Labor senator Sam Dastyari resigns over Chinese donations scandal
Embattled Labor senator Sam Dastyari has quit the shadow cabinet after saying he had failed to declare that a Chinese company had made payments on his behalf for travel and legal…
Apple sets stage for iPhone 7, many already waiting for 8
The iPhone 7 is expected to make its global debut on Wednesday, but many consumers and investors are already setting their sights on Apple Inc’s 2017 version of the popular…
New Australian farm registry allays Chinese ownership concerns
A new Australian farm registry has revealed nearly 15 percent of rural land is foreign owned, with British investors dominating and Chinese a distant fifth, allaying popular fears that Chinese…
Vietnam refuses to lift casino ban on locals
Vietnam media reports that the country’s new gambling law might not lift a ban on locals in entering casinos after all. In June, the Lottery and Gambling Division of the Ministry of Finance…
Japan to provide planes, ships for Philippines amid sea dispute with China
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has agreed to provide two large-sized patrol ships and lend up to five used surveillance aircraft to the Philippines, a Japanese government spokesman said, with both…
Germans test air defences in Latvia as NATO expands in Baltics
LIELVARDE, Latvia – German and Latvian troops have begun a joint exercise in Latvia, not far from the Russian border, as part of a broad drive by NATO to shore…
Vietnamese airlines order 40 Airbus jets worth $US6.5 billion
Vietnamese airlines plan to order 40 Airbus jets in deals worth an estimated $US6.5 billion, the European planemaker said on Tuesday, as they expand their fleets for a small but fast-growing…
Tennis bad boys Kyrgios, Tomic in Davis Cup squad
Australia’s bad boys of tennis Nick Kyrgios and Bernard Tomic have been named in the Davis Cup squad for the World Group playoff against Slovakia after bowing out of the…
Australian teenager gets ten years for ANZAC Day terror plot
An Australian teenager who planned a terror attack which involved beheading a policeman and attaching explosives to a kangaroo at commemorations of the World War One ANZAC landings at Gallipoli…
China’s Xi says hopes for fair Australia investment policy
HANGZHOU, China – China hopes Australia can provide a fair and transparent environment for foreign investors, President Xi Jinping said on Sunday, as he met Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull for the…
