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Keo Sinorlai said the Tiger business bought rubbing alcohol from pharmacy in VIentiane, Laos and diluted it with water until it was 40%.

Shuttered Laos ‘distillery’ implicated in methanol deaths denies responsibility

A woman linked to the business said they bought high-strength alcohol from a pharmacy and mixed it with water.

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The current state of the old Sari Club site in Kuta.

‘Disappointed’: Plans for Sari Club lot, where Australians were murdered, charge forward in secret

Families, survivors and advocates from the 2002 Bali bombings are sceptical about the fast-moving plans from the local government.

  • Zach Hope and Amilia Rosa
Rene Pouw had a shady history in his homeland, according to Dutch media.

Fly-in, fly-out assassins suspects in brutal Bali stabbing

The death of a Dutchman has amplified fears that criminal gangs are increasingly comfortable using the holiday island as a setting for violence.

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Generations of Australians have flocked to this beach. Today, it is desolate

The destruction of this former paradise is not from over-tourism, though many will say this has happened too.

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Sydney Morning Herald / The Age: Will Lack and fiance Jacqui Page participate in the DC Eagles Australian Rules Football Team first training session  of 2026 on March 14, 2026 in Washington, DC.  photo: Leigh Vogel   Photo: Leigh Vogel / SMH
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Pass the Sherrin – it’s footy season, and not just in Australia

The Washington DC Eagles are one of dozens of Australian rules football clubs across the US that will compete in regional and national tournaments this year.

  • Michael Koziol
Nick Adams with US President Donald Trump, who initially appointed Adams to be ambassador to Malaysia.

Revealed: Trump’s new job for Australian ‘alpha male’ Nick Adams

The Sydney-born Trump diehard will serve as special presidential envoy for “American tourism, exceptionalism and values” after being dumped as US ambassador to Malaysia.

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Grant Schultz has been charged with two counts of people smuggling.

‘Black flight’: Charter flight boss charged over alleged plot to smuggle Australians into Indonesia

Two men – without visas or passports – were allegedly discovered by Indonesian immigration authorities on board a small plane in the province of South Papua.

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Mevlut Coskun (left) and Paea I Middlemore Tupou after their sentencing on Monday.

Two Australian gunmen sentenced to 16 years’ jail over Bali villa murder of Melbourne dad

A third man, who was charged with assisting premeditated murder, was sentenced to 12 years’ jail.

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Igor Komarov, shortly before he was kidnapped, with his influencer girlfriend Yeva Mishalova.

Snatched in Bali, this Ukrainian pleaded for his ransom. Then police found his head

A foreign enterprise had again sent operatives to Bali, Australia’s most popular overseas holiday destination, to carry out its dirty work.

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Australian mother Catherine Birmingham with her British husband, Nathan Trevallion, and their children. 

‘Empty inside’: The Australian family fighting Italy for their ‘unschooled’ children

The authorities in Abruzzo have taken a dim view of a couple’s off-grid style of parenting.

  • Amelia Adams, Natalie Clancy and Nichola Younger