2025 • Oct 21
Albanese backs Rudd to keep role despite Trump criticism, saying ambassador ‘works his guts out’ in DC
Donald Trump had told Kevin Rudd he ‘probably never will’ like him, prompting apology from ambassador
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2025 • Oct 20
Albanese at the White House: Trump endorses Aukus, signs $8.5bn rare earths deal and calls PM ‘great leader’
President says US has no better friend than Australia but tells ambassador Kevin Rudd “I don’t like you’
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2025 • Oct 20
Colombia recalls US ambassador amid spat with Trump over strikes on alleged drug boats
Feud casts doubt on future of counter-narcotics and security cooperation between two countries, analysts warnColombia has recalled its ambassador to Washington amid a furious war of words be...
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2025 • Oct 16
US may take strategic stakes in rare earths companies to tackle China ‘power grab’
Treasury secretary Scott Bessent raises possibility of taking more direct stakes in companies to protect national security in wake of Beijing’s curbs on rare earths exportsThe Trump administ...
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2025 • Oct 07
Diplomacy’s lowest point: how the Israel-Gaza conflict was mishandled
In two years there have been many versions of a ‘day after’ plan for Gaza and many obstacles to overcomeGeorge Mitchell, the great US advocate for the Northern Ireland peace agreement, descr...
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2025 • Oct 06
Brazil’s president asks US to scrap tariffs in ‘friendly’ call with Trump
Presidents spoke on a video call as expert speculates that Haiti could be an area where the two leaders can cooperateBrazil’s president, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, has urged Donald Trump to ...
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2025 • Oct 03
Hegseth says four killed in US strike on alleged drug boat off Venezuelan coast
Pentagon chief says strike – fourth by US military in recent weeks – targeted boat with ‘substantial amounts’ of drugsThe United States carried out a strike against an alleged drug-trafficki...
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2025 • Oct 03
Trump officials push claim that US in ‘armed conflict’ with drug cartels
Administration attempts to justify strikes on alleged Venezuelan drug boats by claiming US under ‘armed attack’The Trump administration is trying to justify strikes on alleged Venezuelan dru...
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2025 • Sep 25
Trump’s UN speech makes it clear: the world can no longer look to the US for strong leadership
US president’s speech made a mockery of UN values and highlights the need for strong anti-Trumpian alliancesSuch is the gravitational pull cast by Donald Trump and the US economy that the po...
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2025 • Sep 20
Revealed: how Albanese tried and failed (so far) to get a meeting with Trump
Exclusive: Documents show how fraught the effort was to line up a one-on-one between the Australian and US leaders in June, with the PM again hoping to meet Trump next week...
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2025 • Sep 16
Trump announces deadly US strike on another alleged Venezuelan drug boat
President says three people killed in strike against vessel he said was transporting drugs ‘headed to the US’Donald Trump said o...
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2025 • Sep 12
Venezuela says 11 killed in US boat strike were not gang members amid reports vessel was returning to shore
Interior minister says ‘murder has been committed’ while US Congress demands justification for attackNone of the 11 people killed in a US
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