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Donald Trump, during his first presidency, meets with Chinese President Xi Jinping on the sidelines of the G20 summit in 2019.

‘Very volatile’: Beijing retaliates with tariffs on US imports, Google probe

Within minutes of the new Trump-imposed tariffs hitting Chinese imports, Beijing fired back with a suite of tariffs and a probe into Google.

  • Lisa Visentin

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Software engineers enlisted to work for DOGE and Elon Musk’s cost-cutting effort, left to right: Ethan Shaotran, 22, Luke Farritor, 23, Gavin Kliger, 25, Edward Coristine, 19, Akash Bobba, 21, Gautier Cole Killian, 24.

‘Muskovites’: The baby-faced squad dismantling foreign aid

America’s USAID is being pulled apart by a band of 19-24-year-old tech proteges hand-picked to slash government spending.

  • Cameron Henderson
Demonstrators outside the US Agency for International Development (USAID) headquarters in Washington.

‘Unlawful power grab’: Democrats declare war on DOGE amid ‘Elon takeover’ of government agencies

The Elon Musk-led attack on USAID and reports the businessman’s team had gained access to the Treasury’s massive payments system spurred Democrats into action.

  • Michael Koziol
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Starmer in the middle: Trump wedges British PM

Keir Starmer is stuck between a rock and a hard place in the growing transatlantic spat between the US and the European Union.

  • Joe Barnes and Ben Riley-Smith
Donald Trump signs executive order as Rupert Murdoch looks on in White House.

Rupert Murdoch in Oval Office as Trump shakes up trade ties with Mexico, Canada

The US president paused tariffs on Mexican and Canadian imports and praised the “legendary” media mogul even as he lashed Murdoch’s newspaper, The Wall Street Journal.

  • Michael Koziol
US President Donald Trump said the tariffs on Mexico would be “paused” for a month while a deal is negotiated.

Why China must be quietly pleased that Trump has made it a target

Around the world, Beijing is working to peel away support for a US-led international system and recast itself as a more reliable partner in trade, development and security.

  • Lisa Visentin
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Donald Trump’s trade war with Canada is positioned as anti-drugs. It’s really about something else.

Trump has lobbed a trade bomb at Canada. It may just blow up in his face

Canadians are naturally wondering why their long-standing status as close neighbours, friends, allies and partners seems to count for nothing.

  • Michael Koziol
From groceries to cars, Trump’s tariffs are expected to hurt US consumers

From avocados to whisky – this is where Americans will pay for tariffs

For American families, the likely result of Trump’s trade war with Mexico and Canada is higher prices nearly everywhere they turn, including guacamole, pancakes and alcoholic drinks.

  • Danielle Kaye
Rescue and salvage crews work near the wreckage of an American Airlines jet in the Potomac River, seen from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport, Sunday, Feb. 2, 2025, in Arlington, Va. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

Scuba divers fight hypothermia to recover plane crash victims

The families of those killed in Wednesday’s midair collision in Washington have visited the site of the disaster, as scuba divers work in frigid waters nearby to retrieve the victims.

  • David Martin, Michael Sisak and Claudia Lauer
Donald Trump addressed reporters at the White House last week.

‘We can play the game’: Trump hints at possible tit-for-tat tariff hikes

The warning to Canada came as the US president said consumers might suffer “pain” from his taxes on goods imported from America’s three biggest trading partners.

  • Michael Koziol

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