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China accuses Japan of ‘smear attacks’ in recent talks with the US, India and Australia

China has expressed strong dissatisfaction to Japan about what it called “smear attacks” against China at recent high-level meetings with the United States, India and Australia.

Air New Zealand scraps its 2030 carbon emissions target, saying solutions are costly and scarce

Australia’s foreign minister says Russia-North Korea defense deal is ‘risky for the world’

Blinken and envoys from Japan, Australia and India work to improve maritime safety in Asia-Pacific

US women beat Germany 4-1 at Olympics and Canada tops France 2-1 amid drone-spying scandal

Australia’s Wong condemns military cooperation between Russia and North Korea as destabilizing

Australia’s Foreign Minister Penny Wong on Tuesday condemned the recently signed security pact between Russia and North Korea, describing it as “risky for the world”. Wong made the comments following her visit to the border village of Panmunjom inside the demilitarized zone between South Korea and North Korea. (AP video shot by: Yong Ho Kim)

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Top diplomats from Japan, US, Australia, India hold Quad talks in Tokyo

Australia would have barred Dutch beach volleyballer convicted of rape from Olympics

Leaders of Australia and Japan react to Biden dropping out of 2024 US presidential race

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Mott resigns as England white-ball coach and Trescothick in charge in interim

Matthew Mott has resigned as the coach of England’s white-ball teams. Assistant Marcus Trescothick has taken charge in the interim.

Australia’s Fox wins women’s kayak singles gold; family’s first win in event after 4 previous medals

Australia’s Jessica Fox won an Olympic gold medal in women’s kayak singles on the family’s sixth try.

US women beat Germany 4-1 at Olympics and Canada tops France 2-1 amid drone-spying scandal

Sophia Smith scored a pair of goals to help the United States beat Germany 4-1 and advance to the quarterfinals at the Paris Olympics.

Unbeaten Fiji on track for third successive Olympic rugby sevens gold by reaching semis

Fiji has stayed on track for a third successive Olympic gold medal in rugby sevens by reaching the semifinals at the Stade de France.

New Zealand’s inquiry into systemic abuse follows 2 decades of similar probes worldwide

New Zealand is the latest country to confront cruel, systemic and commonplace abuse of children and vulnerable adults in state and faith-based care institutions.

Former Olympic and sports official Kevan Gosper of Australia dies at 90

The Australian Olympic Committee says former high-ranking IOC member and Australian Olympian Kevan Gosper has died. He was 90.

Two years later, Ala’alatoa returns as Wallabies captain in a hometown test against Georgia

Two years after Allan Ala’alatoa first captained Australia in a losing cause at Florence, Italy, the veteran prop will get a second chance on Saturday in a similar situation.

Relatives of those killed when MH17 was shot down mark 10 years since tragedy that claimed 298 lives

Relatives of passengers and crew killed when Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 was shot down over Ukraine have gathered to mark the 10th anniversary of the tragedy that claimed 298 lives, over half of whom were Dutch.

King Charles III to visit Australia and Samoa as he recovers from cancer

King Charles III is preparing to visit Australia and Samoa in October, an itinerary that will span 12 time zones and test the monarch’s stamina as he recovers from cancer treatment.

Wimbledon Men’s Champions

1877 Spencer Gore, Britain

1878 Frank Hadow, Britain

1879 John Hartley, Britain

1882 Willie Renshaw, Britain

Australia beats Wales 36-28 to hand the Welsh their 9th consecutive rugby loss

Australia has beaten Wales 36-28 to win consecutive rugby matches for the first time in three years and hand the Welsh their ninth consecutive loss.

Australia 36, Wales 28

Melbourne, Australia

AAMI Park

Saturday

Australia 36 (Filipo Daugunu 2, Jake Gordon, Allan Ala’alatoa tries; Noah Lolesio 2 conversions, 3 penalties, Ben Donaldson penalty), Wales 28 (Dewi Lake 2, Liam Williams, Rio Dyer tries; Ben Thomas 3 conversions, Sam Costelow conversion).

Stand-in skipper Slipper reluctant to talk about Wallabies’ 2023 woes ahead of 2nd Wales test

After 135 test matches for Australia, including 15 as captain, veteran prop James Slipper still often gets tired of answering questions about the past.

US women’s basketball team looks to continue Olympic dominance, seeking 8th straight gold in Paris

The U.S. women’s basketball team will be trying for an eighth consecutive gold medal in Paris. The Americans have not lost an Olympic game since 1992.

Papua New Guinea lawmaker pleads not guilty in Sydney court to assaulting woman

Papua New Guinea’s sidelined Petroleum Minister Jimmy Maladina has pleaded not guilty to assaulting a woman during a domestic dispute in Australia.

Papua New Guinea minister facing domestic assault charge steps down. Opposition demands resignation

Papua New Guinea’s opposition leader has urged the country’s premier Tuesday to fire the petroleum minister who is stepping down from office as he faces alleged domestic assault charges in Australia instead.

Australia appoints special envoy to confront a rise in antisemitism across the country

The Australian government has named a special envoy to confront a rise in antisemitism across the country since the Israel-Hamas war began.

Jackson to appear at 5th Olympics for Australia’s Opals. Mills, Giddey in Boomers team

Basketball star Lauren Jackson will compete at her fifth Olympics after being selected in Australia’s 12-player squad just three months after again coming out of retirement.

Australia 25, Wales 16

Sydney

Allianz Stadium

Saturday

Australia 25 (Taniela Tupou, Filipo Daugunu, Tom Wright tries; Noah Lolesio conversion, 2 penalties, Tom Lynagh conversion), Wales 16 (penalty try; Ben Thomas 3 penalties).

Crocodiles cannot outnumber people in Australian territory where girl was killed, leader says

The leader of Australia’s Northern Territory says the crocodile population must be either maintained or reduced and cannot be allowed to outstrip the human population.

Rugby revivals upcoming? Struggling Wales and new-look Wallabies meet at Sydney

Australia and Wales meet Saturday in Sydney at the beginning and nearing the end of their respective seasons.

Pro-Palestinian protesters breach security at Australia’s Parliament House to unfurl banners

Pro-Palestinian protesters have breached security at Australia’s Parliament House to unfurl banners from the roof as a senator quit the government over its direction on the Gaza war.

Australia appoints second woman governor-general in 123 years to represent British monarch

Australia has appointed Sam Mostyn as only its second woman governor-general, a largely ceremonial role representing the British monarch as the nation’s head of state.

Julian Assange is now free to do or say whatever he likes. What does his future hold?

One of the most polarizing and influential figures of the information age, Julian Assange is now free after five years in a British prison and seven years in self-imposed exile in a London embassy.

Stella Assange thanks Australian lawmakers for WikiLeaks founder’s freedom

Stella Assange has thanked the spectrum of lawmakers who campaigned for her husband, WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, to be freed.

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange returns to Australia a free man after US legal battle ends

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has returned to his homeland Australia after pleading guilty to obtaining and publishing U.S. military secrets.

Solomon Islands prime minister says his visits to Australia and China focus on creating jobs

The new prime minister of the Solomon Islands said that his visits to Australia and China are focussed on creating jobs in the developing South Pacific island nation.

Australian leaders cautiously welcome expected plea that could bring WikiLeaks founder Assange home

Australian leaders are cautiously welcoming an expected plea agreement that could set free WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange. The U.S.

WikiLeaks’ Assange pleads guilty to publishing US military secrets in deal that secures his freedom

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has been sentenced to time already served in Britain as part of a plea agreement with the U.S.

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange will plead guilty in deal with US and be freed from prison

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange will plead guilty to a felony charge in a deal with the U.S. Justice Department that will resolve a long-running legal saga over the publication of a trove of classified documents.