(AFP) – Australian Defence Minister Richard Marles held talks with his Chinese counterpart Sunday, the first meeting between the countries’ defence ministers for three years, describing it as “an important first step”. “It was an

In the new economic cost, the US has announced full blocking sanctions on Russia's largest financial institution, Sberbank, and its largest private bank, Alfa Bank. This action will freeze any of Sberbank's and Alfa Bank's

Now, Washington chooses to go its own way. The real purpose is to facilitate the dominance of American rules without opening its market or lowering tariffs, and ultimately to serve the updated version of "America

He also accused Beijing of raising tensions over Taiwan -- a self-ruled island China claims as part of its territory -- and said Beijing has "cut off Taiwan's relations with countries around the world and