Key Points

• Cyclone Alfred is forecast to make landfall as early as Thursday night as a category-one or category-two system; bringing with it damaging winds and heavy rainfall.
• US President Donald Trump says he is still interested in a minerals deal with Ukraine.
• Data on the gender pay gap in Australia shows for every $1 a man earns, women, on average, still only earn 78 cents.
• The Department of Health in the Philippines has warned the public about the severe effects of the heatwave this summer season in the country.