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Australia is set for economic pain as lockdown is extended despite falling infections

PM Scott Morrison, who is pushing for states to lift border restrictions to help kick-start an economic revival, termed the move to extend lockdown in Victoria as 'crushing news'.

What really matters to China when it comes to the Quad. It’s not the security pacts

Despite India, Australia, US and Japan’s efforts for a multinational alternative to China, it’s not going to take off for quite a while.

Facebook threatens to block news. Hope they really do it

The bargain that news organisations have struck with Silicon Valley in their search for traffic is an abusive relationship that benefits nobody.

‘Standing up against China’ — India set to step into another minilateral within Indo-Pacific

Foreign ministers of India, Australia and Indonesia to meet soon to formalise agenda on security and economic connectivity.

Facebook has sent the world a warning by threatening Australian news publishers

The standoff has turned one of Facebook’s most distant markets into a test case as watchdogs around the world turn their own power against digital behemoths.

Now, Australia’s GDP falls by most on record, confirms first recession in 30 years

Australia's GDP plunged 7% from first three months of the year, the first back-to-back quarterly declines since 1991, statistics bureau data showed.

TV anchor’s detention shows Australia’s China problem is going from bad to worse

Australia says it hasn’t been told why Chinese-born Cheng Lei, an Australian citizen who worked as an anchor, was detained two weeks ago and hasn’t revealed details about the case.

India, Japan, Australia launch supply chain initiative to counter China’s trade dominance

In a video conference held Tuesday, Japan’s Hiroshi Kajiyama, India’s Piyush Goyal and Australia’s Simon Birmingham agreed on reaching out to ASEAN countries for the initiative.

Facebook threatens to block Australians from sharing news as it escalates antitrust battle

The move seeks to push back against a proposed law that wants Facebook & Google to compensate publishers for the value they provide to their platforms.

China detains Australian TV anchor with government-run station

Cheng Lei, who works for China's English news channel CGTN, has not been charged but is being held in detention under a 'residential surveillance'.

On Camera

Moon madness has taken over modern dating. A waning crescent is the best time to ghost

Alongside buying into the grift that is dating apps, the girlies are also installing astrology apps like Astrotalk to investigate the same tired mystery—will he ever text back?

Africa’s blue economy is booming. What it can learn from Asia

Aquaculture is the fastest growing food sector in Africa, offering significant returns on investment for all involved and achieving the continent’s goals for food security, dignified livelihoods and economic growth.

‘Let them see’: Putin says new nuclear-powered missiles in the making, in message to Washington

At a ceremony felicitating Russian military engineers, Putin highlights Moscow’s 'parity' in defence technologies for the next century.

Bihar is where politics moves, and everything else stands still

Bihar is blessed with a land more fertile for revolutions than any in India. Why has it fallen so far behind then? Constant obsession with politics is at the root of its destruction.