UK terror attack ‘hours away’ before Iranians arrested
Seven men were arrested with authorities reportedly fearing an ‘imminent’ attack, possibly on a synagogue, in the biggest counter-terrorism operation in years.
World
Papal favourites ‘withheld info on child sex abusers’
Cardinals Pietro Parolin and Luis Antonio Tagle, both favourites to succeed Francis, withheld incriminating church records, including those requested by Australia, it has been claimed.
Trump ‘doesn’t know’ if he must uphold the constitution
Donald Trump said in a television interview he was uncertain whether he was duty bound to uphold the Constitution, adding that it was a question better posed to his lawyers.
Trump helped to drive the Albo landslide says US media
Both conservative and liberal media in the US interpret the size of Labor’s defeat of Peter Dutton as being at least partially driven by Donald Trump’s unpopularity.
Police foil bomb plot targeting Lady Gaga’s record-breaking Rio concert
Authorities say extremists planned to use improvised explosives to attack children, teenagers and LGBTQ+ fans at the free Copacabana Beach show, which drew over two million people.
World Commentary
COMMENTARY
What’s in a brand? America Inc tests for ‘Trump tarnish’
Some of America’s biggest corporate names such as McDonald’s, Coca-Cola and Apple are working on strategies to avoid getting caught up in the global anti-Trump blowback.
COMMENT
Why the tariff softening by Xi? It’s the economy, stupid
Beijing’s own statistics show the country’s factory output has slumped. Things could get a lot worse in the coming months.
INSIDE STORY
Return to Biden/Obama? The real reason Waltz was ousted
The knives were out for the national security adviser from the start – but the Signalgate fiasco is only the surface explanation.
COMMENTARY
Trump’s Ivy League rage is one more overreach
There are good reasons for pushing reform at America’s premier universities but Trump’s approach risks being counterproductive.
COMMENTARY
Trump has no interest in leading a global conservative movement
Canada’s election holds a vital lesson for leaders of the right: stop assuming you have an ideological soulmate in the White House.
COMMENTARY
The mega blackout that should keep all of us awake
In just five seconds, a power grid supplying nearly 60 million people collapsed. Spain in 2025 is a flashing warning light for the electricity system we’re building around weather-dependent generation.
US Politics
With Waltz sacking, Trump exerts tighter grip on foreign policy
While Secretary of State Rubio will fill in temporarily, Donald Trump is likely to follow his own often quixotic instincts.
Trump ‘understands’ fewer than 24 hostages are alive
Hostage families outraged as Benjamin Netanyahu admits victory over Hamas rather than the return of hostages is now Israel’s ‘supreme’ goal.
Trump wants a new Air Force One so badly he’s refurbishing a Qatari plane
Donald Trump is done waiting for Boeing. Frustrated by delays on Boeing’s work to deliver a new Air Force One, he has commissioned a smaller defence contractor to ready an interim presidential plane by year’s end.
Hubristic Trump is due a reality check
After 100 days in which opposition has been non-existent, some of the normal rules of politics will start to apply.
Latest
Ukraine sea drones shoot down Russian jets in military first
Kyiv says it downed two Russian jet fighters using naval drones equipped with modified US-made missiles, in what military officials say is the first such attack in the history of warfare.
The ‘Trump effect’ on the Australian election
Donald Trump is fortifying support for left wing governments and undermining conservative parties, with the Australian election result pointing to growing concern over America’s role in the world.
Israel calls up tens of thousands of reservists for Gaza offensive
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has accused truce mediator Qatar of ‘playing both sides with its double talk’.
‘Do not mock us’: Catholics unhappy with Trump’s pope post
The post comes after the President joked he’d like to be the next pope, ahead of the start of the conclave to elect the successor of Pope Francis.
PM plans early trips to US, Indonesia
Australia’s closest allies and partners have congratulated the Prime Minister on his sweeping election victory.
Prince Harry’s grievance tour is wearing thin
In a fresh outpouring of self-pity, the Duke of Sussex has once again turned on his family, British institutions, and the courts. But his attempt to win sympathy may have finally exhausted the patience of both palace insiders and the public.
In Trump 2.0, ‘free trade’ republicans are a dying breed
As Republicans bends to the president’s populist vision, laissez-faire is out of style.
US economy shows remarkable resilience in face of trade turmoil
Donald Trump’s policies have created headwinds, but the US economy is pushing through them.
Face-to-face at the Vatican: How Trump and Zelensky made up
Zelensky’s showmanship helped rally the world against Russia’s invasion, but it has grated on Trump.
Drones strike ship carrying aid to Gaza, organisers say
The Freedom Flotilla Coalition accused Israel of attacking its ship in international waters off Malta.
Murderer of Palestinian-American boy sentenced to 53 years
The 73-year-old Illinois man stabbed the six-year-old 26 times in an attack deemed an anti-Muslim hate crime linked to the Israel-Hamas war.
Harry’s angry words after court loss leave royal wounds unhealed
It has been 15 months since the Duke of Sussex last saw his father and now the security verdict in the Court of Appeal suggests it could be many more before they are reunited.
Prince Harry says King ‘won’t speak to me’
The Duke of Sussex says he wants ‘reconciliation’ with his estranged family, but can’t see himself bringing his wife and children back to the UK after losing a security court case.
Beijing weighs fentanyl offer to US to start trade talks
Addressing the Trump team’s gripes over China’s role in the fentanyl crisis could let both sides soften trade stance
Trump eyes cuts to research, renewable energy in budget blueprint
The president’s budget proposal would also increase funding for military spending by 13pc.
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