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Australia should treat cable resilience not only as a domestic security issue but also as a shared regional project, analysts say

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An underwater cable sits on the sea floor. Australia relies heavily on subsea cables for its data. Photo: Getty Images

The cables that link Australia with the rest of the world lie mostly unseen, stretched across the seabed and threaded through some of the Indo-Pacific’s busiest and most contested waters.

This vulnerability could also become a strategic advantage, a new report says, urging

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A rescuer stands in a street full of debris in Pereira, Colombia, on Saturday. Photo: AFP

Colombia’s new President Abelardo de la Espriella on Saturday called on his US counterpart Donald Trump to suspend tariffs currently targeting the South American nation, which is reeling after a deadly earthquake.

US tariffs on Colombian products rose from 10 per cent to 12.5 per cent in late July, with a few exceptions including coffee and oil.

“I asked him to consider to temporarily suspend the high tariffs that are affecting Colombian products,