The China-Australia relationship
China offers Australia pandas in diplomatic gesture
China is exercising its well-proven "panda diplomacy" on Australia, the BBC reports. Premier Li Qiang is visiting - the first visit by a leader in seven years, signaling a diplomatic thaw between the countries.
At Adelaide Zoo he visited the pandas Wang Wang and Fu Ni. They are due to return to China next year, but Li promised to send new "friendly ambassadors for Sino-Australian relations".
- China will soon send a new pair of pandas that are just as beautiful, lively, cute and younger.
In recent years, China has come into conflict with Australia as it expanded its sphere of interest in the region. The low-water mark came in 2020 when then Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison called for an international investigation into the origins of covid. China responded with high tariffs on, among other things, Australian wine.
Since the Labor Party took power in 2022, the relationship has thawed.
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Le Pen: "Will not oust Macron if we win"
If Marine Le Pen's anti-immigration National Rally party wins the French election, she will not seek to oust President Emmanuel Macron. She says so in an interview with Le Figaro.
- I respect practice and do not want institutional chaos, says Le Pen.
National Assembly advanced strongly in the EU elections and early opinion polls indicate that Le Pen's party will significantly increase its seats in the French National Assembly.
The election does not affect Macron's role as president. This means that he may be forced to govern with a government and a prime minister that is not his, if, for example, the National Assembly becomes the largest party.
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Votes on the prisoner exchange
The prisoner exchange a big international news
Sweden's prisoner exchange with Iran became big news in the outside world as well, writes TT. It was reported by major media houses such as the BBC, New York Times, Sky News and The Guardian, and international news agencies such as AP, AFP and Reuters.
The New York Times also addresses criticism of the exchange, and concerns about rewarding Iran for its trumped-up charges and detention of foreign nationals.
- This was a violation of justice, says human rights lawyer Gissou Nia to the newspaper.
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IS men took hostages in Russian custody - six dead
Russian special forces have shot dead six perpetrators after a hostage drama at an institution in Rostov in southern Russia, reports Reuters and refers to the Russian state news agency Interfax.
Two prison employees who were taken hostage have been released and are unharmed.
The perpetrators are said to have been supporters of the terrorist sect IS. They were admitted to the institution and either convicted or suspected of terrorist offences. According to information, they demanded access to a car and free rent.
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Riots in New Caledonia
New Caledonia's airport opens after the unrest
New Caledonia International Airport will reopen tomorrow Monday after being closed for a month due to unrest. This is stated by local authorities, several media outlets write.
The curfew, which applied from 6 p.m., will be postponed and will now apply from 8 p.m.
The unrest in New Caledonia, a French self-governing territory, erupted in mid-May after France's National Assembly decided to change voting rules on the island group.
Several people died and many were injured in the violent riots that followed.
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