Australian PM under fire for 'crude' joke about Takaichi melon gift

SYDNEY (Kyodo) -- Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has sparked controversy over an exchange with a podcast host last month about melons gift

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese sidestepped calls to apologise on Tuesday after a clip emerged of him engaging in crude banter about a gift from his Japanese counterpart. Albanese had already faced a backlash and apologised over comments made during an interview last month with the Bush Deep podcast in which