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Andy Byron, Kristin Cabot

‘Coldplaygate’ is a stark reminder that cameras are everywhere

It took only a few seconds of video for the “kiss cam” incident to thoroughly dominate internet discourse and become an instant meme.

Grace Kim finishes with eagle-birdie-eagle to claim her first major

“I don’t know how it happened, really,” the Australian said after the stunning finish to win on the second playoff hole against Jeeno Thitikul.

Emmanuel Macron, France’s president, left, and Keir Starmer, UK prime minister, during a wreath laying ceremony at the statue of former British Prime Minister Winston Churchill in Parliament Square in London

Britain and France join forces on nuclear deterrents for first time

France is part of NATO but has maintained a completely independent nuclear posture, while Britain’s deterrent forms part of the alliance’s defence strategy.

A worker cuts a piece of fabric at a Thai Son SP garment factory in Binh Thuan province, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.

China fears global trade isolation via Trump tariff deals

US officials are deep in talks with major trading partners in Asia and Europe, pushing for new agreements that would include restrictions on Chinese content.

A man runs as the sun rises outside Frankfurt, Germany.

Europe heatwave shuts Eiffel Tower as Paris hits 41 degrees

Europe is baking under a “heat dome” that has seen schools closed in France and wildfires spread across Greece, Portugal and Turkey.

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Temperatures also hit the low 30s in parts of the UK last month.

Two dead, pensioners told to shelter as Europe sizzles

The extreme heat is expected to last until the middle of week, with temperatures set to rise further in France, Germany, Italy and the UK in the coming days.

June

Kevin Hasset said of the Section 899 provision that “maybe it doesn’t have to be in the bill”.

US Treasury close to deal to make ‘revenge tax’ irrelevant

Republicans are weighing whether to pull the controversial tax provision as it nears a deal with European nations and other countries on an alternative.

Israeli hospital, Iranian nuclear site hit as Trump mulls US role

Israeli media aired footage of blown-out windows and heavy black smoke. Another missile hit a high-rise building and several other residential buildings in at least two sites near Tel Aviv.

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Trump’s Iran choice: last-chance diplomacy or a bunker-busting bomb

The US could still become directly involved in a new conflict, taking on Iran in exactly the kind of war that the president has sworn he would avoid.

President Donald Trump arrives in Calgary, Alberta, to attend the G7 summit.

G7 summit opens with a focus on trade, wars — and not riling Trump

If there is a shared mission at this year’s G7 summit, in Canada’s Rocky Mountains, it is a desire to minimise any fireworks at a moment of combustible tensions.

Centrifuge machines in the Natanz uranium enrichment facility.

The nuclear fortress Israel is desperate to destroy

Buried half a kilometre underground, Iran’s Fordow enrichment plant is the ultimate test of Israeli air power.

National Guard troops in Los Angeles this week.

LA is just the start of Trump’s attack on the ‘enemy within’

Sending the National Guard into LA is the administration’s clearest step yet towards authoritarianism.

A protester wears a hat saying “Make Europe Great Again” during an anti-immigration rally in Warsaw.

How Europe could go ‘MEGA’ very soon

With Donald Trump determined to “Make Europe Great Again”, the radical right has the momentum as crucial elections loom.

Fireworks explode over riot police officers on the Champs-Elysees avenue after the Champions League final soccer match between Paris Saint-Germain and Inter Milan.

‘Barbarians’ clash with police in Paris during Champions League final

Even before half-time of a game PSG won 5-0, police in riot gear ran towards disorderly fans who threw bottles and let off fireworks as they retreated.

May

Runners have used apps like Strava to track their runs for years.

‘Fake My Run’ is exactly what it sounds like

The website – that lets you trick apps such as Strava with fake workouts – was meant to poke fun at a real social problem. But many people are conflicted.

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William Duplessie is escorted out of the New York Police 13th Precinct after turning himself in on charges of kidnapping and false imprisonment

Kidnappings, severed finger: Violent crime sweeps crypto industry

A new trend of physical violence around the world is targeting the industry as the largely unregulated currency surges in value.

BioScout units are installed on farms and vineyards across Australia, New Zealand and internationally.

BioScout goes global using AI to protect farms, vineyards from disease

The venture capital-backed start-up is expanding internationally after its founders turned scientific research into an increasingly lucrative agricultural tech player.

Ed Husic frequently criticised Israel over its conduct of the war in Gaza when he was a minister.

Labor’s pro-Israel group warns Albanese against recognising Palestine

Party group tells prime minister that such a move would be seen as a reward for terrorist group Hamas.

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Brigitte Macron appears to be pushing her husband away with both hands on his face before they disembarked from their plane in Vietnam.

‘Joking around’: Macron plays down his wife’s face push

The French president said the incident was overblown. The pair married in 2007 after meeting at the high school where he was a student and she was a teacher.

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