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In this photo provided by the Australian Federal Police, Australian Federal Police Commissioner Reece Kershaw speaks Friday, July 12, 2024, in Canberra, about the arrest of an Australian army private and her husband, accused of spying for Russia. The 42-year-old woman, an Australian Defense Force information systems technician, and her 62-year-old husband, a self-employed laborer, are each charged with one count of preparing for an espionage offense, Kershaw said. (Australian Federal Police via AP)

Australian army private and her husband accused of spying for Russia

By Rod McGuirk - Associated Press

Protesters hold placards during a rally against antisemitism in Sydney, on Feb. 18, 2024. The Australian government named a special envoy Tuesday, July 9, 2024 to confront a rise in antisemitism across the country since the Israel-Hamas war began. A similar envoy will soon be appointed to challenge Islamophobia in Australia and both will promote social cohesion, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese told reporters at the Sydney Jewish Museum. (Bianca De Marchi/AAP Image via AP)

Australia appoints special envoy to confront a rise in antisemitism across the country

By Rod McGuirk - Associated Press

FILE - This file image made from video provided by AuBC shows a part of an area in Palumpa, Australia, Thursday, July 4, 2024, where a girl was reported missing Tuesday after she went swimming. Crocodile numbers in Australia's Northern Territory must be either maintained or reduced and cannot be allowed to outstrip the human population, the territory's leader said after the 12-year-old girl was killed while swimming. (AuBC via AP, File)

Crocodiles cannot outnumber people in Australian territory where girl was killed, leader says

By Charlotte Graham-McLay - Associated Press

New South Wales state Police conduct search at the scene of an alleged stabbing at Sydney University, in Sydney, Tuesday, July 2, 2024. A 14-year-old boy dressed in military clothing was arrested after stabbing a 22-year-old student in the neck at Sydney University, police alleged. (Dan Himbrechts/AAP Image via AP)

Australian police arrest 14-year-old boy suspected of stabbing a student at the University of Sydney

By Rod McGuirk - Associated Press

South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol, center, boards the USS Theodore Roosevelt aircraft carrier at the South Korean naval base in Busan, South Korea, Tuesday, June 25, 2024. The newly-inaugurated Freedom Edge exercise is wrapping up in the East China Sea, having brought together Japanese, South Korean and American naval assets for multi-domain maneuvers for the first time. (South Korean Presidential Office/Yonhap via AP, File)

As threats from North Korean and Chinese rise, U.S. looks for defense partnerships with Asian allies

By David Rising - Associated Press

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange gestures after landing at RAAF air base Fairbairn in Canberra, Australia, Wednesday, June 26 2024. Assange has returned to his homeland Australia aboard a charter jet hours after pleading guilty to obtaining and publishing U.S. military secrets in a deal with Justice Department prosecutors that concludes a drawn-out legal saga.(AP Photo/Rick Rycroft)

Julian Assange is now free to do or say whatever he likes. What does his future hold?

By Charlotte Graham-McLay - Associated Press

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange gestures after landing at RAAF air base Fairbairn in Canberra, Australia, Wednesday, June 26 2024. Assange has returned to his homeland Australia aboard a charter jet hours after pleading guilty to obtaining and publishing U.S. military secrets in a deal with Justice Department prosecutors that concludes a drawn-out legal saga.(AP Photo/Rick Rycroft)

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange returns to Australia a free man after U.S. legal battle ends

By Rick Rycroft and Rod Mcguirk - Associated Press

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange gestures after landing at RAAF air base Fairbairn in Canberra, Australia, Wednesday, June 26 2024. Assange has returned to his homeland Australia aboard a charter jet hours after pleading guilty to obtaining and publishing U.S. military secrets in a deal with Justice Department prosecutors that concludes a drawn-out legal saga.(AP Photo/Rick Rycroft)

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange returns to Australia a free man after U.S. legal battle ends

By Rick Rycroft and Rod McGuirk - Associated Press

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, center, arrives at the United States courthouse where he is expected enter a plea deal in Saipan, Mariana Islands, Wednesday, June 26, 2024. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)

WikiLeaks’ Assange pleads guilty in deal with U.S. that secures his freedom, ends legal fight

By Mari Yamaguchi, Kimberly Esmores, Alanna Durkin Richer and Eric Tucker - Associated Press

Protesters hold placards in support of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange outside the High Court in London, Monday, May 20, 2024. Assange will plead guilty to a felony charge in a deal with the U.S. Justice Department that will free him from prison and resolve a long-running legal saga over the publication of a trove of classified documents. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung, File)

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange stops in Bangkok on his way to a U.S. court and later freedom

By Jintamas Saksornchai, Alanna Durkin Richer and Eric Tucker - Associated Press

In this photo released by IOM- PNG- Australia's Deputy Prime Minister Richard Maples walks around the sight of landslide at Yambali village in the Papua New Guinea highlands Thursday, June 20, 2024. Australia will provide a further $1.3 million to support reconstruction efforts in Papua New Guinea after last month's deadly landslide. The South Pacific island nation off Australia's northern coast is still struggling with the aftermath of the disaster in Enga province in its mountainous interior. (David Kuna/IOM - PNG via AP)

Australia boosting aid to Papua New Guinea for landslide recovery and security

By Keiran Smith - Associated Press

Chinese Premier Li Qiang and Australia's Prime Minister Anthony Albanese shake hands after making opening remarks at Parliament House in Canberra, Monday, June 17, 2024. (Mick Tsikas/Pool Photo via AP)

Chinese premier agrees with Australia to ‘properly manage’ differences

By Rod McGuirk - Associated Press

Chinese Premier Li Qiang reacts during a visit to Adelaide Zoo, Australia, Sunday, June 16, 2024. Li is on a relations-mending mission with panda diplomacy, rock lobsters and China's global dominance in the critical minerals sector high on the agenda during his four day visit to Australia. (Asanka Brendon Ratnayake/Pool Photo via AP)

Chinese premier promises more pandas and urges Australia to put aside differences

By Rod McGuirk - Associated Press

Ariarne Titmus reacts after winning the final of the Women's 200m Freestyle during the 2024 Australian Swimming Trials at the Brisbane Aquatic Centre in Brisbane, Wednesday, June 12, 2024. Titmus set a world record in the women’s 200-meter freestyle on Wednesday at Australia’s Olympic swimming trials on Wednesday.(Jono Searle/AAP Image via AP)

Aussie swimmers Cameron McEvoy, Bronte Campbell reach 4th Olympics, singer Cody Simpson misses out

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Chinese Premier Li Qiang waves on his arrival at Adelaide Airport, Australia, Saturday, June 15, 2024. Li is on a relations-mending mission with panda diplomacy, rock lobsters and China's global dominance in the critical minerals sector high on the agenda during his four day visit to Australia. (Asanka Brendon Ratnayake/Pool Photo via AP)

Chinese premier lands in Australia on first such visit in 7 years

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Chinese Premier Li Qiang visits Plant & Food Research facility in Auckland, New Zealand on Friday, June 14, 2024. Li, China's No. 2 official, is the first Chinese premier to visit New Zealand since a 2017 visit by Li Keqiang and will also travel to Australia and Malaysia, China's Foreign Ministry said this week. (Michael Craig/New Zealand Herald via AP)

Chinese premier flies to Australia after New Zealand visit

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Chinese Premier Li Qiang, centre, stands with New Zealand Prime Minister Christopher Luxon, left, and New Zealand Governor General Dame Cyndi Kiro during the official welcome ceremony in Wellington, New Zealand, Thursday, June 13, 2024. Li has arrived in New Zealand at the start of a weeklong tour that also includes Australia and Malaysia. (Mark Mitchell/NZ Herald via AP)

Chinese Premier Li and New Zealand’s Luxon hail close ties as they sign trade deals in Wellington

By Charlotte Graham-Mclay - Associated Press

In this Sept. 25, 2019, file photo, soldiers practice marching in formation ahead of the military parade to celebrate the 70th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China in Beijing. (Naohiko Hatta/Pool Photo via AP, File)

Chinese spy defects, reveals Beijing’s secrets

By Bill Gertz - The Washington Times

Australia's eSafety Commissioner Julie Inman Grant attends a press conference at Parliament House in Canberra, June 15, 2021. An Australian judge Monday, May 13, 2024, lifted a ban on the social media platform X showing Australians a video of a bishop being stabbed in a Sydney church. X is also taking a separate court action against eSafety Commissioner Julie Inman Grant, a former Twitter employee, that challenges the validity of her notice requiring the platform to remove video of the April 15 attack in an Assyrian Orthodox church. (Mick Tsikas/AAP Image via AP)

Australian judge lifts court ban on X showing video of Sydney church stabbing

By Rod McGuirk - Associated Press

Australian Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Defense Richard Marles speaks during a news conference at the State Department, Dec. 6, 2022, in Washington. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File)

Australia accuses China of unsafe behavior when fighter jet released flares in a helicopter’s path

By Rod McGuirk - Associated Press