Beijing has warned Australia against engaging in ‘bloc confrontation’ after Anthony Albanese struck a $13 billion critical minerals deal with Donald Trump and won Presidential endorsement for AUKUS.
After some last-minute political maneuvering, Sanae Takaichi has become Japan’s prime minister just days before President Donald Trump arrives in the country.
Defence deputy secretary Hugh Jeffrey described the prospect of a major power conflict in the Indo-Pacific in the next five years as ‘less remote than it was’.
Anthony Albanese has urged BHP and Chinese iron ore customers to come to a quick resolution on hardball price negotiations that have reportedly led to a halt on imports of Australia’s lifeblood commodity.