Late British tech tycoon Mike Lynch's sunken superyacht will be recovered from the sea off the coast of northern Sicily this weekend, the company leading the salvage operation said on Wednesday.The 56-metre-long (184-foot) Bayesian was moored off the small port of Porticello, near Palermo, in August last year when it sank during a severe and sudden weather event, killing seven people
Australian Defence Minister Richard Marles on Saturday urged greater transparency from China over its military modernisation and deployments as Pacific nations brace for a more assertive Chinese presence.Speaking to Reuters on the sidelines of the Shangri-La Dialogue defence meeting in Singapore, Marles said that while China remains an important strategic partner to Australia