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You can’t quit America: It’s too big to fail as the global leviathan

Even under Trump’s protectionism, America keeps growing – and there’s no country on Earth to match it for trade or political power.

  • Ross Douthat

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Calabria, Italy.

Heading to Italy or France? Get ready to pay a new $35 fee

The announcement comes days after the US government unveiled a new $US250 fee on applications for visits by Australians ineligible for a visa waiver program.

  • Chris Zappone
Having been delayed several times, the EU now plans to increase the cost of an ETIAS entry fee to almost $36.

Cost of new entry fee for Europe triples – before it even begins

Having been delayed for years, the EU’s new entry fee is now set to cost Australian travellers three times as much as originally planned.

  • Kate Brady
US President Donald Trump says America will do ‘whataver it takes’ to dominate AI.

The world’s superpowers turn up the heat in a dangerous battle

The US, China and European Union are pursuing radically different approaches in their scramble to rule the world of AI. That could exacerbate the risks in an inherently risky technology.

  • Stephen Bartholomeusz
European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen and US President Donald Trump shake hands on a new deal.

Trump’s latest clumsy deal has unintended consequences

The threat of a full-scale trans-Atlantic trade war has been averted with a deal between the US and EU, but there is some confusion over just what has been agreed to.

  • Stephen Bartholomeusz
TURNBERRY, SCOTLAND - JULY 27: U.S. President Donald Trump and President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen shake hands as they announce a US-EU trade deal after a meeting at Trump Turnberry golf club on July 27, 2025 in Turnberry, Scotland. U.S. President Donald Trump is visiting his Trump Turnberry golf course, as well as Trump International Golf Links in Aberdeenshire, during a brief visit to Scotland from July 25 to 29. (Photo by Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)

EU and US agree to trade deal with 15% tariffs for European exports

The outcome appears set to lift prices for American consumers and hurt foreign sales for European companies.

  • David Crowe
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Anti-Trump protesters gather in Aberdeen on Saturday.

Protesters throw Scottish slang at Trump as he tees off at his golf course

Hundreds lined the streets of Edinburgh as the US president landed for a golfing weekend, some saying they were disgusted at the red carpet treatment Trump was receiving from British and Scottish leaders.

  • Andrea Shalal
Trump says the deal is a “big” win for the US.

Lost in translation: Trump doesn’t seem to understand the ‘massive’ deal he just made

Donald Trump says there has never been anything like the trade deal just struck with Japan. He’s probably right, but not in the way he thinks.

  • Stephen Bartholomeusz

The Chinese political bribery scandal that’s rattling Europe

Tech company Huawei, which has also sparked security concerns in Australia, is at the centre of a court case emerging as a major test of ethics, integrity and foreign influence in the EU.

  • David Crowe
Some of the Russian agents named by the UK government, clockwise from top-left: Aleksandr Vladimirovich Osadchuk, Nikolay Aleksandrovich Korchagin, Yevgeniy Mikhaylovich Serebriakov, Yuriy Federovich Denisov, Vladislav Yevgenyevich Borovkov and Artem Valeryvich Ochichenko.

‘Chaos and disorder’: Russian spies named, sanctioned by UK government

The UK government revealed the Russian agents who engaged in the attacks over more than a decade, in a rare exposure aimed at highlighting the scale of the threat to the public.

  • David Crowe

Original URL: https://www.watoday.com.au/topic/european-union-5wv