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Minister for Trade, Tourism and Investment Simon Birmingham speaks to the media during a press conference in Adelaide, Wednesday, July 17, 2019. Today marks the 5th anniversary of the downing of flight MH-17. (AAP Image/David Mariuz) NO ARCHIVING

Call for US, China truce

Trade Minister Simon Birmingham has spoken out about how tariff rises between US and China jeopardise the world economy.

Glenda Korporaal

Trade warsThe Wall Street Journal

US slaps new tariff on China

The US will hit an additional $US300bn of Chinese goods with a 10pc tariff after talks failed to yield results.

Vivian Salama

Arms raceThe Times

National security adviser John Bolton walks to speak to media at the White House in Washington, Wednesday, July 31, 2019. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

US leaves nuclear missile treaty

The US will withdraw from a nuclear treaty with Russia, raising fears of a new global arms race.

Catherine Philp

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(FILES) In this file photo taken on April 23, 2018 Iranian Foreign Affairs Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif speaks at the Council on Foreign Relations in New York. - The US on July 31, 2019, imposed sanctions on Javad Zarif, effectively slamming the door on the country's top diplomat. The sanctions freeze any of Zarif's assets in the US or controlled by US entities, the government announced, saying it also will seek to curtail the diplomat's international travel. (Photo by Don EMMERT / AFP)

US fears foreign minister: Rouhani

Iran’s President says sanctions on Mohammad Javad Zarif shows the US is afraid of his foreign minister.

Agencies

WorldThe Times

TOPSHOT - US President Donald Trump speaks to the media after arriving on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, DC, July 30, 2019, following a trip to the 400th anniversary of Jamestown, Virginia. (Photo by SAUL LOEB / AFP)

‘Champion for black Americans’

Donald Trump claims African-Americans were “so thankful” to him for exposing Democratic corruption.

The Times

9/11 trialThe Wall Street Journal

New York City first responders celebrate as U.S. President Donald Trump displays the

Testify in exchange for my life

Alleged 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed says he may be willing to help victims of the attacks.

Jess Bravin and Andrew Restuccia

WorldThe Times

The Rev. Al Sharpton speaks in Baltimore about President Trump's remarks about U.S. Rep. Elijah Cummings and his Baltimore district talks about President Donald Trump's remarks about Baltimore and its leadership during a press conference at New Shiloh Baptist Church Monday, July 29, 2019 in Baltimore. (Jerry Jackson/The Baltimore Sun via AP)

Trump escalates race row

Donald Trump has reignited a race row by claiming Al Sharpton is a con man who hates whites and cops.

Boer Deng

WorldWorld

This undated photo made available by the Swedish Police via the Swedish Court, shows an injury sustained by Mustafa Jafari, the alleged victim involved in a fight with rapper A$AP Rocky on June 30, 2019. A Swedish prosecutor on Thursday July 25, 2019 charged rapper A$AP Rocky with assault over the fight in Stockholm, in a case that has drawn the attention of fellow recording artists as well as U.S. President Donald Trump. (Swedish Police via Swedish Court via AP)

Rapper to go on trial in Sweden

US rapper A$AP Rocky pleaded not guilty to assault at his trial in Sweden yesterday over a street brawl.

Talking PointLetters

Lament for lost art of oratory

The ability to organise thought has waned with the rise of social media.

WorldThe Wall Street Journal

US intelligence chief Coats quits

US Intelligence chief Dan Coats, who has tangled with Donald Trump over how to deal with the threat from Russia, has quit.

Dustin Volz and Ian Talley

CUT & PASTECut & Paste

Google and Facebook face might

But Donald Trump springs to their defence and threatens to put tariffs on French wine.

new rowWorld

(COMBO) This combination of pictures created on July 25, 2019 shows Recording artist ASAP Rocky (L) in Los Angeles on October 29, 2016, Swedish Prime minister Stefan Lofven (C) in Paris on June 24, 2019 and US President Donald Trump (R) at the White House in Washington, DC on July 24, 2019. - On July 25, 2019 US president Trump demands Sweeden to free rapper ASAP Rocky in a tweet: Very disappointed in Prime Minister Stefan Löfven for being unable to act. Sweden has let our African American Community down in the United States. I watched the tapes of A$AP Rocky, and he was being followed and harassed by troublemakers. Treat Americans fairly! #FreeRocky (Photos by AFP)

Trump to Swedes: free rapper

Donald Trump has lashed Sweden’s PM while demanding freedom for US rapper A$AP Rocky.

wrong sealWorld

(FILES) In this file photo taken on July 23, 2019, US President Donald Trump arrives to address the Turning Point USA’s Teen Student Action Summit 2019 in Washington, DC. - Washington politics watchers did a double take Thursday at pictures showing Donald Trump in front of a presidential seal manipulated to make the eagle resemble Russia's two-headed version. (Photo by Nicholas KAMM / AFP) / ALTERNATIVE CROP

What’s wrong with this picture?

White House officials are baffled as to how a doctored presidential seal was projected on stage at Trump event.

Russia probeThe Wall Street Journal

WASHINGTON, DC - JULY 24: Former Special Counsel Robert Mueller makes an opening statement before testifying to the House Judiciary Committee about his report on Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election in the Rayburn House Office Building July 24, 2019 in Washington, DC. Mueller, along with former Deputy Special Counsel Aaron Zebley, will later testify before the House Intelligence Committee in back-to-back hearings on Capitol Hill. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images/AFP == FOR NEWSPAPERS, INTERNET, TELCOS & TELEVISION USE ONLY ==

Russians ‘will strike again’

Robert Mueller warns Congress the Russians will interfere in the 2020 presidential election.

Sadie Gurman

The Times

FILE - In this Thursday, May 25, 2017 file photo U.S. President Donald Trump jokes with British Foreign Minister Boris Johnson as British Prime Minister Theresa May walks past during a working dinner meeting at the NATO headquarters during a NATO summit of heads of state and government in Brussels. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham, Pool, File)

Boris a British version of Trump

Donald Trump has described Boris Johnson as a British version of himself, saying he’s a good man who’ll get the job of Brexit done.

CommentaryCommentary

Morrison is no Trump

Many commentators cannot grasp our PM’s pragmatic conservatism.

Paul Kelly

commentaryInquirer

U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., speaks as, from left, Rep. Rashida Tlaib, D-Mich., Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., and Rep. Ayanna Pressley, D-Mass., listen during a news conference at the Capitol in Washington, Monday, July 15, 2019. President Donald Trump on Monday intensified his incendiary comments about the four Democratic congresswomen of color, urging them to get out if they don't like things going on in America. They fired back at what they called his

The Squad of Trump’s dreams

US President Donald Trump has decided the risk of being labelled racist is outweighed by the political benefit.

Cameron Stewart

stormy danielsWorld

(COMBO) This combination of file pictures created on March 27, 2018 shows US President Donald Trump speaking at The Generation Next event, a White House Forum featuring millennial voters and administration officials on March 22, 2018, in Washington, DC, and actress Stephanie Clifford, who uses the stage name Stormy Daniels, arriving to perform at the Solid Gold Fort Lauderdale strip club on March 9, 2018 in Pompano Beach, Florida. - Court documents released July 18, 2019 closely tied President Donald Trump and his former top aide Hope Hicks to hush money paid to a porn actress ahead of the 2016 election.But a New York judge said the investigation into the payment was closed, making it likely that neither the president nor anyone but his former lawyer Michael Cohen will be punished for them.The FBI warrant requests released Thursday show the law enforcement agency believed Trump and Hicks were intimately involved in arranging the $130,000 payment to Stormy Daniels -- the screen name for Stephanie Clifford. (Photos by MANDEL NGAN and JOE RAEDLE / various sources / AFP)

Porn star case closed

Documents tie Donald Trump to hush money paid to pornstar, but judge closes the investigation.

CUT & PASTECut & Paste

Trump shows skills at stirring up ‘progressive’ Dems

Accusations of racism and white supremacism are being flung at the leader of the free world.

COMMENTARYThe Wall Street Journal

US Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Democrat of New York, questions US Acting Secretary of Homeland Security Kevin McAleenan during a House Oversight and Reform Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, July 18, 2019. (Photo by SAUL LOEB / AFP)

AOC: the gift that keeps giving

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is not a serious legislator but an unusually shallow poseur, the product of social-media culture.

Karl Rove

CommentaryCommentary

President Donald Trump speaks at a campaign rally in Greenville, N.C., Wednesday, July 17, 2019. (AP Photo/Gerry Broome)

Trump blinded by prize

Targeting The Squad is valid, but Trump has shown poor judgment in the way he’s pursued it.

Cameron Stewart

Trump v The SquadWorld

US President Donald Trump speaks during a meeting with Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, on July 18, 2019. (Photo by NICHOLAS KAMM / AFP)

Trump hits ‘send her back’

US President joins widespread criticism of his supporters who chanted during a rally.

Agencies

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Democrats split on impeachment

The Democrats have revealed they are deeply divided about impeaching US President Donald Trump.

Cameron Stewart

DISGRACED FINANCIERThe Times

Footage shows Donald Trump and Jeffrey Epstein partying with cheerleaders in 1992.

Trump, Epstein party video

Footage shows Donald Trump and accused sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein partying with cheerleaders | WATCH

Boer Deng

NEW POLLThe Times

President Donald Trump arrives to speak at a campaign rally at Williams Arena in Greenville, N.C., Wednesday, July 17, 2019. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Trump’s ‘squad’ rallies

Trump’s polarising attacks on a ‘squad’ of Democrats are paying off. Republicans love it.

David Charter and Boer Deng

US PoliticsWorld

President Donald Trump speaks he meets with survivors of religious persecution in the Oval Office of the White House on Wednesday, July 17, 2019, in Washington. The survivors come from countries including, Myanmar, New Zealand, Yemen, China, Cuba, Eritrea, Nigeria, Turkey, Vietnam, Sudan, Iraq, Afghanistan, North Korea, Sri Lanka, Pakistan, Iran and Germany. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Bid to impeach Trump blocked

In the first test since Democrats took control of Congress, the House votes to block an effort to impeach Trump.

Natalie Andrews

World

U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, a Democrat from California, walks from her office in the U.S. Capitol to the House floor ahead of a House vote in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Tuesday, July 16, 2019. The House voted Tuesday toÂ condemnÂ comments from U.S. PresidentÂ Donald TrumpÂ that have been criticized as racist, with some Democrats complaining that party leaders arent punching back hard enough. Photographer: Sarah Silbiger/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Trump turns blowtorch on Dems

Declaring he does not have a racist bone in his body, Donald Trump has renewed his attack on four liberal congresswomen.

Cameron Stewart

commentaryThe Wall Street Journal

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Playing into Trump’s hands

More confected outrage? Yawn — President Donald Trump wins again.

HOLMAN W. JENKINS

CommentaryThe World

US President Donald Trump walks out of a Lockheed Martin Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) missile interceptor as he takes part in the 3rd Annual Made in America Product Showcase on the South Lawn at the White House in Washington, DC, on July 15. 2019. (Photo by Nicholas Kamm / AFP)

Tarring moderates to win

Trump lit racial bonfire in ‘Squad’ attacks because he sees them as key to his re-election.

Cameron Stewart

Tory leadershipThe Times

Boris to seek Trump deal

Boris Johnson plans to negotiate a trade deal with Donald Trump as one of his first acts as PM.

Steven Swinford

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