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Oct 30, 2025 - World

A forthcoming national defense strategy will keep the Pentagon's main focus on threats from Communist China in addition to placing a new emphasis on homeland and Western Hemisphere defenses, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said.

Oct 30, 2025 - World

Thousands of mainly young protesters in Serbia have embarked on a two-day march from the capital Belgrade

Oct 30, 2025 - World

US president makes threat after Russian nuclear-powered weapons tests and shortly before meeting with Chinese leaderDonald Trump has instructed the Pentagon to immediately start matching other nuclear powers in their testing of nuclear weapons, specifically citing Russia and China.In a post to Truth Social, Trump said “because of other countries’ testing programs, I have instructed the Department of War to start testing our Nuclear Weapons on an equal basis. That process will begin immediately.” Continue reading...

Oct 30, 2025 - World

Donald Trump hails ‘amazing’ trade talks with Chinese counterpart, with ‘no roadblock at all on rare earth’Five key takeaways from Trump-Xi meetingAnalysis: price of confrontation was too high for both sidesDonald Trump has described crucial trade talks with the Chinese president in South Korea as “amazing”, saying their dispute over the supply of rare earths had been settled and that he would visit China in April.Xi Jinping has not commented on Thursday’s discussions but noted that the economic and trade teams from both countries had “reached a basic consensus on addressing our respective major concerns” during recent talks in Kuala Lumpur, according to Chinese state media. That had “provided the necessary conditions” for their meeting on Thursday, he added. Continue reading...

Oct 30, 2025 - World

Bruce and Denise Morcombe call on other states to act as LNP passes ‘Daniel’s law’, allowing public naming of some child sexual abusersFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastQueensland parliament has passed laws to create the state’s first public register of some child sexual abusers, with the new legislation named in memory of child murder victim Daniel Morcombe.The move adds momentum to a campaign by Daniel’s parents, Bruce and Denise Morcombe, for a national register. The couple founded the child safety education charity the Daniel Morcombe Foundation after the murder of their 13-year-old son in 2003 by paedophile Brett Peter Cowan. Continue reading...