A Russian fighter jet intercepted US nuclear capable bombers just days after an American drone was dramatically brought down. Footage taken from the Russian Su-35 jet shows it flying beside one of two massive B-52 Stratofortresses as they fly in the vicinity of Russian airspace, in the first encounter betweenContinue Reading
A former member of the United States Navy’s top brass says he hopes Australia would send its nuclear powered submarines to support America if there is a war over Taiwan. Ex-US Navy secretary Richard Spencer addressed the National Press Club in Canberra on Monday nearly a week after Anthony AlbaneseContinue Reading
Chinese President Xi Jinping met his “dear friend” Vladimir Putin in Moscow on Monday, seeking both to deepen economic ties with an ally he sees as a useful counterweight to the West and to promote Beijing’s role as a potential peacemaker in Ukraine.Xi was the first leader to meet theContinue Reading
Russia’s ambassador to Australia clashed with ABC presenter Sarah Ferguson in a tense interview on Monday night’s edition of 7.30, during which he refused to acknowledge his nation was breaking international rules. Ambassador Alexey Pavlovsky was immediately taken aback during his first media appearance in several months, as Ferguson startedContinue Reading
MOSCOW: Russia said Monday that it had opened a criminal investigation into International Criminal Court prosecutor Karim Khan after the court based in The Hague issued an arrest warrant for President Vladimir Putin.“The Russian Investigative Committee has opened a criminal case against the prosecutor of the International Criminal Court KarimContinue Reading
China is angry that Australia’s building eight submarines. Meanwhile it’s busily expanding its own fleet to 70. It’s part of what Chairman Xi Jinping this week declared will be a “Great Wall of Steel”. And neighbouring countries are increasingly worried they’ll get trapped behind it. In the first speech ofContinue Reading
Russian strikes killed two people and wounded eight in the eastern Ukrainian city of Kramatorsk on Saturday, the mayor said, accusing Moscow of having used cluster bombs in the attack.“Russia continues to spread terror,” Oleksandr Goncharenko said in a Facebook post. “Consequences of Kramatorsk bombardment with cluster bombs: two peopleContinue Reading
The International Criminal Court has taken the major step of issuing an arrest warrant for Vladimir Putin over the Ukrainian war. But does this mean the Russian president, accused of the war crime of deporting children, is really ever likely to stand trial in The Hague? How could it happen?Continue Reading
WASHINGTON: Chinese President Xi Jinping’s plans to meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow next week highlighted China’s aspirations for a greater role on the world stage. But they also revealed the perils of global diplomacy: Hours after Friday’s announcement of the trip, an international arrest warrant was issuedContinue Reading
She was once a frizzy-haired schoolgirl on Neighbours. But while Rebecca Ritters may have kissed goodbye to Ramsay Street, she has not left TV screens behind. Her TV career started out with her playing Hannah Martin, the daughter of Philip and Julie Martin, on Neighbours. Now she’s a bilingual newsContinue Reading