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Moraine Lake in Banff National Park.

It’s time for one of the best countries on Earth to stop being humble

With so much bluster coming from the White House, it’s time for America’s northern neighbour to step into the spotlight.

  • Ute Junker

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The colours of Sedona.

America’s most beautiful city is unlike anywhere else

Sedona is like a greatest-hits package of the world’s most beautiful cities, all rolled into one.

  • David Whitley
Elon Musk says it’s possible to halve the US deficit, and in the process cut interest payments and boost growth.

Inside the Trump-loving gathering that wants to save ‘Austrailia’

It is the world’s largest conservative event, and having succeeded in returning Donald Trump to the presidency, some are setting their sights on Down Under.

  • Michael Koziol
Pyramid Lake, where a hand-built, seven-metre cedar canoe – a nod to Indigenous canoes – awaits us on the shore.

Beautiful one day, freezing the next: Rocky Mountains outside the peak

We’ve come to experience Jasper and Banff in spring during the lull between the ski season finishing and the summer crowds descending.

  • Sheriden Rhodes
Doug Turner delivering an invitation for his winter party to his neighbour, Michelle Hernandez, in Bucks County, Pennsylvania.

87-year-old goes viral for party invitation: ‘4pm until the cops arrive’

Doug Turner started hosting an annual neighbourhood winter party after his wife died. He asks that guests “bring only a smile”.

  • Sydney Page
Pre-game partying at Levi’s Stadium, San Francisco.

The best thing about American football happens before the kick-off

Tailgating is a spectacle unique to American football. Rain, hail or shine, nothing stops the pre-game party.

  • Kate Allman
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US President Donald Trump said Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky had told him he was ready to make a deal to end the war.

Trump tells the world to invest in US or pay the price

Donald Trump has sent a clear message to “every business in the world” as he addressed the World Economic Forum in Davos.

  • Michael Koziol
You can tour the iconic US Capitol Building for free.

Seven highlights of the majestic (and infamous) US Capitol Building

As the 47th president celebrates his inauguration, here’s what to see at the epicentre of American democracy (and yes, the site of the attack on January 6, 2021).

  • Kate Armstrong

This affordable retro surf hotel has a five-star Mexico location

On a stretch of coast where bland luxury mega-resorts dominate, this secluded (and relatively budget-friendly) stay is a beacon of ’90s nostalgia and charm.

  • Katherine Scott
Pit-stop: a US nuclear-powered submarine docks at Rockingham, Western Australia in March last year. The US may not be able to make more than 1.3 such subs a year.

For America, AUKUS is the vehicle to ‘fortify’ Australia against China

Architects of the trilateral defence agreement said Australia should be the “beachhead” to counter Chinese aggression and the AUKUS deal was keeping Xi Jinping awake at night.

  • Michael Koziol

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