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US President Donald Trump poses for a photo with Chinese President Xi Jinping during a meeting on the sidelines of the G-20 summit in Osaka in 2019.

Trump agrees to visit China after ice-breaking call with Xi

The US president also said he had accepted an invitation to visit Beijing after the call with his China counterpart – their first since he returned to power in January.

  • Michael Koziol

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Lee Jae-myung on the campaign trail this week.

He’s survived slums, sweatshops and a stabbing. Now this leader has to survive Donald Trump

When the US president launched his global trade war in April, South Korea was hamstrung, frozen by political turmoil. And a key industry was in the firing line.

  • Lisa Visentin
US President Donald Trump and Chinese leader Xi Jinping.

Trump’s stupid obsession will unleash pain on America

Donald Trump’s ridiculous trade wars are part of his plan to “Make America Great Again”. But the latest OECD forecast shows the US will be hit much harder than most of the rest of the world.

  • Stephen Bartholomeusz
Vladimir Putin speaks to China’s President Xi Jinping during the Victory Day parade in Moscow.

Putin gave him ice-cream. Xi says they’re best friends. But this bromance has limits

The leaders of Russia and China have cultivated an image of affection that has alarmed Donald Trump, but not all is as it seems, analysts say.

  • Lisa Visentin
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese at a press conference at Parliament House in Canberra.

‘We’ll determine our defence policy’: PM pushes back on Hegseth pressure over China

Comments from the defence secretary have also drawn a furious response from Beijing, which says the US risks turning the Asia-Pacific region into a “powder keg”.

  • Lisa Visentin
Defence Minister Richard Marles has backed in a speech by his US counterpart Pete Hegseth in which he declared America’s commitment to the Indo-Pacific and warned China posed a real and potentially imminent threat.

‘Peace through strength’: Marles backs Hegseth after ‘stark’ China warning

Australia’s defence minister has endorsed a blistering address by his US counterpart warning Beijing that America is ready to “fight and win decisively” if it seeks military conflict over Taiwan.

  • Lisa Visentin
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US Secretary of Defence Pete Hegseth speaking in Singapore on Saturday.

‘Real and could be imminent’: Hegseth warns on China threat, says US ready to fight

In a blistering address to Indo-Pacific security officials, the US defence secretary warned China that America is ready to “fight and win decisively” if it seeks military conflict over Taiwan.

  • Lisa Visentin
Defence Minister Richard Marles said Australia was open to discussions about increasing defence spending after meeting US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth on the sidelines of the Shangri-La security dialogue in Singapore.

‘Wouldn’t put a number on it’: Marles open to raising defence spending after Hegseth meeting

Defence Minister Richard Marles confirmed his US counterpart has pushed Australia to increase its defence spending, but would not divulge what figure Washington would like to see.

  • Lisa Visentin
Trucks from Russia and Belarus wait for custom clearance at a parking lot in Manzhouli, a Chinese town on the border of Russia.

Giant dolls, an empty theme park and semi-trailers: The tourist trap that’s now a lifeline for Russia

We arrive in Manzhouli a day before Xi Jinping is to meet Vladimir Putin in Moscow. It’s a ghost town, where bored attendants man empty rides. But a dusty carpark nearby tells the real story.

  • Lisa Visentin
The government says it wants the Port of Darwin returned to Australian hands.

‘We want it in Australian hands’: Albanese cool on US bid to buy Darwin Port

The prime minister also downplayed the prospect of joining any international effort to impose sanctions on Israeli politicians.

  • Matthew Knott

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