4 h. ago Diplomatic war of words as China accuses Australia of 'deliberately hyping up' live fire incident off the coast of Sydney

China's defence Ministry spokesman Wu Qian hit back on Sunday to say that its fleet's training and exercise area is far away from the Australian coastline.

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44 h. ago I used The Ordinary’s £8 glycolic acid for a month and it ‘transformed my skin’

The toner really does live up to the hype

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54 h. ago EastEnders star left 'shaken up' and 'hyperventilating' after huge blunder in live episode

EastEnders legend Adam Woodyatt said a co-star was "really shaken up" after getting something wrong in a live episode of the soap, which is celebrating its 40th anniversary

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3 d. ago Australia will ‘watch every move’ of Chinese warships detected off east coast

Ships’ presence off east coast follows incident in South China Sea in which a Chinese fighter jet released flares in front of Australian military planeFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastAustralia will “watch every move” of three Chinese warships which have been detected off the country’s east coast, the defence minister has said.Three People’s Liberation Army-Navy vessels – the Jiangkai-class frigate Hengyang, the Renhai-class cruiser Zunyi and the Fuchi-class replenishment vessel Weishanhu – were detected off north-east Queensland last week and have been surveilled since as they have sailed south. The Financial Times reported the ships were about 150 nautical miles off the coast of Sydney.Sign up for Guardian Australia’s breaking news email Continue reading...

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5 d. ago Fury as Pink Floyd's Roger Waters goes on unhinged rant at UN while wearing Palestine pin

Speaking via Zoom on Monday, the controversial 81-year-old musician addressed diplomats at a Security Council meeting about the war in Ukraine.

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6 d. ago China accuses US of ‘backpedalling’ with change to wording on Taiwan independence

Taiwan welcomes US state department’s ‘positive and friendly’ revision of fact sheet on the island

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