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Medical staff work in the negative-pressure isolation ward in Jinyintan Hospital, designated for critical COVID-19 patients, in Wuhan.

The CIA now leans towards lab leak theory for COVID origins

The report was declassified and released on Saturday on the orders of President Donald Trump’s pick to lead the agency, John Ratcliffe.

  • David Klepper and Ken Moritsugu

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Every weekend, parents of unmarried adults come to the marriage market in Shanghai in hope of finding a good match for their children.

Inside Shanghai’s marriage market - where parents seek a match for their unwed child

Marriage rates are declining across China. But at a pop-up market in Shanghai, parents sit for hours every weekend, advertising their single children’s key attributes.

  • Lisa Visentin
Chinese-Australian writer Yang Hengjun was handed a suspended death sentence last year.

Australian forced to choose between food and clothes in Beijing jail

In a freezing winter, Chinese-Australian writer Yang Hengjun told Australian officials he could not afford a jumper and had to beg other prisoners for soup.

  • Matthew Knott
Trump and Albanese

The rise of Trump sets a new test for Albanese, and Dutton

The re-elected US president is now a wildcard in the Australian federal election and presents a diabolical challenge for whoever wins it.

  • David Crowe
Happy day for Solomon Lew

Why this Aussie billionaire welcomes Trump’s China tariff threat

It’s more important now than ever for retailer Solomon Lew to get the best manufacturing deals. He thinks Donald Trump’s trade policies might help.

  • Elizabeth Knight
Donald Trump is planning on giving TikTok a temporary reprieve.

The dark truth about Trump’s bid to save TikTok

In his first day in office, Donald Trump signed an executive order that defies a US law and encourages others to breach it.

  • Stephen Bartholomeusz
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At loggerheads over AI: Elon Musk and OpenAI CEO Sam Altman.
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What is Stargate? Trump’s $800b AI investment explained

The announcement is set to reshape the tech sector and create hundreds of thousands of jobs. Where does Australia fit in, and what does Elon Musk have to say?

  • David Swan
Chinese President Xi Jinping, front, and Russian President Vladimir Putin.

Putin and Xi pick up the phone to talk close ties after Trump’s return

In the 1.5-hour video call, the leaders discussed the need to “cope with the uncertainty of the external environment”.

  • Vladimir Isachenkov
Trump’s antipathy towards EVs and the climate-related measures Biden introduced through the Inflation Reduction Act will, if he can implement it, be a major blow to the car industry’s ability to stay competitive.

Trump’s green attack threatens the future of the US car industry

Donald Trump’s plan to remove incentives for electric vehicles and their batteries’ production and sales could have severe ramifications.

  • Stephen Bartholomeusz
Donald Trump has pumped the brakes on starting a new trade war.

Trump’s ‘day one’ promise has been broken

Donald Trump had threatened to launch an economic war on the world on the first day of his new presidency. He has backed down - for now.

  • Stephen Bartholomeusz

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