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China says open to meeting with U.S. defence secretary

China said on Sunday it is open to a meeting with the U.S. defence secretary on the sidelines of a regional security forum in Cambodia this week, in a sign of thawing relations after the countries' top leaders met earlier this month.

Reuters · Nov 20, 2022

Explainer-Why U.S. seeks closer security cooperation with the Philippines

U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris visits the Philippines this week in the Biden administration's latest high-level engagement with America's oldest Asian ally and an increasingly vital strategic partner as tensions rise with China over Taiwan.

Reuters · Nov 20, 2022

With Philippines visit VP Harris seeks to reset relations

U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris arrived in the Philippines on Sunday for talks aimed at reviving ties with the former U.S. colony, an Asian ally that is central to U.S. efforts to counter China's increasingly assertive policies towards Taiwan.

Reuters · Nov 20, 2022

Sanctions support over human rights abuses

Foreign countries committing human rights abuses against their own citizens as well as Australians, would face sanctions under a push by the coalition.

AAP · Nov 20, 2022

Flood warnings in Victoria and NSW – as it happened

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The Guardian - AU · Nov 19, 2022

Saudi Crown Prince Meets with Speaker of Thai Senate

Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman bin Abdulaziz met on Saturday at his residence in the Thai capital, the Senate Speaker, Pornpetch Wichitcholchai, and several chairmen of the council's committees. During the meeting, the two sides discussed aspects of bilateral relations. The Crown Prince also met separately with members of…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Nov 19, 2022

Albanese returns home after summit success

The prime minister says the shoots of global co-operation have started to appear after his nine-day diplomatic tour attending the ASEAN, G20 and APEC summits.

AAP · Nov 19, 2022

COP27: China's climate envoy says expects cooperation with U.S. to continue

China's top climate negotiator Xie Zhenhua said on Saturday he expects to continue direct cooperation on climate change with his U.S. counterpart John Kerry after the COP27 summit taking place in Egypt comes to a close.

Reuters · Nov 19, 2022

China and US renew commitment to tackling climate crisis but differences remain

Xie Zhenhua said he’d had ‘very constructive discussions’ with John Kerry at Cop27 but there’s no change on finance issues

The Guardian - UK · Nov 19, 2022

What India can’t lose sight of with its G-20 presidency

As the G-20 summit wrapped up earlier this week in Indonesia, the stage is now set for India to take over the group’s presidency from December 1. The next few months will see India explore various fusions of its leadership of an influential multilateral group  and its core interests on…

Newslaundry · Nov 19, 2022