International affairs
Here to help, Mr President! Wong, Rudd launch Australia’s mission to Trump
Foreign Minister Penny Wong revealed ahead of the inauguration that ambassador Kevin Rudd was granted a quick meeting at Trump’s Florida golf course.
- Farrah Tomazin
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Gunman shoots dead two judges, tied to mass executions, in Iran’s capital
Their killings come as Iran faces economic turmoil, the mauling of its Middle East allies by Israel and the return of Donald Trump to the White House.
- Jon Gambrell
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.
- Michelle Griffin, James Massola and Matthew Knott
- Opinion
- Israeli-Palestinian conflict
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.
- Amin Saikal
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.”
- David Crowe
‘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.
- David Crowe
- Analysis
- G20 summit
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.
- David Crowe
- Opinion
- Russia-Ukraine war
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.
- Vasyl Myroshnychenko
- Opinion
- Opinion
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.
- Peter Hartcher
‘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.
- Gemma Grant and Cassandra Morgan
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