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A man tends his market stall on a sandbar in the middle of the Moei River on the Thai- Myanmar border between Mae Sot and Myawaddy, Myanmar.

Sex drops and whiskey packets: The bizarre market built around a barbed wire fence

An international border separates the vendors from customers, while behind it people live in the middle of a river, knowing their houses will soon be washed away.

  • Zach Hope

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US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent this week suggested that a call between Donald Trump and Xi Jinping might be necessary to break the deadlock.

Xi plots next move in trade war with chips, tariffs at stake

The Chinese leader appears to be betting that a reset in ties with the US will lead to tangible wins ahead, including tariff reductions, an easing of export controls, and a generally more civil tone.

Lee Jae-myung on the campaign trail this week.

He’s survived slums, sweatshops and a stabbing. Now this leader has to survive Donald Trump

When the US president launched his global trade war in April, South Korea was hamstrung, frozen by political turmoil. And a key industry was in the firing line.

  • Lisa Visentin
Far-right lawmaker Geert Wilders after pulling his party out of the four-party Dutch coalition in The Hague, Netherlands, Tuesday, June 3, 2025. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong)

Dutch government collapses after far-right leader pulls party out of coalition

Anti-Muslim politician Geert Wilders quit the right-wing coalition over immigration policies, most likely ushering in a snap election.

  • Bart H. Meijer and Stephanie van den Berg

MAGA v the monarch: Is King Charles blowing royal raspberries at Trump?

There is a majestic irony to the fact an unelected British king has become a counterweight to American despotism.

  • Nick Bryant

‘Be very realistic’: Defence expert on the new world order – and Indonesia’s rise

Professor Hugh White, our leading defence and intelligence analyst, discusses Australia’s national security in the shadow of Trump’s foreign policy shift.

  • Greg Callaghan
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King Charles inspects an honour guard as he arrives at the Senate building in Ottawa.

King travelled to Ottawa to address ‘anxious’ Canadians. Then Trump took aim again

King Charles III said Canada faced unprecedented challenges in a world that had never been more dangerous, reaffirmed its sovereignty in a rare speech from the throne in the nation’s parliament.

  • Rob Gillies
Macron-Brigitte face shove gif

Macron downplays video showing wife pushing his face away

The moment quickly made headlines in France, with media trying to decipher the interaction that cameras spotted through the just-opened door of the plane.

  • John Leicester
Emmanuel Macron's wife, Brigitte, appears to be pushing her husband away with both hands on his face before they disembarked from their plane in Vietnam.
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Macron's wife shoves him in the face

Emmanuel Macron's wife, Brigitte, appears to be pushing her husband away with both hands on his face before they disembarked from their plane in Vietnam.

King Charles and Queen Camilla visit Canada House on Trafalgar Square in London this month to mark 100 years since it opened.

King Charles’ visit sends subtle message to a certain non-Canadian amid 51st-state talk

Donald Trump’s threats to annex the largest of Charles’ realms have posed an extraordinary diplomatic headache for the 76-year-old monarch.

  • Amanda Coletta and Karla Adam

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