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PM announces $190m security deal with Solomon Islands

PM announces $190m security deal with Solomon Islands

Anthony Albanese revealed the third security deal brokered this month, as the government continues efforts to counter China’s influence in the Pacific.

  • by Michelle Griffin, James Massola and Matthew Knott

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In the Middle East, Trump can’t have his cake and eat it too

In the Middle East, Trump can’t have his cake and eat it too

Benjamin Netanyahu may feel like he’s won the jackpot, but Donald Trump’s motto is that he ends wars, and does not start them.

  • by Amin Saikal
Worst G20 in years ends with whimper as host cancels final press conference

Worst G20 in years ends with whimper as host cancels final press conference

“This G20 summit will go down in the history books,” one official told the Bloomberg news service. “But definitely not as a shining example.”

  • by David Crowe
‘Mr Putin could end this conflict today’: Albanese makes case for peace at summit without solutions

‘Mr Putin could end this conflict today’: Albanese makes case for peace at summit without solutions

Leaders from the world’s biggest economies have split on how to end conflicts in Gaza and Ukraine, highlighting the deep divisions at the G20 summit.

  • by David Crowe
How Xi worked the room at G20 while Biden went AWOL
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How Xi worked the room at G20 while Biden went AWOL

Most leaders assembled for a group photo in Rio de Janeiro, the summit host city, but nobody appeared to notice that Joe Biden was running late.

  • by David Crowe
As we mark 1000 days of Putin’s war, Ukrainians know how to force him into peace

As we mark 1000 days of Putin’s war, Ukrainians know how to force him into peace

Russia must not be rewarded for its aggression against Ukraine or the safety and prosperity of other nations will not be secure.

  • by Vasyl Myroshnychenko
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The age of the carnivores is upon us: China, Russia and their war machine
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The age of the carnivores is upon us: China, Russia and their war machine

The world is made up of herbivores and carnivores, Emmanuel Macron says. The meat-eaters are circling for a carnivores’ picnic of territorial conquest.

  • by Peter Hartcher
‘People are grumpy’: More than 100 Australians stuck aboard cruise ship in Japan

‘People are grumpy’: More than 100 Australians stuck aboard cruise ship in Japan

Frustrated passengers have spent two days stuck aboard a cruise ship in Japan after “unplanned maintenance” abruptly halted their seven-night tour.

  • by Gemma Grant and Cassandra Morgan
Morrison backs Rudd as Australia’s man in DC despite Trump sledges

Morrison backs Rudd as Australia’s man in DC despite Trump sledges

Anthony Albanese gets Donald Trump on the phone to talk submarines as ambassador Kevin Rudd deletes all his past criticisms of the US president-elect.

  • by Matthew Knott and Olivia Ireland
King underlines peacemaker role as row hangs over Commonwealth summit

King underlines peacemaker role as row hangs over Commonwealth summit

Where he would once have been in the firing line for the reparations conversation, the King took the role of ringmaster.

  • by Hannah Furness
Pacific leaders tighten police agreement with Australia as concern rises about China influence

Pacific leaders tighten police agreement with Australia as concern rises about China influence

Leaders from eight Pacific nations joined Prime Minister Anthony Albanese to support the policing initiative, even as some of them strike trade and security deals with China.

  • by David Crowe

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