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- Opinion
- AI
Australia’s head not in the AI game
The prime minister’s rambling answer to a press club question on Australia’s engagement in the AI arms race shows how complacent political and business leaders are.
- Updated
- Sandy Plunkett
China’s economy loses steam ahead of new year holiday
The official manufacturing purchasing managers’ index fell to 49.1, the lowest since August, missing economists’ forecast for a modest expansion.
- Yujing Liu
- Opinion
- Trump diplomacy
Australia must face down US tech bosses and Trump
Global tech giants will still be powerful when Trump is not. Policy settings made today by Anthony Albanese or Peter Dutton need to keep that future in mind.
- Paul Smith
- Updated
- Trump diplomacy
Trump pauses tariffs as Colombia backs down on migrant flights
The US and Colombia have pulled back from the brink of a trade war over military aircraft carrying deported migrants.
- Updated
- Phil Stewart and Oliver Griffin
Money managers are eyeing these 3 bright spots in Chinese stocks
Firms that might benefit from higher US tariffs and discount retailers are among the pockets of value.
- John Cheng, Winnie Hsu and Abhishek Vishnoi
- Opinion
- Chanticleer
This is how the magnificent seven’s bubble could burst
AI will reshape markets and economies in the next five years, according to Bank of America. But today’s tech giants might not be the biggest winners.
- James Thomson
Greenland would be sold to UK before Trump due to 100-year-old deal
The US president needs approval from the UK prime minister to buy the island because of an agreement signed the first time America was interested in doing so.
- Dominic Penna
War room, webinars: Corporate America tries to cope with Trump blitz
Businesses have been left trying to nail down what the tax, immigration, DEI and energy orders will mean for them.
- Stephen Foley, James Fontanella-Khan and Jamie Smyth
This Month
China narrows gap on US in AI arms race as Australia stands idle
Donald Trump’s Stargate announcement promised big bucks for development of artificial intelligence as advancing Chinese capability underlines America’s determination to preserve its leadership.
- Paul Smith
- Opinion
- Diversity
Trump fires up war on woke
Donald Trump is waging war on DEI policies. Does this mean the defeat of woke – or just another front in the fight?
- Jennifer Hewett
Trump pardons jailed Silk Road crypto boss
Ross Ulbricht was sentenced to life in jail for running an underground online market where drug dealers conducted $US200 million in illicit trade using bitcoin.
- Julio-Cesar Chavez, Andrew Goudsward, Jason Lange and Nathan Layne
- Updated
- Trump's White House
AirTrunk’s Khuda hails Trump’s $800b data centre grand plan
The US President announced a joint venture with OpenAI, SoftBank and Oracle to significantly expand artificial intelligence infrastructure in the US.
- Updated
- Paul Smith and Matthew Cranston
- Opinion
- Trump's America
Donald Trump and the art of the diplomatic deal
Donald Trump has always loved a deal. Now he wants to force governments to gamble at his own White House table.
- Jennifer Hewett
World’s first stadium designed for women’s sports takes the field
The CPKC Stadium in Kansas gives one team a permanent base while providing inspiration for other women’s clubs in an increasingly expensive era of stadium development.
- Mark Byrnes
Is Hamas back?
The sight of militants on the streets of Gaza since the ceasefire raises the possibility that they may again run the enclave.
- Heba Saleh and Neri Zilber
Trump White House promises ‘massive’ infrastructure announcement
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said the news would “prove that the world knows that America is back”.
- Nandita Bose and Doina Chiacu
- Analysis
- Trump's White House
Trump’s first day shows the ‘triumph of toxic tech capitalism’
For all their previously progressive leanings, the tech sector billionaires know that Donald Trump is the most lucrative ally they could have wished for.
- Paul Smith
Ozempic could improve 42 health conditions – and make 19 worse
A major US study says weight-loss jabs can increase the risk of haemorrhoids, low blood pressure, tendonitis and osteoarthritis.
- Joe Pinkstone
- Opinion
- World politics
Trump and the contest between two visions of democracy
If supporters of liberal democracy want to win the battle, outrage and resistance will not be enough. They will have to defeat the arguments of the strongman leaders.
- Gideon Rachman
- Opinion
- Trump's America
Trump’s revolution takes shape and extraordinary becomes the norm
The formal traditions of an American presidential inauguration couldn’t obscure the extent of the Trump revolution immediately under way.
- Jennifer Hewett