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People participate in a Pyongyang city mass rally held at Kim Il Sung Square on August 9, 2017, to fully support the statement of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) government in this photo released on August 10, 2017 by North Korea's Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) in Pyongyang. KCNA/via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY. REUTERS IS UNABLE TO INDEPENDENTLY VERIFY THIS IMAGE. NO THIRD PARTY SALES. SOUTH KOREA OUT. NO COMMERCIAL OR EDITORIAL SALES IN SOUTH KOREA.? TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY - RTS1B4LZ

Devastating conflict ever closer

Australia has nothing to lose in trying to open negotiations with Pyongyang.

Peter Jennings

ANALYSISOpinion

What transcript really reveals

No details at this level have been unveiled to Australians before. The leaked Trump-Turnbull call is an eye-opener.

DAVID CROWE

Strewth

Dress for success

Joe Hockey has upped the ante on snappy attire, taking on the Americans on their own turf.

James Jeffrey

CommentWall Street Journal

Activists carry placards with political points of view gather before marching through downtown Los Angeles on June 3, 2017, in the March For Truth, part of a peaceful nationwide demonstrationn aimed at restoring faith in American Democracy and the US electoral system. Sharp political passions over President Donald Trump's withdrawal from the Paris climate treaty and his links to Russia brought people onto the streets of cities around the globe on Saturday. / AFP PHOTO / FREDERIC J. BROWN

Why the elites hate

Liberal contempt for Donald Trump and his supporters is baked into the idea of identity politics.

William McGurn

exclusiveClimate

Author Clive James at his home in London.

Climate alarmists cop a savaging

Iconic, ailing Australian satirist Clive James has penned a savage essay on climate change alarmism.

Trent Dalton

Photo by Corporal Neil RuskinCaption: Queen of the Kids. Captain Alli Gillam, a mother of a seven year old boy herself, enjoys a friendly chat and play with Afghan children in Southern Afghanistan's Oruzgan Province.Mid Caption: Captain Alli Gillam knew the Australian Reconstruction Task Force had made a breakthrough in winning the confidence of the Afghan people when the mothers of Oruzgan Province began allowing her to play with their children.Captain Gillam, a mother of a seven year old boy, is a Liaison Officer to the multi-national Task Force Oruzgan, and has become a big hit with the local kids.Not so long ago it was not uncommon for soldiers to have rocks thrown at them by the local population, but the people of Oruzgan Province now know that the Australian Reconstruction Task Force is committed to helping create an environment that is safe, secure and free of the oppressive Taliban extremists who once stood over the people.

Soldiers can’t rebuild nations

Let’s not repeat our mistakes in Afghanistan.

David Kilcullen

Clive Palmer

Clive a no-show at Obama dinner

When the JFK Library honoured Barack Obama with an award for political courage, there was a notable Aussie absentee.

Sarah Elks

World CommentaryWorld Commentary

Curse of Obama could ruin Macron

Will the curse of Barack Obama doom French presidential frontrunner Emmanuel Macron to fall at the last hurdle?

Strewth

Pals with paddles

Maybe Turnbull and Trump can grab a kayak and paddle on the Hudson.

Pia Akerman

Foreign Affairs

Dr Tim Anderson from Sydney University. Source: Supplied.

Academic hosts pro-Assad forum

A Sydney academic who denounced Trump and Obama will host a conference supporting Assad.

SAM BUCKINGHAM-JONES

The Nation

Syrian President Bashar Assad, left, meets with Australian professor Tim Anderson. Source: Supplied.

Uni backs Assad defender

Sydney academic rejects evidence of Syria’s chemical warfare, and calls Trump and Obama “terror masterminds”.

SAM BUCKINGHAM-JONES

The Nation

(FILES) This file photo taken on November 6, 2015 shows former US President Barack Obama speaking at the White House in Washington, DC. Former US president Barack Obama expressed his objections on January 30, 2017 to any faith-based discrimination, in an apparent dig at his successor Donald Trump's ban on nationals of seven Muslim-majority countries entering the country.

Lethal response to crossing line

When Assad crossed Barack Obama’s famous red line by using chemical weapons against his own people, nothing happened.

exclusiveClive Palmer

Clive Palmer, his son Michael and Teddy Kennedy at the John F Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum

Palmer not our host: JFK library

Clive Palmer says he needs to be in the US in May to host a dinner for Barack Obama, but the JFK Library denies this.

The World

President Donald Trump listens during a meeting with the Fraternal Order of Police, Tuesday, March 28, 2017, in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Trump dumps climate laws

Donald Trump unveiled a sweeping assault on Barack Obama’s climate-change legacy yesterday.

ExclusiveDefence

US President Barack Obama speaks during a surprise appearance at White House Press Secretary Josh Earnest's last daily press briefing of the Obama administration in the Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House in Washington, DC, January 17, 2017. / AFP PHOTO / SAUL LOEB

Obama marine numbers fall short

The number of US marines arriving in Darwin for military exercises has failed to match Barack Obama’s grand plan.

Dennis Shanahan

US politics

President Donald Trump gives thumbs up at the American Center for Mobility, Wednesday, March 15, 2017, in Ypsilanti Township, Mich. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)

‘No evidence’ of Trump tap

Republican head of House Intelligence Committee says he’s seen no evidence to support the President’s wire-tapping claims.

The World

FILE - In this Jan. 16, 2012, file photo, former Utah Gov. Jon Huntsman, announces he is ending his campaign for president in Myrtle Beach, S.C. A White House official says Huntsman is President Donald Trump's choice to be the next U.S. ambassador to Russia. Huntsman will take the diplomatic post as senior members of Trump's administration face questions about their contact with the Russian government. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File)

Congress takes up wire-tap claim

The US congress will investigate Trump’s claim that Obama wiretapped his headquarters during the election campaign.

We can help US repair damage

The US overreaction to Thailand’s military coup led to Bangkok cosying up to Beijing.

The World

TOPSHOT - US President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama kiss as they prepare to greet President-elect Donald Trump and his wife Melania to the White House in Washington, DC January 20, 2017. / AFP PHOTO / JIM WATSON

Massive payday for Obamas

Penguin Random House signs a bumper book deal with Barack and Michelle Obama reportedly for an insane amount.

Alex Shephard

US politics

In this Feb. 24, 2017, photo, President Donald Trump speaks at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in Oxon Hill, Md. Trump's first address to Congress gives him a welcome opportunity to refocus his young administration on the core economic issues that helped him get elected â€” and, his allies hope, to move beyond the distractions and self-inflicted wounds that have roiled his White House. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Trump blames Obama on protests

President Donald Trump says he believes President Barack Obama is behind some of the protests against Republicans.

WASHINGTON, DC - JANUARY 28: President Donald Trump speaks on the phone with Russian President Vladimir Putin in the Oval Office of the White House, January 28, 2017 in Washington, DC. Also pictured, from left, White House Chief of Staff Reince Priebus, Vice President Mike Pence, White House Chief Strategist Steve Bannon, Press Secretary Sean Spicer and National Security Advisor Michael Flynn. On Saturday, President Trump is making several phone calls with world leaders from Japan, Germany, Russia, France and Australia. (Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images)

Decoding Trump, Russians

Donald Trump faces impeachment if certain allegations turn out to be true.

Robert Manne