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Visa processing problems in spotlight
Pat Conroy acknowledged ongoing visa processing issues and said the government was “hopeful that we can get a resolution on that issue”:
People in Papua New Guinea are also very keen on our Pacific engagement visa, which is about creating 3,000 permanent migration spots each year into Australia … and there’s also lots of interest in Papua New Guineans working, studying in Australia as well.
His message around democracies is that [it is] incumbent upon politicians in both countries [to] defend democracy and we defend democracy by demonstrating it’s the best system to deliver actual benefits for the people that we govern. So that’s about investing in stronger health outcomes, lifting stronger economic outcomes.

Disney recently shared exclusive photos to promote its upcoming series “American Born Chinese,” a TV adaptation of Gene Luen Yang’s graphic novel of the same name. One of them highlights Michelle Yeoh ...

Disney recently shared exclusive photos to promote its upcoming series “American Born Chinese,” a TV adaptation of Gene Luen Yang’s graphic novel of the same name. One of them highlights Michelle Yeoh ...

Antony Blinken says China is ‘greatest shared strategic challenge’ in the region as US backs Japan’s biggest military build-up since second world war
The US and have said that an attack in space would trigger their security treaty, as senior officials from both countries warned that represents the “greatest strategic challenge” to regional security.
“We agree that [China] is the greatest shared strategic challenge that we, our allies and partners face,” the US secretary of state, Antony Blinken, said on Thursday after meeting his Japanese counterpart, Yoshimasa Hayashi, in Washington.

Human Rights Watch calls on government to address its own ‘alarming deficiencies’, including detention of children under 14 and treatment of asylum seekers
The detention of children under 14 and new laws are harming Australia’s credibility to stand up for human rights in the region, a leading rights body has warned.
Human Rights Watch called on Australia to address its own “alarming deficiencies” when the organisation on Thursday published its annual reports on the performance of nearly 100 countries.

(CNSNews.com) – A Chinese Communist Party newspaper hit back Thursday at ... and a product of occasional outbreaks of the malady of the American system,” Global Times said in an editorial. “Across 70 ...

South Africa's state-owned logistics company Transnet on Thursday said it had reached an "impasse" in talks with Chinese rail equipment manufacturer CRRC E-Loco, after having agreed a settlement last ...

Purdue University’s first Asian American president has taken office, weeks after a chancellor in its greater school system was criticized for what many considered to be a racist display onstage during ...

We have to live with these stereotypes and expectations of being demure and diminutive on the daily. So to witness that on such a big stage of something like the Golden Globes was profound,” said ...

A reorganized U.S. Marine Corps regiment in Japan will be equipped with “long-range fires” by 2025, U.S. and Japanese officials announced, as the allies overhaul their defenses against China.

Rogue emissions from China of ozone-depleting chemicals had threatened to delay recovery by a decade. But the emissions were stopped, according to a U.N.-backed report.

Three years ago this week, Blue Giant opened in the Lower Garden District with a menu drawn from the American-style Chinese classics, funny fortune cookies and lousy timing. Two months ...