Capitol Riot - capitol-riot.comPukpuk mutual defence treaty will establish Australia’s first new alliance since the Anzus agreement was signed in 1951
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Australia will elevate its relations with Papua New Guinea to the same level as the US and New Zealand, with a major defence treaty set to be signed as soon as next week.
Delayed last month due to political complications within the PNG government, the new treaty won approval from prime minister James Marape’s cabinet ministers on Wednesday night.
Person who was thought to have received intelligence is understood to be Cai Qi, de facto chief of staff to Xi Jinping
British prosecutors suspected that China’s fifth most senior official was in receipt of intelligence from Westminster in a controversial and now-abandoned espionage case, the Guardian understands.
The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) said in April 2024 that a “senior member of the Chinese Communist party and a politburo member” had received “politically sensitive information” from two British researchers who were charged with spying for China.