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A wooden Star of David stands in a makeshift memorial to pay tribute to the victims of Sunday’s mass shooting on Bondi Beach. Photo: Reuters
Australia

Australia’s Albanese faces battle over gun laws after Bondi Beach shooting

The prime minister’s call for tighter gun controls is meeting resistance from right-wing populists and mainstream conservatives.

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The Philippines

Is Philippines being unfairly named in Australia’s Bondi Beach shooting?

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Japan

Japan dismayed over Finnish beauty queen’s ‘slanted eyes’ photos

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Nordic nations

Finnish PM apologises for MPs’ ‘racist’ gestures in Miss Finland scandal

PM Petteri Orpo offers regrets to Japan, China and South Korea after MPs mimic ousted beauty queen Sarah Dzafce’s offensive squinting gesture.

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Miss Finland Sarah Dzafce wears an evening gown during the 74th Miss Universe 2025 preliminary competition in Thailand in November. Photo: EPA
Australia

Millions raised for ‘hero of Australia’ who stopped gunman at Bondi Beach

Over 40,000 people have donated about US$1.5 million to Ahmed al Ahmed, the Syrian-Australian Muslim hero who saved Jewish lives.

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Anti-Asian racism

Miss Finland ‘racism’ scandal is damaging country, PM says

Prime Minister Petteri Orpo weighs in as Finnish politicians mimic a racist gesture in solidarity with stripped beauty queen.

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Australia

Video | Bystander tackles, disarms gunman in Australia

Shooting happened in the popular tourist area of Bondi Beach.

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Australia

World leaders express horror at Bondi Beach attack as vigils held for victims

Israel’s Herzog condemned the ‘cruel attack on Jews’ by ‘terrorists’; Trump branded the shooting that killed 15 people ‘purely antisemitic’.

Benjamin Netanyahu

Netanyahu accuses Australia’s PM of inaction in tackling antisemitism

After the Bondi Beach shooting, the Israeli PM said he warned Albanese months ago that Australia’s policy was ‘encouraging antisemitism’.

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Australia

‘Worst fears happened’: Bondi shooting feels tragically inevitable to some

Amid firebombing, graffiti and hate speech, which surged during the Gaza war, a special envoy was appointed last year to combat antisemitism.

A member of Sydney’s Jewish community reacts as he stands near the site of a fatal shooting at Bondi Beach on Sunday. Photo: AFP
Australia

Gunmen kill 15 people in attack on Hanukkah celebration on Sydney’s Bondi Beach

Police say the alleged attackers who opened fire at a Jewish celebration were a 50-year-old father and his son.

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Police patrol Bondi Beach on Monday as they investigate the scene following a shooting in Sydney on Sunday. Photo: AFP
Britain

‘Make Christmas Great Again’: hundreds join far-right Robinson’s London rally

UK bishops express grave concern over the use of Christian symbols to ‘justify racism and anti-migrant rhetoric’.

United States

How Asian-American history is reshaping classrooms in the US

Connecticut schools are enriching lessons with Asian-American stories amid rising anti-Asian sentiment.

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Anti-Asian racism

Christine Choy, who made documentary on racist killing of Vincent Chin, dies at 73

The indie filmmaker brought attention to the 1982 slaying, a galvanising moment in the fight against anti-Asian hate in the US.

Filmmaker Christine Choy attends a screening of “Who Killed Vincent Chin?” at the 59th New York Film Festival in 2021. Photo: Film at Lincoln Centre via AP
Anti-Asian racism

Miss Finland loses her crown due to anti-Chinese racism scandal

Sarah Dzafce apologised after a photo surfaced of her making a gesture seen as derogatory to Asian people.

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Miss Finland Sarah Dzafce wears a swimsuit during the 74th Miss Universe 2025 preliminary competition in Thailand in November. Photo: EPA
Donald Trump

US wipes South Africa’s G20 website clean for 2026 Trump summit

The US presidency of the G20 begins with the first-ever exclusion of a member nation.

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South Africa

Ramaphosa dismisses Trump’s threat to bar South Africa from 2026 G20 summit

South Africa’s president labels Donald Trump’s repeated claims about his country as ‘misinformation’.

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Gun violence in the US

Trump orders review of immigrant visas after National Guard attack

The sweeping new policy follows Wednesday’s attack in Washington by an Afghan national that has caused one death.

A makeshift memorial in Washington a day after two National Guard members were shot. Photo: Reuters
Donald Trump

Trump barring South Africa from next year’s G20 summit in Miami

South Africa denounces US president’s G20 ban as punitive as relations between the two nations sour.

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Australia

Australian senator slammed as ‘racist’ for wearing burka in parliament

Far-right politician Pauline Hanson has long campaigned against Islamic clothing during her parliamentary career.

Science

As I see it | Not all genetic questions about race are racist

Without denying the offensive remarks of James Watson, co-discoverer of the DNA structure, some of his speculation on race does have merit.

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The late Dr James Watson poses with the original DNA model ahead of a press conference at the Science Museum in London, England, on May 20, 2005. Photo: AFP
Chinese overseas

TD Bank sued by Chinese staff in US who say they were illegally fired

The employees say they were hired to forge ties with Chinese customers, then sacked as part of a money-laundering crackdown.

A bilingual branch of TD Bank in Chinatown in New York. Photo: Shutterstock
Europe’s refugee crisis

UK toughens asylum policy as anti-immigration sentiment rises

Policy overhaul seeks greater control over who can remain in Britain as tens of thousands of people claim asylum.

Science

Why ‘racist’ biologist James Watson is remembered in China with respect

Controversial Nobel Prize winner helped to lay the groundwork for China to become a genomics and biotech powerhouse.

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United States

US disability rights activist and author Alice Wong dies at 51

The daughter of Hong Kong immigrants, Wong fought for a world where people with disabilities could have full autonomy over their lives.

Alice Wong (right) speaks with Yomi Young during the activist’s 50th birthday party in San Francisco in March. Photo: Sandy Ho via AP
South Korea

South Korean Red Cross chief quits over ‘dark-skinned’ diplomat comments

Kim Chul-soo’s racist remarks, exposed in leaked audio, undermine the Red Cross’ core principle of non-discrimination, critics say.

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Kim Chul-soo has resigned as head of South Korea’s Red Cross over the scandal. Photo: Handout
Donald Trump

Trump says US to boycott G20 in South Africa, cites treatment of white farmers

The US president says no American officials will attend this year’s Group of 20 summit, repeating claims of abuse of Afrikaners.

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US-China relations

Courts turn ‘slam dunk’ case into hard battle in Florida’s Chinese property ban

Legal experts say persuading conservative judges will be difficult and new plaintiffs may be needed to move the case forwards.

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