Yesterday
- Opinion
- Trump's America
Why China may be relishing Trump’s tariff showdown
By targeting allies and neighbours with tariffs, the US is playing into the hands of China.
- Gideon Rachman
This Month
The Russian spy ship in Britain’s waters preparing ground for war
Russia’s dark fleet is already suspected of four sabotage operations in the Baltic since November, severing cables connecting Estonia to Latvia, Sweden to Lithuania and Norway to Finland and Germany.
- Memphis Barker
January
As Trump and Putin circle each other, an agenda beyond Ukraine emerges
The Russian leader has made it very clear he is ready to deal, keen to end three years of diplomatic isolation.
- David E. Sanger and Anton Troianovski
Is Ukraine scamming Russian pensioners into blowing up ATMs?
Ukrainian phone scammers posing as Russian security agents are thought to be encouraging elderly Russians to set fire to infrastructure in Russia.
- Daniel Hardaker
Putin ready to meet Trump to ‘talk about’ Ukraine
If the 2020 US election had not been stolen, then “perhaps there would not have been the crisis in Ukraine that arose in 2022”, Vladimir Putin said.
- Vladimir Soldatkin and Anastasia Lyrchikova
- Updated
- Russia-Ukraine war
Trump tells Putin to ‘make a deal’ on Ukraine or face new costs
“Let’s get this war, which never would have started if I were president, over with,” the Republican said in a social media post.
- David Lawder and Daphne Psaledakis
Roman Abramovich’s life of luxury in Turkish exile
Turkey, the country where East meets West, is an ideal no-man’s-land for the billionaire amid rumours he would be willing to open dialogue with Donald Trump.
- Tom Morgan
PM, Dutton threaten Russia over feared execution of Australian soldier
The Albanese government has left the door open to expelling Russia’s envoy if reports captured Australian fighter Oscar Jenkins has been executed are true.
- Updated
- Andrew Tillett
‘Grave concerns’ for Aussie captured by Russian forces
Media reports suggest Russia has executed Oscar Jenkins, a Melbourne teacher who had been fighting for Ukraine when he was captured.
- Holly Hales
Trump to urge Zelensky to lower Ukraine’s conscription age to 18
Ukraine’s conscription age was lowered to 25 last year, but lowering it further is unpopular and Ukraine says it lacks enough weapons to arm its current forces.
- Isobel Koshiw
- Opinion
- Donald Trump
Who can best manage Trump – Albanese or Dutton?
Instead of caution and guile from Canberra, we have the absurd posturing of the prime minister and opposition leader on who is best fitted to influence the mad king.
- James Curran
Chinese airlines rush into Europe as Western carriers retreat
Scandinavian Airlines, Lufthansa, British Airways and Virgin Atlantic have all suspended some routes to the mainland in 2024, citing cost pressures from avoiding Russia.
- Chan Ho-him and Philip Georgiadis
Ukraine launches fresh attack in Kursk region of Russia
The Russian Defence Ministry said Ukrainian forces had begun a large new assault featuring tanks, mine-clearing equipment and at least a dozen armoured vehicles.
- Marc Santora
‘This is significant’: N Korean, Russian troops take ‘heavy losses’
Ukrainian and Western assessments say about 11,000 North Korean troops are deployed in Russia’s Kursk region.
- Updated
- Ron Popeski and Oleksandr Kozhukhar
Trump, holding court at Mar-a-Lago, says he will go to Carter funeral
Former Australian prime minister Scott Morrison and his wife Jenny were among guests at the black-tie affair, along with billionaire and Trump confidant Elon Musk.
- Maggie Haberman
Putin tells Russians that ‘everything will be fine’
President Vladimir Putin, the longest-serving ruler of Russia since Josef Stalin, framed his nation’s challenges as part of a wider historic mission.
- Mark Trevelyan
December 2024
5 ways ‘America First’ could transform the world in 2025
Donald Trump is leading the way, but Russia and China are also seeking radical change to the status quo.
- Gideon Rachman
Russian missile probably caused Azerbaijani plane crash, say experts
Aviation specialists claim holes in the aircraft’s tail section could indicate that it came under fire from air defence systems targeting Ukrainian drones.
- Jon Gambrell
Assad’s wife given ‘50/50 chance’ of survival as leukaemia returns
Asma al-Assad is thought to have flown to Moscow for treatment some time before the Kremlin persuaded her husband to flee in the face of lightning rebel advances.
- Updated
- Ben Farmer
Why North Korean troops are now a problem for Putin
Many have expressed surprise at the apparent naivety of the Asian troops, under live fire for the first time.
- Iain Hollingshead