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THE NEW YORK TIMES: For months, threats and ultimatums delivered results. Now world leaders are testing what happens when they simply say no.

Iran says while it is willing to continue peace talks, it denounces expanded US sanctions, while Washington begins sending diplomats back to the region.

Iran is pledging to fight back against expanded US sanctions aimed at isolating its economy, expressing confidence that major trading partners will resist Washington’s pressure campaign.

LATIKA M BOURKE: The energy chief says the winners in the fallout from the war on Iran and oil uncertainty will be coal, renewables and nuclear options.

The United Nations says two of its peacekeepers have been killed in an attack carried out by unknown perpetrators on a patrol in South Sudan.

The trade war between Canada and the US has deepened with US President Donald Trump flagging a new wave of 50 per cent tariffs on cars, trucks, auto parts and steel.

The US Trade Representative told CNBC tariff talks between the US and Canada collapsed after Ottawa changed its demands at the eleventh hour.

The currency was already under pressure before the US and Israel attacked Iran on February 28, but has hit new record lows after nearly six months of war. 

THE WASHINGTON POST: The shocking collapse of US-Canada trade talks is the latest sign that President Donald Trump’s bulldozer approach to remaking the nation’s trade relationships may be reaching its limits.

THE NEW YORK TIMES: Prince Laurent of Belgium has formally recognised an adult son who was born before he was married and whom he had not acknowledged publicly until last year.

For weeks, there has been no diplomatic progress, but also no full-scale fighting, as both sides seem to believe they can hold out longer than the other.

Four people working on a railway track in Japan have died after an express train hit them north of Tokyo.

President Trump’s decision to curtail the military exercises came as allies question the US commitment to longstanding alliances.

The decision marks a milestone in Evergrande’s saga after the troubled property developer defaulted on more than $422 billion in liabilities.

Russia’s overnight barrage also included cruise missiles and fast-flying jet-powered drones that put further strain on Ukraine’s stretched air defences.

Pyongyang’s weapons test came a day after a US decision to scale back military drills with South Korea in an apparent bid to resume diplomacy.