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FILE - In this file photo made from Australia Broadcasting Corporation video taken on Tuesday, Oct. 31, 2017, shows housing of asylum seekers protesting the possible closure of their detention center, on Manus Island, Papua New Guinea. New Zealand's prime minister has repeated her country's offer to take 150 refugees from an Australian immigration camp in Papua New Guinea where more than 600 weakened men are continuing a standoff with authorities. (Australia Broadcasting Corporation via AP, File)

Ask Trump on Manus: Shorten

Bill Shorten says the UN human rights office ‘has a point’ in its criticism of the ‘deeply disturbing’ standoff with refugees.

The World

US President Donald Trump kisses a sample of the proposed new tax form as he meets with House Republican leaders and Republican members of the House Ways and Means Committee at the White House in Washington, DC, on November 2, 2017. / AFP PHOTO / NICHOLAS KAMM

First Asian tour for Trump

When Donald Trump arrives in Beijing he will be arriving in a country where Twitter is banned.

Rowan Callick

Wall Street Journal

US President Donald Trump shakes hands with his nominee for Chairman of the Federal Reserve, Jerome Powell (R), in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, DC, November 2, 2017. / AFP PHOTO / SAUL LOEB

Rise of Trump’s Mr Ordinary

Donald Trump’s pick to head one of the world’s key economic positions shows he may be learning on the job.

Nick Timiraos

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US President Donald Trump announces his nominee for Chairman of the Federal Reserve, Jerome Powell (L), in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, DC, November 2, 2017. / AFP PHOTO / SAUL LOEB

Trump picks Powell for Fed chair

The US President breaks with tradition in tapping Jerome Powell to succeed Janet Yellen as chair of the US central bank.

Peter Nicholas

Wall Street Journal

(COMBO) This combination of pictures created on October 31, 2017 shows a September 20, 2017 photograph of current Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen (L) in Washington, DC and a June 5, 2012 photograph courtesy the US Federal Reserve of Governor Jerome H. Powell. US President Donald Trump is expected to announce his choice to lead the Federal Reserve on November 2, 2017, a US official said on October 30, 2017. Trump said last week he had

Trump to tap Powell as Fed chief

President Donald Trump intends to nominate Federal Reserve governor Jerome Powell as the next chairman.

Kate Davidson and Peter Nicholas

News

FILE - In this Monday, Nov. 30, 2015, file photo, Federal Reserve Gov. Jerome Powell talks with others before a Board of Governors meeting at the Marriner S. Eccles Federal Reserve Board Building in Washington. President Donald Trump said Tuesday, Oct. 17, 2017, that he is likely to make his selection for the next Federal Reserve chairman from five candidates, a group that includes Powell. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Trump to tap Powell as Fed chair

President Donald Trump is expected to formally announce the decision on Thursday.

Kate Davidson and Peter Nicholas

The World

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NY alert after Halloween terror

Donald Trump has ordered more extreme vetting for foreigners after an Uzbek migrant killed eight people in New York.

Cameron Stewart

AnalysisThe Times

TOPSHOT - Smoke rises from buildings following an air strike by Syrian government forces in the eastern city of Deir Ezzor, on October 31, 2017, during an operation against Islamic State (IS) group jihadists. The Assad regime has been able to recapture more than half of Syria's territory with the support of Russian air strikes. It is now focusing on the oil-rich eastern province of Deir Ezzor, where the SDF alliance is also involved. / AFP PHOTO / STRINGER

Trump needs strategy change

The attack in New York is a vivid reminder that the ideology that animates Islamist extremism is alive and kicking.

Rhys Blakely

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US President Donald Trump (L) and Australia's Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull talk as they arrive for the family photo on the first day of the G20 summit in Hamburg, northern Germany, on July 7, 2017. Leaders of the world's top economies gather from July 7 to 8, 2017 in Germany for likely the stormiest G20 summit in years, with disagreements ranging from wars to climate change and global trade. / AFP PHOTO / SAUL LOEB

Trump’s new migrant vetting

Donald Trump reacts to New York’s truck attack instructing Homeland Security to further toughen restrictions on migration.

Rachel Baxendale

commentGreg Sheridan

Trump sinks in Clintons’ swamp

Donald Trump is morphing into a hybrid of two of the people he hates most — Bill and Hillary Clinton.

Greg Sheridan

Wall Street Journal

Jerome Powell, governor of the U.S. Federal Reserve, speaks during a Senate Banking Committee hearing in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Thursday, June 22, 2017. Top U.S. banking regulators are sprinting to ease the Volcker Rule, stress tests and other constraints on Wall Street after the Trump administration issued a long list of proposals last week for rolling back post-crisis financial rules. Photographer: Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg

Powell frontrunner for Fed

History suggests it is tough to make money from betting on a new chairman’s hawkishness or dovishness.

James Mackintosh

Russia probeWall Street Journal

Former Trump Campaign Chairman Paul Manafort, left, leaves his home in Alexandria, Va., Monday, Oct. 30, 2017, in Washington. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Trump adviser pleads guilty

A former campaign adviser to President Donald Trump has pleaded guilty to lying to the FBI about his contacts with Russians.

Russia probeWall Street Journal

Paul Manafort, former campaign manager for US President Donald Trump, leaves the E. Barrett Prettyman United States Court House after being charged October 30, 2017 in Washington, DC. President Donald Trump's former campaign chairman Paul Manafort pleaded not guilty Monday to charges of conspiracy and money laundering after the Justice Department unveiled the first indictments in the probe into Russian election interference. Manafort, 68, and business partner Rick Gates, 45, both entered not guilty pleas in a Washington court after being read charges that they hid millions of dollars they earned working for former Ukrainian politician Viktor Yanukovych and his pro-Moscow political party. / AFP PHOTO / Brendan Smialowski

The charges explained

Donald Trump’s former campaign chairman, Paul Manafort, and Manafort’s business associate Rick Gates face decades in prison if convicted.

Joe Palazzolo and Jacob Gershman

The World

The aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76) is escorted into Busan port, South Korea, after completing a joint drill with the South Korean military, Saturday, Oct. 21, 2017. U.S. naval commanders on Saturday reiterated Washington's

Military muscle for Trump tour

Three aircraft carrier battle groups will shadow Donald Trump’s nine-day tour of Asia.

Rowan Callick

Inquirer

Asia’s new world order

Donald Trump faces a critical challenge on his first tour of Asia.

Rowan Callick

Robert Gottliebsen

US President Donald Trump waits for a meeting with the UN Secretary General in the Oval Office of the White Housein Washington, DC, on October 20, 2017. / AFP PHOTO / Brendan Smialowski

Big win for Trump on tax

Step by step, American markets are becoming more confident that Donald Trump will deliver his tax cuts.

Robert Gottliebsen

CUT AND PASTECut & Paste

Bill’s bipartisan bombast

And a primary school in the US deep south could make Donald Trump very, very angry.

Inquirer

In this Oct. 16, 2017 photo, a deputized citizen gives direction to a resident near a Chinese Community Party flag on the streets of Beijing, China. Extraordinary security measures are being imposed ahead of the party congress, in addition to the typical security forces, thousands of deputized citizens patrol the streets, and knife, fireworks and chemical sales have been suspended. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)

Beijing’s global domination goal

America’s problems are pluses for China has Xi Jinping position his nation to be the world’s most influential power.

Rowan Callick

Jennifer Oriel

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Hollywood crowd looks after own

The public has heard before of powerful stars in the filmmaking firmament behaving disgustingly.

Jennifer Oriel

CUT AND PASTECut & Paste

Who is the smartest silverback?

Stephen Hawking and Warren Buffet find some common ground on the IQ question.

Inquirer

This picture taken on October 10, 2017 shows a portrait of Chinese President Xi Jinping at an exhibition showcasing China's progress in the past five years at the Beijing Exhibition Center. China's police and censorship organs have kicked into high gear to ensure that the party's week-long, twice-a-decade congress goes smoothly when it begins on October 18. / AFP PHOTO / WANG ZHAO / TO GO WITH CHINA-POLITICS-SECURITY, FOCUS BY BECKY DAVIS

Nothing normal in Xi’s power

The Chinese president has more clout than Donald Trump. The world should be wary.

The Economist

Stephen Bartholomeusz

FILE - In this Thursday, Dec., 11, 2014, file photo, Kevin Warsh speaks to the media about his report on transparency at the Bank of England, in London. President Donald Trump has met with Warsh as part of the process of interviewing candidates for the top job at the Federal Reserve. A White House official says Trump and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin met with Warsh, a former member of the Fedâ€™s seven-member board, on Thursday, Sept. 28, 2017. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant, Pool, File)

Trump’s high-stakes Fed hire

Trump’s choice of Fed chairman has the potential to rattle markets and reboot financial settings worldwide.

WORLD COMMENTARYRowan Callick

FILE - This undated file photo distributed on Sept. 3, 2017, by the North Korean government, shows North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, second from right, at an undisclosed location in North Korea. As North Korea steps up its nuclear weapons tests and threats, South Koreaâ€™s Unification Ministry faces an almost existential crisis. It wasnâ€™t too long ago that the ministry was one of Seoulâ€™s most powerful government departments. But the political sway is mostly gone after a decade that saw relations between the Koreas go from bad to worse. (Korean Central News Agency/Korea News Service via AP, File)

Korea peace deal is possible

What is the chance of a more coherent approach to North Korea emerging from Donald Trump’s tour of Asia next month?

Rowan Callick

The World

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NFL retreat on anthem protest

A week after unprecedented solidarity, player action was scattered and small-scale, amid criticism from Trump and NFL fans.

Inquirer

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Danger of opening ‘road to war’

The wild cards here are two leaders who are incapable of backing down.

David Kilcullen

Adam Creighton

Trump’s faith in magic puddings

Donald Trump’s plan to slash taxes is a good idea, but funding them by driving up debt isn’t.

Adam Creighton

Media

Mark Zuckerberg, founder and chief executive officer of Facebook Inc., speaks during the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) 2016 CEO Summit in Lima, Peru, on Saturday, Nov. 19, 2016. APEC aims to create greater prosperity for the people of the Asia-Pacific by promoting balanced, inclusive, sustainable, innovative and secure growth and by accelerating regional economic integration. Photographer: Guillermo Gutierrez/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Zuckerberg concedes ‘fake news’

Mark Zuckerberg says he was wrong to deny the role played by Facebook in spreading ‘fake news’ during the US election.

Darren Davidson

Media

Zuckerberg admits he was wrong

Mark Zuckerberg has admitted that he was wrong to deny the role played by Facebook in spreading ‘fake news’.

Darren Davidson

Robert Gottliebsen

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US to boom if Trump gets his way

If Donald Trump succeeds with sweeping new tax proposals America and the world will be transformed.

Robert Gottliebsen

Economics

President Donald Trump speaks in Indianapolis, Wednesday, Sept. 27, 2017. Trump is calling the current tax system a

New US tax cut plan unveiled

A sweeping plan to overhaul the US tax code proposes to sharply reduce tax rates on businesses and many individuals.

Richard Rubin

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