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Indonesia to pardon thousands including Papua activists

Indonesia to pardon thousands including Papua activists

About 30 per cent of all prisoners in Indonesia will be pardoned, law minister Supratman Andi Agtas says.

Players' union chief Busch lands key FIFPRO role

Players' union chief Busch lands key FIFPRO role

Players' union chief Busch lands key FIFPRO role

Players' union chief Busch lands key FIFPRO role

Australia will have a crucial role to play in FIFPRO going forward, with Beau Busch named president of the global players' union Asia/Oceania division.

Travel ban imposed on South Korea's embattled president

Travel ban imposed on South Korea's embattled president

Travel ban imposed on South Korea's embattled president

Travel ban imposed on South Korea's embattled president

South Korea's defence ministry says President Yoon Suk-yeol is still commander in chief despite the justice ministry banning him from travelling overseas.

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Norris wins Abu Dhabi GP as McLaren celebrate F1 crown

Norris wins Abu Dhabi GP as McLaren celebrate F1 crown

Lando Norris has won the season-ending Abu Dhabi Grand Prix to ensure McLaren lifted the F1 constructors' title.

SKorea arrests ex-defence minister over martial law

SKorea arrests ex-defence minister over martial law

South Korea's former defence minister has been arrested over his role in President Yoon Suk Yeol's declaration of martial law that sparked a political crisis.

S.Korea's Yoon must be suspended: ruling party leader

S.Korea's Yoon must be suspended: ruling party leader

South Korea's ruling party leader wants President Yoon Suk-yeol to be removed over his attempt to impose martial law, which has plunged the country into crisis.

S.Korea's Yoon faces impeachment vote and treason probe

S.Korea's Yoon faces impeachment vote and treason probe

South Korean police are investigating Yoon Suk-yeol and others over the president's martial law fiasco, as MPs prepare to vote to impeach the embattled leader.

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Opposition move to oust S.Korea's Yoon over martial law

Opposition move to oust S.Korea's Yoon over martial law

Opposition move to oust S.Korea's Yoon over martial law

Opposition move to oust S.Korea's Yoon over martial law

South Korean opposition parties will vote on whether to impeach President Yoon Suk-yeol over his short-lived martial law that sparked a major political crisis.

Police arrest 1000 amid Pakistan demos over ex-PM Khan

Police arrest 1000 amid Pakistan demos over ex-PM Khan

Police arrest 1000 amid Pakistan demos over ex-PM Khan

Police arrest 1000 amid Pakistan demos over ex-PM Khan

Almost 1000 supporters of jailed former Pakistani prime minister Imran Khan have been arrested following clashes in Islamabad.

Mariners sunk after keeper error gifts Kobe ACL win

Mariners sunk after keeper error gifts Kobe ACL win

Mariners sunk after keeper error gifts Kobe ACL win

Mariners sunk after keeper error gifts Kobe ACL win

Central Coast Mariners have slumped to a fourth defeat in five Asian Champions League Elite matches after a goalkeeping mistake undid a brave comeback at Kobe.

IPL passes on Smith, Warner, Anderson, but sign 13yo

IPL passes on Smith, Warner, Anderson, but sign 13yo

IPL passes on Smith, Warner, Anderson, but sign 13yo

IPL passes on Smith, Warner, Anderson, but sign 13yo

A 13-year-old has become the youngest player to be signed by the Indian Premier League but no one wanted veterans David Warner, Steve Smith and James Anderson.

Nations meeting to address global plastic crisis

Nations meeting to address global plastic crisis

Nations meeting to address global plastic crisis

Nations meeting to address global plastic crisis

The UN says the planet is 'choking on plastic' as negotiators gather in South Korea in a final push to address the global crisis of plastic pollution.

Warner unsold as Hazlewood and Fraser-McGurk cash in

Warner unsold as Hazlewood and Fraser-McGurk cash in

Warner unsold as Hazlewood and Fraser-McGurk cash in

Warner unsold as Hazlewood and Fraser-McGurk cash in

David Warner has gone unsold in the IPL auction, as Australia's next hard-hitting opener Jake Fraser-McGurk earned his biggest ever pay day.

Laos 'profoundly saddened' by tourist poisoning deaths

Laos 'profoundly saddened' by tourist poisoning deaths

Laos 'profoundly saddened' by tourist poisoning deaths

Laos 'profoundly saddened' by tourist poisoning deaths

Authorities in Laos are under pressure to get to the bottom of a mass methanol poisoning tragedy that claimed the lives of two Australian teenagers.

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American Reed equals Asian Tour record low

LIV Golf star Patrick Reed has become just the second player to shoot a 59 on the Asian Tour, the American doing so in the third round at the Hong Kong Open.

Rich countries should cough up billions more: COP29

Wealthy countries at the COP29 climate summit including the US and Australia could be set to raise their global finance target offer to $A462 billion a year.

Indonesia to transfer remaining Bali Nine to Australia

Indonesia has confirmed it will return the remaining Bali Nine drug smuggling ring members to Australia and seek the repatriation of Indonesian prisoners.

Laos government pledges justice over poisoning deaths

The Laotian government has pledged justice for the victims of a mass alcohol poisoning case that has killed six tourists including two Australians.

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Timing of IPL auction 'not ideal' for Aussies

The IPL auction could prove to be a potential distraction for Australian and Indian players as they battle it out on the Test arena in Perth.

Laos hostel owners held over tainted alcohol poisonings

Police have arrested the manager and owner of a Laotian hostel where two Australian tourists stayed who died after being poisoned by tainted alcohol.

Attack on vehicles carrying Pakistani Shi'ites kills 42

Gunmen have opened fire on vehicles carrying Shi'ite Muslims in Pakistan's northwest, killing more than 40 people and wounding 20 others.

Tycoon Lai denies lobbying US on China and Hong Kong

Hong Kong democrat Jimmy Lai has testified in his landmark national security trial, saying he never asked the US to intervene during the city's 2019 protests.

Criticism as HK activists jailed in landmark trial

Almost 50 pro-democracy activists have been jailed in Hong Kong after a landmark national security trial that has drawn international condemnation.

Starc, Warner, Smith up for grabs in IPL mega-auction

A total of 37 Australian players, headed by the League's most expensive ever player Mitchell Starc, will feature in the IPL's mega auction in Saudi Arabia.

Lag in response to tackle methane emissions, UN says

The UN says only about one per cent of the 1200 methane leak alerts issued to governments and companies have garnered a "substantive response".

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