4 d. ago Australia to stare down Trump’s threats over new global carbon tax

Australia is backing an international push to impose a carbon price on international shipping despite warnings from the US president.

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6 d. ago ‘Incredible weapon’: Trump threatens Putin with Tomahawk missiles

The US president has warned Russia that he may send long-range Tomahawk missiles to Ukraine if Moscow doesn’t settle its war soon.

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7 d. ago China vows to stand firm against Trump’s 100 per cent tariff threat

The back and forth threatens to derail a possible meeting between Trump and Chinese leader Xi Jinping and end a truce in a tariff war.

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9 d. ago Trump threatens 100 per cent tariffs on China as trade war fears reignite

The US president’s threat came in response to China’s new export controls on rare earths, and could re-escalate the destabilising trade war that Washington and Beijing paused earlier this year.

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9 d. ago Trump says no reason to meet Xi, threatens China tariffs in new rift

The US president’s threat could revive a destabilising tit-for-tat trade war that Washington and Beijing paused amid painstaking diplomacy earlier this year.

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2 w. ago ‘Laying off a lot of people’: US lurches toward shutdown as Trump threatens cuts

A last-minute vote to extend government funding past a midnight deadline - 2pm AEST – failed in the US Senate and the president threatened to extend his purge of the federal workforce.

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2 w. ago ‘Laying off a lot of people’: US government set to shut down as Trump threatens cuts

A last-minute vote to extend government funding past a midnight deadline - 2pm AEST – failed in the US Senate and the president threatened to extend his purge of the federal workforce.

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3 w. ago Trump says kitchen cabinets and sofas are a threat to America

Donald Trump is getting creative as he ramps up his war on the world.

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