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In a case that shocked the world, two young English boys were charged on February 20, 1993, with the abduction and murder of two-year-old James Bulger from a shopping centre in Liverpool.

"That's an enormous drop for any industry to go through and quite an economic shock," Australian Grape and Wine Chief Executive Lee McLean said.

Japan’s economy is now the world’s fourth-largest after it contracted in the last quarter of 2023 and fell behind Germany.

Their vessel was pursued after trespassing in Taiwan waters, officials said.

He was the first person to be charged under federal laws created in 2018.

Officials say the controversial app, owned by a Chinese tech company, remains banned on government devices.

The Chinese government has insisted it needs the base for marine research.

Here's what you need to know about the Lunar New Year, and where you can celebrate it.

The Australian government says it is appalled by the decision.

Former President Donald Trump said he would consider imposing a tariff upward of 60 per cent on all Chinese imports if he regains the presidency.

Fifty prominent Australians want the Albanese government to take an 'activist middle power' role between the superpowers.

The move comes just months after the company was given a reprieve over a plan to restructure more than $455 billion in liabilities.

The world's most valuable automaker said its sales growth this year "may be notably lower" than last as it continued developing the "next-generation" vehicle, likely a lower-priced model.

Tremors were felt as far away as the neighbouring countries Kyrgyzstan and Kazakhstan.

Rescue efforts were underway to find victims buried in 18 separate houses.

The sequence doesn't indicate the origin of the coronavirus but undermines the Chinese government's claims about its knowledge of the information.

China's population shrank for the second year in a row in 2023, marking a deepening of a demographic challenge set to have significant implications on the world's second largest economy.

The highly-prized crustaceans were being loaded on speedboats when customs agents swooped.

The result will have implications far beyond the self-ruling island of 23 million people.

Australian researchers have helped solve a long-standing scientific mystery surrounding the world's largest-ever primate more than 200,000 years after it became extinct.

People were initially told a missile was flying over the self-ruled island.

The law mandates that love of the country be incorporated into work and study for everyone.

Behind the walled government and military compounds of the Chinese capital, powerful generals have disappeared from public view one after another

The rapid growth of BYD, which is backed by Warren Buffett, is a symbol of China's rising EV industry.

Cyber kidnappers hatch a complex plot to lead teenager into wilderness and scam his family in China for cash.

Xi Jinping used his New Year address to talk about the "reunification" of China on both sides of the Taiwan Strait.

In the age of open-source intelligence, one main way for Western experts to keep tabs on China's military is by analysing photos of new People's Liberation Army equipment posted online by amateur enthusiasts.

The winner of a Chinese chess tournament has been stripped of his title after shocking allegations of cheating using anal beads and defecating in a hotel bathtub.

The South China Sea will continue looming as a potential flashpoint for conflict during a year bookended by two key elections.

The death toll is feared to rise after the magnitude 6.2 quake left hundreds more injured.

The trade minister said the move is a further lifting of restrictions on Australian exporters.

Officials said the incident caused damage and endangered Filipino crew members off a disputed shoal in the South China Sea.

The Philippines has started building a new coastguard monitoring base in the South China Sea amid heightened tensions.

The video was solely about making egg fried rice. But some nationalists saw it as a deliberate act of insult and mockery.

"Beijing has very good surveillance, so would be in a better position to identify a novel pathogen than perhaps Wuhan."

The Global Times newspaper made the claim as the Royal Australian Navy completed a three-day joint exercise with Philippines warships and aircraft.

A post COVID-19 pandemic surge in known respiratory illnesses, such as influenza, is behind an increase in hospitalisations for children, China says.

The warship involved in last week's sonar incident with a Chinese navy vessel that left an Australian diver injured has sailed through the Taiwan Strait.

The UN health body asked Beijing for information about a worrying rise in the respiratory illness among children.

Clusters of undiagnosed pediatric pneumonia cases have also been reported in the north of the country.

China is increasing its presence on the frozen continent as Australia's presence there faces a critical juncture.

Anthony Albanese says China has damaged its relationship with Australia.

Australian navy divers have been injured after a Chinese destroyer operated its sonar device nearby when they were in the water, the Defence Minister has said.

Smog is so bad in New Delhi that it's literally taking years off people's lives. So how did Beijing fix its smog problem?

It's making global headlines for highly anticipated talks between Biden and Xi, but Albanese's attendance has raised eyebrows.

At the height of the faceoff in the high seas, a Chinese coast guard ship blasted a water cannon toward a Philippine motorboat

US President Joe Biden and China's Xi Jinping have no shortage of difficult issues to discuss when they sit down this week.

Chinese carrier China Southern Airlines said on Thursday it would honour the sale of tickets priced as cheaply as $2 during a two-hour technical glitch.

Xi Jinping insists the rising Asian superpower is best placed to guide the global community through future challenges.

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has come away from a seven-year-first China visit with positive signs on trade, climate change and visas.