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President Trump speaks on the phone with Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull in the Oval Office. week, telling him a refugee agreement between the two countries was the "worst deal ever," calling their conversation the "worst call" and hanging up 25 minutes into what was supposed to be an hour-long talk.
For decades, Australia and t... . FILE - In this May 8, 2016 file photo, Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull speaks to the media during a press conference at Parliament House in Canberra, Australia.
Malcolm Turnbull refused to confirm or deny whether Donald Trump hung up on him after calling the Nauru resettlement plan the "worst deal ever". No matter the differences between Washington and Canberra or personal disinterest between the respective leaders, any past prime minister could rely on any president to make the phone calls and visits look dignified and diplomatic, as befits a "special relationship".
Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull said Thursday he had spoken candidly and frankly with U.S. President Donald Trump, but would not confirm a Washington Post report that Trump had berated him over a refugee swap deal and cut the call short. The Post report said Trump had described the call with the leader of Australia, one of the United States' staunchest allies, as "the worst so far."
So the toadying to Trump begins before inauguration . The just pursuit of peace in the Middle East and links to New Zealand forged though war are as nothing when we want to scratch the biggest back in town.
French Defense Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian, right, and Australian Defense Minister Marise Payne listen to national anthems on the Australian Navy ship HMAS Adelaide in Sydney, Monday, Dec. 19, 2016. The Australian and French defense ministers say they are giving top priority to concealing design details of a new Australian submarine after data was leaked from French shipbuilder DCNS about a submarine built for India.
Wellington: New Zealand Prime Minister John Key, who won praise for his economic stewardship after the global financial crisis, unexpectedly announced his resignation on Monday, saying it was time to leave politics after more than eight years in power. Key said he had no immediate future plans, but told reporters he would stay in parliament long enough for his centre-right National Party to avoid a by-election for his seat.
Twelve new submarines will provide the decisive sea lethality Australia needs to guarantee long-term strategic security, the head of the Navy says. Vice Admiral Tim Barrett says the navy needs to look to the lessons from past Oberon and Collins-class subs to make a success of these new boats.
Australia's prime minister said on Monday resettlement to the United States of many of the 1,200 asylum seekers held in detention camps on Papua New Guinea and the Pacific island of Nauru will begin after President-elect Donald Trump's inauguration in January. Whether Trump honours the deal Australia reached with the outgoing Obama administration, and announced earlier this month, will provide an early test of Trump's anti-immigration stance.
Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull sought to allay concerns Monday that a deal to send refugees from remote Pacific camps to the United States could be scuppered by President-elect Donald Trump. Canberra on Sunday announced a "one-off" arrangement that would see an unspecified number of the 1,600 boatpeople held in offshore processing centres on Nauru and in Papua New Guinea settled in the US.
Americans wondering what life with liquefied natural gas exports will bring can look to eastern Australia for a worst-case scenario. As Australia is set to overtake Qatar as the world's largest exporter of LNG, its domestic market is showing growing vulnerability to price spikes.
Hawaiian Airlines executives had a dilemma: Their planes were burning more fuel than projected on their regular 2,600-mile route between Honolulu and American Samoa. Various factors for increased fuel use, like winds, were ruled out.
The Latest on the death of Thailand's King Bhumibol, the world's longest-reigning monarch, : A public holiday was declared Friday morning after people had already gone to work. The stock market and banks remained open, as did Thai embassies worldwide.
The Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs said in a statement that Bhumibol worked to strengthen ties between China and Thailand and "made an irreplaceable contribution to cementing the two people's friendship and expanding bilateral cooperation." "China deeply mourns King Bhumibol's passing and expresses sincere condolences to the Thai people and government," the ministry said.
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Americans living in Manawatu say watching Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton face off from afar has been surreal, and they're conscious the eyes of the world are on their home country. Filmmaker Derrick Sims is originally from Arkansas and came to Palmerston North this year.
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In this Nov. 12, 2014 file photo, U.S. President Barack Obama, right, smiles after a group of children waved flags and flowers to cheer him during a welcome ceremony with Chinese President Xi Jinping at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China. As Barack Obama embarks on what is likely to be his final trip to Asia as president, attention is returning to what is known as the U.S. "pivot" to the continent launched during his first term.
As Barack Obama embarks on what is likely to be his final trip to Asia as president, attention is returning to what is known as the U.S. "pivot" to the continent launched during his first term. The policy adjustment aimed to reinforce alliances and shift military assets to a region that has grown in importance alongside the rise of China as a global economic and political power.
Western Australian uranium hopeful Vimy Resources has the environmental go ahead for a proposed mine project at Mulga Rocks, 240 kilometres north east of Kalgoorlie Conservation Council Nuclear Free Campaigner Mia Pepper says "Conservation groups will be lodging an official appeal against the recommendation by the EPA. Vimy Resources faces many hurdles and roadblocks and today's EPA recommendation is a long way from a green light for mining yellow cake at Mulga Rock."