内容摘要：“We categorically reject Mr. Dutton’s irrational accusations against China, which are shocking and baseless,” the Chinese Embassy in Australia said in a statement.

“We categorically reject Mr. Dutton’s irrational accusations against China, which are shocking and baseless,” the Chinese Embassy in Australia said in a statement.

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Kyiv’s European allies slapped new sanctions Tuesday on Moscow, a day after aU.S. President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin failed to produce a breakthrough on ending the

“We have made clear again and again that we simply expect one thing from Russia now: namely, a ceasefire, unconditional and immediate,” German Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul said in. “We welcome the fact that Ukraine is still prepared to do this. We note with disappointment that Russia has not yet taken this decisive step, and we will have to react to this.”Germany’s Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul speaks with the media as he arrives for a meeting of EU foreign ministers at the European Council building in Brussels, Belgium, Tuesday, May 20, 2025. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo)

Germany’s Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul speaks with the media as he arrives for a meeting of EU foreign ministers at the European Council building in Brussels, Belgium, Tuesday, May 20, 2025. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo)have seen little progress in halting the fighting, including Monday’s phone call between Trump and Putin, and Friday’s direct talks between Russian and Ukrainian delegations in Istanbul. In the phone call, Putin promised Trump that Russia is “ready to work with” Ukraine on a “memorandum” outlining the framework for “a possible future peace treaty.”

“It appears that Putin has devised a way to offer Trump an interim, tangible outcome from Washington’s peace efforts without making any real concessions,” said Tatiana Stanovaya, a senior fellow at the Carnegie Russia Eurasia Center, in a post on X.

Russian media struck a triumphal tone in reporting Putin’s conversation with Trump.While Labor prime ministers allocate the ministerial portfolios, the party’s factional leaders pick the 30 lawmakers who will get them based on the proportion of seats each faction won.

The factional leaders dropped former Industry and Science Minister Husic, who was born in Sydney to Bosnian Muslim immigrants, and former Attorney-GeneralHusic, who after the 2022 election became Australia’s first federal minister to be sworn into office on a Quran, told Australian Broadcasting Corp. on Sunday that Albanese should have intervened to keep him and Dreyfus in Cabinet.

Husic said his demotion was in part punishment for his views on how Israel has waged war in Gaza.“I think it’s been a factor in there. Would I do things differently? I don’t think so,” Husic told ABC.