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Yesterday

Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump in Alaska on August 15.

Trump wants a Nobel. His new peace plan hands Putin the prize

The US president’s confidential 28-point scheme to end the invasion has been branded a capitulation of war-weary Ukraine to the Russian leader.

The Liberal Party is facing a leadership crisis. While Sussan Ley rates poorly, Coalition voters don’t really know Andrew Hastie or Angus Taylor.

Why a fight over immigration is not the answer for Sussan Ley

The Coalition is failing to attract Gen Z and Millennial voters, but there are also worrying signs for the government in the latest polling data.

There has undoubtedly been a global vibe shift on climate policy, leading countries and companies to dump emissions reduction targets.

Top economic boffin: ‘Seeds of the next financial crisis being sown’

Australian investors are at risk as the US and China look for disruptive ways to exert leverage over each other’s economy.

This Month

The Liberal Party has new leadership, but is it still the same old people pulling the strings?

Liberal women inherit a crisis they will struggle to fix

The party might be headed for a historic outcome, with female leaders in NSW, Victoria and Canberra, but it is still failing to learn from election losses.

Cloud computing is at an inflection point because of the use of artificial intelligence, the scale of demand for cloud services caused by the internet of things, and the explosion in data analytics.

The smart money has finally found a way to actually short the AI boom

So far, most attempts at betting against artificial intelligence have backfired as Silicon Valley giants have sucked up capital and driven markets higher.

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Prime Minister Donald Tusk, second right, visits the site of the rail line sabotage attack.

Putin’s secret sabotage attacks on Europe are not fooling anyone

Russian operatives are suspected of blowing up a rail line in Poland that carries supplies to Ukraine in what experts say is a strategy to sow discord in Europe.

Donald Trump has bowed to pressure from Congress and his MAGA base.

Trump’s Epstein backflip means Republicans avoid this scary question

Before the US president changed his mind, a vote in favour of releasing the files would have earned his wrath. But a vote against would have angered MAGA.

Japan’s new Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi faces her first difficult diplomatic test.

Japan’s ‘Iron Lady’ won over Trump. Now she faces a bigger test

Sanae Takaichi is managing her first real foreign-policy crisis as China ratchets up the pressure in response to her remarks about Taiwan.

Migrant families wade into the sea in an attempt to board a small boat on in Gravelines, France.

Labour gets tough on immigration to stop Farage becoming PM

The UK government is borrowing from hardliners’ political playbook by unveiling a crackdown on would-be immigrants crossing the English Channel.

Leader of the Opposition Sussan Ley.

Trying to out-Pauline Pauline risks becoming a fool’s errand

On climate and now immigration, the Liberal Party is chasing One Nation more than Labor. New poll numbers suggest that approach isn’t working as planned.

Nearly half the nights booked on Airbnb in 2016 would be jeopardised by the 90-day limit in London.

How Aussie expats are being taxed out of London

The UK government’s swoop on overseas-earned income and assets is seeing some Australians move to Dublin and other low tax jurisdictions, accountants say.

The Liberal Party want to scrap Labor’s emissions targets and stay in the Paris Agreement.

Stay in the Paris Agreement with this one weird trick

The Liberal Party’s plan to repeal Labor’s emissions targets would disqualify Australia from the Paris climate agreement. But there could be a workaround.

From today’s vantage point, Trump’s first term looks like a model of constitutional restraint.

The revenge president. Inside the Trump supremacy

Opponents in disarray, allies in line, followers enthralled – the US president is already on his way to building a new world order.

Anthony Albanese and Sir Keir Starmer at 10 Downing Street in London in September.

Albanese tried to advise Starmer. Now the UK PM is on the ropes

The Australian PM encouraged Labour’s leadership to take time cementing their agenda. Instead, a cack-handed move from Keir Starmer could see him dumped from office.

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer, Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and Prince William at COP30 Brazil Amazonia 2025.

This year’s global climate summit is different – but not in a good way

The vibe shift on global climate action has hit the buzz around Brazil’s COP, but the true believers are still there doing work they say is as urgent as ever.

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Trump and UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer have become close as leaders.

Can Donald Trump really sue the BBC?

The president’s threat to take the public broadcaster to court could become an irritant in the “special relationship” between the US and UK.

Without a clear view on either jobs and inflation at its next meeting in December, Jerome Powell and the Fed may wait and see.

America’s lingering data black hole should worry investors

Given Jerome Powell has likened assessing the US economy’s health without data to driving through fog, it may be slightly premature to dive back in to the market.

Is a supercharged US stock market...

The astonishing bull market will end one day. Are you ready?

Big stock gains have always been followed by big losses – and it can take years to recover them after a market crash. Here are tips on how to prepare.

Domino’s Pizza is a stock that is looking promising says Jun Bei Liu at Ten Cap.

Time to buy the dip? The dumped ASX stocks on investors’ radar

Domino’s Pizza, Premier Investments, CSL and GQG Partners are tempting buy-the-dip candidates, say fund managers. But just not yet.

It is not in Donald Trump’s nature to talk down the economy, but his “hottest country” hyperbole and simply untrue claims about falling prices have been grating for average Americans.

Shutdown fix comes just in time for Trump’s economic team

Fears for the US economy have helped energise senators from both sides of the aisle to resume federal government funding despite deep political polarisation.

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