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Australia orders checks on Chinese-made cameras in defence offices
The checks come after Britain in November asked its government departments to stop installing Chinese-linked surveillance cameras at sensitive buildings, citing security risks
China approves two domestically developed COVID drugs
The drugs, used for treating adult patients with mild to moderate COVID-19 infections, have been developed by Simcere Pharmaceutical Group and a unit of Shanghai Junshi Biosciences Co
N Korea calls for normalising factories
South Korea's central bank has said the North's economy shrank in 2021 for a second straight year after suffering its biggest contraction
'Once in a century' flood cuts off communities in Australia
People in the Kimberley are experiencing a one-in-100-year flood event, the worst flooding Western Australia has had in its history, said Western Australia Emergency Services Minister Stephen Dawson
Indonesia bans sex outside marriage
The country’s parliament approves a new criminal code that bans sex outside marriage with a punishment of up to one year in jail
The glitch in Japan's plans to bolster US defence
Japan faces an uphill battle in creating the systems and finding the people it needs to plug these vulnerabilities, officials and experts say
Thousands mark Anzac Day in Australia and New Zealand
Anzac Day originally commemorated a battle on the Gallipoli peninsula in Turkey during World War One
Australian police charge five teenagers in Sydney cleric's stabbing
The latest charges included possessing violent extremist material, conspiring to prepare for a terrorist act and carrying a knife in public