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- Anthony Albanese to meet with Australian iron ore producers and Chinese steelmakers in Shanghai
- Rescued backpacker Carolina Wilga still recovering in hospital
- Jannik Sinner has defeated his great young rival Carlos Alcaraz in the Wimbledon final
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese is expected to raise Australian concerns over Chinese steel dumping at a roundtable event in Shanghai later today.
Mr Albanese will meet with Australian iron ore producers and Chinese steelmakers at the roundtable, where he is expected to call on China to address an oversupply of steel in the global market.
Meanwhile, questions about Australia's participation in a potential future conflict with the Asian superpower has overshadowed his six-day tour.
Mr Albanese says he doesn’t support unilateral action in Taiwan, amid reports US officials are seeking guarantees about how Australia would respond in event of a hypothetical conflict with China over Taiwan.
"Our aim of investing in our capability and as well as investing in our relationships about advancing peace and security in our region. That is our object. And that is why we invest in our region."
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German backpacker Carolina Wilga is in a stable condition in hospital, after surviving eleven nights stranded in the Western Australian outback.
The 26-year-old survived on minimal food and water and was exposed to freezing temperatures, before she flagged down a passing motorist on Friday afternoon.
Police discovered Ms Wilga's abandoned van, which had become bogged in a nature reserve 36 kilometres north of the town Beacon, triggering a large-scale aerial search.
Premier Roger Cook says while the the young traveller suffered a traumatic ordeal, she is recovering at Fiona Stanley Hospital, and is in good spirits.
"Extraordinary, extraordinary feat of surviving in the wilds. For 11 nights, she has to get over a very difficult physical ordeal. They threw every resource had it, and because of that, they were able to locate her van as quickly as possible."
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Israel's military says a missile malfunctioned and missed its target, hitting a water distribution site in the centre of the Gaza Strip.
In a statement, it says it had intended to hit militants in the area, but that the malfunction caused the missile to fall dozens of metres from the target.
Local officials in Gaza say at least eight Palestinians, most of them children, were killed in the strike - and more than a dozen others were wounded.
Ahmed Abu Saifan is an emergency physician at Al-Awda Hospital where many of the casualties were taken.
"At 9:00 AM, we were alarmed by the influx of patients after a missile hit a water distribution point. Most of the injured were children and women. We treated 17 patients, including 7 children. The patients suffered from various injuries, including splinters and fractures, which were treated initially."
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The Federal Court is due to hand down a decision in the Australian climate case brought by Torres Strait Islander elders who fear for the future of their home.
Uncle Paul Kabai and Uncle Pabai Pabai are seeking orders which would require the Commonwealth to undertake steps to prevent further harm to their communities.
Their home is on the outer islands of Zenadth Kes (Torres Strait), less than 10 kilometres off Papua New Guinea.
The Elders say their home is already under siege from the impacts of climate change, and they fear the loss of their islands, their culture and their way of life.
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Sotheby's is selling what it calls the largest piece of Mars ever found on earth.
The 25 kilogram red, brown and grey hunk was found in Niger in November 2023.
Sotheby's says the meteorite is believed to have been blown off the surface of Mars by a massive asteroid strike before travelling 225 million kilometres to earth, where it crashed into the Sahara.
The auction house's vice chairman for science and natural history, Cassandra Hatton, says it's 70 percent larger than the next biggest piece of Mars found on earth.
"It's more than double the size of what we previously thought was the largest piece of Mars. And we've only taken a small piece of it to study, to confirm that it was Martian, but there's all sorts of interesting data that can be found inside of this rock."
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To Tennis - and in the Wimbledon Men's final, Jannik Sinner has defeated his great young rival Carlos Alcaraz.
The win exorcises his painful loss to Alcaraz at the French Open five weeks earlier.
Sinner proved too icily consistent for Alcaraz on Centre Court on Sunday, prevailing 4-6, 6-4, 6-4, 6-4, to earn his fourth grand slam title.
The 23-year-old world No.1 recovered from losing the first set, dominating the proceedings and sealing victory in four minutes over three hours.
