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Get latest articles and stories on World at LatestLY. At a joint press briefing with Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese on Thursday, US President Joe Biden said the two countries have signed a new Technology Safeguards Agreement (TSA) that would create more opportunities for American space companies to launch spacecraft from Australia. World News | Biden, Albanese Sign New Deal to Create More Opportunities for American Space Companies to Launch Vehicles from Australia.
Tech giant Google will deploy two new trans-Pacific subsea cables between the United States and Australia via Fiji and French Polynesia with assistanc.
Biden welcomed Prime Minister Anthony Albanese to the White House with a call for a stronger alliance that would defend the “international rules of the road”.
The investment by Australia and the United States into funding the new Google internet cables means the Pacific islands can avoid becoming integral parts of China's global data collection.