内容摘要：The flag of former South Vietnam flies above statues of two soldiers at the Vietnam War Memorial in the Little Saigon neighborhood of Westminster, Calif., April 25, 2025. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

The flag of former South Vietnam flies above statues of two soldiers at the Vietnam War Memorial in the Little Saigon neighborhood of Westminster, Calif., April 25, 2025. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

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and American billionaires were in the front row for a speech in Riyadh where President Donald Trumpin the wealthy Gulf states.Gone were the days when American officials would fly to the Middle East to give “you lectures on how to live, and how to govern your own affairs,” Trump said at a Saudi investment forum this week.

No one in the audience sat closer, or listened more intently, than Saudi Arabia’s crown prince,Ordinary Arabs listened, too, including Saudi journalists, rights advocates, businesspeople, writers and others who had fled the kingdom. Their fear: Trump’s words underlined a message that the United States was pulling back from its longtime role as an imperfect, sporadic but powerful advocate for

“It was painful to see,” said Abdullah Alaoudh, whose 68-year-old father, a Saudi cleric with a wide following, was among hundreds of royals, civil society figures, rights advocates and others jailed by Prince Mohammed in the first years of his rise to de facto ruler.

Saudi Arabia has since freed many of those people in what groups say is the crown prince’s improved human rights record followingMedia 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