Rubio says US and China must keep talking despite deep differences
Published: 3:03am, 3 Jun 2026Updated: 4:59am, 3 Jun 2026 US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said “significant irritants” remained in the US-China relationship but...
Trump to attend press gala dinner rescheduled in wake of shooting incident
Published: 1:26am, 3 Jun 2026Updated: 2:56am, 3 Jun 2026 US President Donald Trump will attend the rescheduled White House Correspondents’ Association dinner on July...
UN warns world to prepare for El Nino extreme weather
Published: 1:07am, 3 Jun 2026Updated: 1:32am, 3 Jun 2026 There is an 80 per cent chance of the warming El Nino phenomenon developing between...
Trump taps housing regulator Bill Pulte as acting intelligence chief
Published: 11:43pm, 2 Jun 2026Updated: 1:35am, 3 Jun 2026 US President Donald Trump has named federal housing regulator Bill Pulte as acting director of...
Hong Kong to keep ‘open mind’ on options for struggling postal service
Published: 10:29pm, 2 Jun 2026Updated: 11:17pm, 2 Jun 2026 Hong Kong authorities have vowed to develop a long-term road map for the city’s struggling...
US proposes 25% tariff to punish Brazil over trade practices
The Trump administration has proposed a new punitive tariff of 25 per cent on many imports from Brazil, after deciding its practices were unfair...
Bangladesh faces further measles risk due to lack of vaccinations, travel
Published: 10:10pm, 2 Jun 2026Updated: 12:07am, 3 Jun 2026 The measles outbreak in Bangladesh is one of its deadliest health crises in decades, and...
Can China’s caesium-from-brine tech cut reliance on Canadian, Australian ores?
Published: 10:00pm, 2 Jun 2026Updated: 10:38pm, 2 Jun 2026 Chinese researchers have developed an environmentally friendly method to extract caesium from brine, a process...
Putin in Beijing, ‘China shock’ in EU: 7 global relations reads
We have selected seven of the most interesting and important news stories covering global relations from the past few weeks. If you would like...