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Foreign Minister Julie Bishop says comments made by Indonesian President Joko Widodo before his visit to Australia didn't relate to joint patrols, but rather greater cooperation to ensure freedom of navigation.
Topics: foreign-affairs, government-and-politics, world-politics, territorial-disputes, bishop-julie, indonesia, australia
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An elite group of Communist billionaires with a combined worth of nearly $700 billion are being accused of holding China back as they profit from bloated state enterprises.
Topics: markets, business-economics-and-finance, foreign-affairs, government-and-politics, china
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Malaysia says its expulsion of North Korea's ambassador is a warning that Pyongyang cannot manipulate the investigation into the killing of the North Korean leader's half brother.
Topics: world-politics, foreign-affairs, murder-and-manslaughter, crime, malaysia, korea-democratic-people-s-republic-of, asia
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| UpdatedHe's been in the headlines for meetings with Team Trump during last year's presidential campaign, but what do we actually know about him?
Topics: world-politics, foreign-affairs, donald-trump, united-states
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| UpdatedRussia's economy is starting to grow again after years of recession, brought on by falling oil prices, sanctions and a weak currency — but the narrative for locals is contrary to the Government's claims.
Topics: foreign-affairs, government-and-politics, community-and-society, russian-federation
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Australia and Russia have been in a state of frozen disagreement for the past three years, reaching a new low with the downing of MH17. But Russia's ambassador to Australia says slowly but surely, things are looking better.
Topics: foreign-affairs, world-politics, unrest-conflict-and-war, government-and-politics, federal-government, bishop-julie, australia, russian-federation
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| UpdatedUS President Donald Trump has created a more volatile global security situation, which could spell trouble for Australia's energy supplies, experts say.
Topics: oil-and-gas, trade, defence-and-national-security, foreign-affairs, world-politics, government-and-politics, australia, united-states, china
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Donald Trump's Attorney-General Jeff Sessions has recused himself from an investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 White House election after admitting he met with Russia's US ambassador during the presidential campaign.
Topics: donald-trump, us-elections, world-politics, foreign-affairs, united-states, russian-federation
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| UpdatedUS Attorney-General Jeff Sessions removes himself from an investigation into Russian meddling in the 2016 presidential election, following revelations he twice met with the Russian ambassador and did not say so when pressed by Congress.
Topics: donald-trump, us-elections, world-politics, government-and-politics, foreign-affairs, united-states, russian-federation
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| UpdatedUS Attorney-General Jeff Sessions denies meeting with any Russians during the US presidential campaign.
Topics: us-elections, world-politics, foreign-affairs, united-states, russian-federation
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Beverley O'Connor speaks to POLITICO Playbook co-author, Daniel Lippman, about revelations US Attorney-General Jeff Sessions had conversations with the Russian ambassador during the US presidential campaign.
Topics: us-elections, foreign-affairs, united-states, russian-federation
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| UpdatedTop Democrats call on US Attorney-General Jeff Sessions to resign after it emerges he had two conversations with the Russian ambassador during the presidential campaign last year, but failed to disclose them at his confirmation hearing.
Topics: donald-trump, world-politics, foreign-affairs, united-states
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Beverley O'Connor gets the latest from Reuters deputy bureau chief for Malaysia, A Ananthalakshmi, in the murder case of the half-brother of North Korea's leader.
Topics: foreign-affairs, murder-and-manslaughter, malaysia, korea-democratic-people-s-republic-of, asia
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Beverley O'Connor speaks to Professor Nicola McEwen from the University of Edinburgh about the landscape across the UK as it prepares to leave the EU.
Topics: world-politics, foreign-affairs, united-kingdom, scotland
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| UpdatedIt is part of a trial by the Timor-Leste electoral commission giving some expats the chance to vote in the country's upcoming elections for the first time since independence.
Topics: foreign-affairs, elections, nt
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| UpdatedIn emotional moment, US President Donald Trump saluted a slain Navy SEAL's wife in the audience during his address to Congress.
Topics: donald-trump, world-politics, foreign-affairs, united-states
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| UpdatedNot for almost half a century has Saudi Arabia's King graced Indonesia with his presence, but that's all about to change, in a big way.
Topics: world-politics, government-and-politics, foreign-affairs, islam, religion-and-beliefs, terrorism, indonesia, saudi-arabia, asia
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Beverley O'Connor speaks to Paul Haenle, the director of the Carnegie-Tsinghua Centre for Global Policy and a former China director on the US National Security Council, about the importance of Washington's relationship with allies like Australia.
Topics: foreign-affairs, unrest-conflict-and-war, defence-and-national-security, world-politics, united-states, australia, asia
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| UpdatedPublic submissions close this week for comments as Australia prepares its first Foreign Policy White Paper in 14 years.
Topics: government-and-politics, foreign-affairs, pacific, australia
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| UpdatedYemen is now classified as the world's worst humanitarian disaster and described by the UN as being "on the brink of famine" but Australia has committed no funding to help save lives there.
Topics: disasters-and-accidents, famine, international-aid-and-trade, world-politics, foreign-affairs, federal-government, yemen, south-sudan, nigeria, somalia, australia
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| UpdatedMalcolm Turnbull and Joko Widodo hold formal talks in Sydney, reviving cooperation halted after the discovery of "insulting" posters at a Perth military training base, and reaching deals on trade and a new Australian consulate in east Java.
Topics: defence-and-national-security, foreign-affairs, international-aid-and-trade, world-politics, government-and-politics, australia, indonesia
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Maria Zakharova sits down with the ABC's Lisa Millar to discuss global politics and Russia's relationship with the United States.
Topics: world-politics, government-and-politics, foreign-affairs, russian-federation, united-states
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| UpdatedIndonesian President Joko Widodo hears first-hand the challenges Australian businesses face in investing in his country during Sydney visit.
Topics: federal-government, government-and-politics, trade, international-aid-and-trade, business-economics-and-finance, foreign-affairs, agreements-and-treaties, defence-and-national-security, indonesia, australia
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| UpdatedScientists in the US are coming together to fight back against Trump's apparent attack on their profession.
Topics: science-and-technology, business-economics-and-finance, education-industry, foreign-affairs, donald-trump, environment, education, us-elections, united-states
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| UpdatedGerman officials criticise the Russian military's plan to build a replica of Berlin's Parliament as a target for teenagers to attack, at a recently built patriotic theme park near Moscow.
Topics: foreign-affairs, world-politics, russian-federation, germany