A long-awaited Australia-Vanuatu pact blocks China from building a military base – AP News

  1. A long-awaited Australia-Vanuatu pact blocks China from building a military base  AP News
  2. Australia-Vanuatu deal bars foreign bases in island nation  DW.com
  3. Australia and Vanuatu sign delayed security deal seen as curbing China  Reuters
  4. Australia and Vanuatu sign deal barring foreign military from island  Euronews
  5. Australia and Vanuatu sign deal to block foreign military bases  Al Jazeera
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China Blacklists More Japan Entities as Takaichi Feud Deepens – Bloomberg.com

  1. China Blacklists More Japan Entities as Takaichi Feud Deepens  Bloomberg.com
  2. China widens Japan export curbs, targeting drone makers, nuclear firms and defense institutes  CNBC
  3. China imposes export controls on 40 Japanese entities as tensions with Tokyo rise  ABC News - Breaking News, Latest News and Videos
  4. China restricts exports to Mitsubishi, Hitachi, Komatsu units  Nikkei Asia
  5. China blacklists more Japanese entities as row deepens  The Japan Times
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Pakistani airstrikes kill dozens in eastern Afghanistan

Pakistan says strikes were aimed at a terrorist group while Taliban condemn ‘cowardly act of aggression’

Pakistani airstrikes in three eastern provinces of Afghanistan killed 36 civilians and wounded 163 others, Afghan officials have said, as attacks between the two countries showed no sign of abating.

Pakistan’s information minister, Attaullah Tarar, said the operations on Sunday night were aimed at a terrorist group his country blamed for a deadly militant attack in Karachi that killed three security personnel over the weekend.

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Extreme heat continues in central and eastern Europe with temperatures of 38C expected – Europe live

Germany, Czechia, Poland and Hungary reached record temperatures of more than 40C on Sunday

Good morning, or dzień dobry, from Warsaw, Poland as the heatwave that affected much of the continent last week continues to impact central and eastern Europe.

It’s 9am local time and already 32C. I have seen two people cycling home with large fans, trying to get back before the heat hits the fan again. None of this is normal.

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Liberal frontbencher calls for party ‘rebrand’ after drop in polls, prompting ridicule from Labor

Melissa McIntosh’s comment comes after Angus Taylor’s claim Morrison government ‘breached trust’

Liberal frontbencher Melissa McIntosh has said the party might need a “rebrand” to win back voters who continue to desert the opposition, with the Coalition hitting a new historic polling low.

Her comments came after the opposition leader, Angus Taylor, claimed the Morrison government – of which he was a senior minister – had “breached trust” with the electorate during the Covid pandemic by supporting “big government”.

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