At G20, Xi Jinping and Anthony Albanese discuss improved China-Australia trade relations

Both leaders note progress, with the Australian prime minister saying: ‘Trade is flowing more freely to the benefit of both countries.’.

Boeing to cut nearly 2,200 jobs at historic sites in Washington state

Boeing said it will start laying people off permanently from December 20 as part of plan to cut 10 per cent of its global workforce.

Russian extradited to US from South Korea to face cybercrime charges

Evgenii Ptitsyn allegedly extorted US$16 million from schools and hospitals using ransomware program Phobos, Justice Department said.

Speculation over Donald Trump’s US treasury pick reveals divergent views in transition

China tariffs in focus as president-elect’s high-profile advisers like Elon Musk push candidates who embody a break from ‘business as usual’.

US hits Israeli settler group with sanctions over West Bank violence

Amana supports unauthorised settler outposts that are used to expand Jewish settlements and seize Palestinian land, Treasury Department said.

Anger, pain in Turkey as ‘newborn deaths gang’ trial opens

Prosecutors believe network of private hospital staff conspired to send dozens of healthy babies to neonatal care units for financial gain.

G20 summit begins with Brazilian host laying out ambitious global priorities

Anti-poverty agenda set by Brazil’s leader is already running into headwinds at meeting of the world’s 20 leading economic powers.

Tear gas used on Ukraine battlefield, chemical weapons agency finds

Traces of tear gas found in Dnipropetrovsk. Use of riot control agents as method of warfare is prohibited under Chemical Weapons Convention.

As US and India line up in a second Trump administration, China could be targeted

Trump nominees for high-level positions suggest Washington will lean more toward New Delhi and further from Beijing, analysts say.

Trump confirms plan to use military for mass deportation, reverse ‘Biden invasion’

US president-elect’s mass deportation programme is targeting an estimated 20 million families.