German chancellor to meet Russian president as US warns invasion could come ‘at any time’ – follow all the latest developments in the Ukraine crisis
Albanese ‘is not Scott Morrison and that’s a big advantage’, Malcolm Turnbull tells French media
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Australia’s new prime minister will have an easier time mending relations with the French “because he is not Scott Morrison and that’s a big advantage”, the former leader Malcolm Turnbull has told journalists in Paris...
Response to Russia’s war in Ukraine dominates G7 summit
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Western leaders ended the three-day G7 summit in Germany promising to increase the economic and political costs to Vladimir Putin and his regime of Russia’s war in Ukraine. The German chancellor and chair of the G7, O ...
Putin needs a drawn-out war – the west’s timidity gives him one
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Russia’s latest attack on civilian targets in Ukraine, causing at least 18 deaths in a shopping centre in Kremenchuk, far from the frontline, could be interpreted as a message to the G7 and Nato meetings under way in ...
Sri Lanka suspends fuel sales for two weeks as economic crisis worsens
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Cash-strapped Sri Lanka has announced a two-week halt to all fuel sales except for essential services and called for a partial shutdown as its unprecedented economic crisis deepened. The south Asian nation is facing i...
Warnings of mental health crisis among ‘Covid generation’ of students
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The pandemic has had a lasting legacy on the mental health of the “Covid generation” of students, exacerbating rates of anxiety, depression and self-harm and resulting in a “significant rise” in young people strugglin...
Australia ‘ill-prepared’ for food insecurity driven by war and climate crisis, former defence leaders say
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Australia is badly prepared for food insecurity fuelled by the climate crisis and war, former military leaders have warned. A new report, to be released on Tuesday, describes Australia and the Asia-Pacific as a “disas...
‘The system is in crisis’: barristers make their case as strike begins
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Usually one of the busiest courts in the country, the corridors of Manchester crown court were unusually quiet. Fuera de, dozens of criminal law barristers gathered at the entrance in their gowns and wigs to mark the b...
Letting Russia win in Ukraine would be ‘absolutely chilling’, dice Boris Johnson
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Boris Johnson has argued that continued international support for Ukraine is a price worth paying, saying that to let Russia prevail would be “absolutely chilling” for nearby countries and usher in a period of global ...