Albanese’s optimism was shattered around 4.30 on Wednesday morning when his phone started buzzing. Such early calls rarely bring good news,and so it was here.
Biden’s decision to pull the plug on a much-anticipated trip to Australia to resume talks on the US debt crisis does not reflect well on America’s reliability as a partner.
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said US President Joe Biden had called him to cancel the visit because of US debt ceiling negotiations.
Foreign policy experts warned Joe Biden’s absence would be a propaganda coup for China and undermine America’s efforts to restore its influence in the Pacific.
Kevin Rudd has wasted no time making his mark since starting as Australia’s ambassador to the US two weeks ago.
The United States’ attempts to soften the tone on its relations with China have failed to impress China’s top envoy in Greece.
US President Joe Biden,who will run for re-election in 2024 at the age of 82,remains the best-qualified Democrat to neutralise the threat to US democracy posed by Donald Trump.
The US president is asking voters to give him more time to “finish the job” he began when he was sworn into office.
US President Joe Biden has yet to sit down with King Charles III since he took the throne in September.
Despite the message from the White House,investors continued to dump shares in bank stocks with shares of First Republic Bank plunging more than 60 per cent.
Donald Trump has unveiled his new “America First” policy. But it’s not just China that should be worried about the prospect of Trump returning to the White House.