World
North America
Trump posts AI-generated photo of himself as pope, drawing internet outrage
The US president posted the image just days after joking he would “like to be pope” and less than a week after attending Pope Francis’ funeral.
- by Andrea Shalal
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‘Take an Uber’: Pentagon helicopter ‘scenic’ flight forces aborted landings at crash airport
Two commercial flights were impeded by an army helicopter, just months after 67 people were killed in an eerily similar incident at the same Washington airport.
- by David Shepardson
‘Skimp on the Barbie’: Murdoch US tabloid skewers Trump tariffs with Aussie jibe
Donald Trump’s throwaway line about children having fewer dolls has gone viral in the US, and was spoofed on the front page of one of his favourite newspapers using a phrase Americans still associate with Australia.
- by Michael Koziol
‘They fired the wrong guy’: Blowtorch turns to Hegseth as Waltz pays for Signalgate
US President Donald Trump has removed national security adviser Mike Waltz from his post and sent him off to be an ambassador to the United Nations, a body the president holds in contempt.
- by Michael Koziol
Fight back harder, Harris tells Democrats after Trump hits 100 days
In her first major speech since leaving office, the former vice president said Donald Trump was enacting an agenda decades in the making.
- by Michael Koziol
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Trump's White House
Trump called this Australian billionaire a ‘red-haired weirdo’. Now, they’ve met again
Packaging magnate Anthony Pratt pledged to invest billions in American manufacturing, scoring him an invitation to the White House, where the US president described him as a friend.
- by Michael Koziol
Canada’s conservative leader was a shoo-in for PM before Trump. He couldn’t even hold his seat
Mark Carney’s rival, populist Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre, was in the lead until US President Donald Trump took aim at Canada with a trade war and threats to annex the country as the 51st state.
- by Rob Gillies
Opinion
World elections
Canada’s prime minister schools the world: Stand up to the bully, win the election
The world is no longer standing in America’s shadow. It is learning, quickly and with no small amount of fear, how to stand on its own.
- by Cory Alpert
How Trump changed America in 100 days - with just a pen
It is the most consequential start of a term of any American presidency, with Donald Trump taking direct aim at law, media, public health and culture.
‘Is that a kangaroo?’: Runaway Sheila causes chaos on US highway
The escaped pet was spotted hopping along the road, stunning locals and snarling traffic as state troopers were forced to shut down both sides of Alabama Interstate 85.
- by AP
Exclusive
Trump diplomacy
‘They are calling’: Trump confirms Albanese has been trying to speak to him
US President Donald Trump is aware the Australian government has been trying to contact him to discuss tariffs, hinting that he will talk to the prime minister.
- by Michael Koziol
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