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North Korea has fired a series of cruise missile-tests as world leaders begin to gather in South Korea for the APEC regional summit.

THE ECONOMIST: A progressive Democrat Socialist is widely tipped to become the next mayor of the US President’s home town. So how did New York get here?

THE NEW YORK TIMES: Donald Trump has said that he wants to focus on trade when he meets Xi Jinping in South Korea, even if the Chinese leader presses him on Taiwan.

AARON PATRICK: A mix of Donald Trump, Emmanuel Macron and Tony Abbott, Sanae Takaichi faces a daunting task to turn around a country in demographic decline.

The US President and Japan’s new Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi didn’t just sign a critical minerals deal, they also autographed matching MAGA-style black caps proclaiming ‘JAPAN IS BACK’.

Donald Trump puts his foot down and says he won't resume trade talks with Canada ‘for a while’, reigniting tensions over his tariff policies.

Anthony Albanese insists he ‘very directly’ raised concerns with his Chinese counterpart over a recent military confrontation in which flares were released ‘dangerously’ close to an Australian plane.

CAMERON MILNER: The United Nations is going the way of the dinosaurs; it’s overly large and no longer suited to its fast-changing external environment.

Ukraine officials have accused the Albanese Government of turning a blind eye to a ‘loophole’ allowing illegal Russian oil imports into Australia, pumping millions back to Vladimir Putin’s regime.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says his country will have a say on the makeup of foreign troops in any international force in the Gaza Strip.

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.