World
North America
Hundreds of thousands sign petition to buy California for Denmark
The lighthearted petition was launched in response to US President Donald Trump’s talk about taking control of Greenland.
- by Stefanie Dazio
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Analysis
Russia-Ukraine war
Putin accepts Trump’s invitation to ‘come in from the cold’
“The time has come for our countries to work together,” the Kremlin has said, after a phone call between the Russian and US presidents.
- by Michael Koziol
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Russia-Ukraine war
Trump and Putin plan Saudi Arabia meeting as US lays out blunt vision for Ukraine
While praising Putin for his “common sense”, Trump said the two men had a lengthy and productive phone call and agreed to visit each other’s countries.
- by Michael Koziol
Tony Wright’s Column
Trump diplomacy
We need to become agile to avoid Trump’s road rage
Increasingly it feels as if we are living in a new age of the endlessly furious.
- by Tony Wright
How Trump instilled fear in a tiny town in Nebraska
The Flores family invited almost everyone they knew to their baby’s first birthday. But held in the shadow of the president’s immigration crackdown, they had no idea if anyone would turn up.
- by Annie Gowen and Sarah L. Voisin
‘Some things I say will be incorrect’: Musk defends DOGE sloppiness
Standing beside the president in the Oval Office, billionaire Elon Musk admitted to making errors of fact, as Donald Trump lashed out at the courts for blocking his agenda.
- by Michael Koziol
Trump, hosting Jordan’s king, renews his insistence that the US can take over Gaza
The president said he didn’t have to threaten to withhold aid to Arab nations in return for co-operation on the plan, reversing his earlier suggestion such a move was possible.
- by Zeke Miller and Chris Megerian
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Putin's Russia
Trump says ‘we were treated very nicely by Russia’ as jailed American tastes freedom
Marc Fogel was arrested in Moscow in 2021 and was serving a 14-year prison sentence. His family and supporters said he had been caught with medically prescribed marijuana.
- by Chris Megerian
Trump’s top trade adviser: ‘Australia is killing our aluminium market’
The comments come less than 24 hours after the US president held out hope of a tariff exemption for Australian steel and aluminium.
- by Michael Koziol
Opinion
US politics
Why Elon Musk and J.D. Vance went to bat for a self-described racist
One “kid” at a time, Trump’s inner circle are leading a cultural revolution where the old world rules do not apply – especially for government employees.
- by Michelle Goldberg
I don’t see J.D. Vance as my successor: Trump
The US president suggested it was too early to consider endorsing Vance to lead the Republican ticket in 2028, but added he was a “very capable” politician.
- by Connor Stringer and David Millward
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