Two carrier battle groups led by the Liaoning and the Shandong entered the Pacific Ocean for the first time, a display of power designed to send a message across the region, analysts said.
Australia has joined the UK, Canada, New Zealand and Norway in slapping travel bans and financial sanctions on two senior Israeli government ministers in a major split from the US.
DAVID WOIWOD: It’s not only the San Andreas fault that threatens to transform Los Angeles. It’s the political tremors out of Washington that have residents bracing.
Donald Trump has unleashed on activist Greta Thunberg after her so-called ‘Freedom Flotilla’ was seized by Israeli commandos as it tried to break through a blockade of Gaza.
LATIKA M BOURKE: NATO members will turbocharge their defence spending to 5 per cent of GDP, based on the ‘brutally honest’ facts, adding to pressure on Anthony Albanese to increase funding.
AARON PATRICK: Instead of using her global celebrity to explain a complex tragedy, the 22-year-old activist is convincing young people the war is a straightforward case of good Palestinians versus evil Jews.
Heavyweight boxing’s world champion, Oleksandr Usyk, has invited Donald Trump to live in his house ‘for one week’ to better understand what is unfolding in Ukraine.
A model and social media influencer has told a jury she felt ‘exhilarated’ the first time she had sex with a male escort in front of Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs.