Match-fixing scandal rocks tennis
SYDNEY—A match-fixing charge in Australia has underlined concerns about corruption in tennis ahead of the year’s opening Grand Slam, with ...
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PH, Asia heighten alert
SECURITY forces arrested the ninth suspect in the September 2 Davao City night market bombing as Southeast Asian nations and ...
Read moreChristmas Day terror plot foiled in Australia
A "significant" Islamic State-inspired Christmas Day terror plot targeting central Melbourne with explosives has been foiled after a series of ...
Read more6.5-magnitude earthquake hits northern Australia
A strong 6.5-magnitude earthquake jolted northern Australia and parts of Indonesia Wednesday with residents in Darwin reporting widespread shaking, but ...
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ICTSI bares completion of Melbourne terminal
Port operator International Container Terminal Inc. said Tuesday it completed the world’s most technologically advanced container terminal in Melbourne, Australia. ...
Read moreSecond Sydney airport cleared
SYDNEY"•Sydney is to get its second international airport after the Australian government approved plans Monday, ending decades of indecision over ...
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Aussies win by 19 shots; PH is no. 6
A VIRTUAL champ after two rounds, Australia never let up and re-claimed the Asia-Pacific Senior Amateur Championship crown via a ...
Read more‘Australia rights record tarnished’
SYDNEY"•Australia’s “punitive approach” to boat people has tarnished its human rights record, the United Nations said Friday as it voiced ...
Read moreAustralian falsely accused in Philippine drug war: Court
A Philippine judge dismissed a narcotics trafficking charge against an Australian man after ruling police made up evidence, court documents ...
Read moreAustralia keeps rates unchanged
SYDNEY"•Australia’s central bank kept interest rates at a record low Tuesday in the first meeting for newly-minted chief Philip Lowe, ...
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Manila Standard website (manilastandard.net), launched in August 2002, extends the newspaper’s reach beyond its traditional readers and makes its brand of Philippine news and opinion available to a much wider and geographically diverse readership here and overseas.