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China blocked my visa. I spent three years getting as close as I could
In the end, its actions amplified voices it had hoped to suppress.
- by Eryk Bagshaw
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Julie Bishop named United Nations special envoy for Myanmar
Myanmar has been locked in civil war since the army took power from Aung Suu Kyi’s elected government in 2021.
- by Michael Mehr and John Kidman
Was it regicide? Thai court asked to reopen King Ananda’s murder case
Twenty-year-old Ananda Mahidol was found dead in his room in 1946. The official narrative is that he was murdered.
- by Panu Wongcha-um
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Earthquakes
Australians, missing in Taiwan after earthquake, named
Taiwanese officials said they had located the pair’s hotel and were working with police and authorities in Australia to find them.
- by Alex Crowe, Yimou Lee and Fabian Hamacher
World of photos, April 5, 2024
The best photos from the international wire agencies as chosen by our picture editors.
‘The aftershocks were terrifying’: Hundreds still trapped after quake
About 690 people were either still trapped or out of contact on Thursday, including more than 600 who were stranded inside a hotel.
- by Johnson Lai and Kanis Leung
Officials have a plan to end years of monkey mayhem in Thailand
The macaques that roam Lopburi, north of the capital Bangkok, are a symbol of local culture and a major tourist draw. And a nuisance.
- by Jintamas Saksornchai
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Earthquakes
Tremors, landslides follow powerful quake in Taiwan
As darkness fell, some people were spending the night in tents and other shelters. Meanwhile scores of emergency workers were trying to shore up damaged buildings.
- by Ben Blanchard and Yimou Lee
Indonesia told of mass cattle deaths only days after ship had left
Indonesia says it would have liked to have known earlier that 151 animals had died on a transport vessel from Darwin.
- by Zach Hope and Karuni Rompies
Opinion
China relations
He fought the Taliban and won reality TV. Now he’s started an Australian civil war
Former SAS soldier and Australian Survivor winner Mark Wales is taking a novel approach to China’s aggression, but could it affect his chances of winning preselection for the Liberal Party?
- by Peter Hartcher
‘I’ve been to Taiwan’: China can be a democracy too, says Scott Morrison
But Canberra’s relationship with China will always be transactional and never “values-based” like Australia’s ties with the US, the former PM said.
- by Ben Westcott