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Taiwan’s Kinmen islands are a stone’s throw from China. Its inhabitants are torn

Taiwan’s Kinmen islands are a stone’s throw from China. Its inhabitants are torn

If China were to attack Taiwan, this string of islands is at the front line. Kinmen is less than 10 kilometres from the Chinese mainland and remnants of past battles are everywhere.

  • by Lisa Visentin and Daniel Ceng

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Several children killed after Indian amusement park inferno, police say

Several children killed after Indian amusement park inferno, police say

A major fire broke out on Saturday at an amusement park in Gujarat state in western India, killing at least 27 people, police and media reports said.

Adelaide woman injured during horror flight has no feeling below the waist

Adelaide woman injured during horror flight has no feeling below the waist

Almost half the 211 passengers on Singapore Airlines flight 321 were injured in what has become one of the most serious turbulence events in modern aviation history. 

  • by Zach Hope
Australian injured in Singapore Airlines flight speaks from hospital
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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
Chinese military surrounds Taiwan as ‘strong punishment’

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

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
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‘All of a sudden I was on the roof of the cabin’: Australians recount Singapore Airlines terror

‘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
I flew that Singapore route for decades. Here’s why it gets rough at this time of year
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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
Singapore Airlines flight makes emergency landing after turbulence leaves one dead, dozens injured
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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
When Taiwan changed leader, Beijing sent its own guests, uninvited

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
After high-drama capture, Haas’ life all but rests in the hands of Australian diplomats

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