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President Joe Biden speaks in the Roosevelt Room at the White House in Washington.

Biden labels end of Facebook fact-checking ‘anti-American’

The US president also insisted he could have beaten Donald Trump during a wide-ranging press conference just days before he leaves office.

  • Farrah Tomazin

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Volodymyr Zelensky has clashed with American podcaster Lex Fridman.

Forgive him? Zelensky says what he really thinks about Vladimir Putin

The Ukrainian leader calls his Russian foe a child “murderer” in an angry exchange with US podcaster Lex Fridman.

  • Joe Barnes
Russian President Vladimir Putin.

Putin sprints to his imagined finish line in Ukraine war

Putin is mobilising troops and stepping up collaboration with allies ahead of Trump’s inauguration on January 20, hoping the West tires of the conflict.

  • Mick Ryan

What to expect around the world in 2025

One name keeps popping up as our correspondents note the major issues they will be watching on their patch. It promises to be a wild ride.

  • Lisa Visentin, Zach Hope, Farrah Tomazin, Rob Harris and Lia Timson
A shadow has fallen over Anthony Albanese’s prime ministership in 2024.

Politics, like comedy, is about timing. Albanese will be a victim of the liberal era’s fall

Voters around the world are choosing a rougher cut of leader to champion them into the second quarter of the 21st century. Anthony Albanese will never be that.

  • Parnell Palme McGuinness
Making news in 2024: Donald Trump, Vladimir Putin, Benjamin Netanyahu, Kamala Harris, Catherine, Princess of Wales, King Charles III, Syria and Gisèle Pelicot.

The rise and fall of strongmen, and justice for a woman unbowed

It was a year of wars, election surprises, royal health scares and the reign of new queens. Within this maelstrom, one woman’s quiet courage shone through.

  • Lisa Visentin, Zach Hope, Farrah Tomazin, Rob Harris, Matthew Knott, Matt Wade and Lia Timson
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A Russian serviceman operates at an undisclosed location in Ukraine. The US and Ukraine report North Koreans are being sent to the frontlines for Russia without protection.

‘Expendable’ North Korean troops suffer mass casualties fighting for Russia

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky says some North Koreans are being killed by their own men to avoid capture.

  • Gabriella Borter
The crash landing of the Azerbaijan Airlines’ Embraer 190 on the ground near the airport of Aktau, Kazakhstan.

A strange banging sound, chaos and prayers before plane crashed

Twenty-nine people miraculously survived the Azerbaijani Airlines crash on Christmas Day. Three retell their horrifying tale.

  • Milana Mazaeva and Ivan Nechepurenko
Firefighters put out the fire following a Russian missile attack on the country’s energy system in Dnipropetrovsk region, Ukraine, on Christmas Day.

Russia’s Christmas Day attacks ‘deliberate’ and ‘inhuman’: Zelensky

Hundreds of thousands of people were left without heating or lights after a barrage of cruise and ballistic missiles, and drones.

  • Pavel Polityuk
The footage of Oscar Jenkins, with his wrists bound, was shared widely by pro-Russian social media accounts.

Albanese seeks ‘positive outcome’ for Australian fighter captured by Russia

Melbourne man Oscar Jenkins became the first known Australian to be taken prisoner by Russia in Ukraine, when footage of him appeared on social media.

  • Natassia Chrysanthos

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