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Australian chickpea prices have surged beyond $1,000 per tonne after India dumped tariffs it put in place during 2017.

Japan proposes a plan to allow the hunting of large fin whales around its coast, sparking backlash from environmental groups. 

The alleged incident occurred during a karaoke afterparty involving Japanese officials from the town of Minokamo and a visiting delegation from the New South Wales town of Dubbo.

Ernst & Young confirms it has taken control of the airline after the Vanuatu government appointed it as voluntary liquidator of the company. 

Large sections of the community support a ban, hoping it will help put a stop to violence, but martial arts leaders and advocates are outraged.

Australian tourists are stranded in Vanuatu after the country's national airline cancelled international flights for four days, while the Vanuatu government considers putting it into voluntary administration.

The Australian Transport Safety Bureau calls for vigilance, publishing a report into an incident in which a strap was left on the propeller of a plane that took off from Canberra Airport, damaging the aircraft and injuring a passenger, in 2022.

Australia and Tuvalu declare there are only a "narrow set of circumstances" where the federal government might trigger a contentious part of the Falepili Union which allows Canberra to veto security arrangements struck by the Pacific Island nation.

It comes after Bainimarama's conviction over his role in influencing a police investigation into funding of the region's biggest university.

The Philippines doesn't seem like the most likely place for a thriving ice hockey culture, but the country's women's side is rising up the ranks.