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Donald Trump says he is “pissed off” at Russian President Vladimir Putin.

Trump ‘pissed off’ with Putin, threatens tariffs on Russian oil

The US president is angry at the autocrat’s suggestions of how to install a new leadership in Ukraine and sideline Volodymyr Zelensky.

March

Michael Hintze at his office in London “You can’t out-trade a machine, but you can out-think it,” he says.

Hedge fund veteran Michael Hintze on the rise of machines, and returns

It has been a year since the billionaire investor sold his storied London fund. Now he’s back with a new fund in the midst of a rapidly shifting market.

President Donald Trump.

‘Never seen anything like it’: Trump’s outrageous new Ukraine deal

The latest version of Donald Trump’s “minerals deal” is unprecedented in the history of modern diplomacy and state relations.

New Canadian PM Mark Carney has made opposition to Donald Trump the centrepiece of his campaign.

Trump moment drives Carney’s ‘Canada First’ election campaign

Even some usually Conservative voters have announced they will vote for the Liberal prime minister based on his promise to handle the bombastic US president.

Robert F Kennedy jnr.

Kennedy to slash 10,000 jobs in US health overhaul

Cuts include 3500 at the Food and Drug Administration, 2400 at the Centres for Disease Control and Prevention, and 1200 at the National Institutes of Health.

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US President Donald Trump during a US ambassadors meeting in the Cabinet Room of the White House in Washington, DC, US, on Tuesday, March 25.

Trump downplays war chat leak as ‘only a glitch’

The president defended his national security adviser, batting away revelations that officials discussed military attacks on Yemen on a publicly available app.

Ships, including grain from Ukraine, await inspections near Istanbul in 2022.

US agrees to help Russia lift exports in Ukraine talks

Russia and Ukraine agreed to pause their attacks at sea, according to the US. Washington also agreed to help Moscow boost agriculture and fertiliser exports.

A PLA Chengdu J-20S stealth fighter jet on the tarmac at an air show in China in November.

China ‘presents’ top military, cybersecurity threat to US

Beijing is using “whole of government” efforts including military, economic and influence operations to assert itself, the American intelligence community said.

US President Donald Trump says the next stage of his trade plan will focus on reciprocal tariffs

GST shapes up as Trump trade tariff exemption stumbling block

The US President says he will give ‘a lot of countries breaks’ but officials warn it remains difficult to tell what will be counted as a trade barrier.

Trump’s tango with Russia’s autocrat Vladimir Putin over the terms of a ceasefire deal between Russia and Ukraine has sowed doubts.

For Trump, the strong do what they can, the weak suffer what they must

The US president’s hastiness to secure peace overlooks the often laborious work usually required for a long-term, stable and durable solution to a conflict.

BYD is extending its lead over Tesla.

BYD overtakes Tesla to secure pole position in EV race

The Chinese electric carmaker’s latest full-year financial results reveal the extent of this power shift, with it surpassing the $US100 billion revenue mark.

Don’t be fooled by the sudden burst of tariff bullishness

The outbreak of hope that greeted Donald Trump’s announcement that he may give “a lot of countries breaks” on the levies looks to be built on shifting sands.

An aircraft launching from the USS Harry S. Truman in the Red Sea before airstrikes in Yemen.

Trump’s defence secretary sent secret war plans to journalist

Pete Hegseth discussed plans for deadly military strikes on Houthi targets in Yemen in a chat group that included the editor of The Atlantic.

US House Speaker Mike Johnson, from Louisiana, Donald Trump announce plans by Hyundai to expand a factory in Louisiana.

Trump may give ‘a lot of countries breaks’ on tariffs

The US administration, however, named Australia among countries it is focusing on for possible levies on April 2, sowing more confusion about the trade war.

Macquarie’s Viktor Shvets says investors now find themselves in a 1930s world.

Macquarie’s Viktor Shvets sees a world on fire. Here’s how to play it

Investors have been slow to wake up to the scale of change Donald Trump is trying to engineer, in part because it seems so wild. But inertia could be costly.

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Julie Sweet, chief executive of Accenture.

Accenture warns that Musk-DOGE cost cuts are hurting sales

The Department of Government Efficiency has taken aim at consulting deals as an example of what the administration deems wasteful spending.

US President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin spoke for more than two hours.

Russia attacks Ukraine hours after Putin, Trump reach deal

During a 90-minute phone call with Donald Trump, Vladimir Putin agreed to limit attacking Ukrainian energy assets, but declined to agree to a broader ceasefire.

 Palestinians carry the body of someone killed during Israeli airstrikes at the Al-Ahli hospital in Gaza City, Gaza.

Netanyahu says Israeli strikes across Gaza are ‘only the beginning’

The prime minister said the military would press ahead until it achieves all of its war aims: destroying Hamas and freeing all hostages held by the militants.

Trump’s deal with Putin will terrify the West

If Russian president Vladimir Putin can get his US counterpart, Donald Trump, dancing to his tune, eight decades of trans-Atlantic solidarity could be ruptured.

The companies have agreed to a breakup fee of about 10 per cent of the deal value if the deal doesn’t close,.

Google just agreed to its biggest acquisition ever

The whopping $50 billion deal provides its cloud business with new cybersecurity products to offer customers as it works to catch up with Microsoft and Amazon.

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