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ASX dives 1.4pc; Nine backs $2.8b Domain sale; 5 big market risks

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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.

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.

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Inflation slows; PM aims to wedge Dutton; Worrying US data

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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.

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A worker at Accell’s  e-bike assembly line at a plant in Toszeg, Hungary.

Is KKR’s bad bet on cycling the start of Europe’s private equity reckoning?

As one of the first pandemic era purchases to go into a full restructuring, Accell may be the canary in the European coal mine for a crop of PE deals struck at high valuations.

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Deal sinks James Hardie; Teal’s husband accused; ‘Peak fear’ day looms

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Donald Trump

Trump invokes wartime powers to boost critical minerals production

The president signed the executive order in an attempt to wean the country off essential resources from China.

Europe is cementing its leadership as the most assertive regulator of tech companies such as Apple, Google, Amazon, Meta and Microsoft.

EU’s Apple and Google ruling risks Trump’s ire

The search giant has been told to stop forcing users on to its apps, while the phone maker must make it easier for rivals’ headsets and smartwatches to sync with its devices.

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.

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

Trump’s MAGA dreams conjure a world nightmare

Donald Trump values his relationship with dictators far more than that with democratic allies, making the global economic and national security interests a combustible mix.

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 only certainty is that the dismal pattern whereby Vladimir Putin concedes nothing and offers nothing, while Donald Trump declines to respond with any hint of steel, remains the order of the day.

Putin has defied Trump once again – and paid no price

Two presidents do not need to talk for 90 minutes to serve up the thin gruel in the public account of their call. What else did the two leaders discuss?

A  Russian soldier prepares to raise a flag of his unit atop of a house in Staraya Sorochina village in Sudzha district in the Kursk region of Russia.

Trump, Putin set for talks on Ukraine ceasefire terms

The two leaders are expected to speak on Tuesday with the US president saying that there had already been discussions about “dividing up certain assets”.

Lynas’s Mount Weld rare earth project in Western Australia.

Reality bites critical-minerals hopes

Australia’s ambition of processing critical minerals is still mostly a dream, and one that won’t persuade Donald Trump to withhold tariffs on our exports.

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Former Perth Glory owner Tony Sage, before the club’s finances went downhill.

This Perth entrepreneur is surfing the Trump wave

Barely two years ago Tony Sage hit a low, losing control of Perth Glory soccer club. Now, thanks to Trump, he’s facing an open goal in Greenland and Ukraine.

Lieutenant General Kyrylo Budanov says humans are still critical in the intelligence process, and AI has some way to go to be fully reliable in war.

What I learnt about the future of war in Ukraine this week

The head of Ukraine’s military intelligence, perhaps the best-known military intelligence leader in the world, has three lessons from this war.

Russian President Vladimir Putin.

Putin rejects immediate ceasefire in Ukraine

The Russian president has struck a hard line over any deal to halt the fighting, even as he said he “supports the idea” behind a US-backed 30-day pause.

Russian President Vladimir Putin, right, accompanied by Russian Chief of General Staff Gen. Valery Gerasimov, second left, visits military headquarters in the Kursk region of Russia.

Putin is cornered but can still outfox Trump

The Russian president is at a crossroads in his quest to reconquer Ukraine. How he responds will reveal if he’s a cunning card sharp or a delusional dreamer.

Russian President Vladimir Putin.

Putin likely to drag out Ukraine truce talks to seek his terms

Donald Trump said US officials would talk with their Russian counterparts on Thursday and that it’s possible he could speak to the Russian president as soon as this week.

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