from the authorities who accused him of breaching his visa conditions and…

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New Zealand and Canada Sign an Indigenous Collaboration Arrangement

August 25, 2022
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New Zealand and Canada have signed a collaboration arrangement to improve outcomes for Indigenous peoples, both governments announced on Wednesday. New Zealand Minister for Maori Development Willie Jackson and Canadian Minister for Indigenous Services Patty Hajdu signed the agreement in Wellington during Hajdu’s week-long visit to the small island nation. The purpose of the arrangement…

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Poll: Nearly 50 Percent of Australians Believe CCP May Attack Australia

August 24, 2022
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Nearly half of Australians believe the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) will launch a military attack on Australia, according to new research by the Australian Institute’s International & Security Affairs. The data, which was released on Aug. 22 as part of the “Polling – Australian and Taiwanese attitudes to China” research paper (pdf), came from a survey…

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Don’t Leverage Chinese Interference Fears Just to Sell Real Estate: Australian PM

August 24, 2022
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Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has said taxpayers cannot buy every plot of land in the Pacific that may be subject to Chinese interference while warning against encouraging real estate promoters to leverage geopolitical tensions in the region. The prime minister’s response comes after retired Australian businessman Ian Gowrie-Smith appeared on Nine Entertainment’s A Current…

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Australia Declares Beijing’s Air Defences ‘Not Impenetrable’ Will Continue South China Sea Patrols

August 24, 2022
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Australia’s new Air Force Chief has announced that Australia will continue surveillance missions in the South China Sea despite Beijing’s recent dangerous interception of a Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) aircraft. This is the first time Air Marshal Robert Chipman, the head of the RAAF, spoke to the media since taking up his post last…

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World at Rising Risk of Recession as Inflation Hits Consumers

August 24, 2022
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LONDON—The global economy is increasingly at risk of sliding into recession, surveys showed on Tuesday, as consumers faced with generation-high inflation rein in spending while central banks are tightening policy aggressively just when support is needed. And supply chains yet to recover from the coronavirus pandemic have been further damaged by Ukraine’s war and China’s…

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Pentagon Confirms Military Air Strikes on ‘Iran-Backed Militia’ in Syria

August 24, 2022
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The Pentagon announced on Aug. 23 that it had conducted targeted airstrikes on Iran-backed militia in Syria in order to “protect U.S. forces” in the Middle Eastern country. Officials said the precision airstrikes on Tuesday were ordered by President Joe Biden and conducted in Deir ez-Zor, a strategic province that borders Iraq and contains oil fields….

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Pentagon Confirms Military Airstrikes on ‘Iran-Backed Militia’ in Syria

August 24, 2022
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The Pentagon announced on Aug. 23 that it conducted targeted airstrikes on Iran-backed militia in Syria in order to “protect U.S. forces” in the Middle Eastern country. Officials said the airstrikes were ordered by President Joe Biden and conducted in Deir ez-Zor, a strategic province that borders Iraq and contains oil fields. The airstrikes were necessary…

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