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President Donald Trump.

Trump’s antics leave Taiwan wondering if US is still in its corner

The US President was once seen as a strong supporter of Taiwan. Now he is accusing it of stealing from the US.

  • Lisa Visentin and Daniel Ceng

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Police and emergency services stand near a damaged car that drove into demonstrators marching in Munich.

‘Probably an attack’: Children among injured as car drives into Munich crowd

The incident came hours before Munich was to host a conference of world leaders, and before Germany’s federal election.

  • Anja Guder and Wolfgang Rattay
The controversial ads displayed at a Tube station in London.

Controversial Tube ads spark outrage as right to die debate divides Britain

British MPs are to debate a bill which would legalise assisted dying for some terminally ill adults. A decade after a similar bill was overwhelmingly rejected, the result appears to be on a knife’s edge.

  • Rob Harris
Germany’s then-chancellor Angela Merkel had to put up with Russian President Vladimir Putin’s dog at a meeting at his residence in 2007. He knew she was afraid of dogs.

Dogs and long waits: Merkel recalls Putin’s ‘power games’

The former German chancellor’s memoirs are out. And she’s saying a lot more in public than she did in 16 years.

  • Geir Moulson
Simon Harris, Prime Minister of Ireland in Switzerland in June.

Russian honeytrap Brexit plot is ‘no surprise’, says Irish PM

The PM’s comments follow news that a member of the Irish parliament had been enlisted by Russian intelligence as an agent during the Brexit talks.

  • Michael Murphy
Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier appointed next French PM. (File picture).

Macron appoints ‘French Joe Biden’ as new PM to break political deadlock

Michel Barnier drove a hard bargain in Brexit negotiations, infuriating Brexiteers during a time of tense relations with the EU.

  • Rob Harris
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Illustration: Dionne Gain

Energy policy is becoming Australia’s own Brexit, and proving just as intractable

If the Coalition isn’t making up the policy as it’s going along, then it’s doing a Vegas-level impression of a political outfit that is.

  • Shaun Carney

When I met Starmer, he’d have won my ‘least likely PM’ vote. Look at him now

He’s cautious, a bit bland and with no big vision, but he’s ousted the crooked Conservatives in this chaos-weary country.

  • Kathy Lette
Tony Blair in 1997, Keir Starmer in 2024.

Fool Britannia: Brits hoping for a return to the Blair-era glory days are dreaming

Where Tony Blair arrived at a point of hope, Keir Starmer enters at a point of despair. The excitement and pride of 1997 have given way to deep cynicism and Brexit division.

  • Gary Nunn
Brexit rancour has had a long but slowly ebbing afterlife.

Bregrets? They’ve got a few. Most Brits now think leaving EU was a mistake

As Britons head to the polls this week, a majority think that leaving the European Union has delivered few benefits.

  • Rob Harris

Original URL: https://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/topic/brexit-5v6