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Aussie shares rebound as US extends China tariff pause
PerthNow
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June 3, 2025
Australian shares are heading higher, as investors shrugged-off escalating trade tensions between the White House and Beijing, after the United State extended a tariff pause on goods from China. The S&P/ASX200 jumped 47.2 points, or 0.56 per cent...
Why America may never be great again
The Age
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June 3, 2025
America’s government finances are about to get a lot worse. The “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” currently before the US Senate, with its extension of Trump’s 2017 tax cuts, would add more than $US3.3 trillion to that debt within a decade and (because...
China Nanhai Jiujiang renews Dragon Boat race titles and sets new record
Macau Daily Times
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June 3, 2025
The China Nanhai Jiujiang team successfully defended its titles in both the open and women’s categories of the Macao International Invitation Standard Dragon Boat Race (500 meters), setting new event records in each category. In the Open Category...
Australian adult content creator, OnlyFans star Koby Falks dies suddenly, aged 42
PerthNow
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June 3, 2025
Australian adult content creator Koby Falks has died suddenly, aged just 42. His devastating passing was announced to his 127,000 Instagram followers on Monday. “Koby Falks, better known to his family and friends as Anthony Cox, passed away...
'Strongest Military We Have Ever Had': Donald Trump Says US Military Stockpiling Weapons 'At a Rate Never Seen Before'
Latestly
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June 3, 2025
US President Donald Trump said that the United States military is presently at its strongest level ever while citing an unprecedented rate of weapons stockpiling. Taking to Truth Social, Donald Trump said that he spoke with military leaders of...
President Mahama's Trump criticism meaningless if US military base remains - Kwesi Pratt
GhanaWeb
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June 2, 2025
The Managing Editor of the Insight Newspaper, Kwesi Pratt Jnr, has called on former President John Dramani Mahama to dismantle the US military base in Ghana, arguing that without such action, Mahama's strong condemnation of Donald Trump's alleged...
Liverpool university’s China JV has links to sanctioned entities, report says
The Financial Times
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June 2, 2025
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. A Chinese university co-founded by the University of Liverpool has close links with entities that are subject to US and EU...
Russia and Ukraine Ratchet Up War While Trying to Show Trump They Want Peace
To Vima
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June 3, 2025
WASHINGTON—Ukraine’s weekend attacks against military airfields deep inside Russia signal the long-stalemated war is entering a perilous phase, with both sides seemingly intent on escalation and prospects for a U.S.-brokered peace deal receding....
Trump ‘thinking’ of going to Turkey for proposed Zelenskyy-Putin peace talks
Frontier Media - Alaska
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Donald Trump has said he is "thinking" of going to Turkey on Thursday for potential peace talks between Ukraine and Russia's leaders. The US president, who previously claimed he could end the conflict in a day, has pushed for both sides to meet to...
How Russia Responds to Ukraine’s Drone Attack Depends on Trump
Foreign Policy
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On June 1, Ukraine launched a major drone attack on four Russian air bases—including one in Siberia, roughly 3,000 miles from Kyiv. The shocking, carefully coordinated operation marked the longest-range assault that Ukraine has carried out since...
The case against ramping up Australia’s defence spending
The Interpreter
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June 3, 2025
There is near universal agreement that Australia should spend more money on defence. The big political parties want to spend more. The defence commentariat overwhelmingly agrees. And earlier this week, the United States made its views plain, with...
UK's New Defense Strategy Calls Russia 'Immediate, Pressing Threat'
Sputnik News
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June 3, 2025
https://sputnikglobe.com/20250603/uks-new-defense-strategy-calls-russia-immediate-pressing-threat-1122178631.html UK's New Defense Strategy Calls Russia 'Immediate, Pressing Threat' UK's New Defense Strategy Calls Russia 'Immediate, Pressing...
‘Downward pressure on prices’: Silver lining in Trump trade
The West Australian
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June 3, 2025
Aussies households are tipped to slow their spending on the back of US President Donald Trump’s tariff policy even though they will likely benefit from cheaper goods and it helped deliver a rate cut in May. In a speech made at the Economic Society...
Surprising Aussie benefit of Trump trade
Cairns Post
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June 3, 2025
Aussies households are tipped to slow their spending on the back of US President Donald Trump’s tariff policy even though they will likely benefit from cheaper goods and it helped deliver a rate cut in May. In a speech made at the Economic Society...
Xinjiang land port starts 24/7 operations to boost trade with Central Asia
People's Daily Online
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An immigration officer conducts inspection work at Irkeshtam port in Wuqia County, Kirgiz Autonomous Prefecture of Kizilsu in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, June 1, 2025. (Photo/Xinhua) The Irkeshtam Port in Northwest China's...
Ukraine, Russia agree prisoner swap, no truce
Kuwait Times
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June 2, 2025
ISTANBUL: Ukraine and Russia agreed another large-scale prisoner exchange at talks in Istanbul on Monday, but failed to make a breakthrough on an immediate halt to the fighting. At the second round of direct talks between the warring sides,...
Ukraine and Russia agree to new prisoner exchange
Nagaland Post
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June 2, 2025
Ukraine and Russia agreed to hold a new prisoner ex-change and swapped memorandums on a possible ceasefire to end Vladimir Putin’s three-year war, despite a gulf remaining between the two sides’ positions at a meeting in Istanbul on Monday,...
The 2nd round of peace talks between the Russian and Ukraine delegations began today in Istanbul Turkey
OpEdNews
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June 3, 2025
Russian and Ukrainian delegations meeting June 2, 2025 in Istanbul, Turkey The second round of peace talks between the Russian and Ukrainian delegations have begun today, June 2, in Istanbul. Turkey. According to Reuters, "The memorandum prepared...
EU riled by latest Trump steel duties
China Daily
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The European Union says United States President Donald Trump's plan to double import taxes on steel and aluminum products "adds further uncertainty to the global economy and increases costs for consumers and businesses on both sides of the...
US-China tensions surge as tech and mineral wars intensify
Asia Times
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June 2, 2025
Beijing and Washington accused each other of violating the consensus reached during trade talks in Geneva, as both sides strengthened export controls on technology products and raw materials. Tensions have surged again since US President Donald...