3 h. ago Hegseth has bounced into another hot mess but Trump seems inclined to sack the wrong guy

Rather than taking a hard look at his troubled defence secretary, the president is studying how he could fire the Federal Reserve chairman for failing to cut interest rates.

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4 h. ago Build bridges, not walls: Where the Pope fell out with Trump

Although Pope Francis attacked Trump over immigration just two days before he died, the US president is still going to his funeral.

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6 h. ago Donald and Melania Trump host annual White House Easter egg roll

Donald and Melania Trump blow the starting whistles, as they host the 2025 White House Easter egg roll.

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8 h. ago Pope Francis death updates: PM suspends election campaign, Trump to attend funeral after leader of Catholic Church dies aged 88

Pope Francis, the reforming head of the Catholic Church, has died at the age of 88. Follow our coverage.

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10 h. ago Trump stands by defiant Hegseth, blames ‘fake news’ for Signalgate 2.0

The US president is under growing pressure to sack his most controversial cabinet pick, but both men have so far portrayed the scandal as an unjustified “hit” by disgruntled former employees.

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10 h. ago What qualities are now required of a pontiff in the world of Donald Trump?

Pope Francis often just preached to the converted. The new pope will have to forge a path between the failings of his predecessors.

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10 h. ago Markets on ‘Trump watch’, braced for recession risk as ASX tipped to steady

The ASX is preparing to reopen for a shorter trading week after a closure over the Easter break.

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10 h. ago Trump’s peacemaker charade has failed. Ukraine and the West will pay a price

After two years of insisting that he could end the Russia-Ukraine war in his first 24 hours if returned to the White House, Trump is preparing to walk away from the problem entirely.

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10 h. ago Wall Street sells off as markets on ‘Trump watch’ brace for recession risk

The ASX is preparing to reopen for a shorter trading week after a closure over the Easter break.

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20 h. ago Harvard stood up to Trump. Our top universities could not afford to be so brave

If we want Australian universities to stand firm in the face of ideological pressure, we must strengthen their foundations.

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22 h. ago Victorians afraid to go to the shops because of rising crime: Dutton

Eight years after warning that Victorians were afraid to go to restaurants, the opposition leader said they felt unsafe going to the shops as criminal incidents rose by 20 per cent in 12 months.

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22 h. ago Victorians afraid to go to shops because of rising crime: Dutton

Eight years after warning that Victorians were afraid to go to restaurants, the opposition leader said they felt unsafe going to the shops as criminal incidents rose by 20 per cent in 12 months.

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25 h. ago Billionaires cash out shares early before Trump’s tariff plunge

Meta’s Mark Zuckerberg, Oracle’s Safra Catz and banker Jamie Dimon cashed out billions of dollars before Trump’s tariff announcements roiled markets.

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25 h. ago Regulators warned the US bond market was vulnerable. Trump is proving them right.

The world’s traditional havens in times of stress have themselves become sources of stress.

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26 h. ago Is it time for Australia to acquire its own nuclear weapons?

Acquiring nuclear weapons would take Australia down a costly, contentious and perilous path. But with Trump in the White House, we must not be naive to the dangers we face.

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26 h. ago The Last of Us just made one of the gutsiest moves in TV. Will it survive?

The HBO zombie drama has pulled off one of the riskiest moves made by a TV series. Warning: this article contains major spoilers.

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34 h. ago Tokyo’s famous market closed in 2018. Except it’s still going strong

When the Tsukiji fish market closed, the outer market was expected to die – yet here we are today, shoulder to shoulder, queuing for grilled wagyu.

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54 h. ago ‘Shame!’: Protesters across US rally again to condemn Trump policies

Thousands of demonstrators rallied at hundreds of events to speak out against the US president’s handling of immigration, civil liberties, job cuts and many other issues.

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58 h. ago Trump and Musk are destroying the world, but there’s a way we can counter this

Elon Musk, the world’s richest man, has stripped all support for the world’s poorest. The irony would be comical were it not so grotesque.

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68 h. ago Police warning after string of dangerous incidents on SA roads

South Australian police have issued a warning to drivers after a string of dangerous incidents on South Australian roads.

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