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Jimmy Lai pictured in 2020.

Former publisher Jimmy Lai testifies in HK national security trial

The founder of the now shut down Apple Daily pro-democracy newspaper was arrested in 2020 during a crackdown on mass protests that rocked Hong Kong.

  • Kanis Leung

Yesterday

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and British Prime Minister Keir Starmer.

G20 stumbles on billionaire tax, climate and war

The Group of 20 Leaders’ summit is on track to fall well short of its stated goals this year – again.

  • Phillip Coorey
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese meets Chinese President Xi Jinping in Rio de Janeiro ahead of the G20 summit.

Albanese lays out his red line after Xi demands more access for China

Xi Jinping has rekindled a key demand that Australia provide greater foreign investment access to Chinese interests in return for increased trade.

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  • Phillip Coorey

This Month

Australians are split over Donald Trump’s return to the White House.

Net zero ambition to go backward under Trump: poll

A clear majority of respondents believe international efforts to stem climate change have been set back by Donald Trump’s restoration to the White House.

  • Tom McIlroy
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese greets US President Joe Biden at APEC Leaders’ Informal Dialogue on Friday (Lima time).

Opposing Trump’s tariffs not about picking sides: Albanese

Anthony Albanese says his opposition to plans by Donald Trump to start a trade war with China was about standing up for the Australian national interest.

  • Phillip Coorey
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Penny Wong has turned disciplined diplomatic language into an art form.

How to Trump-proof foreign policy

Don’t panic, don’t relax, look for opportunities, and stay close to our other allies. That’s a way to deal with a confronting new Washington.

  • Rory Medcalf
JK Rowling has support from the over 50s but not the under 25s.

Why November 5 will not become the Waterloo of wokery

American voters rejected the culture warriors of the left when they picked Donald Trump. But don’t imagine those views won’t still be very powerful in 2044.

  • Adrian Wooldridge
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Dutton’s tax surprise; Trump picks Musk; Borrowers ‘bank tax cuts’

Read everything that’s happened in the news so far today.

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PM calls Trump; Chemist Warehouse to merge; NAB arrears surge

Read everything that’s happened in the news so far today.

Kemi Badenoch speaks after being elected as the new leader of the opposition Conservative Party.

Britain’s first black party leader is an anti-woke warrior

Kemi Badenoch won the protracted Conservative Party leadership contest, and has until 2029 to craft a pitch to defeat Labour.

  • Hans van Leeuwen

October

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WiseTech soars; Inside Macquarie’s new HQ; Rockpool’s saviour?

Read everything that’s happened in the news so far today.

Yes, you: Donald Trump points the finger at Britain’s ruling Labour Party.

Britain’s PM reels after Trump attacks his Labour Party

The Republican campaign filed a complaint about UK volunteers working for Kamala Harris. It may be a tactical gambit but risks harming relations, even AUKUS.

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  • Hans van Leeuwen

Not quite the ‘Lizard of Oz’: How Brits reacted to Thorpe’s protest

Senator Lidia Thorpe’s heckling made headlines in the UK, but the British PM wasn’t going to pour petrol on the flames.

  • Hans van Leeuwen
Australia has a Gilbert and Sullivan arrangement for its head of state.

Welcome Charles, King of Great Britain alone

There is a way to achieve a republic by stealth. And one that Charles III might well understand.

  • Dennis Altman
Macquarie CEO Shemara Wikramanayake sits next to Chancellor Rachel Reeves at the UK government’s international investment summit.

Local investors roped into British PM Starmer’s pitch to big business

Macquarie and IFM Investors highlighted their UK ambitions, as the new Labour government fought back against perceptions it is hostile to business.

  • Hans van Leeuwen
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Liz Truss speaking to the AFR on Thursday

What Tony Abbott taught Liz Truss about handling illegal immigrants

Attempts by the previous British government to thwart people smuggling by deporting illegal immigrants to Rwanda was based on advice by Tony Abbott

  • Phillip Coorey
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IMF warns Chalmers; Origin’s hydrogen blow; OpenAI’s $229b moment

Read everything that’s happened in the news so far today.

That sinking feeling … Keir Starmer’s popularity is dropping like a stone.

British PM stumps up for Taylor Swift tickets after donations furore

With his popularity in freefall, Keir Starmer has tried to make amends for his freebie frenzy by paying back $12,000 worth of gifts out of his own pocket.

  • Hans van Leeuwen

September

Boris Johnson at the Yalta European Strategy summit in Kyiv, Ukraine, earlier this month.

AUKUS was part of plan to punish Macron, says Boris Johnson

Writing in his upcoming memoirs, the former UK prime minister accused the French president of being a “positive nuisance” during talks to leave the EU.

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  • Daniel Martin

Do you know this week’s news? Answer these 10 questions

Have you been paying attention this week? Test your knowledge across politics, business and world news.

  • Daniel Arbon

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