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The Latest Breaking News from Christmas Island

Starship is coming home! SpaceX loads floating spacecraft onto huge ship in the Indian Ocean (photos)

SpaceX has loaded Flight 13's Starship upper stage onto a ship in the Indian Ocean, more than a month after the vehicle splashed down. It is now headed home to Texas.

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On August 7, Elon Musk feared SpaceX’s Ship 40 was lost at sea. 11 days later, it became the first Starship upper stage ever recovered after returning from space

SpaceX has made a remarkable achievement by successfully retrieving Starship Ship 40 from the depths of the Indian Ocean. The spacecraft emerged from its recent journey intact following its splashdown. Engineers are preparing to evaluate the vessel's condition near Christmas Island, allowing them to gather essential data that telemetry could…

The Economic Times

SpaceX Starship the talk of remote Australian island as Elon Musk’s engineers sent to retrieve it

Christmas Island locals who woke to see the spacecraft floating off the coast hope global attention will encourage tourists

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Elon Musk's SpaceX recovers rocket off Christmas Island

A space rocket launched by Elon Musk's SpaceX has been towed to Christmas Island after landing in the Indian Ocean.

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Australia's Christmas Island in the early 1900s was accidentally invaded by yellow crazy ants arriving in cargo shipments, but the insects went on to kill more than 15 million red crabs, allowing rainforest trees to decline and permanently reshaping the island's forests

Yellow crazy ants, introduced accidentally, decimated millions of Christmas Island red crabs. These ants spray formic acid, blinding and weakening the vulnerable crustaceans. The red crabs' absence led to increased leaf litter and altered plant diversity in the rainforest. Invasive scales also thrived, forming a symbiotic relationship with the ants.…

The Times of India

In the crosshairs of stiff US tariffs, tiny coral islands in the South Pacific and Arctic outposts

The Trump administration appears to be leaving no stone unturned with its sweeping tariffs around the globe, from rocky outcrops home to polar bears in the Arctic to tiny tropical islands to a former British penal colony

The Independent UK

Serco fined for covering up use of fire extinguishers against detainees in Christmas Island riots

Exclusive: Ombudsman’s report says devices ‘discharged directly on’ detainees and into areas where people retreated, including those not involved in riots

The Guardian - AU

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'Island Islam' thrives on remote Australian territory

Christmas Island's tight-knit Muslim Malay community are passing down their traditions and rituals to younger generations in afternoon religious classes.

AAP

Empty Christmas Island detention centre's fate unknown

With no detainees, plans for Christmas Island's immigration detention centre are unclear as locals call for genuine consultation with the government.

AAP

Why are cave-dwelling eels growing skin over their left eyes? It may be evolution in action.

These "greedy" eels likely retreated into the gloomy depths of underwater caves in search of tasty crustaceans and are adapting to the darkness by going blind, one eye at a time.

LiveScience

The Biloela Tamil asylum seeker family and their fight for protection in Australia

The Nadesalingam family became the public face of Australia's strict stance on boat arrivals when they were removed from their home in central Queensland and placed in immigration detention in 2018. They are finally set to return to Biloela today. Here is how their saga unfolded.

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Tamil asylum seeker family cleared to return home to Biloela on bridging visas, Acting Home Affairs Minister says

Acting Home Affairs Minister Jim Chalmers announces a Tamil asylum seeker family will be allowed to return to their central Queensland home in Biloela on bridging visas.

ABC News

Immigration detainees transferred from Melbourne to Christmas Island amid heated protests

Australian Border Force confirms 12 detainees, including one refugee, had visas revoked under Migration Act on character grounds

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