The greatest loss of life in Australia's maritime history will be commemorated nine months after the shipwreck's discovery and 80 years after its sinking.
Tour guide Tham Yau Kong has been given an Australian honour for his work in keeping alive the memory of prisoners of war from the Sandakan death march.
Russian President Vladimir Putin has told his armed forces they are fighting for their country at a parade of Russian firepower in Moscow while his troops stepped up their 10-week-old assault on Ukraine.
The bombing of Darwin serves as a painful reminder of the cost of war as Australia "watches with alarm" at events in Ukraine, the Northern Territory's chief minister says.
