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Follow today’s news headlines liveGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastTransitioning to cleaner energy and working to reduce food wastage will feature at a major Asia-Pacific summit as world leaders prepare to meet in Peru.Peru is hosting the annual Asia-Pacific Economic Co-operation (APEC) between Sunday and Saturday, with Prime Minister Anthony Albanese to attend later in the summit.They tend to make statements on what they agree on but I think there would be a shared interest in the transition to low-carbon, green energy economies.There’s certainly a lot of interest in mining critical minerals.What you said about Donald Trump in the past is less important to Donald Trump than what you are saying about him in the future, otherwise he would not have JD Vance as his vice president at this point. You can say horrible things about him and depending on what you are willing to say, “what have you done for me today” is how Donald Trump sees the world. Continue reading...