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Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison has conceded defeat in Saturday's election — though millions of votes have yet to be counted.

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Australia's prime minister concedes despite millions of votes left to be counted

The Labor Party appeared more likely than Prime Minister Scott Morrison's coalition to form a government after Australia's election on Saturday that could result in a rare hung parliament.

May 21, 2022
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Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison campaigns in Sydney, Thursday, May 5, 2022.

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Australian prime minister defends his country's ties to Solomons

Scott Morrison says he followed security officials' advice in managing relations with the Solomon Islands after the South Pacific neighbor's leader alleged he'd been threatened with invasion.

May 05, 2022
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  • The Associated Press
Australian shadow foreign affairs minister Penny Wong speaks to media in Darwin, Australia, Tuesday, April 26, 2022. Australia's opposition party promises to establish a Pacific defense school to train neighboring armies in response to China's potential military presence on the Solomon Islands.

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Australian opposition party vows to train Pacific armies

The announcement comes amid concerns that other Pacific island countries financially weakened by the pandemic and its impact on tourism could be lured by China into similar deals.

April 26, 2022
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A display case of photos is seen outside the Chinese Embassy in Honiara, Solomon Islands, April 2, 2022.

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Australian minister tries to end Solomons-China pact

Under the Solomon Islands' terms of a draft agreement, China could send police, military personnel and other armed forces to the Solomon Islands "to assist in maintaining social order."

April 13, 2022
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  • The Associated Press
Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison gestures during a news conference at Parliament House in Canberra, Australia, Sunday, April 10, 2022.

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Australian prime minister calls May 21 election

Scott Morrison has called for a May 21 election that will be fought on issues including Chinese economic coercion, climate change and the COVID-19 pandemic.

April 10, 2022
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Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Mark Milley, left, arrives for a House Armed Services Committee hearing on the fiscal year 2023 defense budget on April 5, 2022, in Washington.

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Australia, the U.K. and the U.S. say they will develop hypersonic missiles

The announcement comes amid growing concern by the U.S. and its allies about China's growing military assertiveness and Washington's concern of Russia using the weapons in Ukraine.

April 06, 2022
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Australia's Defence Minister Peter Dutton stand next to an anti-ship missile as he addresses industry representatives during the opening of the Navy Guided Weapons Maintenance Facility, in Sydney, on Tuesday.

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Australia steps up missile upgrade due to growing threats from China and Russia

The country's defense minister cites both the Russia-Ukraine war and China for accelerating the rearming of fighter jets and warships.

April 05, 2022
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Australian Ambassador to China Graham Fletcher, left, is turned away by court officials and police as he tried to enter the trial of Chinese Australian journalist Cheng Lei at the Beijing Number 2 Intermediate People's Court on Thursday in Beijing.

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China holds espionage trial of Chinese Australian journalist

China has not provided any specifics about what offenses Cheng Lei is accused of committing, who has been held for 19 months on suspicion of relaying state secrets abroad.

March 31, 2022
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Solomon Islands Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare, left, and Chinese Premier Li Keqiang attend a signing ceremony at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, on Oct. 9, 2019.

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Document indicates China could boost military in Solomons

One Asia-Pacific security observer says Australia, New Zealand and the U.S. would all be "very concerned" about the draft agreement.

March 25, 2022
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Ash Barty of Australia waves after defeating Danielle Collins of the U.S. in the women's singles final at the Australian Open tennis championships in Melbourne, Australia on Jan. 29, 2022.

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The world's best women's tennis player, Ash Barty, is retiring at age 25

Barty is retiring only two months after winning the Australian Open, saying she wants to pursue other dreams.

March 23, 2022
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  • Robert Griffiths
In this photo provided by the Fraser Coast Regional Council, a blue barrier helps hold back flood water in a section of Maryborough, Australia on Tuesday.

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Thousands evacuate worst Australian floods in decades

Local authorities have placed up to 300,000 people under evacuation warnings in one of the country's worst flooding incidents.

March 01, 2022
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Passengers are welcomed as they arrive at Sydney International Airport in Sydney on Monday.

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Australia reopens its borders to international visitors

The move allow international tourists and business travelers into the country for the first time in almost two years.

February 21, 2022
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  • The Associated Press
A surfer carries his board into the water next to a sign declaring a shark sighting on Sydney's Manly Beach, Australia, November 24, 2015.

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A swimmer died in the 1st fatal shark attack at a Sydney beach in nearly 6 decades

The incident, in which someone saw a man in a wetsuit get dragged underwater, is the city's first fatal shark attack since 1963. Beaches are closed while lifeguards patrol for further shark sightings.

February 16, 2022
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  • Rachel Treisman
A koala joey named Humphrey is comforted by his mother, Willow, at Taronga Zoo in Sydney in March 2021. Australia's government has declared koalas endangered in New South Wales, Queensland and the Australian Capital Territory.

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Koalas are now officially an endangered species in parts of eastern Australia

Australia's government cited the impacts of drought, bush fires and deforestation. The koala population dropped a reported 30% from 2018 to 2021.

February 11, 2022
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  • Rachel Treisman
A plane sits at Melbourne Airport in December, ahead of the Australian Open. The country will reopen its international borders to visa holders and fully vaccinated travelers on Feb. 21.

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Australia will reopen to fully vaccinated travelers in 2 weeks

Doubly vaccinated travelers will be welcomed starting Feb. 21, nearly two years after it first closed its border. The move is seen as relief for its tourism industry.

February 07, 2022
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  • Rachel Treisman
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