2 h. ago Trump has pulled the US into a joint venture with a leftist kleptocracy

Little now remains of the moral and legal order that we used to call the West.

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2 h. ago To make sense of the Venezuela attack, look to the hotter heads around Trump

Perhaps the key to the Venezuela puzzle is to remember that Trump’s administration is made up of divergent factions. When it acts it is because one has prevailed, or the factions have agreed.

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13 h. ago ASX makes slight gain as Wall Street drifts, tech stocks continue to rise

The Australian sharemarket continued its lacklustre performance for the first full trading week of the new year, making a muted showing on Thursday.

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15 h. ago ‘That’s on you’: This US mayor has a blunt message for Trump and his ICE agents

It is not the first time 44-year-old Jacob Frey has clashed with the Trump administration over its immigration crackdown.

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18 h. ago ASX treads water after Wall Street drifts; BlueScope, Ansell, James Hardie fall

The Australian sharemarket continued its lacklustre performance into lunchtime after US stocks wavered overnight as traders took stock of the shifting geopolitical risks.

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19 h. ago ASX treads water after Wall Street drifts; BlueScope, James Hardie decline

The Australian sharemarket has a lacklustre morning after US stocks wavered overnight as traders took stock of the shifting geopolitical risks.

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22 h. ago ASX off to a slow start as gold, oil prices fall; Wall Street drifts

The Australian sharemarket is set for a lacklustre open after US stocks wavered overnight as traders took stock of the shifting geopolitical risks.

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24 h. ago ICE officer shoots woman dead in dramatic escalation of Trump crackdown

Federal officials claim the shooting in Minneapolis was an act of self-defence. The mayor says he’s seen the footage and disagrees with that account.

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35 h. ago Why Trump’s Venezuela gambit will not change Beijing’s calculus on Taiwan

But it does give China a propaganda win to portray the US as the world’s rogue cop, while positioning itself as alternative global leader.

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35 h. ago Discomforting moment for Beijing, caught on camera hours before Trump’s raid

The next image the world would see was of Nicolas Maduro shackled and blindfolded aboard a US warship, bound for a New York courtroom on narco-conspiracy charges.

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38 h. ago Oil giant lines up tanker fleet to ship crude out of Venezuela

All eyes are on the Houston-based Chevron as the only exporter of the country’s oil following the ouster of President Nicolás Maduro by US forces.

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39 h. ago Russia sends submarine to escort sanctioned oil tanker off coast of Ireland

Washington appears determined to seize the tanker after it managed to evade the US blockade of Venezuela.

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41 h. ago ASX holds gains after inflation eases; Tech stocks rise, oil companies fall

The Australian sharemarket had a strong start after US stocks climbed for a third session overnight.

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41 h. ago ASX ekes out minor gain as tech stocks rise, oil companies fall

The Australian sharemarket has continued a sluggish start to the new year despite better than expected inflation figures.

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43 h. ago Donald Trump renews calls for US takeover: 'We need Greenland'

Donald Trump reiterated his intent to take over Greenland, claiming it is in the interest of US national security.

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43 h. ago ‘Military is always an option’: White House escalates Greenland clash with NATO allies

The Danish PM says any attack would end NATO as European leaders unite behind Denmark, amid growing concern over Trump’s claims that he wants Greenland for the US.

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48 h. ago ‘Greenland belongs to its people’: NATO leaders tell Trump to back off

European leaders have united behind Denmark amid growing concern over Trump’s claims that he wants Greenland for the US. The Danish PM says any attack would end NATO.

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49 h. ago Australia should be able to tell our friends when we disagree with their actions

A dictator may have been removed in Venezuela, but international law was broken in the process. The federal government’s mild response is disappointing.

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49 h. ago Nobel winner backs ‘courageous’ Trump over raid – but issues warning

The Venezuelan political leader who fled the country last month thanked the US president, but sounded the alarm over her country’s new Trump-backed interim leader.

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49 h. ago How Vance brokered truce between Trump and Musk after simmering feud turned into war

When the bromance between the US president and his first buddy fell apart in spectacular fashion, JD Vance saw an even greater threat – and picked up the phone.

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