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Paris cancels French, UK defense ministers’ meeting amid submarine row
Sep 20, 2021 03:55France has canceled an official meeting scheduled for this week between its Minister of the Armed Forces Florence Parly and UK Secretary of State for Defense Ben Wallace amid simmering tensions over a submarine row, a source in the French foreign office has said.
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US, UK and Australia Security pact triggers condemnation
Sep 20, 2021 02:48A new security pact involving the United States, Britain and Australia has triggered controversy and condemnation. The US and UK announced this week that they will provide Australia with advanced technology to build nuclear powered submarines.
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US, UK discussed nuclear sub pact with Australia behind Macron’s back: Report
Sep 19, 2021 09:01French President Emmanuel Macron was reportedly kept in the dark as the United States and Britain discussed a major security partnership pact with Australia, known as AUKUS, during the G7 summit earlier this year, torpedoing Canberra’s multi-billion-dollar submarine contract with Paris.
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Russia urges IAEA monitoring, ‘transparency’ on US-Australia nuclear sub pact
Sep 18, 2021 02:10Russia warns against Australia's attempt to becoming a nuclear power under a trilateral pact Canberra signed with the United States and Britain earlier this week.
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'Cold War mentality' in US, British, Australia pact: China
Sep 16, 2021 04:05China has reacted to a new trilateral security alliance announced by the United States, Britain and Australia aimed at addressing defense and security concerns in the Indo-Pacific region, calling on the three countries to shake off their ‘Cold War’ mentality.
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China tries to keep calm as US steps up drills, Asia visits
Aug 27, 2021 05:20China has stressed its “indisputable” sovereignty over a series of islands in the South China Sea amid drills by the US and several other allies in an unprecedented show of force against Beijing.
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‘Quad’ countries kick off joint naval exercises in Pacific Ocean
Aug 26, 2021 05:24India, the United States, Australia, and Japan, which form a security grouping commonly known as the Quad, have kicked off the 25th edition of joint naval drills off the coast of the Pacific island of Guam.
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Iran, Australia jointly developing COVID vaccine
Aug 15, 2021 04:04Companies from Iran and Australia are jointly working on a coronavirus vaccine that is expected to become available in late September, an Iranian official said.
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Australia to offer reparations to 'Stolen Generation' of indigenous people
Aug 05, 2021 07:44Australia says it will provide a reparation fund of 380 million Australian dollars ($280 million) for some members of its indigenous population who were forcibly removed from their families as children.
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Thousands protest against Sydney lockdown restrictions
Jul 24, 2021 03:00Thousands of people took to the streets of Sydney and other Australian cities on Saturday to protest lockdown restrictions amid another surge in cases.