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Donald Trump has declared he must ‘defend’ the United States after a nation’s ‘hostile act’, increasing the tariff rate.

Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelensky is pressing Donald Trump to supply long-range missiles and extend sanctions to every Russian oil firm.

Anthony Albanese is embarking on a week of quiet diplomacy at the ASEAN and APEC summits, where Donald Trump’s tariffs and China’s growing influence will dominate the agenda.

A Canberra think tank has been criticised over a paper emphasising China’s claims to the disputed South China Sea in the same week the country forced an Australian surveillance plane from the area.

LATIKA M BOURKE: It was surely a disappointing day for those who have exploited the US President’s style in a campaign to cool the alliance.

Resources Minister Madeleine King says with China dominating between 70 and 90 per cent of the sector, Australia needs to get in the rare earths fight.

China's ruling Communist Party says it will focus on speeding up self-reliance in technology in the coming five years to combat over-reliance on exports, at a time of heightened trade tensions with the US.

Russian President Vladimir Putin has hit back at the US over its ‘attempted escalation’ through major oil sanctions, warning of an ‘overwhelming’ response in Ukraine.

The sanctions are among the most significant measures that the United States has taken against the Russian energy sector since the beginning of the war in Ukraine.

THE NEW YORK TIMES: The White House is demolishing the entirety of the East Wing to make way for President Trump’s $200 million ballroom, a construction project that is far more extensive than he let on.

The Trump Administration is considering a plan to curb a dizzying array of software-powered exports to China, to retaliate against Beijing’s latest round of rare earth export restrictions.

US President Donald Trump has demanded Russia accept an immediate ceasefire, slapping the warring nation with major oil sanctions set to ‘degrade the Kremlin’.

THE NEW YORK TIMES: With the cease-fire deal under strain, the US Vice President is set to meet with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and other leaders.

European countries and Ukraine have reportedly proposed a peace board chaired by US President Donald Trump to oversee the implementation of a 12-point plan to end war with Russia.

A Chinese fighter jet’s flare came dangerously close to an Australian surveillance plane with a near-miss that could have ended in disaster as regional tensions rise.