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President Donald Trump departs the White House en route to Trump National Golf Club Washington DC for a crypto dinner, Thursday, May 22, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Trump threatens tariffs on European Union, Apple as his trade war intensifies

The EU says it will “defend its interests” as Trump threatens a 50 per cent tax on its imports, as well a 25 per cent tariff on Apple unless iPhones are made in America.

  • Josh Boak

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It’s a surprise to peace campaigners to find themselves putting their hope in Donald Trump.

Why two men from opposite sides see Donald Trump as a ‘saviour’

Unlikely allies Gershon Baskin and Samer Sinijlawi speak as one about peace in the Middle East. Now they see hope in the form of the US president.

  • Matthew Knott
Joe Biden’s personal message about his cancer consisted of only three brief sentences.

How Biden’s allies gaslit America and the world

A new book alleges Joe Biden’s decline while president was covered up by enablers who were as addicted to the trappings of power as the Oval Office occupier himself.

  • Michael Koziol
Erin Trump and Donald Trump Jr.

A tiny bank in Trump Tower is making the president’s sons even richer

For years, Dominari Holdings’ shifting priorities and tribulations remained largely out of the spotlight. That changed when it gained two recognisable backers: brothers Donald Trump Jr and Eric Trump.

  • Annie Massa, Bailey Lipschultz and Dylan Sloan
More than 100 protesters descended on the Trump National Golf Club.

Crypto investors descend on Trump’s golf club for $230 million meme coin dinner

Buyers of Trump’s meme coin going by names like Ogle and Ice came for an exclusive dinner at his private country club. They were served filet mignon and met by protesters.

  • Michelle Conlin, Lawrence Delevingne and Trevor Hunnicutt
President Donald Trump meets South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa in the Oval Office.

Trump’s ‘evidence’ of dead white farmers is from Congo – not South Africa

The president also falsely claimed that footage of a rural road in South Africa lined with white crosses showed more than 1000 “burial sites”.

  • Stephanie Burnett and Milan Pavicic
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‘Distressing for Australian students’: Trump blocks Harvard’s international enrolments

Harvard said the latest crackdown, which affects thousands of students including Australians and could be expanded to other universities, was illegal and amounted to retaliation.

  • Nate Raymond and Ted Hesson
Chinese e-commerce platforms Shein and Temu are challening Amazon.

Shein and Temu are in the world’s crosshairs

It’s not just the US looking to put up walls to slow down China’s surge of cheap products. Australia may need to rethink its strategy.

  • Stephen Bartholomeusz
Joe Biden announced on social media that he has prostate cancer.

Biden was empath-in-chief. Can a divided country offer him empathy?

Joe Biden has cancer. What does the reaction to his news tell us about America?

  • Robin Givhan
Donald Trump and Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani, Emir of Qatar, at a signing ceremony in Doha last week.

Trump often snaps at journalists. But his latest meltdown was different

The US president’s angry reaction to a journalist suggests questions about the multimillion-dollar luxury aircraft are hitting close to home.

  • Michael Koziol

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