This Month
Trump taxes Aussie beef that makes US hamburgers cheaper and healthier
Let’s hold the line and let the US government explain to its citizens and burger consumers why their burgers are more costly from tonight.
March
Trump’s trade ‘Liberation Day’ explained
The US has said it wants to impose tariffs on a “country by country” basis, hitting any trading partners that have higher levies on the US than it imposes back.
Tariffs will bring ‘nothing but pain’ to rural America, farmers say
Farmers expressed particular concern about the impact of retaliatory tariffs, saying they will restrict their access to some of the US’s most important export markets.
February
Trump halts law banning bribery of foreign officials
The US president said removing the longstanding anti-corruption law will mean “a lot more business for America”.
January
Why this country thinks it will have to bring back daylight saving
Authorities in Brazil nearly brought back daylight saving late last year to conserve energy amid a historic drought that had threatened hydroelectric power generation.
Israel warns troops off social media after Brazil seeks soldier over Gaza
The incident is the latest example of the legal fallout from Israel’s offensive in Gaza, which has killed more than 45,800 people, according to Palestinian officials.
December 2024
BHP’s Samarco class action shrinks as Brazilians quit
Four municipalities have exited a $36 billion compensation claim against the mining giant in the British courts in favour of alternative compensation.
Coffee prices hit record as Brazil supply crisis intensifies
A supply crunch in the country has rocked global markets, lifting bean prices to an all-time high which could spell bad news for consumers.
ASIC sues Rex; ‘Australia needs a DOGE’; Trump launches perfume
Read everything that’s happened in the news so far today.
Brazil president rushed to hospital for brain surgery
Doctors said 79-year-old president Luiz Ignacio Lula de Silva was in the ICU after an emergency operation related to a fall in October.
‘Like a star football player’: meet ANZ’s next CEO
Born in Portugal with a globetrotting career spanning Peru, Brazil, Mexico and Hong Kong, Nuno Matos’ route to Australia has been an unlikely one.
Australian-based bishop among Pope’s new cardinal picks
At 44 years of age, Mykola Bychokthe, head of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church in Melbourne, is also the youngest cardinal.
November 2024
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.
China’s $2b Peru port faces obstacles from the Andes to the Amazon
While Chancay may rekindle an old dream of integrating South America’s Atlantic and Pacific coasts, there is no effective way to make it happen.
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.
The Aussie drama taking Netflix by storm
For four days in late October, Territory, which follows the Lawson family and its tenuous hold on Marianne cattle station, topped global Netflix viewing.
October 2024
We’ve made significant progress cleaning up Samarco disaster: BHP
Years in the making, an agreement to deliver $48 billion to the Brazilian people is a moment of reflection, writes BHP’s chief legal officer.
Chickenpox and faded flowers: BHP challenges size of $70b lawsuit
BHP alleges some of the 620,000 bids for compensation rest on spurious claims, as part of a courtroom push to cut back the English class action’s colossal size.
‘Relentless pursuit of profits’: BHP lawsuit opens in London
The miner and class action lawyers Pogust Goodhead locked horns in court, but the protesters and TV crews gathered outside suggest a PR battle is also afoot.
BHP faces down 620,000 Brazilians as Samarco class action kicks off
A British court will on Monday start a trial that was six years in the making. There’s $70 billion at stake, but some claimants say it’s not about money.