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Acting Columbia President Claire Shipman:

Columbia University agrees to pay $300m to settle White House fight

The Ivy League school will pay the penalty over three years to resolve multiple civil rights investigations, clearing the way for the reinstatement of grants.

Scott Morrison in Washington.

The US trade war hypocrisy Morrison was too polite to mention

If the former PM detected any contradiction in US politicians asking for help in Congress on standing up to economic coercion, he did not acknowledge it.

A shopkeeper shows Kolhapuri sandals to a customer at shop in Mumbai.

How Prada sandals outraged India’s online army

The Italian fashion house drew a backlash with a menswear collection that included open-toed leather footwear modelled on a classic subcontinental design.

Coke

Coca-Cola gets roped into making America healthy again

Coke joins PepsiCo, Kraft Heinz and dozens of other big US companies that have pledged to remove artificial ingredients after Trump administration pressure.

Brigitte and Emmanuel Macron at the British Museum in London during their state visit to the UK earlier this month.

Macrons file US lawsuit over claim France’s first lady was born male

The 218-page lawsuit, filed in Delaware, accuses MAGA influencer Candace Owens of publishing “outlandish, defamatory and far-fetched fictions”.

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Donald Trump is finding limits to his control of his MAGA base.

No one controls MAGA – not even Trump

Attempts to put a lid on the Jeffrey Epstein affair raise questions about the extent to which the president’s populist base might exist as a force without him.

Donald Trump

Trump told weeks ago his name appears in Epstein files: WSJ

The Wall Street Journal published a new story on the US president and his alleged connection to the late convicted sex offender.

President Donald Trump arrives at an AI summit.

Trump removes ‘stupid’ restrictions to supercharge AI

The president says he will roll back oversight and safeguards on developing artificial intelligence so the US can win the tech race against China.

Donald Trump at Alligator Alcatraz this month.

‘Shower with a million mosquitoes’: Life inside ‘Alligator Alcatraz’

Migrants held in the detention centre describe “nightmare” conditions, with not enough toilets, cages awash with human waste and lights on 24 hours a day.

EU member states could be ready to accept a 15 per cent tariff and EU officials are pushing to have that cover sectors including cars, the diplomats said.

EU diplomats see progress towards US trade deal with 15pc tariffs

Member states could be ready to accept a 15 per cent tariff and officials are pushing to have that cover sectors including cars, diplomats said.

Yesterday

Climate Change and Energy Minister Chris Bowen in parliament on Wednesday.

Labor delight as Coalition reopens climate wars

Sussan Ley’s problems with managing the opposition’s energy policy just got much worse.

Trump immediately deflected from questions about his long friendship with Jeffrey Epstein.

Ghislaine Maxwell to meet justice officials as House shuts down

Donald Trump’s officials made the move to try and quell a political crisis over Jeffrey Epstein as the Republican House speaker cut business short.

The trade war is just the latest setback for Japan’s once world-beating car industry.

A warning for Australia in Trump’s new Japan trade deal

A security ally for decades and a key partner in US efforts to counter an increasingly assertive China, Japan was on good footing. But it still had to concede a lot.

Donald Trump, model Ingrid Seynhaeve and Jeffrey Epstein at a Victoria’s Secret “Angels” party in New York in 1997.

Secret recordings could blow open Trump’s relationship with Epstein

According to best-selling author Michael Wolff, who interviewed the financier before his arrest, the two men were at one time even closer than had been thought.

Trump and Xi’s aides have discussed a potential meeting between the leaders during a trip by the US president to Asia later this year, citing two people familiar with the plans.

Trump says he may meet Xi following invitation to China

The US president has sought to lower tensions with Beijing in recent weeks after pausing a tit-for-tat tariff war that has upended global trade and supply chains.

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Donald Trump and Jair Bolsonaro at Mar-a-Lago in 2020.

Why Trump is picking on Brazil – and how it could backfire

The US president is using tariffs, not just for building domestic manufacturing capacity, but for whatever takes his fancy. And boy does he fancy strongmen.

Donald Trump at the United Nations in 2019.

Trump pulls US out of UNESCO for second time

The president has continued his pattern of withdrawing from global agencies, this time claiming that the UN culture and education agency supports “woke” policies.

The AUKUS pact was a bid to stem China’s intentions in the Indo-Pacific, but America’s strikes on Iran mean the focus is now on the Middle East.

‘Stronger together’: Congress backs AUKUS ahead of Morrison hearing

Two US congressmen say the tripartite nuclear-powered submarine pact is key to checking Chinese expansionism in the Indo-Pacific region.

Australia Post will extend its banking services.

Liberals call for explanation on Bourke St post office break-in

The Liberal party has called for Australia Post to explain how a post office break-in in Melbourne’s CBD that may have compromised customers’ personal details occurred. How the day unfolded.

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Bessent is viewed as a potential successor to Powell though he said he already has the best job in Washington.

Bessent says entire Fed needs to be examined as an institution

The US Treasury secretary said the country’s central bank should be reviewed, citing what he called “fearmongering over tariffs”.

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