Israeli authorities issued evacuation orders Friday

Newly-elected Australian prime ministers typically make their first bilateral visit to Asia, usually Indonesia. But Albanese’s election rival, leader of the conservative opposition, had proposed breaking from tradition by making his first overseas trip as prime minister to the United States to strike a better tariff deal with President

Australia was hit during the election campaign with a global-minimum 10% tariff on exports to the U.S. despite trading with its bilateral free trade partner at a deficit for decades.Media reports last month that Russia had told Jakarta it wanted to base long-range warplanes in Papua, the most eastern Indonesian province, were also raised as a security issue during the election campaign. Indonesia has told Australia that no such Russian base would be allowed.Cementing Australia’s bilateral relationship with Indonesia is critical, according to Natalie Sambhi, a policy expert with the Sydney-based Asia Society Australia educational institute.

“Indonesia is our closest strategic partner in the region. Visiting again is just sending that message home that Indonesia really matters to Australia and that we have to work together given our proximity as emerging middle-powers in the region,” Sambhi said.Albanese will travel to Alberta, Canada, in June to attend a Group of 7 summit and is expected to meet Trump during a U.S. bilateral state visit while in North America.

MELBOURNE, Austalia (AP) — Australian Prime Minister

told his government colleagues on Friday that reducing student debt would be the first legislative priority for his administration that was returned to power in the nation’s first election in which the Baby Boomer generation was outnumbered by younger voters.She died the week of the

After spending much of her life in the United States, Friedländer returned to live in the German capital in her 80s. She was honored with Germany’s highest decoration and with a statue at Berlin’s City Hall.“What I do gives me my strength and probably also my energy, because I speak for those who can no longer speak,” Friedländer said at an event at Berlin’s Jewish Museum in 2018.

“I would like to say that I don’t just speak for the, but for all the people who were killed — innocent people,” she said.