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Just hours after striking a trade deal with the United Kingdom's Prime Minister, Trump has decided to leave the G7 a day early - before meetings, with Australia's PM and Ukraine's President ...

It’s a paradox: the America First doctrine did not strengthen US leadership. Instead, it created the conditions for the tightest transatlantic partnership between Canada and the EU yet, and one that operates beyond US control.

SCOOP: The Trump administration told Middle Eastern allies that it doesn't plan to get actively involved in the war between Israel and Iran unless Iran targets Americans

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Middle East Peace For @rawstory.com nickanderson.substack.com

(A basic human trait lives on!) Modern archaeologists investigating a Roman-era winery and wine amphora production site at Knossos on Crete may have discovered an ancient knock-off version of "passum", the most popular raisin wine of the time.

Ukrainian intelligence says the drone’s computing system is powered by a Chinese-made Leetop A203 minicomputer, which includes an advanced NVIDIA Jetson Orin module responsible for image processing and target acquisition.

Australia's Foreign Minister Penny Wong said the Middle East was facing a perilous period and that Australians in both sides are being told to shelter.

I wonder will Donald Trump pardon those arrested ″⁣unlawful demonstrators″⁣ in Los Angeles as he did the unlawful rioters at the US Capitol on January 6, 2021. Rosie Elsass, Brighton East @theage letters

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Russia’s UN ambassador, Vassily Nebenzia, has said Israel’s actions in the Middle East are pushing the region to large-scale nuclear catastrophe. “This completely unprovoked attack, no matter what Israel says to the contrary, is a gross violation of the UN Charter and international law,” he said.

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio published an official message congratulating Russia on its national day.

Time for an "Aussie First" perspective... just sayin' ☹️

Thanks to Donald Trump, a lot of stuff that's not supposed to happen here...happens here. #Press #Journalism #PressFreedom #War #Trump #LAprotests #Cops #LosAngeles #Gaza #Ukraine #Sudan

Trump goes to the G7 in Canada. #G7summit #ElbowsUp

🇺🇦 #WeStandWithUkraine 🇺🇦 #StandWithUkraine #VolodymyrZelenskyy #Ukraine #Zelenskyy #USpol #UKpol #AUSpol #France #VladimirPutin #Putin #Russia #EU #CDNpoli #Kharkiv @senatorwong.bsky.social 🇦🇺

US authorities shooting an Aussie journalist is shocking, unacceptable and must be called out. The Prime Minister must seek an urgent explanation and tell President Trump to stop his cops shooting at our journalists. Freedom of the press is a fundamental pillar of a strong, functioning democracy.

OPINION: "While Ukraine’s Operation Spiderweb surgically targeted Russia’s war machine, Moscow’s deliberate targeting of civilians exposes the imperialist savagery of Putin’s campaign." - Chuck Pfarrer | June 7, 2025

Matt Gertken, chief geopolitical strategist at BCA Research predicts serious social unrest, normal in Russia, "especially after offensive wars.” He thinks, even should Putin claim a victory in Ukraine, he will face a power struggle at home before the decade is over.

The Contrarian

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“Russia is proud of this,” Zelensky said. “It is proud of its ability to kill. And honestly, that’s about the only thing this state has truly mastered. Today’s strike on Pryluky in the Chernihiv region: Russian drones killed the family of a Ukrainian rescuer.”

UN: Tech giants emissions surge 150 per cent as AI, cloud computing and data centres boom and electricity demand spikes between 2020 and 2023.

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Ukraine’s Military Intelligence cyber unit breached Russia’s aviation giant United Aircraft Company, a developer of strategic bombers for Russian military. The unit swiped more than 4.4 gigabytes of highly classified internal data with strategic information that could be used in future operations.

David Pope in Canberra Times

Germany seems to be stepping up for Ukraine air-defence.

Peace Talks For @contrariannews.org #ukraine

Super Decibel scales.

It's important to note: strikes are being conducted against strategic targets, not the civilian population, unlike russia's invariable actions

Leaders of 31 nations met at a Paris summit for the UK and France led "coalition of the willing" on March 27. Only a few publicly committed to deploying troops. "Let's get real and admit the U.S. will never be on board," the Telegraph quoted a Western official.

"Fear of US backlash should not preclude Australia from asserting its own interests ... In light of diverging interests, Australia should not hesitate to give the US the same great-power treatment China receives - to “co-operate where we can and disagree where we must.”

The ancient Ottoman Empire elite army contained “brainwashed” Europeans who were abducted as children. Now, a Canadian study and Yale research suggest Russia might be planning the same thing for Ukrainian kids. www.kyivpost.com/opinion/53713

Trump’s America

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Two former Nationals leaders, Michael McCormack and Barnaby Joyce sitting it out on the backbench