Australia’s Relationship with United States Gets a Second Look

The country has doubled down on its defense relationship with the United States in recent years. President Trump’s treatment of allies is prompting some to question the wisdom of that path.

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Trump Imposes Tariffs on Remote Islands

Some of the more sparsely populated territories in the world that do little trade with the United States have been caught up in the trade war.

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Trump Imposes Tariffs on Remote Islands

Some of the more sparsely populated territories in the world that do little trade with the United States have been caught up in the trade war.

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A Stunned World Reckons With Economic Fallout From Trump’s Tariffs

Not even America’s closest trading partners were spared by a policy broadside that spooked investors and left policymakers scrambling to formulate responses.

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China Is Courting, and Confronting, U.S. Allies Made Uneasy by Trump

Even as China offers itself to nations like Japan as a more reliable partner, its ships are pushing into their neighborhoods — sometimes on the very same day.

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Outrage in Australia After American Woman Grabs a Baby Wombat

A video of an American woman snatching a baby wombat from the side of its mother enraged many in Australia. She left the country Friday.

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Chinese Warships Circle Australia and Leave It Feeling ‘Near Naked’

The unusual deployment by three navy ships over the past month has prompted a debate in Australia about its aging fleet and reliance on the United States.

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Chinese Navy Drills in Tasman Sea Unnerve Australia and New Zealand

The vessels were sailing in the Tasman Sea, and their announced intent to perform exercises prompted a call for commercial flights to divert course.

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Australian Health Workers Suspended After Threatening Israeli Patients

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese of Australia denounced the comments, caught on video amid a spate of antisemitic incidents, as “sickening and shameful.”

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As Australia’s Election Nears, Peter Dutton Has a ‘Trump Lite’ Approach

Peter Dutton, who wants to be prime minister, has been taking aim at “wokeness.” But Australia’s electorate isn’t America’s, and there are lines he won’t cross.

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