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Trump diplomacy
The politics of gratitude: How Trump insists on thanks from foreign leaders
When it comes to diplomacy, Donald Trump wants an implicit or explicit display of personal gratitude from US allies.
- by Erica L. Green
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‘Love is in the air’: Tiger Woods reveals relationship with Trump’s former daughter-in-law
New photos show Woods and Vanessa Trump – previously married to Donald Trump Jr – sprawling in a hammock, her arm draped across his chest as he gazes skyward.
- by Doug Ferguson
Analysis
World elections
‘He wants to break us’: Canada’s newbie PM calls snap election as Trump looms large
Canadians will go to the polls at the end of April in an election that will be as much about their neighbour as their own country.
- by Michael Koziol
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Trade
The new Trump threat to Australia-US trade – and it’s not tariffs
Australia’s shipping industry says a US proposal to impose “extreme” fees on China-linked ships that visit its ports will hurt trade and could lead to business failures and job losses.
- by Michael Koziol
Tourist detentions at the US border: What international visitors should know
Incidents of travellers being denied entry into the US in recent weeks have sparked concern over what to expect at airports and other border crossings.
- by Claire Fahy
Opinion
US politics
Having battled US bureaucracy, I reckon there’s plenty for Musk to do
There is so much inefficiency in American life. If only Musk would focus his many talents on the real problems, not the stuff of culture wars and conspiracies.
- by Michael Koziol
Opinion
Trump diplomacy
Thanks to Trump, Canadians like me have become flag-waving patriots
Canadians are rallying behind the battle cry “elbows up!” They’re ready to fight.
- by Samantha Selinger-Morris
Analysis
US politics
The president, the judge and the flights that landed in the middle of the night
Donald Trump is embroiled in a legal showdown over his deportation of more than 200 alleged gang members. He’s relying on two words to get the scheme over the line, but legal scholars wonder if the government has crossed a red line by defying a court order.
- by Michael Koziol
Doctors told Joseph he was going to die. Then AI saved his life
Scientists are using machine learning to find new treatments among thousands of old medicines.
- by Kate Morgan
Updated
Russia-Ukraine war
Trump makes play for Ukraine’s nuclear power plants in call with Zelensky
With a deal to access Ukraine’s critical minerals now on the backburner, the US president said American ownership of the country’s power plants would offer “the best protection”.
- by Michael Koziol
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