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Doug Turner delivering an invitation for his winter party to his neighbour, Michelle Hernandez, in Bucks County, Pennsylvania.

87-year-old goes viral for party invitation: ‘4pm until the cops arrive’

Doug Turner started hosting an annual neighbourhood winter party after his wife died. He asks that guests “bring only a smile”.

  • Sydney Page

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Pre-game partying at Levi’s Stadium, San Francisco.

The best thing about American football happens before the kick-off

Tailgating is a spectacle unique to American football. Rain, hail or shine, nothing stops the pre-game party.

  • Kate Allman
US President Donald Trump said Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky had told him he was ready to make a deal to end the war.

Trump tells the world to invest in US or pay the price

Donald Trump has sent a clear message to “every business in the world” as he addressed the World Economic Forum in Davos.

  • Michael Koziol
You can tour the iconic US Capitol Building for free.

Seven highlights of the majestic (and infamous) US Capitol Building

As the 47th president celebrates his inauguration, here’s what to see at the epicentre of American democracy (and yes, the site of the attack on January 6, 2021).

  • Kate Armstrong

This affordable retro surf hotel has a five-star Mexico location

On a stretch of coast where bland luxury mega-resorts dominate, this secluded (and relatively budget-friendly) stay is a beacon of ’90s nostalgia and charm.

  • Katherine Scott
Pit-stop: a US nuclear-powered submarine docks at Rockingham, Western Australia in March last year. The US may not be able to make more than 1.3 such subs a year.

For America, AUKUS is the vehicle to ‘fortify’ Australia against China

Architects of the trilateral defence agreement said Australia should be the “beachhead” to counter Chinese aggression and the AUKUS deal was keeping Xi Jinping awake at night.

  • Michael Koziol
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Debris around a pool in the aftermath of the Eaton fire in Altadena, California.

The decades-long drying trend that increased fire risk in the US Southwest

The region, including southern California, is the driest it has been since the year 800 after a decade-long “megadrought”, creating tinderbox conditions that underlie the catastrophic fires in Los Angeles.

  • Caitlin Fitzsimmons
Aged care residents are evacuated as the Los Angeles fire approaches.

Why LA is burning in the middle of winter

What’s behind the Santa Ana winds that are blowing more than 100km/h and can make fires rage downhill just as fast as uphill?

  • Caitlin Fitzsimmons and Nick O'Malley
London Bridge was moved from London to Lake Havasu, Arizona, brick by brick.

How London’s most famous bridge ended up half a world away

London Bridge is falling down? Not quite – it was disassembled and reconstructed brick by brick in another country.

  • David Whitley
The Trumps and the Morrisons

Scott Morrison spends New Year’s Eve with Donald Trump at Mar-a-Lago

The former Australian prime minister and his wife partied their way into 2025 at the president-elect’s Florida estate.

  • James Massola

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