SINGAPORE: Australia-based academic website East Asia Forum was issued a correction direction by Singapore's Protection from Online Falsehoods and Manipulation Act (POFMA) Office on Wednesday (Jan 22).

Australia is surrounded by coffee-growing countries like Papua New Guinea and Indonesia, but it imports most of its coffee from the other side of the world. With climate change and coffee bean prices skyrocketing,

The six-player Australian team for the prestigious championship at Hoiana Shores Golf Club in March includes Queenslanders Sarah Hammett, Lion Higo and Hannah Reeves, Victorian Jazy Roberts and New South Wales player Ella Scaysbrook.

Asia-Pacific markets trade mixed on Wednesday, following Wall Street gains overnight after US President Donald Trump's less aggressive stance on tariffs. Investor sentiment soured after U.S. President Donald Trump said that his team was discussing a 10% tariff on China as early as Feb.

Disinformation is now "a bigger and bigger part of our media, particularly our social media," said Australia Treasurer Jim Chalmers to local media.

Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wong met her Indian and Japanese counterparts in Washington and said the invitation for Quad foreign ministers to attend President-elect Donald Trump's inauguration showed an "iron-clad commitment" to close cooperation in the Indo Pacific region.

Australia can have a major impact in the Asia Pacific by leveraging its middle power diplomacy and forging coalitions with like-minded partners.

Australia has been grappling with a spate of antisemitic attacks on synagogues, buildings and cars since the beginning of the Israel-Gaza war in late 2023.

India: Karnataka accredited social health workers betrayed; Victimised Maruti Suzuki contract workers demand reinstatement; Pakistan: Balochistan doctors and paramedics strike over arrests; Australia: Smit Lamnalco tug workers begin industrial action at Gladstone;

New itineraries on the Carnival Luminosa and Carnival Adventure to Japan, Southeast Asia and Australia will include seven maiden port calls for Carnival Cruise Line.

CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand — Navies across the Asia-Pacific region are boosting amphibious capabilities in an effort to protect their complex coastlines, as China continues its flex its military muscle in the region.

The VanEck Australian Long Short Complex ETF, an active high-conviction, unconstrained Australian equity portfolio, is set to list on the Australian Securities Exchange. The new active ETF will take tactical long and short positions and will aim to outperform the S&P/ASX 200 over the medium to long term, according to the manager.