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Exclusive: Leader of successful class action says government should ‘step in to overturn the convictions’, amid calls for a formal apologyFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastThe Indonesian fisher who led the challenge against Australia’s unlawful detention of hundreds of children found on people-smuggling boats has urged the government to...

Ferdinand Marcos Jr was flown in because concert-goers created ‘unforeseen traffic complications’, bodyguards sayPhilippine president Ferdinand Marcos Jr has been criticised for using a presidential helicopter to attend a Coldplay concert north of the capital Manila, bypassing the area’s notorious traffic jams.On social media, many accused the president of wasting taxpayers’ money, and pointed out that the public has to endure Metro Manila’s infamous...

Preliminary investigations show 47 people from 18 households missing in mountainous region, broadcaster CCTV reportsForty-seven people were buried in a landslide in China’s south-western Yunnan province, state media has reported.CCTV said on Monday that about 18 households were buried, and more than 200 people were evacuated. Authorities launched an emergency response involving more than 200 rescue workers as well as dozens of fire engines...

Home affairs department confirms eight of the 11 people flown to island nation in September have since returned homeFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastEight of the 11 asylum seekers taken to Nauru in September – including a woman and child – have returned to their country of origin.In October...

Fire broke out in dormitories of primary school in central Henan provinceThirteen pupils have died after a fire broke out in dormitories at a primary school in central Henan province, Chinese state media reported.All of the dead were third-grade students, a teacher at Yingcai school told Zonglan news, a state-backed media outlet from Hebei province. One person rescued from the scene was being treated...