More than 1500 sheep died across these voyages collectively from heat
stress, injury or disease – which was nevertheless under the official
“reportable mortality” rate.
The sea cucumber, or trepang, Australia’s first export to Asia.
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Morrison announced a compromise position that recognises West Jerusalem as Israel’s capital but does not move Australia’s embassy there until a peace settlement determines Jerusalem’s final status.
Meng Wanzhou, CFO of the Chinese tech giant Huawei, is shown arriving at a parole office in Vancouver on Dec. 12. Her arrest at the request of the U.S. officials has strained Canada-Chinese relations.
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China is influential, but would not have succeeded in changing the UN human rights system without quiet consent from countries who wished to trade with it, including Canada.
Despite agreeing to a ceasefire, the two sides offered differing depictions of their trade war truce that show a lasting peace may still be out of reach.
We may be on the cusp of a full-blow trade war that could reconfigure globalisation.
Places at the table: the G20 is adept at harnessing the commitment and resources of other international organisations to its own agenda.
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The G20’s power comes from its members, but also vital is its informal structure and close working relationship with other international organisations.
Trump had a full hand, but he may have squandered it.
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Boasting the world’s biggest and strongest economy, the U.S. has enormous leverage when it sits down with a partner to negotiate a trade deal. Threats and tariffs are not really helping.
Leaders pose for the official G20 family photo at their 2014 summit in Brisbane.
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The ‘thin green line’ of resistance against any new infrastructure for shipping oil, gas and coal abroad has won many battles. But it faces a new source of pressure: the Trump administration.