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WORLD / ANALYSIS
Sep 29, 2022
Slots to smartphones: Pandemic sends Australia's gambling problem online
Already the world's biggest gambling nation in terms of loss per person, Australia has seen a shift in betting behavior since the pandemic-forced closure of public venues.
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Rugby
Sep 22, 2022
All Blacks Sam Cane out of Wallabies clash as Ardie Savea returns to back row
Wallabies lock Darcy Swain was handed a six-week ban for the dangerous cleanout which led to Quinn Tupaea's injury.
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Sep 15, 2022
Australia's Rachael Haynes retires from international cricket
The 35-year-old became one of the sport's most adaptable players after making her debut for Australia in 2009, batting in almost every top order position across all three formats.
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ASIA PACIFIC
Sep 10, 2022
Australia's next climate struggle is how fast to cut emissions
Trying to balance competing climate interests is Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, who won power with a pledge to end the country's 'climate wars.'
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BUSINESS
Sep 7, 2022
Australia reassures Japan and South Korea as it considers limiting LNG exports
Heightened demand for gas and a likely shortage next year have prompted calls for the Australian government to use a policy forcing operators in eastern states to offer cargoes domestically first.
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COMMENTARY / World
Sep 5, 2022
Australia’s minister of everything
Former Prime Minister Scott Morrison's multiple ministerial self-appointments cannot be explained as anything other than an exercise of hubris.
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BUSINESS
Aug 27, 2022
China-linked bots attacking rare earths producer ‘every day’
Fake social media accounts linked to the Chinese Communist Party are targeting U.S. and Australian collaboration on critical mineral supply chains, experts say.
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ASIA PACIFIC
Aug 25, 2022
Australia digging deep to reshape itself as green energy superpower
Everyone from oil majors to billionaire mining magnates is looking for a way to capitalize on the fossil-fuel giant's transformation.
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BUSINESS
Aug 21, 2022
Climate action to spur Australian green bonds to record year
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese is a radical change from his predecessor, Scott Morrison, who famously signaled his commitment to fossil fuels by bringing a lump of coal into the Parliament.
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Aug 9, 2022
Commonwealth Games reach triumphant close as Birmingham parties
Australia easily topped the event's medal table above host England, while organizers touted strong ticket sales and growing interest among participants in hosting future editions.
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BUSINESS
Aug 8, 2022
Carbon prices in Asia are too cheap to help curb emissions
Asia is struggling to adopt ambitious pollution pricing instruments, especially at a time of soaring inflation, rising energy prices and economic instability.
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Aug 8, 2022
Australia wins gold at Commonwealth Games as cricket strengthens its Olympic case
'You just have to look how many people came out and watched every single game even when England wasn't playing. 'It was amazing to see people just supporting women's cricket.'
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Aug 6, 2022
Australian swimmers keep focus on 2024 Paris Olympics
Australian swimmers celebrated their dominating performance at the Commonwealth Games on Thursday but only for a moment.
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BUSINESS / Markets
Jul 28, 2022
What analysts say is next for Asian markets after Fed decision
They warned not to expect an inflection point for the dollar and saw the euro remaining under pressure into the winter and the yen trading around its recent range.
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ASIA PACIFIC
Jul 26, 2022
U.S. bolstering capabilities of Asia-Pacific allies with latest missile sales
The two missile sales approved for Australia and Japan over the past five days come amid heightened tensions with China.
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Rugby
Jul 26, 2022
Pride jersey triggers boycott by rugby league players
Australian media reported up to seven Manly players were opposed to wearing it on 'religious and cultural' grounds and had elected to pull out of the Roosters game.
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ASIA PACIFIC
Jul 19, 2022
'Shocking' report lists devastation to Australia wildlife
Australia's 2019-2020 'Black Summer' bush fires burned more than 8 million hectares of native vegetation and killed or displaced 1 billion to 3 billion animals.
Two of America’s biggest debt holders are dumping Treasurys
The U.S. Treasury building in Washington. Investors in Japan and China sold a pile of U.S. debt in the last quarter, just before the U.S. presidential election.
Tokyo Metro’s overseas efforts begin in earnest with London deal
Tokyo Metro will soon have a role in the running of London's Elizabeth Line, a major train route serving the U.K.’s capital city and environs.
Russia fired experimental ballistic missile at Ukraine, Putin says
Ukrainian firefighters work on a spot following an airstrike in Dnipro on Thursday.
Ex-yokozuna Kitanofuji dies at 82
Yokozuna Kitanofuji enters the ring during the May 1970 grand sumo tournament in Tokyo.
Man charged with murder allegedly made victim date other men for money
A car carrying suspect Ryotaro Masuda, who was indicted for allegedly beating his 25-year-old girlfriend to death, leaves the Shibuya Police Station in Tokyo on Thursday.
The slow-burn success of ‘A Samurai in Time’
A 19th-century warrior gets struck by lightning and wakes to find himself in 21st-century Kyoto in Junichi Yasuda’s surprise hit “A Samurai in Time.”
Around a quarter of Japan married couples in their 20s met through dating apps
A survey released by an organization promoting “Good Couples Day” shows that 24% of couples in their 20s met their marriage partner through a dating app.
'Tokyo Swindlers': Get deep into the minds of real estate con artists
In Ko Shinjo's "Tokyo Swindlers," a group of con artists manipulates real estate giants into falsified deals within the highly competitive, quick market.
Japan, U.K. and Italy discuss inviting more countries to joint fighter project
A new concept model of a next-generation fighter jet to be jointly developed by Japan, Britain and Italy is on display in Farnborough, Hampshire, in July.
Haruki Murakami's 'The City and Its Uncertain Walls' gives deep deja vu
For “The City and Its Uncertain Walls,” translated into English by Philip Gabriel, Haruki Murakami confronts the ghosts who won't leave him alone.

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