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Ukrainian crews training on Leopard 2 tanks in Zagan, Poland. Photo: NATO EUROPE needs to adopt a wartime mindset — again, NATO secretary-general Mark Rutte says. He was speaking at a conference organised by the Carnegie Europe think-tank in Brussels, home to NATO last week (Thursday local time). “The security situation does not look good. It’s…
Fans at the Aust-PNG PM’s XIII game held in Port Moresby earlier this year. Photo: DFAT Papua New Guinea is to get a team in an expanded NRL competition as part of a rugby league deal funded by the federal government. The Australian Rugby League Commission (ARLC), which runs the NRL, confirmed the 10-year Pacific…
Picture: stock Darwin Port’s finances are to be investigated by the Northern Territory Government amid reports of its Chinese owner’s financial struggles. Treasurer Bill Yan says they have “been made aware” of concerns about the financial viability of the port’s operator, Landbridge Group, and notified the federal government. “The Territory Government has written to Landbridge…
Photo: stock US President-elect Donald Trump’s decision to slap new tariffs on foreign imports is already prompting threats of counter tariffs and warnings of job losses. On Monday, Trump announced on social media that he intends on his first day in office to imposed 25 per cent tariffs on Canadian and Mexican imports and another…
A USAF B-52H Stratofortress is prepared for take-off at Guam early this year. Photo: US Air Force Master Sgt. Amy Picard China continues to improve and expand its military power at a rate that has impressed at least one senior US military commander. US Navy Admiral Samuel Paparo leads the US Military’s Indo-Pacific Command and…
Photo: ANDREW KACIMAIWAI AUSTRALIA and Japan have begun to expand defence ties amid ongoing Chinese intimidation on the high seas and of Taiwan as North Korean troops fight for Russia in the Ukraine. The decision was announced by Australian Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Defence Richard Marles, Japanese Minister of Defence Nakatani Gen and…
Picture: ANDREW KACIMAIWAI A new Chinese-built ‘megaport’ at Chancay, Peru, could create new trade routes between South America and China that could bypass North America entirely. The move comes amid rising expectations that US President-elect Donald Trump will deliver tariffs as high as 60 per cent on Chinese goods. The $3.5bn port is a co-operative…
USAF cadet Eric Hembling uses a type of wind tunnel during hypersonic research in Colorado, 2019. Picture: US Department of Defence Australia, the United States and United Kingdom are to accelerate the development of hypersonic weapons technology as part of their AUKUS alliance. A hypersonic weapon is defined as one able to travel between five…
Image: Brisbane Airport Sydney Airport has announced a boost in flights with China and Middle East in time for the arrival of the peak summer season. Etihad Airways says it will add three more flights a week between Sydney and the Middle East as of July 2025. Sydney Airport’s Group Executive, Aviation Growth & Group…
China announces return of pandas to American zoo. Image source: Diana Silaraja. Via Pexels Plans are being made to send two giant pandas to the San Diego Zoo, after the last panda leased there, Bai Yun, was sent back to China in 2019. When tension grew between the two countries, almost all the pandas China…