Asia-Pacific
Elon Musk is a ‘huge fan’ of China. Will Trump tear them apart?
Elon Musk is China’s favourite Western CEO, but his new role in the Trump administration could soon leave him performing a geopolitical juggling act.
- by Katrina Northrop and Lyric Li
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Earthquakes
‘We definitely need help’: Australian’s rescue plea as magnitude 7.3 earthquake hits Vanuatu
Buildings have been flattened in the Pacific nation’s capital, Port Vila, and several embassies evacuated.
- by Paul Sakkal
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World politics
Bro handshakes and bear hugs as Albanese meets Biden and Trudeau
The PM greeted the US and Canadian leaders ahead of the first talks at the APEC summit in Peru, which were skipped by China’s leader Xi Jinping.
- by David Crowe
Pacific leaders blame Australia for role in climate crisis
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese had barely touched down in Samoa when the Commonwealth summit faced a split over who should pay to cut emissions.
- by David Crowe
Opinion
World markets
China is in deep trouble despite a surging sharemarket
While the People’s Bank of China’s monetary blitz has ignited the sharemarket, it doesn’t fix its economic crisis. A meeting later this month will tell us more.
- by Stephen Bartholomeusz
Albanese says he can learn from his ‘fit friend’, Joe Biden
The prime minister was the first foreign leader invited to Biden’s private home known as the “Lake House” since he became president.
- by Farrah Tomazin
China’s censors are letting Kanye West perform there. His fans are amazed
Why would the notoriously prickly Chinese government let in the notoriously provocative Ye? The answer may lie in China’s struggling economy.
- by Vivian Wang
Opinion
Inside China
Iron ore slump shows that China’s deflation risk is rising
If the iron ore price is a barometer of the health of China’s economy, then it is signalling a level of weakness that ought to galvanise China’s policymakers.
- by Stephen Bartholomeusz
Opinion
Inside China
Xi Jinping has no plan B as the mood in China darkens
China’s economic mess is weighing heavily on Australia and the rest of the world. Added to Beijing’s concerns is the prospect of Donald Trump returning to the White House.
- by Stephen Bartholomeusz
Analysis
Pacific diplomacy
Why are our leaders so loose in the Pacific?
Anthony Albanese’s hot-mic moment wasn’t like Peter Dutton’s joke about Pacific nations going underwater, but US official Kurt Campbell’s remarks were tantalising.
- by Matthew Knott
Albanese, top US official filmed in private chat
Anthony Albanese has accused a NZ journalist of behaving unethically for recording him having a private conversation with a senior Biden administration official. Vision: Lydia Lewis / RNZ Pacific
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