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Pamela Anderson calls Australian PM’s comments ‘smutty’

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Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe places flowers at a memorial of the 80-crew Japanese submarine I-124, which was sunk off Darwin in January 1942, in Darwin, Australia Saturday, Nov. 17, 2018 (David Moir/Pool Photo via AP)

Abe visits Darwin shrine to Japanese war dead

By TREVOR MARSHALLSEA - Associated Press

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, left, lays a wreath along with Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison at the Cenotaph War Memorial in Darwin, Australia, Friday, Nov. 16, 2018. (Glenn Campbell/Pool Photo via AP)

Japan’s Abe lays wreath in Australia city bombed in WWII

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Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad uses his mobile phone during the 13th East Asian Summit Plenary on the sidelines of the 33rd ASEAN summit in Singapore, Thursday, Nov. 15, 2018. At 93, Malaysia’s comeback prime minister, Mahathir Mohamed, cuts a striking figure as the center of attention at a Southeast Asian summit in Singapore. (AP Photo/Yong Teck Lim)

Australia, Malaysia trade words over Israel embassy shift

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U.S. Vice President Mike Pence, left, and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe shake hands at Abe's official residence in Tokyo Tuesday, Nov. 13, 2018. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)

Japan’s Abe, Pence to visit Australia amid China concerns

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Australia’s ex-PM warns Jerusalem move would worry Indonesia

By ROD McGUIRK - Associated Press

Independent candidate Kerryn Phelps delivers her victory speech at a Wentworth by-election evening function at North Bondi Life Saving Club in Sydney, Saturday, Oct. 20, 2018. Australia's ruling coalition will be forced into minority government after a heavy defeat in a by-election for former Liberal Party Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull's old seat. With 15 percent of votes counted Saturday, Liberal candidate Dave Sharma conceded defeat to Phelps. (Chris Pavlich/AAP Image via AP)

Australia’s ruling coalition forced into minority government

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Prime Minister Scott Morrison, left, speaks to the media alongside Minister for Foreign Affairs Marise Payne during a press conference at the Parliament House in Canberra, Tuesday, October 16, 2018. Morrison said Tuesday that he was open to shifting the Australian Embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem in line with President Donald Trump's decision to recognize the contested holy city as Israel's capital. (Mick Tsikas/AAP Image via AP)

Australia considers moving embassy to Jerusalem

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President of the European Central Bank Mario Draghi, left, and Australia's Treasurer Scott Morrison chat during the G20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors meeting in Chengdu in Southwestern China's Sichuan province, Sunday, July 24, 2016. Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors of the 20 most developed economies met in the southwestern city of Chengdu ahead of a G20 leaders meeting in September hosted by China. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan, Pool)

Scott Morrison canceled Huawei deal hits China expanding Australia influence

By Frederic Puglie — Special to The Washington Times

FILE - In this Friday, Aug. 24, 2018, file photo, outgoing Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull speaks during his final press conference before leaving Parliament in Canberra. Turnbull has resigned from Parliament, triggering a by-election that could bring down the unpopular conservative government. (AP Photo/Andrew Taylor, File)

Former Australian prime minister quits Parliament

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Former Australia prime minister to quit Parliament

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The Latest: Last Australian prime minister to quit this week

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Incoming Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison is sworn in at Government House, Canberra, Friday, Aug. 24, 2018. Australia government lawmakers on Friday elected Treasurer Morrison as the next prime minister in a ballot that continues an era of extraordinary political instability. (AP Photo/Andrew Taylor)

Australian PM starts work as anger over party vote simmers

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Australian Federal Treasurer Scott Morrison, second left, Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull, center, and former Home Affairs Minister Peter Dutton, right, leave the chamber at Parliament House in Canberra, Thursday, Aug. 23, 2018, after a vote to refer former Dutton to the High Court to determine whether he is eligible to be a lawmaker, Thursday, Aug. 23, 2018. Three senior Cabinet ministers have told Turnbull he has lost his government's support and must hold an internal ballot to elect a new leader quickly. (Lukas Coch/AAP Image via AP)

The Latest: Trump congratulates new Australian PM

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Treasurer of Australia Scott Morrison, second from right, is congratulated by Environment Minister Josh Frydenberg, second from left, after a party meeting in Canberra, Australia, Friday, Aug. 24, 2018. Australia government lawmakers on Friday elected Morrison as the next prime minister in a ballot that continues an era of extraordinary political instability. (David Gray/Pool Photo via AP)

Australia’s next PM made his name on turning back refugees

By ROD McGuirk - Associated Press

Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull speaks to the media during a press conference at Parliament House in Canberra, Thursday, Aug. 23, 2018. The beleaguered prime minister warned he will quit Parliament on Friday if his disgruntled party continues to try to oust him, forcing a by-election that could cost the government its single-seat majority or push his successor into immediately calling general elections. (Lukas Coch/AAP Image via AP)

Australia’s ‘accidental prime minister’ promises stability

By ROD McGUIRK - Associated Press

In this Sept. 19, 2014, file photo, Australia's Foreign Minister Julie Bishop address a meeting of the U.N. Security Council on Iraq, at the United Nations headquarters. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews, File)

Australia shuts doors to travelers from Ebola-infected nations

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

Asylum seeker dies in violent protest at PNG camp

By ROD McGUIRK - Associated Press