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CNN
2 days ago
- Politics
- CNN
Putin-Witkoff meeting was ‘constructive,' Kremlin says
The meeting between US special envoy Steve Witkoff and Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday was 'constructive and useful' the Kremlin said, according to Russian state media TASS. This is a developing story and will be updated.

ABC News
17-07-2025
- Politics
- ABC News
Laura Tingle on the PM, Trump and Xi
The Prime Minister is wrapping up his six day visit to China, following what he says was a "constructive" meeting with Chinese President Xi Jingping. But Donald Trump made his presence felt from a far -- so did the US intervention hang over the trip? Laura Tingle joined the Party Room from a panda research base in Chengdu for some analysis (and panda chat). And back home, the Albanese Government is signalling legislation to strip funding from childcare centres will be a top priority when parliament returns. So, how different will the parliament look when it returns next week? Brett Worthington and Jade Macmillan are joined by Laura Tingle, ABC Global Affairs Editor on The Party Room


Times
06-05-2025
- Politics
- Times
Our security now lies in a rearmed Europe
V E Day feels like a good moment to quit wasting breath on abuse of Donald Trump. Let me explain my meaning: of course he and JD Vance are brutes whose tenancy of the White House is a global tragedy. But the rest of us must get down to thinking constructively about what we do next. Which does not include taking a shameful Open to Turnberry. War commemorations are traditionally occasions at which we reprise twaddle about the special relationship, such as Churchill expounded publicly but never privately. Behind closed doors, he raged at the ruthlessness of American treatment of Britain, especially about money. I have always believed his failure to attend Franklin Roosevelt's April 1945 funeral reflected not, as billed, responsibilities at home but rather