Australian PM Scott Morrison will meet his Japanese counterpart Yoshihide Suga in person in Tokyo Tuesday for crucial defence talks, highlighting the gravity of the trip.
At least 20 ships are anchored off the Chinese port of Jingtang and unable to offload millions of tons of Australian coal. Fifteen of them have been waiting since June.
Ties between the two nations have worsened rapidly this year after Australia called for an investigation into the origins of the Covid pandemic in China.
Australia is one of the world’s biggest per-capita carbon polluters, but PM Morrison is showing no signs of turning, even with many citizens demanding greater action on climate change.
China won’t allow imports of a swathe of Australian commodities from this week. The curbs are a major escalation in Beijing’s pressure campaign following a stand-off with Australia.
Trade between Australia and China has take a hit with high tariffs and anti-dumping probes ever since Australia called for an independent probe into the origins of coronavirus in April.
While global corporations setting up GCCs in India continue to express confidence in availability of skilled AI engineers, the panel argued that India’s real challenge lies elsewhere.
Taylor ‘Fema’ Hiester, commander of USAF F-16 Viper Demo Team, hit out at air show organisers for continuing with the show after Wing Commander Namansh Syal lost his life in the incident.
It is a brilliant, reasonably priced, and mostly homemade aircraft with a stellar safety record; only two crashes in 24 years since its first flight. But its crash is a moment of introspection.
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