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PM Shehbaz reviews monsoon preparations
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Wednesday directed Minister for Climate Change Musadik Malik to ensure advance preparations for the upcoming monsoon season across the country. The prime minister also instructed authorities to further strengthen the early warning system and ensure continuous monitoring of high-risk areas vulnerable to natural disasters. The minister, who called on the prime minister, briefed him on the government’s preparedness for the forthcoming monsoon season. Duri...
Liberals push migrant welfare ban and unveil plan to stop workers being hit with higher taxes
Liberals push migrant welfare ban and unveil plan to stop workers being hit with higher taxesCoalition will oppose changes to CGT and negative gearingREAD MORE: What the Liberals and Nationals would do about housingBy NICHOLAS COMINO, POLITICAL REPORTER, AUSTRALIA Published: 04:18, 14 May 2026 | Updated: 04:21, 14 May 2026 e-mail View comments
'US, China should be partners not rivals': Key takeaways from Trump and Xi's much-watched summit
US President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping met at the Great Hall of the People, striking a warm and optimistic tone. Both leaders emphasized cooperation over confrontation, despite existing tensions. Trump praised the reception and Xi's leadership, while Xi framed the meeting as a defining moment for global stability and called for partnership.
Towards middle power status
THE period between May 2025 and May 2026 has been unusually consequential for Pakistan. In May 2025, the country surprised observers by demonstrating a high degree of capability and professionalism in an aerial war with a much larger power. More recently, a nation often portrayed as peripheral to global affairs assumed a central diplomatic role by facilitating a ceasefire and enabling direct talks between a superpower and a neighbouring country that had not engaged face to face for nearly five d...
Who is Tammy Tyrrell, the former Jacqui Lambie senator who just defected to Labor?
Addition of Tasmanian crossbencher means Labor has gained a seat in the Australian senate – but still doesn’t have a majorityFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastFormer Jacqui Lambie ally Tammy Tyrrell has defected to the Labor Party, becoming the latest party-hopping senator to be lured by Anthony Albanese’s government.Tyrrell, the Tasmanian senator who had a falling-out with Lambie in 2024, has sat as an independent fo...
Trump to Xi: Trade will be 'totally reciprocal'
President Donald Trump makes opening remarks celebrating the U.S.-China relationship as bilateral talks begin.
Henley places Pakistani passport on 100th spot
ISLAMABAD: With visa-free access to 30 countries, Pakistan’s passport has been ranked at the 100th spot in the world by the Henley Passport Index. The Henley Passport Index compares 199 different passports across 227 different travel destinations, and calculates the score based on the number of destinations that can be accessed visa-free. Over the past decade, Pakistan has remained close to the bottom of the rankings, although its position has steadily improved since 2021. In January, Pakistan’s...
Iran War Gives Xi The Chance to Rekindle Gas Sales With Trump
As the leaders of the world’s two largest economies meet in Beijing, energy markets will be watching closely for any breakthrough in a dispute that has reshaped global fuel flows: China’s tariffs on US oil and gas.
Xi Jinping welcomes Donald Trump with ceremony ahead of high-stakes meeting
Chinese President Xi Jinping is welcoming US President Donald Trump to Beijing for high-level talks. Tariffs, competitio
Trump and Xi meet at the Great Hall of the People
President Trump and Chinese President Xi meet at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing. NBC News' Janis Mackey Frayer explains the significance of the meeting place and welcoming ceremony.
Sarah Beran on US-China Summit
Sarah Beran, Former US Embassy Deputy Chief of Mission in Beijing and Partner at Macro Advisory Partners, says both Washington and Beijing have significantly lowered their expectations for the summit. She shares her outlook on the highly anticipated meeting between the world’s two largest economies. She speaks with Shery Ahn and Haidi Stroud Watts on "Bloomberg: The Asia Trade". (Source: Bloomberg)
Donald Trump's 'emotional' moment spotted during Xi Jinping meeting as pair 'not all smiles'
Donald Trump has headed to China for a three-day state visit in which high-stakes talks are to take place with Chinese leader Xi Jinping and the pair's first meeting illustrates the serious nature of the trip
Faltering tax effort
OVER the past 10 years the state’s tax effort has burdened compliant taxpayers more and more even as it has largely abandoned any attempt to broaden the tax base or bring in more taxpayers. The results are revealing when you look at the revenue numbers over the preceding decade. From 2015 till 2025, for example, direct taxes became the largest contributors to the incremental revenue effort of the state. Around one-third of all incremental revenues collected in this decade came from direct taxes....
‘We should be partners, not rivals’: Chinese President Xi Jinping opens bilateral talks
President Xi Jinping opened the bilateral talks with President Trump by emphasizing that a stable bilateral relationship benefits the world and stating, “We should be partners, not rivals.”
Pete Hegseth removes Britain from list of US allies after Keir Starmer's failure to support Iran war
US Secretary of War Pete Hegseth has chastised Britain once again for its failure to support America's offensive in Iran.In a damning written statement to Congress, Mr Hegseth said allies' refusal to join in was "unconscionable" - and warned: "We will remember."He then threatened "consequences" would follow for Nato members which "do not step up".Mr Hegseth said Nato had become "beset by free-riding" in the wake of the Cold War, and called on allies to "step up and make good on their commitments...
Trump in Beijing
DONALD Trump’s arrival in Beijing marks the first China visit by a sitting US president in almost a decade. That alone makes the summit significant. But the timing has given it even greater weight. Originally planned for April but delayed because of the US-Israeli war on Iran, the talks now unfold under the shadow of conflict, economic strain and renewed tariff tensions, alongside growing debate over whether American global dominance is beginning to fade as China’s influence expands. Trade will...
Trump and Xi meet in Beijing for key summit, with trade, Iran and AI on table
US president says he and his Chinese counterpart have ‘known each other for a long time’ and Xi is ‘great leader’Trump in Beijing – latest updatesFive key issues for Xi-Trump summitUS president Donald Trump has met with China’s leader Xi Jinping for a momentous summit that will pack negotiations on global conflict, international trade and the future of artificial intelligence into just over 24 hours.Trump arrived at the Great Hall of the People, an imposing Mao-era building that borders the west...
Freeing Political Prisoners Should Be A Priority At Trump-Xi Summit
BusinessPolicyFreeing Political Prisoners Should Be A Priority At Trump-Xi SummitByOlivia Enos,Contributor.Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about international human rights and national security.Follow AuthorMay 13, 2026, 10:47pm EDT--:-- / --:--This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more.This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more.Ziba Murat, daughter of detained Uyghur doctor Gulshan Abbas, stands beside Speaker of the House Mike J...
Xi-Trump talks begin in Beijing — TV
The two leaders began their talks with discussing bilateral and international issues
Trump and Xi meet for high-stakes talks in Beijing
Trump tells Xi 'we're going to have a fantastic future together'US President Donald Trump told Chinese leader Xi Jinping on Thursday that the two superpowers would have a "fantastic future together" as the men met for talks in Beijing."It's an honor to be with you. It's an honor to be your friend, and the relationship between China and the USA is going to be better than ever before." Trump said at the meeting in the Great Hall of the People, adding that the two nations were going to "have a fant...