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Former Australian PM says subs 'worst deal in all history'

Former Australian Prime Minister Paul Keating has launched a blistering attack on his nation’s plan to buy nuclear-powered submarines from the United States to modernize its fleet, saying “it must be the worst deal in all history.”

The Independent UK

Australia hasn't figured out low-level nuclear waste storage yet – let alone high-level waste from submarines

Within ten years, Australia could be in possession of three American-made Virginia-class nuclear submarines under the AUKUS agreement with the United States and United Kingdom. The following decade, we plan to build five next-generation nuclear submarines.

The Conversation

Paul Keating savages AUKUS nuclear submarine deal as Labor's worst since conscription

Former prime minister Paul Keating has taken aim at Australia's AUKUS nuclear-powered submarine deal with the United States and the United Kingdom, calling it the "worst international decision" by a Labor government since conscription in World War I.

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Moscow sees drone incident as provocation -Russia's ambassador to U.S

Russia views the incident involving one of its Su-27 fighter jet and a U.S. military drone over the Black Sea as provocation, its ambassador to the United States, Anatoly Antonov, said in remarks published early on Wednesday.

Reuters

Divide on Ukraine support emerges in early 2024 GOP field

Former President Donald Trump and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis are emerging as leading rivals for the Republican presidential nomination, but when it comes to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, they are united in arguing that stopping the aggression isn’t a vital U.S. strategic interest

The Independent UK

How China’s Saudi-Iran Deal Can Serve U.S. Interests

And why there’s less to Beijing’s diplomatic breakthrough than meets the eye.

Foreign Policy

US says it summoned Russian ambassador over downing of drone over Black Sea

The United States summoned Russia's ambassador to Washington on Tuesday after a Russian fighter jet downed a U.S. military drone over the Black Sea, State Department spokesperson Ned Price said.

Reuters

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Ron DeSantis says backing Ukraine is not in the U.S. interest, a sign of a GOP divided

Gov. Ron DeSantis is opposed to U.S. support for Ukraine in its war with Russia. So is former President Donald Trump. The issue seems poised to become a flashpoint in the 2024 presidential race.

WEKU

Is This TikTok’s Huawei Moment?

As bans of the video app pile up around the world, the question is how far the U.S.—and its allies—will go.

Foreign Policy

FIFA Expands 2026 World Cup Again to Create 104-Game Program

The expanded World Cup in North America got even more supersized on Tuesday. The governing body of football increased the size of the 2026 tournament for the second time — six years after the first — by approving a bigger group stage for the inaugural 48-team event. By retaining groups…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Former prime minister Scott Morrison defends secrecy of early AUKUS plans

Former prime minister Scott Morrison says China's rapid military build-up was at "the top of the list" of factors driving the AUKUS nuclear submarine deal he brokered in deep secrecy with the United States and the United Kingdom.

ABC News

Jimmy Carter took on the awful Guinea worm when no one else would — and triumphed

Jimmy Carter took great pride in pointing out that the United States didn’t start any new wars during his term as president. But after he left office, he launched a war against “neglected” diseases — diseases in far-off lands that most Americans will never suffer from and may not have…

Tribune News Service

The best US cities for foodies

Whether you’re on the hunt for finger-lickin’ barbecue or groundbreaking plant-based cuisine, the United States serves it up in giant portions. Kevin E G Perry seeks out the best eats in this food-loving nation

The Independent UK

China says AUKUS on 'dangerous path' with nuclear subs deal

China says the United States, Australia and the United Kingdom are traveling “further down the wrong and dangerous path for their own geopolitical self-interest.”

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Philippine-US annual military drills will be biggest ever - official

The Philippines and the United States will carry out their biggest ever joint military drills next month, a spokesperson for the annual war games said on Tuesday, highlighting improved ties with the Western power under President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.

Tribune News Service

Editorial: The budget and the debt: Speaker Kevin McCarthy must agree to raise the borrowing ceiling

President Joe Biden’s proposed budget for the federal fiscal year that starts on Oct. 1 would spend $6.8 trillion off revenues of only $5 trillion in taxes collected. The imbalance, a $1.8 trillion deficit, would get added to the national debt of $31.4 trillion that has been building since 1789.…

The Independent UK

‘Mexico is safer than the US,’ says Mexico president after American tourist kidnappings

Mexico's president has claimed that his country is safer than the United States, a week after two US citizens were killed and two kidnapped in the border city of Matamoros

Asharq Al-Awsat

Kuwait Appoints New Ambassadors to Riyadh, Washington

The two Kuwaiti ambassadors-designate to Riyadh and Washington took the oath on Monday before Kuwaiti Crown Prince Sheikh Mishaal Al-Ahmed Al-Jaber Al-Sabah at the Bayan Palace. The swearing-in ceremony was attended by Kuwait's Foreign Minister Sheikh Salem Abdullah Al-Jaber Al-Sabah. Sheikh Sabah Nasser Sabah Al-Ahmad, Kuwait’s Ambassador to the Kingdom…

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White House: 'No Deal' on Prisoner Swap with Iran at this Time

The White House said on Monday there was no deal on a prisoner swap with Iran at this time, and the United States is continuing to engage with Iran over how to get home Americans unjustly detained there. "There's no deal. And the last thing that we want to do…

The Independent UK

Australia says nuclear subs needed to counter militarization

Australia’s defense minister says a deal to buy nuclear-powered attack submarines from the United States was necessary to counter the biggest conventional military buildup in the region since World War II

The Independent UK

Why another high inflation report may not cause Fed to hike

The government inflation report being released Tuesday is expected to show that price acceleration in the United States remained chronically high in February, putting the Federal Reserve in an unusually tough position

France 24

North Korea fires two missiles in second test in three days

North Korea test-fired two short-range ballistic missiles in another show of force Tuesday, a day after the United States and South Korea began military drills that Pyongyang views as an invasion rehearsal.

The Independent UK

Biden says US partnership with UK and Australia puts nations ‘in the strongest possible position’

The president and prime ministers for the United Kingdom and Australia announced the next steps in their strategic partnership on nuclear-powered submarines

Reuters

Australia's nuclear submarine plan to cost up to $245 billion by 2055 -defence official

Australia's nuclear-powered submarine programme with the United States and Britain will cost up to A$368 billion ($245 billion) over the next three decades, a defence official said on Tuesday, the country's biggest single defence programme in history.

Reuters

U.S. to extend humanitarian stay for Ukrainians who entered via Mexico border

The Biden administration will allow Ukrainians who entered the United States last year at the Mexico border to renew their humanitarian status, giving them continued access to government benefits like health insurance and food stamps.

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