Emergency services search for man missing in waters near Sleaford, south-west of Port Lincoln

Emergency services are searching for a man missing in waters near Sleaford off South Australia’s Eyre Peninsula.

SA Police said seven people became caught in a rip-off Mary Ellis Beach at 4:11pm on Friday.

Six children were rescued from the water…[Read more]

Live export ship MV Bahijah caught in Red Sea route limbo on its way from Australia to Middle East

A live export ship carrying thousands of sheep and cattle from Australia is in limbo after being diverted from travelling through the Red Sea due to the region’s deteriorating security situation.

The MV Bahijah left Fremantle in Western Australia…[Read more]

Japan prosecutors to build case on PM Kishida faction

Japanese prosecutors will build a case against a former accountant of a ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) faction, previously led by Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, in connection with a political fundraising scandal, sources close to the matter said on Thursday.

The prosecutors have been…[Read more]

Japan prosecutors build cases against LDP groups over fundraising scandal

TOKYO (Kyodo) — Japanese prosecutors on Friday indicted several individuals from three factions within the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, including one formerly led by Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, over a political fundraising scandal that has sent shockwaves through the…[Read more]

Letter from Nikkei Asia’s editor: Panasonic’s EV battery comeback plan

Hello from Tokyo. Last week, the people of Taiwan elected as their next president Lai Ching-te of the ruling Democratic Progressive Party, which Beijing brands as separatist. The vote focused mainly on how to deal with China, but so far both sides have shown restraint, and it…[Read more]

Gender pay gap in Germany: Women earn 18% less than men

Women in Germany earned 18% less on average than men in 2023, the country’s Federal Statistics Office (Destatis) said on Thursday. On an adjusted basis, the gap was 6%, it added.

The report showed that women, on average, earned €20.84 ($22.7) per hour last year, compared with €25.3 for men…[Read more]

German farmers’ anger overshadows agriculture fair

Chickens strut and cluck, piglets play under heat lamps, a huge bull is led by a nose ring into a box lined with fresh straw. At Berlin’s Green Week in, the world’s largest agricultural and food trade fair, farmers want to show their best side.

But at this year’s fair, the mood is not entirely…[Read more]

Germany’s parliament votes on easing dual citizenship

Germany’s lower house of parliament, the Bundestag, was on Friday set to vote on easing the law on naturalization and widening access to dual citizenship.

The German government says the law should help make Germany more attractive to skilled workers internationally, helping to ease stifling…[Read more]

WA Alcoa refinery closure could wipe out $650m from economy, expert says

The closure of a major mining giant’s refinery employing the “lion’s share” of workers will cost one state’s economy about $650m per year, an economic expert has warned as the company prepares to cut worker numbers down to just 50 over a year.

US-based Alcoa Corporati…[Read more]

Germany seeks Cologne Cathedral attack suspect’s deportation

German police said Saturday that they are pressing forward with deportation proceedings for a young man accused of planning a New Year’s Eve terror attack on Cologne Cathedral.

The Dortmund District Court had granted a deportation warrant for the 25-year-old man on Friday, according…[Read more]

Deputy Prime Minister Richard Marles confirms Australian personnel contributed to strikes in Yemen

Defence Minister and Deputy Prime Minister Richard Marles says Australian personnel had been present in “operational headquarters” but said he could not elaborate further on the precise nature of their participation.

Mr Marles said Australia’s…[Read more]