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US President Donald Trump has unveiled his list of reciprocal tariffs. Photo: Twitter / X The Business Council of Australia says it is disappointed by confirmation that the US will slap a 10 per cent tariff on all Aussie imports. US President Donald Trump unveiled the full list of reciprocal tariffs at the White House…
The wreck of RAAF Baltimore FW282 in the Aegean Sea. Photo: AegeanTec/Department of Defence. A memorial service is to be held for a WWII RAAF light bomber that was discovered in the waters of Greece last year. The wreck of the Baltimore (registered FW282) was discovered resting in 61 metres of water off the island…
Australian troops training Ukrainian soldiers in the UK last year. Photo: Department of Defence. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has doubled down on Australian support for Ukraine even as Ukraine-US relations hit a new low. He reaffirmed the support at a doorstep interview in Wentworthville, Sydney, yesterday at the opening of an urgent care clinic. “We…
A Norwegian Leopard tank takes part in a gunnery training competition in Latvia last year. Photo: NATO NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte is a man on a mission – get Europe to spend more on defence. A great deal more. And he believes the new hawkish US government is giving him the ammunition he needs to…
The Shamrock Clock Tower which began life in 1854. Photo: Bendigo Tourism Australia is to push for World Heritage status for Victoria’s Goldfields. The Goldfields have been put on Australia’s World Heritage Tentative List submission, the first step towards formal recognition. The Goldfields cover more than 20 per cent of the state’s area and were…
NATO ships trained with two Japanese naval ships in the Eastern Mediterranean last August. Photo: NATO China and North Korea’s support for Russia’s war in Ukraine has prompted NATO to meet with Korean and Japanese officials. NATO Assistant Secretary-General for Political Affairs and Security Policy, Boris Ruge, met last week with senior officials in Seoul…
Photo: stock A five-day manhunt in the US for a suspect in the fatal shooting of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson has ended with an arrest and multiple felony and misdemeanour charges filed in court. US media report that Luigi Mangione, 26, a graduate from Maryland, was arrested at a McDonald’s in Altoona, Pennsylvania, after an…
A night view of the South Korean capital, Seoul. Picture: stock South Korea was plunged into political chaos after President Yoon Suk Yeol tried and fail to declare martial law overnight. The president shocked the country by imposing martial law which led to soldiers and protests in the streets before a late night vote in…
The streets of Valencia after the flooding. Picture: Christina Jeurling Birro/Twitter (X) At least 95 deaths have been reported in the deadliest flooding to hit Spain for 30 years after torrential rain smashed the eastern region of Valencia on Tuesday (local time). Rescuers in dinghies worked through the night to scour the floodwaters, taking several…
Picture: stock UKRANIAN leader Volodymyr Zelenskyy has reached out to South Korea amid fears over the growing presence of North Korean troops in his country. In a social media post, Zelenskyy says he talked to South Korean president Yoon Suk Yeol and thanked him for aid provided and pledged. “We discussed the involvement of North…