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☆ Mysterious black balls that washed up on Sydney beach were foul-smelling mini ‘fatbergs’
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-07 | by ( Lex Harvey | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

CNN —The mystery of the black balls that washed up on some of Sydney’s most iconic beaches last month has now been solved – and it’s more disgusting than you could ever imagine. Australian beachgoers were turned away from seven beaches last month after lifeguards spotted thousands of black spheres, prompting closures and clean-up efforts. People visit Coogee Beach in Sydney, Australia after authorities closed it to the public on October 16, 2024, following the sighting of mysterious black balls on its shores. These Sydney fatbergs were no ordinary fatbergs, however. The blobs contained everything from fecal matter to medication and recreational drugs, the scientists wrote.

Persons: ”, Jon Beves, Saeed Khan, William Alexander Donald, ” Donald, 9news, Fatbergs, Sydney fatbergs Organizations: CNN, University of New, UNSW, New South, New South Wales Environment, Protection Authority, Sydney, Getty, EPA, “ Authorities Locations: University of New South Wales, New, New South Wales, Bondi, Coogee Beach, Sydney, Australia, AFP, Birmingham, “

☆ Sydney Marathon named as seventh major race in elite circuit
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-03 | by ( Homero De La Fuente | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —Sydney has been officially elevated to the ranks of the Abbott World Marathon Majors, becoming the seventh city to join the prestigious series. Starting in 2025, the Sydney Marathon will become the first major marathon in the Southern Hemisphere as it joins elite races in Boston, New York, Chicago, London, Berlin and Tokyo. Abbott World Marathon Majors CEO Dawna Stone said she was “thrilled” that Sydney will become the seventh major, while complimenting the hard work of the race’s organizers. In September, a record 20,272 runners finished the race, helping it clear its second consecutive assessment to become an Abbott World Marathon Major. The 2025 Sydney Marathon is scheduled for August 31, with more than 33,000 runners expected to participate, according to the New South Wales government.

Persons: Dawna Stone, “, ” Stone, ”, Jane Flemming, ” Flemming Organizations: CNN, Abbott, Sydney Marathon, Sydney Harbour, Athletics Australia, Sydney, Cape, Marathon, New South Locations: Southern, Boston , New York, Chicago, London, Berlin, Tokyo, Sydney, Australia, Cape Town, Shanghai, New South Wales

☆ King Charles visits Australia as the country puts its republic debate on hold
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-18 | by ( Hilary Whiteman | Lauren Said-Moorhouse | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

Lesley Kerl met King Charles in Sydney during his last trip to Australia in April 2018. Pool via Nine NewsAfter Australia, King Charles will head to Samoa to join world leaders at the biennial Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM), his first as head of the organization. “We’d love to wave goodbye to royal reign,” Nathan Hansford, co-chair of the Australian Republic Movement, told Reuters. The Australian Republic Movement launched a "farewell Oz tour" for King Charles ahead of his visit. He seems to have put that on hold to come out to Australia, as part of the Commonwealth,” McArthur said.

Persons: Australia CNN —, Charles, Camilla, Lesley Kerl, Kerl, King, “, ”, King Charles, there’ll, –, ” Nathan Hansford, Bev McArthur, ” McArthur, She’s, McArthur, Anthony Albanese, lauding, Queen Elizabeth II, Duke, Edinburgh, George Gross, Charles III, Thibaud Moritz, They’ll, Albanese –, Georgina Long, Richard Scolyer –, They’re, Scolyer, King George VI, I’ve, Anne Organizations: CNN’s Royal, Australia CNN, Government, Republicans, Australian Republic Movement, Reuters, The Australian Republic Movement, Commonwealth, Aboriginal, Torres Strait, Sports, Fox, King’s College London, Getty, Canberra, Australian, Torres, Opera, New Locations: Brisbane, Australia, Sydney, Commonwealth, Samoa, Windsor, Normandy, “, Germany, France, Kenya, United Kingdom, New Zealand, Charles, Torres Strait, New South Wales

Sydney’s famous Bondi Beach and other beaches around the Australian city were shut on Thursday as authorities investigated mysterious tar balls that have washed ashore. The dark, sticky, golf-ball-sized blobs were first reported Tuesday on Coogee Beach, leading to a series of beach closures across the city’s shores. The City Council of Randwick, a Sydney suburb that is home to four of the beaches, said preliminary test results showed that the blobs were tar balls, formed when oil comes into contact with debris and water. “We don’t yet know what has happened to produce the debris washing up on our beaches,” Mayor Dylan Parker said in a statement Thursday. The regulator said it was investigating the origin of the debris and whether it posed any risks to the community and environment.

Persons: Bronte, Tamarama, Dylan Parker Organizations: City Council of, ”, Environment Protection Authority Locations: Bondi, Coogee Beach, Gordons, Clovelly, Maroubra Beach, City Council of Randwick, Sydney, New South Wales, Congong, Little Bay, Malabar

☆ Travel news: World’s best city for nightlife, according to Time Out
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-24 | by ( Maureen O'Hare | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

Editor’s Note: Sign up for Unlocking the World, CNN Travel’s weekly newsletter. Get the latest news in aviation, food and drink, where to stay and other travel developments. CNN —In travel news this week: the world’s best party spots, the city taking a stand against electric scooters, plus the story of how the world’s tallest bridge transformed a continent. Best nightlife citiesSun, sea and samba: Rio de Janeiro in Brazil has been declared the best place in the world to party right now, according to Time Out’s new survey of thousands of people worldwide. The best place to party in Europe, unsurprisingly, is Germany’s legendary clubbing capital Berlin.

Persons: Dolly Parton —, we’ve, Dolly Parton, you’ve, James Beard, Harry Styles, they’ve Organizations: CNN, Rio, •, CNN CNN Travel, Wall Street Locations: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Manila, Philippines, Europe, Berlin, Melbourne, New Jersey, Monterey , California, California, Knoxville , Tennessee, Tennessee

☆ Sydney Metro Expands, Opening to Celebrity-Level Fanfare
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-23 | by ( Yan Zhuang | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

This week’s issue is written by Yan Zhuang, an Australian reporter in the Seoul bureau (who is very excited about the metro). A key segment of Sydney’s new metro train line opened early on Monday with a level of fanfare usually associated with celebrity appearances or pop concerts. The new section, which connects Sydenham, an inner-west neighborhood of Sydney, to Chatswood, in the north, runs under the city’s business district and crosses under the Harbor Bridge. It is the second part of the metro project to open, after a northern section that started operating in 2019. The news media covered the opening in breathless terms.

Persons: Yan Zhuang, David Levinson, marveled, “ Organizations: University of Sydney, ABC, ” Broadcasting, New Locations: Australia, Australian, Seoul, Sydney, Sydenham, Chatswood, “, New South Wales

☆ ‘Sponge’ cities combat urban flooding by letting nature do the work
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-13 | by ( Christy Choi | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +12 min

Turenscape/Courtesy The Cultural Landscape FoundationYu’s proposal is this: Create areas with porous earth where local plants can thrive with little or no maintenance. But whether this latest flooding crisis demonstrates the limitations of China’s sponge cities, or supports the case to expand them, is a matter of debate. Turenscape/Courtesy The Cultural Landscape FoundationTurenscape planted 5,600 seedlings of 360 local species, including rare trees indigenous to Thailand’s central river basin. Turenscape/Courtesy The Cultural Landscape FoundationThis may be another reason Yu’s services have been sought outside China. Last year, The Cultural Landscape Foundation awarded Yu the $100,000 Oberlander Prize in recognition of his pioneering work.

Persons: Kongjian Yu, Yu, ” Yu, Turenscape, Xi Jinping, Faith Chan, ”, Chan, Elizabeth Mossop, ” Mossop, “ Organizations: CNN, redwoods, UK’s University of Leeds, Research, Global Times, University of Nottingham, Thai, Arsomsilp, Environmental, Landscape Foundation, University of Technology Sydney’s School of Design Locations: Nanchang, China's Jiangxi, China, Qinghuandao, China's Hebei province, Wuhan, Hainan, Sanya, China's, Guangdong, Turenscape, University of Nottingham Ningbo China, ”, Bangkok

☆ Raygun: Australian breaker praised for her ‘courage’ and ‘character’ after viral performances at the Paris Olympics
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-12 | by ( George Ramsay | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

CNN —Rachael Gunn arrived in Paris as a competitive breaker excited to make her Olympic debut. Recently, that took her all the way to the Paris Olympics, where 32 athletes – known as B-boys and B-girls – were competing at the Games for the first time. Raygun competes against Logistx at the Paris Olympics. “All my moves are original,” Raygun said after competing in Paris. Raygun said that all of her breaking moves are original.

Persons: Rachael Gunn, Gunn –, Raygun, –, USA’s Logistx, France’s, Lithuania’s Nicka, Adele, Harry Langer, ” Raygun, “, ”, Martin Gilian, Sergey Nifontov, ” Gunn, Ezra Shaw, ” Anna Meares Organizations: CNN, Paris Olympics, Games, Concorde, Twitter, Sydney’s Macquarie University, Logistx, Oceania, Olympics, DanceSport, Getty, Olympic, International Olympic Committee Locations: Paris, Sydney, Australia, Munich, New York City, Los Angeles

☆ Sharks are congregating at a California beach. SharkEye’s AI is trying to keep swimmers safe
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-29 | by ( Amy Gunia | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

CNN —On summer mornings, local kids like to gather at Padaro Beach in California to learn to surf in gentle whitewater waves. Human vs. AI shark detectionA rise in the popularity of drones, and the proliferation of social media, may make it seem like sharks are everywhere. Although there hasn’t been a fatal attack recorded at Padaro Beach, some community members were concerned when sharks began loitering there. SharkEye's drone pilot, Samantha Mladjov, at Padaro Beach in California. Officials in Honolulu said this month that they’re considering launching a drone shark surveillance program, according to local media.

Persons: SharkEye, ” Neil Nathan, BOSL, hasn’t, Nathan, Samantha Mladjov, Science Laboratory Nathan, ”, “ Organizations: CNN, University of California Santa, Science Laboratory, Science, Stanford University, Florida Museum, Natural, New, Officials, “ Sharks Locations: Padaro, California, New York, Sydney, Padaro Beach, Santa Barbara, India, Australia, Queensland, Mexico, Caribbean, New South Wales, Bondi, Honolulu, Hawaii

☆ China economy and employment: People who used to work for major tech giants are now doing manual labor
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-20 | by ( Chris Lau | Hassan Tayir | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

Li, 27, is part of a growing base of Chinese workers swapping high-pressure office jobs for flexible blue-collar work. But these firms are slowly losing their appeal as China’s economy faces headwinds including a property crisis, declining foreign investment and slumping consumption. The trend to move from professional to manual jobs comes amid surging demand for blue-collar workers, according to Chinese recruitment platform Zhaopin. And blue-collar workers’ pay has also gone up, attracting more people to jobs they might have previously avoided. Pressure of another kindBut some wonder if blue-collar work is truly the stress-free refuge people like Li and Wang imagine it to be.

Persons: Hong Kong CNN — Leon Li, ”, Li, “, Alice Wang, Wang, –, Larry Hu, Zhang Yuxiao, David Goodman, commenter Organizations: Hong Kong CNN, CNN, National Bureau of Statistics, Workers, NBS, University of Sydney’s China Studies Centre Locations: China, Hong Kong, Hangzhou, Chengdu, –, Macquarie, Shanghai

☆ Cleveland Guardians: Travis Bazzana becomes first Australian ever taken with top pick in Major League Baseball draft
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-15 | by ( Brad Lendon | Jacob Lev | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

CNN —The Cleveland Guardians selected Australian second baseman Travis Bazzana with the top pick in the 2024 Major League Baseball Draft on Sunday, the first time an Aussie has been taken in the first round - let alone with the first overall pick - for the world’s premier baseball league. With his selection by Cleveland, Bazzana will join a franchise with the best record in the American League and the second-best record in MLB as well as baseball’s No. Now he hopes his pick at the top of the MLB Draft will translate into more Australians dreaming of the baseball diamond. Travis Bazzana was selected first overall by the Cleveland Guardians during the 2024 MLB Draft at Cowtown Coliseum on July 14, 2024 in Fort Worth, Texas. The MLB Draft continues through July 16 ahead of the MLB All-Star game at Globe Life Park in Arlington, Texas.

Persons: Travis Bazzana, Bazzana, Steven Kwan, Jeff Moreland, ”, we’ve, Sam Hodde, Chris Antonetti, Travis, he’s, Paul Skenes, Cleveland, Chase Burns, Charlie Condon, Golden, – Organizations: CNN, Cleveland Guardians, Major, Baseball, world’s, Oregon State University for, Australia, Cleveland, American League, MLB, Oregon State Beavers, Turramurra High, Oregon State University, ESPN Australia, ESPN, Guardians, Cowtown Coliseum, Images, Collegiate, American, Major League, Pittsburgh Pirates, Cincinnati Reds, Wake, NCAA Division, The Colorado Rockies, University of Georgia, Life Locations: Kentucky, Lexington, Sydney’s, Fort Worth , Texas, Arlington , Texas

☆ WAF Awards 2024: World’s best new architecture revealed
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-10 | by ( Oscar Holland | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

Spanning 18 categories, from housing and offices to health facilities and sport venues, the shortlist was announced by organizers of the annual World Architecture Festival (WAF) on Monday. 2024 World Architecture FestivalChilean architecture firm Contexto was recognized for its serene A-framed hotel, TAWA Refugio. 2024 World Architecture FestivalLocated on the European shore of the Gallipoli Peninsula in Turkey, the original 17th-century structure was severely damaged during WWI. 2024 World Architecture FestivalThe circular OLM Nature Escape, designed by Andreas Gruber Architects, is a boutique hotel nestled in Italy’s Dolomite Mountains. 2024 World Architecture Festival

Persons: Hadid, Sydney’s, Paul Finch, Kohn Pedersen Fox, Contexto, Kyriakos Tsolakis, Andreas Gruber Organizations: CNN, Australian Embassy, Washington DC, Singapore’s, Airport, of XXI Century Arts, Reutlingen University of Applied Sciences, National Star Observatory of, Kyriakos Tsolakis Architects, Civic, 3NX Architects, Andreas Gruber Architects Locations: Dubai, Cyprus, Turkish, Washington, China’s Zhejiang, Rome, Copenhagen, Germany, TAWA Refugio, Delhi, National Star Observatory of Cyprus, Ezhou, Turkey, Aarhus

CNN —As many as 2,000 people are feared to have been buried by last week’s massive landslide in Papua New Guinea, according to the country’s National Disaster Centre, as survivors recounted the horror losing so many loved ones. The landslide occurred in the mountainous Enga region in northern Papua New Guinea on Friday and the latest missing figure is a sharp rise from earlier estimates. Mohamud Omer/International Organization for Migration/APMiok Michael, a local community leader, told CNN that it was likely there were few survivors. But that may now be a major underestimate according to the latest projection from Papua New Guinea’s disaster agency. “There are no reports of earthquakes at this time but we did have quite a lot of rain and a lot of unseasonal weather happening across Papua New Guinea,” Jensen said.

Persons: Kambu, ”, “, Mohamud Omer, Michael, Laso Mana, Chris Jensen, ” Jensen, Justine McMahon, ” McMahon, Pierre Rognon, it’s, Alan Collins, ” Collins, Jensen, we’ve Organizations: CNN, Disaster, Reuters, International Organization for Migration, United Nations, Mission, National Disaster Centre, UN, World, CARE International, University of Sydney’s School of Civil Engineering, University of Adelaide Locations: Papua New Guinea, Yambali, Highlands, Papua, Kaokalam, Port Moresby

☆ Small plane loses power, skims suburban rooftops before making crash landing on belly
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-27 | by ( Kathleen Magramo | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +1 min

CNN —A pilot and passenger emerged unscathed from a light plane that made a dramatic crash landing in Australia after flying perilously close to houses in suburban Sydney. “It was gliding, there was no power,” pilot Jake Swanepoel told Nine News. Ground staff dashed to assist them, but Swanepoel and his partner Karin climbed out of the aircraft unscathed. “We didn’t think we were going to make this landing strip here,” Karin told Nine News. The Australian Transport Safety Bureau told CNN that it is gathering further information about the landing before deciding whether to launch an investigation.

Persons: Jake Swanepoel, Swanepoel, Karin, ” Karin, who’s, ” Organizations: CNN, Cessna, Nine, Nine News, Bankstown Airport, Australian Transport Safety Bureau, . Nine Locations: Australia, Sydney, Sydney’s, “, Sydney's

☆ A-League: Soccer players in Australia charged over alleged transnational betting plot
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-17 | by ( Chris Lau | Angus Watson | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

Sydney CNN —Three players from Australia’s top soccer league have been arrested and charged over an alleged betting scam, accused of deliberately getting yellow cards and giving away penalties at the behest of a South American criminal. A senior A-League player allegedly took instructions from the mastermind and arranged the infractions with teammates in designated games last year, according to New South Wales Police. Investigators have not disclosed the players’ team, but said they are attached to a club in Sydney’s south-west. Nor did they find evidence that players from other teams may have been complicit, he said. He said the bets were placed offshore, predominantly in South America, with no trace that betting has come from Australia.

Persons: Michael Fitzgerald, ”, Peter Faux Organizations: Sydney CNN —, League, New South Wales Police, Junior, ”, Macarthur FC, NSW Police Locations: American, New, Sydney’s, Sydney, Macarthur, South America, Australia

☆ Sydney, Australia, stabbing: Mall attacker may have targeted women, police say, as more details emerge of his six victims
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-15 | by ( Helen Regan | Sandi Sidhu | Mall Attacker Was Known To Authorities | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +10 min

The community is devastated in the knowledge of their loss.”Police said Monday they had concluded their examinations of the shopping mall and the crime scene was being handed back to Westfield. More than 100 pieces of evidence were removed and will be forensically examined as part of the investigation, said Yasmin Catley, New South Wales Minister for Police. A woman cries as she comes out of the Westfield Bondi Junction shopping mall after a stabbing incident in Sydney on April 13, 2024. People react outside the Westfield Bondi Junction shopping mall after a stabbing incident in Sydney on April 13, 2024. The number of women killed by violence in Australia has ranged between 43 and 84 each year since Counting Dead Women began tallying deaths in 2012.

Persons: Joel Cauchi, Health Ryan, Cauchi, Karen Webb, ”, ” Webb, “, Lisa Maree Williams, Chris Minns, ” Minn, Yasmin Catley, David Gray, Baby, ‘, Ashlee Good, Good, Health Park, Ashlee, Faraz Tahir, ” Tahir, Adnan Qadir, Tahir, Anthony Albanese, KIIS, Yixuan Cheng, ’, undoubtably, Amy Scott, Scott, Webb, Amy, she’s, Roger Lowe, David GRAY, Lowe, New South Wales Premier Minns, Arthur Organizations: CNN, New South Wales ’, Health, New South Wales Police, ABC, ” Police, Getty, Police, Westfield, New South Wales Minister, “, “ Staff, Ahmadiyya Muslim Community of Australia, Australian, Embassy, Australia’s, Queensland Police, New South Wales Police Force, Queensland Police Service, New South Wales Premier, Minn Locations: Sydney’s, Bondi, Westfield, New South, New, Bondi Junction, Australia, Queensland, Sydney, AFP, Pakistan

☆ At Least 5 Killed in Stabbing at Mall in Australia
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-13 | by ( Victoria Kim | Damien Cave | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

PinnedFive people were killed and several others injured in a stabbing rampage Saturday afternoon at a crowded major mall in Sydney, Australia, prompting the police to declare a critical incident and evacuate the area. The attacker was shot and killed by a lone police officer who was directed into the mall by people fleeing the scene, police said. The officer then opened fire, saving lives, Anthony Cooke, police assistant commissioner for the New South Wales Police, said at a news briefing. The assailant stabbed about nine people as he moved through the mall Saturday afternoon, Assistant Commissioner Cooke said. “There’s nothing we’re aware at the scene that would indicate any motive or ideology,” Assistant Commissioner Cooke said in the briefing, noting the investigation was in its early stages.

Persons: Anthony Cooke, Cooke, “, Yan Zhuang, Isabella Kwai Organizations: New South Wales Police, ”, Westfield, Southern Hemisphere Locations: Sydney, Australia, Westfield, Bondi, Sydney’s Eastern

☆ A daily step goal may cut disease and death risk in even otherwise sedentary people, study finds
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-06 | by ( Kristen Rogers | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

CNN —Ten thousand steps per day have long been known as the magic number needed to lower risk of disease and early death. What researchers didn’t know was whether the amount could have the same effect even for people who are sedentary most of the day. Get 10,000 steps a day to potentially counteract the impacts of being too sedentary, a new study suggests. You’re not supposed to be sitting at a computer for 12 hours a day and barely moving,” Freeman said. “Exercise is great for you, and it is truly the magic elixir that hits virtually every disease we take care of,” Freeman said.

Persons: ”, Matthew Ahmadi, Maskot, University of Sydney’s Charles Perkins, who’d, David Katz, Katz, Andrew Freeman, wasn’t, ” Freeman, Freeman, doesn’t, You’re, “, — Organizations: CNN’s, CNN, British, of Sports Medicine, University of Sydney’s, University of Sydney’s Charles Perkins Centre, True Health Initiative, Jewish Health Locations: Australia, United Kingdom, Denver

☆ Alleged murder of Sydney couple by police officer reopens old wounds in LGBTQ+ community
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-01 | by ( Angus Watson | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

Sydney, Australia CNN —The alleged murder of a young Sydney couple by a serving police officer has opened a tragic new chapter in the troubled history between the force and the city’s LGBT+ community and cast a shadow over Mardi Gras, a vibrant annual celebration of their culture. The bodies of Sydney couple Luke Davies and Jesse Baird were found a week after their alleged murder. Adding to that distress was a photo circulated widely of the alleged killer marching in police uniform at the 2020 Mardi Gras. The couple's alleged murder has cast a shadow over the annual Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras parade. Recommendations to police included reinvestigating some of the suspected hate crimes murders, but also for officers to take courses in LGBT+ bias and to improve relations with the LGBT+ community.

Persons: Australia CNN —, Senior New South Wales Police Constable Beaumont Lamarre, Condon, Jesse Baird, Luke Davies, Baird, Davies, @Jesse Baird, Kate Webb, Taylor Swift, Taylor, ” Webb, Mardi, Jesse, Luke who, Webb, ”, “, Jenny Evans, ” It’s, Mardi Gras, Robert French, Tony Crandell, John Sefton, John Sackar, Sackar Organizations: Australia CNN, Mardi Gras, Senior New South Wales Police, Baird’s Paddington, revelers, Gay, Instagram Police, NSW Police, NSW police, Sydney Gay, 78er, ‘, Oxford, International, Sunday Locations: Sydney, Australia, Mardi, Senior, Baird’s, Sydney’s, Mardi Gras, NSW, Newspix, Police

☆ Opinion: A Sydney ‘copshop’ with a dark history. And the gay community reclaiming it
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-22 | by ( Opinion Gary Nunn | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

Police arrest a protester during a gay rights demonstration, which would become known as the first Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras, June 1978. A permanent place to learn and healThere’s never been a more crucial time to record and display the stories and history of my LGBTQI community. LGBTQ+ activists demonstrate in what would evolve into the Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras, 1978. Many arrested gay men were sent to Cooma — the world’s only known jail for gay men — also in New South Wales. My gay community finally gets to tell their own history in a venue that imprisoned and beat us for simply being ourselves.

Persons: Gary Nunn, Read, Gary Nunn Qtopia, Sydney’s, Anthony Albanese, “ ‘, ”, Darlo copshop, Steve Warren, Peter Murphy, Murphy, Qtopia, They’ve, videographers, There’s, —, David Polson, wasn’t, “, Cooma, David hasn’t, He’s Organizations: Sydney CNN, Darlinghurst Police, “ ‘ 78ers, ‘ 78ers, 78ers, Police, Sydney Gay, Mardi Gras, Sydney Morning Herald, Fairfax Media, Getty, Warren, Mardi, South Wales, Gay, NSW police, Goliath Locations: Sydney, Australia, Darlinghurst, San Francisco, London, South, Qtopia, New South Wales, Uganda, Malaysia, Guyana, Dominica, Nigeria, Pakistan

☆ During Lunar New Year, the Lion Dance Reigns - The New York Times
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-20 | by ( David Ma | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

I was born in Sydney, Australia, as the only child of parents who immigrated from China with little financial security or knowledge of English. I spent most of my childhood in Sydney’s Chinatown, by my mother’s side during school holidays as she worked the checkout at a Chinese supermarket. As a child I was mystified by the magnificent lions that would appear, as if from nowhere, on the streets of Chinatown and the Sydney suburbs. I would watch with awe as they performed elaborate dances during cultural events. My work as a filmmaker is dedicated to Australian immigrant communities like the one I grew up in.

Organizations: Powerhouse Museum Locations: Sydney, Australia, China, Sydney’s Chinatown, Chinatown

The order by the Hong Kong High Court also is not a remedy for the crisis of confidence haunting China’s financial markets. Markets in both Hong Kong and Shanghai fell Tuesday while share prices of property developers sank. State-owned Chinese banks and other domestic entities own most of the debt owed by Chinese property developers. David Goodman, director of the University of Sydney’s China Studies Center, said he thinks China’s property debt burdens are unlikely to precipitate a major financial crisis. “The fact of the matter is that the Chinese financial system is not as open or as marketized (as in the United States),” he said.

Persons: Brock Silvers, haven't, Silver, ”, Seng, David Goodman, —, Soo Organizations: Evergrande, Hong Kong High, Kaiyuan, ”, Sunac China Holdings, F Properties, Shanghai, Swiss Re Institute, Swiss, University of Sydney’s China Studies Center Locations: BANGKOK, Hong Kong, China, Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, United States, U.S, Singapore

☆ Australia marks national day that stokes patriotism and anger
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-26 | by ( Angus Watson | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

Sydney CNN —“Australia Day is Dead!” Indigenous activist Gwenda Stanley chants into the loudspeaker, as a crowd of thousands breaks into applause. This is not a day to celebrate.”Nearby, Kevin Shaw-Taylor agrees January 26 is “absolutely not” an appropriate day for national celebrations. On the other side of the city, the Australia Day party was in full swing. A yacht sails in Sydney Harbor to mark Australia Day on January 16, 2024. Instead of guilt on Australia Day, a vast number of Australians “associate it with summer fun,” says Bongiorno, from the ANU.

Persons: Gwenda Stanley, It’s, Lynda, June Coe, Jenny Evans, ”, Grace, Elise, Kevin Shaw, Taylor, Arthur Phillip, Dan Himbrechts, EFE, Frank Bongiorno, –, Asanka Ratnayake, Chelsea Watego, “, Peter Dutton, ” Dutton, Dutton, Brad Banducci, Banducci, ” Banducci, Captain Cook, Queen Victoria, Queen, Diego Fedele, “ I’m, UQ’s, we’ve, we’re Organizations: Sydney CNN —, Indigenous, “, CNN, Australia, First Nations, Sydney, British Royal Navy, Australian National University, ANU, Aboriginal, Torres Strait Islanders, Voters, Nations, Curumba, Sea, Indigenous Voice, Coalition, Woolworths, Sovereign Movement, Blak Locations: Sydney, “ Australia, Belmore, Sydney’s, Australia, Sydney Harbor, Melbourne, Queensland, Queen Victoria

SYDNEY (AP) — Thousands of Australians protested the anniversary of British colonization of their country with large crowds Friday urging for Australia Day to be moved and for a day of mourning on the holiday some call "Invasion Day." The holiday marks the arrival of 11 British ships carrying convicts at Port Jackson in present-day Sydney on Jan. 26, 1788. For many activists, the day marked the beginning of a sustained period of discrimination and expulsion of Indigenous people from their land without a treaty. Large crowds in Sydney chanted for the Australia Day date to be moved. The government had proposed the first constitutional change since 1977 as a step forward in Indigenous rights.

Persons: James Cook, resoundingly, Anthony Albanese Organizations: SYDNEY, Australia, Port Jackson, Sydney, Torres Strait Locations: Port, Sydney, Victoria, Melbourne, Australia, Asia, asia

☆ Crown Prince Frederik to become King of Denmark as Queen Margrethe II abdicates
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-14 | by ( Lauren Said-Moorhouse | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +10 min

CNN —For many in Denmark, Queen Margrethe II is the only monarch they’ve ever known. But on Sunday, a new era will get underway when she hands over to her son, Crown Prince Frederik. This means that she will be able to perform duties as head of state when both King Frederik or Crown Prince Christian are not able, such as if they were overseas. King Frederik X will rule alongside his Australian-born and hugely popular wife, Queen Mary – which will undoubtedly delight her proud admirers back home. “The story of Crown Prince Frederik and Crown Princess Mary of Denmark is one Australians have followed closely and hold dear to their hearts,” he said in a statement on Saturday.

Persons: Queen Margrethe II, they’ve, Crown Prince Frederik, King Charles III’s, of, Martin Sylvest Andersen, Frederik, Mary, Christian, Frederik VIII’s Palace, Margrethe, Kongens, Jørgen’s, King Frederik X, Queen Mary, King Frederik, Prince Christian, Frederik’s, Prince Joachim, Princess Benedikte, Mette Frederiksen, Frederik VIII, X, Christiansborg, Sixtus, Mads Claus Rasmussen, Ritzau Scanpix, Trine Villemann, Jens Otto Krag, Margrethe II, ”, Birgitte Borup, Berlingske, “, Danes, King Eric III, Borup, Queen Mary –, Mary Elizabeth Donaldson, Justin Tynan, King, Queen of, Anthony Albanese, Prince Frederik, Crown Princess Mary of, MADS CLAUS RASMUSSEN, Isabella, Vincent, Josephine, Mary’s, she’s Organizations: CNN, Guard, Squadron, State, Danish Royal House, Danish, Getty, “, Danes, British Locations: Denmark, Danish, Europe, Christiansborg, Copenhagen, of Denmark, Greenland, Faroe, Amalienborg, Frederiksgade, d’Angleterre, Holmens, Holmen, AFP, Sydney, Hobart , Tasmania, Darling Harbour, Queen of Denmark, Crown Princess Mary of Denmark, Tasmania, Australia

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