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Trade wars
China says US stands to become ‘a joke in the history of the world economy’
After lifting tariffs on US goods again, to 125 per cent, China’s Finance Ministry signalled Beijing would no longer go tit-for-tat with the Trump administration.
- by Lisa Visentin and Michael Koziol
Prince Harry makes secret visit to Ukraine
- by Connor Stringer, Timothy Sigsworth and India McTaggart
Opinion & Perspectives
Trump’s made nationalism great again, just not in America
Rather than jingoistic chest-thumping, Trumpism has stirred a stoical civic pride in the things that differentiate individual countries from the US.
Nick Bryant
Journalist and author
The crying shame of South Korea’s adoption scandal for Australia
Labor has promised an in-house investigation into Australia-Korea adoptions, but it needs the heft of a parliamentary inquiry.
The Herald's View
Xi holds more cards than Trump in trade showdown
With the two leaders standing eyeball to eyeball as global markets whipsaw around them, who will blink?
Lisa Visentin
North Asia Correspondent
North America
Opinion
Donald Trump
Trump’s made nationalism great again, just not in America
Rather than jingoistic chest-thumping, Trumpism has stirred a stoical civic pride in the things that differentiate individual countries from the US.
- by Nick Bryant
Musk’s latest DOGE savings goal seems to be short a few zeros
Elon Musk initially promised to cut $US2 trillion from the federal budget. He now appears to have set the goal lower for a second time.
- by David A. Fahrenthold and Maggie Haberman
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Tragedy
‘Falling apart’ midair: Helicopter plunges into New York’s Hudson River, killing six
- by Michael R. Sisak, Jennifer Peltz and Ted Shaffrey
Opinion
Trump diplomacy
Trump has put America into a no-win war just to alienate its closest allies
- by Thomas L. Friedman
Europe
Prince Harry makes secret visit to Ukraine
- by Connor Stringer, Timothy Sigsworth and India McTaggart
Asia
Top Australian judge Robert French quits Hong Kong court
Former High Court of Australia chief justice Robert French has quit Hong Kong’s top court, becoming the latest overseas judge to resign from the bench after Beijing’s crackdown on the city.
- by Lisa Visentin
Updated
Trade wars
China says US stands to become ‘a joke in the history of the world economy’
After lifting tariffs on US goods again, to 125 per cent, China’s Finance Ministry signalled Beijing would no longer go tit-for-tat with the Trump administration.
- by Lisa Visentin and Michael Koziol
Editorial
Adoption & fostering
The crying shame of South Korea’s adoption scandal for Australia
- The Herald's View
Exclusive
Adoption & fostering
Did Australia know? South Korean adoptees demand answers over global scandal
- by Lisa Visentin
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Israeli-Palestinian conflict
Israel admits initial account of medic killings was partly ‘mistaken’ after phone footage emerges
- by Isabel Kershner
Trump pointed the finger at a country where the average wage is $11 a day. The crowd laughed
- by Philip J. Heijmans and Antony Sguazzin
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Israeli-Palestinian conflict
Emergency crews ‘struck one after another’ as they searched for missing colleagues
- by Wafaa Shurafa, Lee Keath and Fatma Khaled
Prince Harry ‘demanded Africa charity boss publicly defend Meghan’
- by Victoria Ward and Paul Nuki
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