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White House welcomes Fiji to its Indo-Pacific economic plan

Fiji is joining U.S. President Joe Biden's Indo-Pacific Economic Framework (IPEF), the White House said on Thursday, making it the first Pacific Island country in the plan that is part of a U.S. effort to push back on China's growing regional influence.

Reuters

Julian Assange's family says federal election result brings renewed hope for WikiLeaks founder's release

Senior Labor officials including new Prime Minister Anthony Albanese expressed support for the release of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange when in Opposition. Now Mr Assange's family wants words turned into action.

ABC News

Despite pain at the pump, Americans are hitting the road

Heading into the US summer driving season, Americans are fueling up but how long before they have to hit the brakes?

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Two senior U.S. officials visited Saudi Arabia for talks this week

Two senior U.S. officials visited Saudi Arabia this week for talks that included global energy supplies, Iran and other regional issues, the White House said on Thursday.

Reuters

Husband of teacher shot dead in Texas school attack suffers fatal cardiac arrest

Dad-of-four Joe Garcia died “due to grief” after wife, a teacher, was killed during the Texas school shooting on Tuesday.

Daily Record

New Zealand leader plans to discuss contested Indo-Pacific with Biden on Tuesday

New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said she will meet with U.S. President Joe Biden at the White House next Tuesday, when she expects to discuss increasing competition in the Indo-Pacific, trade and the U.S. economic role in the region.

Reuters

Morning mail: Chalmers on cost of living crisis, Texas shooting response questioned, Ray Liotta dies

Friday: New treasurer Jim Chalmers outlines how he plans to tackle a ‘cost of living crisis’. Plus: what is Sydney without sunshine?

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Texas school shooting prompts look at responses of other nations

Canada, Australia, the United Kingdom and New Zealand tightened their gun laws following mass shootings in recent years.

Al Jazeera

Biden to console families in Uvalde, press for action

President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden will travel to Uvalde, Texas, on Sunday to console families and honor victims of Tuesday’s mass school shooting in which 19 children and two teachers were killed

The Independent UK

A Double Standard Between Ukrainian and Afghan Refugees?

Critics allege, with some justice, that the Biden Administration is treating the former more favorably than the latter. If so, the right solution is to increase openness to Afghans and others fleeing war and repression, not bar more Ukrainians.

Reason

Biden to visit Uvalde, Texas, on Sunday after school massacre

WASHINGTON – On Sunday, President Joe Biden will visit Uvalde, Texas, site of the nation’s second worst school shooting rampage.

Tribune News Service

A brutal slog awaits: Georgia candidates draw battle lines ahead of November race

ATLANTA — The policy divides in Georgia's marquee political races came into clearer focus after this week's primaries, as Republicans tied their opponents to President Joe Biden and Democrats condemned pro-gun GOP stances following another mass shooting.

Tribune News Service

Border officials begin screening asylum-seeking families for fear of persecution prior to expulsion

SAN DIEGO — Border officials this week began referring some asylum-seeking families caught crossing the border for special screenings to see if they are likely to be harmed in the countries where they would otherwise be expelled.

Tribune News Service

Blinken aims at Xi in speech vowing to shape the global order

Secretary of State Antony Blinken said the U.S. will seek to influence China’s behavior by shaping the world around Beijing in remarks that took direct aim at President Xi Jinping’s performance leading the world’s second-biggest economy.

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Ardern's Biden meeting confirmed

Jacinda Ardern has secured a White House visit with US President Joe Biden. The eleventh-hour programme change will extend the Prime Minister’s time in the US by a few days, writes political e

Reuters

Exclusive-U.S. and Ukraine discuss danger of escalation as new arms extend Kyiv's reach

As the United States and its allies provide Ukraine with increasingly sophisticated arms, Washington has held discussions with Kyiv about the danger of escalation if it strikes deep inside Russia, U.S. and diplomatic officials tell Reuters.

The Independent UK

Justices won't block Biden policy on 'social cost of carbon'

The Supreme Court has allowed the Biden administration to use a higher estimate than Republican-led states want for calculating damages to people and the environment from greenhouse gas emissions

Axios

Blinken: China poses "most serious, long-term challenge" to world order

China is the "only country" with the both the intent and ability to reshape the international order, Blinken said.

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Al Jazeera

Texas shooting: Videos show parents pleading with police to act

One video shows parents breaking through yellow police tape and yelling at officers to go into Uvalde primary school.

The Independent UK

The Republicans most likely to make a deal on gun control and how much money the NRA has given them to stop it

Who receives money from the NRA and when isn’t as clear-cut as it may seem

Roll Call

Republican bid to nix asylum policy falls short in Senate - Roll Call

GOP senators fell short on a push to repeal a policy that’d overhaul how migrants’ asylum claims are processed after they cross the border.

Al Jazeera

Blinken lays out US strategy to counter China as rivalry grows

US secretary of state outlines multipronged strategy, but says Washington seeking to avoid ‘new Cold War’ with Beijing.

The Independent UK

Texas shooting is new test for Biden's long battle over guns

President Joe Biden has been intimately involved in some of the gun control movement's greatest successes — and failures

The Independent UK

NI protocol dispute ‘not a real crisis’, leader of US delegation says

Congressman Richard Neal said the stand-off over post-Brexit trading arrangements governing the Irish Sea was a ‘problem to be solved’.

Tribune News Service

Senate Judiciary Committee sends D.C. Circuit nominee to the floor

WASHINGTON — The Senate Judiciary Committee on Thursday advanced the nomination of Judge J. Michelle Childs for the influential federal appeals court in Washington, in a bipartisan 17-5 vote that sets up a later final confirmation vote on the Senate floor.

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