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Australia has told China of its "outrage" over a suspended death sentence handed to Chinese-Australian dissident writer Yang Jun, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said Tuesday.

Yang was sentenced to death on Monday with a two-year suspended execution and had all of his property confiscated, the Chinese foreign ministry said.

Chinese-Australian dissident writer Yang Jun has been handed a suspended death sentence for espionage in China, Beijing and Canberra said Monday, five years after he was arrested on a rare visit to his homeland.

The Chinese-born Australian citizen has been in jail in China since 2019 on spying allegations and is said to be in ill health.

A three-year-old boy was rescued by the police after getting stuck in a large toy vending machine in Brisbane, Australia, reported by the BBC. The child was safely extracted from the machine without any injuries.

Officially recognised National Certification from A1 to C2 levels for foreign/second language learners, Melbourne, Australia 

Australia Day, which is celebrated all over the world on January 26, was also celebrated in Bulgaria. The Bulgarian-Australian Business Chamber gathered diplomats, politicians and business representatives at an official event where the guests of honor were the Australian Ambassador H.E. Alison Duncan and the Bulgarian ambassador to Australia H.E. Encho Dimitrov.

The U.N. chief called on donor states to guarantee the flow of aid to Gaza after several halted funding to the agency for Palestinians over claims some of its staff participated in the Oct. 7 attacks.

While the row over the UNRWA aid agency for Palestinian refugees deepened, heavy fighting in the besieged Gaza Strip sent more people fleeing south towards the Egyptian border.

Bulgarian tennis player Iva Ivanova was eliminated a step before the final in the Australian Open for girls. In a semi-final match, the 17-year-old Bulgarian lost 4:6, 1:6 against Emerson Jones from Australia.

Djokovic lost for the first time in the semi-finals of Melbourne, after ten wins and titles, and for the first time in six years.

In a joint effort, the United States and the United Kingdom executed a series of strikes against Houthi targets in Yemen, marking the eighth round of attacks within the past 10 days. The latest operation, carried out on Monday, targeted the rebels' infrastructure, hitting eight specific sites. This joint action received support from Canada, the Netherlands, Bahrain, and Australia.

Starting in mid-March, Turkish Airlines will launch flights from Istanbul to Melbourne, its first destination in Australia.

Three reciprocal flights will run every week between Istanbul and Melbourne with a stop in Singapore, according to a statement from Türkiye's flag carrier.