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The Philippines
Is Philippines being unfairly named in Australia’s Bondi Beach shooting?
Australian police are looking into a trip the two suspects made to Davao City but Philippine officials say it is unconnected to the shooting.
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Japan
Japan dismayed over Finnish beauty queen’s ‘slanted eyes’ photos
18 Dec 2025 - 3:56PM
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Nordic nations
Finnish PM apologises for MPs’ ‘racist’ gestures in Miss Finland scandal
17 Dec 2025 - 9:20PM
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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.
17 Dec 2025 - 8:38PM
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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.
17 Dec 2025 - 1:36PM
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Australia
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Bystander tackles, disarms gunman in Australia
Shooting happened in the popular tourist area of Bondi Beach.
15 Dec 2025 - 12:23PM
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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’.
15 Dec 2025 - 6:28AM
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’.
15 Dec 2025 - 2:41AM
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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.
14 Dec 2025 - 11:40PM
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.
15 Dec 2025 - 1:25PM
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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’.
14 Dec 2025 - 6:23AM
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.
13 Dec 2025 - 8:36AM
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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.
13 Dec 2025 - 7:16AM
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.
16 Dec 2025 - 2:43PM
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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.
2 Dec 2025 - 8:21AM
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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’.
1 Dec 2025 - 4:24PM
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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.
28 Nov 2025 - 11:46AM
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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.
27 Nov 2025 - 3:37PM
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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.
24 Nov 2025 - 6:14PM
Science
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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.
22 Nov 2025 - 9:30AM
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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.
20 Nov 2025 - 2:04PM
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.
18 Nov 2025 - 1:34PM
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.
17 Nov 2025 - 11:33PM
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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.
16 Nov 2025 - 7:02AM
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.
9 Nov 2025 - 9:30AM
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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.
8 Nov 2025 - 6:48AM
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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.
11 Nov 2025 - 3:37AM
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Science
James Watson, co-discoverer of DNA’s double helix shape, dead at 97
His efforts won him a Nobel Prize, but Watson drew condemnation near the end of his life for saying black people were less intelligent.
8 Nov 2025 - 1:55PM
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