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Australian injured in Singapore Airlines flight speaks from hospital
Keith Davis spoke a day after staff surrounded him in a hospital cafe when it became apparent he was about to talk to the media.
- by Zach Hope and Jessica McSweeney
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South China Sea
Chinese military surrounds Taiwan as ‘strong punishment’
China has started its most expansive military drills in a year around Taiwan, just days after Lai Ching-te took over as the island’s new president.
- by Lisa Visentin and Daniel Ceng
In Bangkok, the wounded of Singapore Airlines 321 recall flight’s horror
Some are evidently traumatised. Many are seriously injured. One man limps by in a gown, neck brace and sling.
- by Zach Hope
‘All of a sudden I was on the roof of the cabin’: Australians recount Singapore Airlines terror
A Singapore Airlines flight from London to Singapore hit severe turbulence on Tuesday, with eight of the more than 50 Australians on board in hospital.
- by Alex Crowe, Jessica McSweeney and Angus Dalton
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Aviation
I flew that Singapore route for decades. Here’s why it gets rough at this time of year
In my near four decades of flying that exact route as a Qantas captain, l learnt that especially during the wet season there are particular challenges pilots face.
- by David Evans
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Singapore Airlines flight makes emergency landing after turbulence leaves one dead, dozens injured
Singapore Airlines says one person has died and others were injured when a London-Singapore flight hit severe turbulence on Tuesday.
- by Chayut Setboonsarng and Panu Wongcha-um
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China relations
When Taiwan changed leader, Beijing sent its own guests, uninvited
This is the atmosphere in which Taiwan on Monday inaugurated its new president, Lai Ching-te.
- by Peter Hartcher
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Australians abroad
After high-drama capture, Haas’ life all but rests in the hands of Australian diplomats
In a possible high-stakes test for the Albanese government, the case of Gregor Haas, father of NRL star Payne, has the making of a three-way diplomatic tangle.
- by Zach Hope and Edward Stephan Bungabung
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Australians abroad
Investigators allege NRL star’s father has cartel links, sent drugs from Mexico
More details have emerged about the alleged crimes of Australian man Gregor Johann Haas, who was arrested in the Philippines on Wednesday.
- by Zach Hope
Is the gold mime spying on us? In Pakistan, it’s not a strange question
In Pakistan, where people live in fear of powerful security services, conspiracy theories have long been embraced. Did you know Osama Bin Laden was Jewish?
- by Christina Goldbaum
As Japan’s yakuza weakens, a new type of criminal emerges: tokuryu
Unorganised and loosely connected criminals – some hired on social media – are believed to be behind a series of crimes once dominated by yakuza.
- by Mari Yamaguchi