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Bloomberg
7 days ago
- Business
- Bloomberg
Ex-Australia PM Says He Could Have Halted Port Lease to Chinese Firm
Former Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull said he could have halted the lease of the Port of Darwin to a Chinese company shortly after coming to power a decade ago — pulling the plug on a deal the US 'never liked.' The center-right former leader told Bloomberg Television on Thursday that at the time security agencies had assured him there were no concerns about the deal. The Northern Territory government had made the decision to lease the port for 99 years to Landbridge Group shortly after Turnbull took office in September 2015.
Washington Post
09-05-2025
- Politics
- Washington Post
Syria and Lebanon's moves to centralize power leads to crackdowns on Palestinian factions
BEIRUT — Lebanon and Syria are cracking down on Palestinian factions that for decades have had an armed presence in both countries and which on some occasions were used to plan and launch attacks against Israel. The crackdown comes as Syria's new rulers under Islamist group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham are pursuing officials of the former government under Bashar Assad , including those in the ousted president's web of security agencies. Syria's most prominent Palestinian factions were key allies of the Assad dynasty in both war and peace time and closely cooperated on security matters.
