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Australia charges two Chinese nationals with foreign interference
AFP, Published on 11/02/2026
» CANBERRA - Australian police said on Wednesday they have charged two Chinese nationals with foreign interference, accusing them of spying on a Buddhist group at the behest of police in China.
Japan's beloved last pandas leave for China as ties fray
AFP, Published on 27/01/2026
» TOKYO — Two popular pandas are set to leave Tokyo for China Tuesday, leaving Japan without any of the beloved bears for the first time in 50 years as ties between the Asian neighbours fray.
Tokyo pandas head for China, leaving Japan bereft of beloved bears
AFP, Published on 27/01/2026
» TOKYO - Two hugely popular pandas are set to depart from a Tokyo zoo for China on Tuesday, leaving Japan without any of the beloved bears for the first time in more than 50 years.
Gamers get hold of hotly awaited Nintendo Switch 2
AFP, Published on 05/06/2025
» TOKYO - Gamers on Thursday finally got their hands on Nintendo’s new Switch 2 console, which could score record early sales for the Japanese “Super Mario” creator.
Macau weaves an identity as integration with China looms
AFP, Published on 19/12/2024
» MACAU - Seated in the audience at Macau's Dom Pedro V Theatre in the 1970s, 16-year-old Miguel de Senna Fernandes understood not a word of the "strange language" spoken on stage -- but right away he was mesmerised.
China frees Australian reporter jailed for three years
AFP, Published on 11/10/2023
» SYDNEY - Australian journalist Cheng Lei was deported from China on Wednesday after more than three years in detention on espionage charges widely seen as politically motivated.
Ding Liren becomes China's first world chess champion
AFP, Published on 01/05/2023
» PARIS - Ding Liren became China's first world chess champion on Sunday after a rapid-play tie-break victory over Russia's Ian Nepomniachtchi in Kazakhstan.
Pythons on your porch? Call Myanmar's 'Snake Princess'
AFP, Published on 27/04/2023
» KYAUKTAGA, Myanmar: At four in the morning outside a Rangoon monastery, Shwe Lei and her team were wrestling 30 writhing pythons into old rice sacks and loading them into a van.
Romania extends detention of Andrew Tate to February 27
AFP, Published on 21/01/2023
» BUCHAREST - A Bucharest court on Friday extended the detention of the controversial influencer Andrew Tate, who is being investigated for alleged human trafficking and rape, and his brother Tristan by one month, prosecutors said.
Stocks dip although US inflation cools
AFP, Published on 23/12/2022
» LONDON - US and European stocks fell on Friday despite a key gauge showing inflation to be slowing, as investors remain concerned about recession risks.