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nother tennis star was detained by Australian Border Force officials upon landing in Melbourne for the 2022 Australian Open. Czech tennis player Renata Voracova was placed in the same immigration detention hotel as Novak Djokovic after having her visa canceled by Australian Border Force officials, Czech authorities confirmed Friday, via ESPN. Voracova was reportedly detained after being told by Australian Border Force officials that she had to leave the country. It’s unclear why Voracova was apprehended by Australian officials. The Czech Foreign Ministry said Voracova and Djokovic are “in the same detention” in Melbourne “together with several other players.” The...

Tasmanian devils were born in mainland Australia for the first time in 3,000 years, wildlife charity Aussie Ark announced. The non-profit announced in an Instagram post Monday that seven Tasmanian devil joeys were born at Barrington Wildlife Sanctuary after the species died out in the country due to predators and disease. "We have been working tirelessly for the better part of 10 years to return devils to the wild of mainland Australia with the hope that they would establish a sustainable population," the Aussie Ark said. "We had been watching them from afar until it was time to step in...

It is important that China's influence in Asia should be balanced, and that a democratic model of development is seen to work for big, poor countries, writes foreign editor Greg Sheridan. THE mid-term congressional elections in the US next Tuesday will have foreign policy consequences far beyond Iraq. Outside of Iraq, nothing the Bush administration has done is more important than the strategic relationship it is building with India. It is the equivalent of Richard Nixon's opening to China 30 years ago. Earlier this year, George W. Bush, and India's redoubtable Prime Minister Manmohan Singh concluded a nuclear co-operation deal...

Howard speech: full textAAPOctober 10, 2004LADIES and gentlemen and my fellow Australians, can I say first of all that I am truly humbled by this extraordinary expression of confidence in the leadership of this great nation by the coalition. And the first thing I say to the Australian people in accepting their charge to lead the nation over the years ahead, the first thing I say is to rededicate myself and all of my colleagues to the service of the Australian people. This nation by reason of the circumstances of history and by reason of its great capacity and the...