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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.

  • Michael Koziol

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Member’s of the Iranian women’s soccer team entourage at the Hyatt Place hotel in Kuala Lumpur on Wednesday.

‘Treated like princesses’: Iranian soccer player says they will be rewarded on return

A member of the Iranian women’s soccer team speaking in Kuala Lumpur said the players will be welcomed when they arrive home.

  • Amber Schultz
The team visible through their plane windows after landing in Sydney.

Tears, terse interactions as officials swoop in to escort Iranians home

As Iranian diplomats escort the women for the remainder of their journey in Malaysia, the door to escape has officially shut.

  • Amber Schultz
The former politician was unmoored by the unexpected death of his wife.

Bob Carr on marriage, grief and finally learning how to do a load of laundry

Life became very dark for the former foreign minister after the sudden death of his beloved wife Helena.

  • Jacqueline Maley
Nick Adams says he will not become US ambassador to Malaysia but has been “promoted” to a different role.

Australian ‘alpha male’ Nick Adams dumped as Trump’s ambassador to Malaysia

The MAGA diehard and author, who was once deputy mayor of a Sydney council, told this masthead he has been promoted to a new role that will soon be revealed.

  • Michael Koziol
The Adiyogi Shiva statue is 112 feet (34 metres) tall, an allusion to the 112 chakras of the body.

‘Arc de Trump’? The 20 most over-the-top buildings ever constructed

The US president’s proposed monument would join a long and rapidly growing list of structures we could probably do without.

  • Chris Moss
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Nipah is a zoonotic virus — meaning it can be transmitted from animals to humans.

What to know about the deadly Nipah virus as outbreak hits India

Airports in South-East Asia are on alert after an outbreak of the disease, which has a 40 to 70 per cent fatality rate.

  • Sammy Westfall
Australian independent journalist and blogger Murray Hunter.

‘Are you Murray Hunter?’ How four posts landed Australian blogger in Thai jail

It was late September and an ageing Australian blogger was preparing to board a flight from Bangkok when he was stopped by a pair of Thai immigration officials.

  • Zach Hope
The Thai military fires artillery towards Cambodia on Friday.

Thailand and Cambodia sign truce to halt brutal border war

The deal will halt the worst fighting in years between the South-East Asian countries, which has included fighter jets sorties, rockets fired and artillery barrages.

  • Panu Wongcha-um
Najib Razak in October.

Ex-Malaysian PM jailed over corruption scandal that hit Hollywood, Wall Street

Najib Razak was sentenced to 15 years and fined $5 billion after being convicted over multibillion-dollar looting of the 1MDB state investment fund.

  • Eileen Ng