The Royal Australian Mint has unveiled a new range of coins designed to celebrate the upcoming Chinese New Year and the Year of the Rat.

The year 2020 begins the next 12-year lunar cycle, and is said to be especially lucky. 

One of the coins will feature a rodent and the other will depict each animal in the calendar. 

The mint’s responsible minister Michael Sukkar said the coins are a traditional gift for those who celebrate Chinese New Year, and also serve as a momento for the start of the next lunar calendar cycle.

More than 40,000 marathon runners are preparing to compete in the Indian capital of New Delhi on Sunday, where air pollution has reached dangerous levels.

This week's city image shows that it is covered with thick yellow smoke, and some buildings barely see fog. Air quality indices ranged from 0 to 500, reaching 227 last Friday and classified as “very unhealthy”.

A school in India has apologised after a photo of a student wearing a cardboard box on the head during an exam to discourage cheating.

According to M.B. Sateesh, the head of school management, the University of Baggot University in Harvey, in the southwestern part of India, conducted a trial run of the new measure last Wednesday. 

A staff member took pictures of students sitting in neat classrooms, and their heads were covered by cardboard boxes.

On Monday, a US airline flight from London to Philadelphia landed in Ireland after cleaning chemicals leaked in the aircraft cabin.

An American Airlines spokesperson said the flight 729 from London Heathrow to Philadelphia change direction to Dublin because of an odour caused by a spilled cleaning solution in the galley.

Katie Phillips, a passenger on the diverted flight, said in a tweet that "chemical spills" caused "sickness outbreak" on the plane.

The United States has imposed new tariffs on Chinese imports (such as shoes, diapers and food) worth $112 billion (£92 billion).

New tariffs have escalated dramatically during the fierce trade war, which could cost households $800 a year.

The move is the first phase of the latest plan by US President Donald Trump, which imposes a 15% tariff on $300 billion of Chinese imports by the end of the year.

In response, Beijing began to take measures against US$75 billion worth of US goods.

The first person to get a 3D-printed tibia bone implanted into his leg, in a world-first medical breakthrough, is now able to walk again.

Brisbane resident Reuben Lichter developed a bone infection in 2017 and would have had to get an above-the-knee amputation if it wasn’t for the new technology.

Two years later, he says his journey has been long and painful but he is glad that he “did the hard yards” instead of amputating.

An urgent recall has been issued for CORE Ingredients’ Powerfoods frozen meals, after fifteen Aussies reported having contracted salmonella poisoning after consumption.

South Australia Health’s Dr Fay Jenkins says, “We are urging anyone with these meals in their freezers to throw them away or return them to where they bought them.”

Dr Jenkins says this particular type of salmonella is unusual, but still poses serious health risks and symptoms like fever, diarrhoea, vomiting, headaches, stomach cramps and loss of appetite.

A new report says Victoria’s disadvantaged communities are at risk of being left behind in the fight against global warming.

The council’s ‘A Climate of Fairness’ report says, “If you are struggling to keep up with day-to-day expenses, protecting yourself from the impacts of climate change can be an insurmountable challenge.”

A local rugby club is recruiting the Chinese-speaking community to boost team numbers.

The Sunnybank Dragons have had a 20% decrease in junior members over the last three years, so they tried something no other club in Australia has done.

Cameron Foley from the club says “not just in Brisbane but across Australia, predominantly Chinese people are not playing rugby. We wanted to connect the two”.