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Mourners gather at Bondi Pavillion for a tribute to the victims of a shooting at Bondi Beach in Sydney on December 15. Photo: AFP

Letters | Bondi response must go beyond policing and towards rebuilding unity

Readers discuss social cohesion in Australia, a commission into the Bondi shooting, and US interventions.

11 Jan 2026 - 11:30AM

Anne Frank’s stepsister, Holocaust survivor Eva Schloss, dies at 96

5 Jan 2026 - 7:06AM

Increased police presence in Sydney for New Year’s Eve following Bondi attack

31 Dec 2025 - 7:00AMvideocam

France’s president to skip Bardot’s funeral as Le Pen confirms attendance

French screen legend Brigitte Bardot’s final send-off in Saint-Tropez exposes a rift over her controversial far-right legacy.

31 Dec 2025 - 9:19AM

A woman places a floral tribute at the statue of the late French singer, actor and animal rights activist Brigitte Bardot, at Place Blanqui in Saint-Tropez, France. Photo: Reuters

Bondi Beach attack hero wanted to protect ‘innocent people’

Recovering from gunshot wounds, Syrian Ahmed al Ahmed says he ‘saved lots’ but mourns the 15 victims of the tragedy.

29 Dec 2025 - 6:52PMvideocam

Starmer under fire for activist’s return from Egypt as old posts resurface

Prime minister faces criticism from Jewish groups and Britain’s opposition over Alaa Abdel-Fattah’s return to the UK.

29 Dec 2025 - 10:31AM

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Australian PM Albanese booed as Bondi Beach attack victims honoured

Tens of thousands attended Sunday’s memorial. The Sydney event was heavily guarded by police, including snipers on rooftops and police boats.

22 Dec 2025 - 12:25PMvideocam

Australia’s Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and his wife are booed as they arrive at the Light Over Darkness vigil in Sydney, Australia on Sunday. Photo: Reuters

‘We just want to live’: fear grips Malaysia’s LGBTQ community

With drag clubs closed and spas raided, the shrinking space for queer life in Malaysia leaves a community with nowhere left to turn.

21 Dec 2025 - 2:35PM

Australia’s Albanese faces battle over gun laws after Bondi Beach shooting

The prime minister’s call for tighter gun controls is meeting resistance from right-wing populists and mainstream conservatives.

20 Dec 2025 - 9:10AMvideocam

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Is Philippines being unfairly named in Australia’s Bondi Beach shooting?

Australian police are looking into a trip the two suspects made to Davao City, but Philippine officials say it is not connected to the shooting.

19 Dec 2025 - 5:24PMvideocam

People visit a floral tribute outside the Bondi Pavilion on Friday following Sunday’s shooting. Photo: AP

Japan dismayed over Finnish beauty queen’s ‘slanted eyes’ photos

Sarah Dzafce was stripped of her Miss Finland title after an image of her making the offensive gesture went viral.

18 Dec 2025 - 3:56PM

Finnish beauty queen Sarah Dzafce competes in the Miss Universe pageant in Thailand last month. Photo: EPA

Finnish PM apologises for MPs’ ‘racist’ gestures in Miss Finland scandal

PM Petteri Orpo offers regrets to Japan, China and South Korea after MPs mimic ousted beauty queen Sarah Dzafce’s offensive squinting gesture.

17 Dec 2025 - 9:20PM

Millions raised for ‘hero of Australia’ who stopped gunman at Bondi Beach

Over 40,000 people have donated about US$1.5 million to Ahmed al Ahmed, the Syrian-Australian Muslim hero who saved Jewish lives.

17 Dec 2025 - 8:38PMvideocam

Anti-Asian racism

Miss Finland ‘racism’ scandal is damaging country, PM says

Prime Minister Petteri Orpo weighs in as Finnish politicians mimic a racist gesture in solidarity with stripped beauty queen.

17 Dec 2025 - 1:36PM

Miss Finland Sarah Dzafce competes during the Miss Universe pageant on the outskirts of Bangkok, Thailand, in November. Photo: EPA

Video | Bystander tackles, disarms gunman in Australia

Shooting happened in the popular tourist area of Bondi Beach.

15 Dec 2025 - 12:23PM

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World leaders express horror at Bondi Beach attack as vigils held for victims

Israel’s Herzog condemned the ‘cruel attack on Jews’ by ‘terrorists’; Trump branded the shooting that killed 15 people ‘purely antisemitic’.

15 Dec 2025 - 6:28AM

Benjamin Netanyahu

Netanyahu accuses Australia’s PM of inaction in tackling antisemitism

After the Bondi Beach shooting, the Israeli PM said he warned Albanese months ago that Australia’s policy was ‘encouraging antisemitism’.

15 Dec 2025 - 2:41AM

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‘Worst fears happened’: Bondi shooting feels tragically inevitable to some

Amid firebombing, graffiti and hate speech, which surged during the Gaza war, a special envoy was appointed last year to combat antisemitism.

14 Dec 2025 - 11:40PM

A member of Sydney’s Jewish community reacts as he stands near the site of a fatal shooting at Bondi Beach on Sunday. Photo: AFP

Gunmen kill 15 people in attack on Hanukkah celebration on Sydney’s Bondi Beach

Police say the alleged attackers who opened fire at a Jewish celebration were a 50-year-old father and his son.

15 Dec 2025 - 1:25PMvideocam

‘Make Christmas Great Again’: hundreds join far-right Robinson’s London rally

UK bishops express grave concern over the use of Christian symbols to ‘justify racism and anti-migrant rhetoric’.

14 Dec 2025 - 6:23AM

How Asian-American history is reshaping classrooms in the US

Connecticut schools are enriching lessons with Asian-American stories amid rising anti-Asian sentiment.

13 Dec 2025 - 8:36AMvideocam

Webster Hill Elementary School teacher Christin Labriola points out countries on a map during a lesson incorporating Asian-American and Pacific Islander subjects on December 2. Photo: AP

Anti-Asian racism

Christine Choy, who made documentary on racist killing of Vincent Chin, dies at 73

The indie filmmaker brought attention to the 1982 slaying, a galvanising moment in the fight against anti-Asian hate in the US.

13 Dec 2025 - 7:16AM

Filmmaker Christine Choy attends a screening of “Who Killed Vincent Chin?” at the 59th New York Film Festival in 2021. Photo: Film at Lincoln Centre via AP

Anti-Asian racism

Miss Finland loses her crown due to anti-Chinese racism scandal

Sarah Dzafce apologised after a photo surfaced of her making a gesture seen as derogatory to Asian people.

16 Dec 2025 - 2:43PM

US wipes South Africa’s G20 website clean for 2026 Trump summit

The US presidency of the G20 begins with the first-ever exclusion of a member nation.

2 Dec 2025 - 8:21AM

Ramaphosa dismisses Trump’s threat to bar South Africa from 2026 G20 summit

South Africa’s president labels Donald Trump’s repeated claims about his country as ‘misinformation’.

1 Dec 2025 - 4:24PMvideocam

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa at the recent G20 summit in Johannesburg. Photo: AFP

Gun violence in the US

Trump orders review of immigrant visas after National Guard attack

The sweeping new policy follows Wednesday’s attack in Washington by an Afghan national that has caused one death.

28 Nov 2025 - 11:46AM

A makeshift memorial in Washington a day after two National Guard members were shot. Photo: Reuters

Trump barring South Africa from next year’s G20 summit in Miami

South Africa denounces US president’s G20 ban as punitive as relations between the two nations sour.

27 Nov 2025 - 3:37PMvideocam

Australian senator slammed as ‘racist’ for wearing burka in parliament

Far-right politician Pauline Hanson has long campaigned against Islamic clothing during her parliamentary career.

24 Nov 2025 - 6:14PM

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