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Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskiy says the war's "decisive moments" will come in the next year.
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Staff Writers

Ukraine pounds Russia with US missiles on 1000th war day

Ukraine has bombed Russia with US made missiles as President Volodymyr Zelenskiy announced a ‘resilience plan’ during an address to parliament on the war's 1000th day.

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Security around the Hong Kong court where democrats were found guilty in a landmark case back in May.
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KANIS LEUNG and ZEN SOO (Associated Press)

45 Hong Kong democracy activists jailed in legal bombshell

Some of the prominent activists were handed 10-year jail terms under what has become the province’s biggest national security case under the sweeping laws imposed by Beijing.

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Latika M Bourke  

Post-COVID, Starmer pledges to deepen ties with China

LATIKA M BOURKE: Immediately after Brexit, Sir Keir Starmer spent years campaigning for a second referendum wanting the UK to rejoin the European Union, now in a post-COVID world he plays a different hand.

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President Joe Biden has given Kyiv permission to use the US Army Tactical Missile System (ATACMS) for strikes inside Russia.
World
The Washington Post

Moscow warns US missile move puts NATO at war with Russia

President Biden’s decision to allow Ukraine to use American longer-range missiles for strikes inside Russia presented another grave provocation by the West, according to a spokesman for Vladimir Putin.

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Chinese President Xi Jinping, Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and UK Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer at the G20.
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Politics
Ellen Ransley in Rio de Janeiro

Xi laments ‘twists and turns’ in meeting with Albanese

After holding $20bn of Australian trade hostage for two years, China has called for Australia’s support to stare down Donald Trump’s proposed tariffs.

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Donald Trump’s presidency could actually mean a fast-tracked AUKUS subs deal, according to one defence expert.
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Australia
Latika M Bourke

Trump could make AUKUS more expensive, but faster

A former Bush administration adviser and Pentagon staffer has made a bold prediction on President-elect Donald Trump and AUKUS, claiming things could get more expensive, but faster.

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Pete Hegseth has denied any wrongdoing after sexual assault allegations against him were made public.
World
Eric Tucker

Trump’s Pentagon pick paid woman after sex assault claims

A former Fox News host, picked by President-elect Donald Trump as the new Pentagon boss, has denied any wrongdoing after he paid off women after sexual assault claims.

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Anthony Albanese will meet with Xi Jinping again on Monday in Rio de Janeiro.
Politics
Ellen Ransley in Rio de Janeiro

Anthony Albanese to meet with Xi Jinping ahead of G20

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese will meet with Chinese President Xi Jinping today as Beijing tries to shore up friends amid a potential trade war with the US after Donald Trump’s election win.

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Asia-Pacific leaders have united to call for ‘free and predictable trade’ as Donald Trump’s tariff shake-up looms, but were unable to reach consensus on Ukraine and Gaza for the second year in a row.
World
Ellen Ransley

APEC unites to send Trump a trade message, but split on wars

Asia-Pacific leaders have united to call for ‘free and predictable trade’ as Donald Trump’s tariff shake-up looms, but were unable to reach consensus on Ukraine and Gaza for the second year in a row.

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Joe Biden met with his Chinese counterpart XI Jinping one last time after the APEC Summit, but they seemed to have a message for a man who wasn’t in the room.
World
The Washington Post

Biden and Xi meet, seem to aim cautionary comments at Trump

Joe Biden has met with his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping one last time to cool rising tensions between their countries. But they seemed to aim their messages at a man who wasn’t in the room: Donald Trump.

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"We expect a mandate to form a strong parliament," Sri Lanka President Anura Kumara Dissanayake says (AP PHOTO)
World
Staff writers

Marxist President heading for victory in Sri Lanka

Anura Kumara Dissanayake is on course to snare the large parliamentary majority he needs to deliver his bold economic programs.

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Argentine President Javier Milei speaks at the Conservative Political Action Conference in National Harbor, Maryland, on Feb. 24, 2024. MUST CREDIT: Tom Brenner for The Washington Post
World
The Washington Post

Argentina’s president considers exiting Paris agreement

Javier Milei’s move to withdraw the South American country from the climate agreement is part of a broader review of all international policy.

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Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. delivers a keynote speech at the FreedomFest Vegas event Friday, July 12, 2024, in Las Vegas. (Steve Marcus/Las Vegas Sun via AP) Steve Marcus
US Politics
The Washington Post

Who is RFK, the man now in charge of US health for Trump?

Robert F. Kennedy Jr: The anti-vaccine campaigner, fluoride sceptic, hydroxychloroquine champion, and descendent of Democrats royalty is Trump’s polarising choice to lead the US’s health agencies

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President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announce an Israeli-Palestinian peace proposal at the White House on Jan. 28, 2020. (MUST CREDIT: Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post)
World
The Washington Post

Israel prepares Lebanon cease-fire plan as ‘gift’ to Trump

THE WASHINGTON POST: A close aide to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told Donald Trump and Jared Kushner this week that Israel is rushing to advance a cease-fire deal in Lebanon.

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SIMON BIRMINGHAM: As China continues its growth, including the rapid growth of its nuclear-armed military capabilities, it becomes more important than ever that this great power act with great responsibility.
Opinion
Simon Birmingham

Don’t catastrophise. We’ve worked with Trump before

SIMON BIRMINGHAM: President Trump is proudly a disrupter, who is prone to pursuing less conventional policies and making bolder pronouncements. But that is not a reason to catastrophise.

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