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Philadelphia Eagles offensive tackle Jordan Mailata (68) after an NFL football game against the New York Giants, on Jan. 8, 2024, in East Rutherford, N.J. The NFL will expand its international search for talent by opening an academy in rugby-mad Australia to develop promising teenagers in the Asia-Pacific region into college and pro prospects. The NFL Academy will open in September for student athletes ages 12 to 18, following recruitment camps taking place this summer in Australia and New Zealand. Ahead with the NFL Draft, the announcement says the region is full of talent the likes of Philadelphia Eagles offensive tackle Jordan Mailata, a 6-foot-8 Australian who was deemed too big for rugby. (AP Photo/Bryan Woolston, File)

NFL to open academy in Australia to identify and develop young prospects

By Ken Maguire - Associated Press

In this image made from video, French construction worker, Damien Guerot is interviewed on television following the Bondi Junction stabbing attacks Sunday, April 14, 2024. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said Tuesday, April 16, that Guerot, who confronted a man who stabbed six people to death in a Sydney shopping mall on April 13, is welcome to stay in the country as long as he likes. (Channel 7 via AP)

French hero gains Australian residency for confronting killer in deadly Sydney shopping mall attack

By Mark Baker and Rod Mcguirk - Associated Press

Police patrol outside the Christ the Good Shepherd church in suburban Wakely in western Sydney, Australia, Tuesday, April 16, 2024. Australian police say a knife attack in Sydney that wounded a bishop and a priest during a church service as horrified worshippers watched online and in person, and sparked a riot was an act of terrorism.(AP Photo/Mark Baker)

Father of boy accused of stabbing 2 Sydney clerics saw no signs of extremism, Muslim leader says

By Mark Baker and Rod Mcguirk - Associated Press

Karen Webb, police commissioner of New South Wales state, speaks to media at Bondi Junction in Sydney, Sunday, April 14, 2024, after several people were stabbed to death at a shopping center Saturday. Australian police are examining why a lone assailant who stabbed multiple people to death in a busy Sydney shopping mall and injured more than a dozen others targeted women while avoiding men, a police commissioner said on Monday. Webb said detectives would question Joel Cauchi's family in a bid to determine his motive. CCTV footage from the mall showed Cauchi targeted women. (AP Photo/Rick Rycroft)

Australian police probe why man who stabbed 6 people to death in a Sydney mall targeted women

By Rod McGuirk - Associated Press

President Joe Biden and Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida walk from the Oval Office to a news conference in the Rose Garden of the White House, Wednesday, April 10, 2024, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Biden seeks coalition with Japan, Philippines to counter a rising China

By Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times

In this April 3, 2016, file photo, former Houston Rockets player Kenny Smith sits near the court during an NBA basketball game between the Oklahoma City Thunder and the Rockets in Houston, April 3, 2016. Kenny Smith will own an expansion team in Australia's National Basketball League and will help recruit and develop players for the league that has sent LaMelo Ball and others to the NBA in recent years. The former NBA player and TNT studio analyst was appointed Thursday, April 4, 2024, as head of the league's Next Stars' player initiatives for North America, hoping to boost the program that aims to be a springboard to the NBA for young players. (AP Photo/Bob Levey, File)

Kenny Smith to own a team, help develop young NBL players aiming to reach the NBA draft

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Australia's Lauren Jackson shoots over Canada's Natalie Achonwa during the bronze medal game at the women's Basketball World Cup in Sydney on Oct. 1, 2022. Jackson is coming out of retirement again in a bid to make the Australian team and compete at a fifth Olympics. The 42-year-old, three-time WNBA MVP was included in Australia’s 26-player squad Wednesday, March 27, and is widely tipped to make the final 12 for the Opals at the Olympics. (AP Photo/Rick Rycroft, File) **FILE**

Lauren Jackson comes of retirement again in a bid to play for Australia at the Olympics

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China's Minister of Foreign Affairs Wang Yi, left, meets his New Zealand counterpart Winston Peters, in Wellington, New Zealand, Monday, March 18, 2024. (Hagen Hopkins/Pool Photo via AP)

China’s foreign minister meets New Zealand counterpart, beginning trip that also includes Australia

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Suncorp Stadium general manager Alan Graham, left, and Queensland state Premier Steven Miles stand in front of the stadium in Brisbane, Australia, Monday, March 18, 2024. Brisbane Olympics organizers have scrapped plans to demolish and rebuild an iconic cricket ground as the centerpiece of the 2032 Games while also rejecting a review panel's recommendation for a new stadium in city parklands. (AAP Image/Darren England)

Brisbane Olympics organizers scrap plans for their 2032 centerpiece and reject new stadium idea

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Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese speaks at a joint press conference with the Prime Minister of Lao, Sonexay Siphandone, at the conclusion of the ASEAN-Australia Special Summit in Melbourne, Australia, Wednesday, March 6, 2024. (AP Photo/Hamish Blair)

Southeast Asian leaders call for South China Sea disputes to be resolved without threats or force

By Rod McGuirk - Associated Press

In this July 10, 2019 file photograph, singer Taylor Swift performs at Amazon Music's Prime Day concert at the Hammerstein Ballroom in New York. Powered by big stadium tours from artists like Swift and Beyoncé, ticket sales are booming and it appears likely that live acts will continue to draw massive crowds after the pandemic closed down concert venues globally for close to two years. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP, File)

Taylor Swift struck a deal with Singapore not to perform in any other Southeast Asian country

By Rod McGuirk - Associated Press

Australia's Josh Addo-Carr celebrates at the end of the Rugby League World Cup final match between Australia and Samoa at the Old Trafford Stadium in Manchester, England, Saturday, Nov. 19, 2022. When deciding whether to try to expand its impact to the United States, Australia's National Rugby League used a distinctly American sport as a model. A doubleheader Saturday night, March 2, 2024, at Las Vegas' Allegiant Stadium, which hosted the Super Bowl on Feb. 11, will be televised nationally in the U.S. on FS1.(AP Photo/Jon Super, File)

Australia’s National Rugby League trying to expand its footprint to the U.S.

By Mark Anderson - Associated Press

USA SailGP Team helmed by Taylor Canfield leads the SailGP fleet in fleet race one, with the Sydney Opera House and Sydney Harbour Bridge in the distance on Race Day 1 of the KPMG Australia Sail Grand Prix in Sydney, Australia, Saturday, Feb. 24, 2024. (Simon Bruty/SailGP via AP)

Australia and Denmark share the lead after the 1st day of racing at SailGP on Sydney harbor

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Shane Van Gisbergen celebrates after winning a NASCAR Cup Series auto race at the Grant Park 220 Sunday, July 2, 2023, in Chicago. Van Gisbergen took NASCAR by storm last season by winning the inaugural Chicago Street Race in his first-ever NASCAR Cup Series race.(AP Photo/Morry Gash, File)

Shane van Gisbergen shocked NASCAR with a win in his debut. He’s now chasing a Cup career

By Dan Gelston - Associated Press

Duncan Scott of Britain competes in the men's 200-meter medley semifinal at the World Aquatics Championships in Doha, Qatar, Wednesday, Feb. 14, 2024. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)

A night of firsts at the World Aquatics Championships in Doha

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Katie Ledecky competes in the women's 800-meter freestroke final at the World Swimming Championships in Fukuoka, Japan, Saturday, July 29, 2023. Given the unusual timing — a lingering fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic — many of the biggest names have decided to skip the World Aquatics Championships meet in Doha, Qatar. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip, File)

World Aquatics Championships begin in Doha, but many top swimmers are staying home

By PAUL NEWBERRY - Associated Press

Funafuti, the main island of the nation state of Tuvalu, is photographed from a Royal New Zealand airforce C130 aircraft as it approaches the tiny South Pacific nation. On Friday, Jan 26, 2024, the small Pacific island of Tuvalu head to the polls to select representatives for its 16-seat parliament. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant, File)

Tuvalu’s prime minister reportedly loses his seat in crucial elections on the Pacific island nation

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Jannik Sinner of Italy celebrates after defeating Novak Djokovic of Serbia in their semifinal at the Australian Open tennis championships at Melbourne Park, Melbourne, Australia, Friday, Jan. 26, 2024. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)

Unflappable Sinner prepares for his first major final, faces Medvedev in Australia

By John Pye - Associated Press

Aryna Sabalenka of Belarus holds the Daphne Akhurst Memorial Cup after defeating Zheng Qinwen of China in the women's singles final at the Australian Open tennis championships at Melbourne Park, Melbourne, Australia, Saturday, Jan. 27, 2024. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)

Sabalenka clinches back-to-back Australian Open titles with a victory over Qinwen

By John Pye - Associated Press

Alexander Zverev of Germany celebrates after defeating Carlos Alcaraz of Spain in their quarterfinal match at the Australian Open tennis championships at Melbourne Park, Melbourne, Australia, early Thursday, Jan. 25, 2024. (AP Photo/Asanka Brendon Ratnayake)

Zverev ousts Alcaraz to move into Australian Open semifinals against Medvedev

By Simon Cambers - Associated Press