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Top European leaders say they won’t back down in the face of the US president’s tariff threats as the row over the Arctic territory deepens.
It was a supposedly fun thing, but the author is pretty sure he’ll never do it again.
Europe is scrambling to respond to Donald Trump’s threat of more tariffs if the EU doesn’t help deliver ownership of Greenland.
Australia is missing two vital ingredients that have promoted rapid wealth accumulation by the super rich: a strong technology sector, and Donald...
Historically, Donald Trump was never that keen on military adventurism. Chillingly, he’s changed his mind.
Voters have delivered a coherent verdict: the PM dithered, flip-flopped and politicised a crisis that demanded decisiveness and moral clarity.
We expect politicians to act within the constraints imposed by that role. With Trump, we have had too much Trump, not enough president.
Donald Trump grinned broadly as he posed with María Corina Machado on Thursday. Shortly after, she left. Her medal stayed. It was a window into the...
Donald Trump’s tough talk about capturing Greenland for the US has so far used the slow pressure of tariff threats and social media posts. It is...
I was tasked with reading 52 books from 52 countries in 52 weeks. I didn’t quite get there, but I still enjoyed the expedition. Here are some of...
Credit card interest rates are often painfully high, but there are better ways to protect consumers than the 10 per cent rate cap flagged by Donald...
When eight European countries sent troops to Greenland this week, it was meant to show the US president that NATO was serious about security. He...

A recent survey found that a job in the armed services was the least desired career for some members of Gen Z, followed by working at the fast-food...
UK politics is fracturing left, right and centre with febrile speculation about an imminent challenge to the PM Keir Starmer.
From ChatGPT to delivery apps, digital tools have supercharged our hunger for convenience, at the cost of human connection.
Banning things doesn’t mean that the forbidden thing goes away. The prime minister should realise that by now.
Once you’ve cleared your mortgage and set a nest egg aside, perhaps you could pursue fun things like a sports car.
The same 30 days of mourning that marked the death of Moses have now been observed for the 15 killed at Bondi. Life will never be the same.
The writers’ festival had to be destroyed to save it. In the future, arts boards will stick to safe programming. But will those events be worth...

According to Danish law, parents of newborns must pick their baby’s first name off a government-approved list. Invented and non-listed monikers...
We’ve officially reached the end-of-civilisation stage of the internet when we start treating a tuber stuffed with cheddar like it’s a...

On the back of the NSW Breakers’ training and playing apparel is the number 1934. It signifies the year the NSW women’s team was formally...
Stripping out controversial anti-vilification laws from a sprawling bill to counter antisemitism represents the PM’s second backdown in 10 days.
The cancellation of the festival was a blow for established writers. But for debut authors like me, it was a nightmare.
Donald Trump is trying to play God with interest rates. Central bankers are (rightly) coming after him.

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. To win the Australian Open for the 11th time and become the first to reach 25 grand...
The arrest in Iraq of kingpin Kazem Hamad is positive news but law enforcement and governments will need to be constantly vigilant.
The impacts of the US president’s attack on climate science are profound but as yet unquantifiable. But his language of denial has now bled into...
We have a retirement system that has never fully accounted for the fact that women have more fractured working lives than men, even today.
Expectations of a rate hike next month have eased, but lenders have already started to shift their fixed rate offerings.
Australia has been riven by fires and floods this summer. What will it take to make policymakers treat this as the crisis it is?
Having the flu during summer festivities is like watching the world through death’s door.
Business leaders – for their own good, for the good of the world, and for the sake of their legacies – have been silent on Trump long enough. If...

They played hundreds of games together, sharing partnerships and helping the Australian cricket team win world championships in all three formats...
Everything that could be done was done. With fire approaching your family home, what choices would you make?
I was seduced by my fitness app’s relentless attention and generosity. But after almost three years together it was time to move on.
Legislation is not a press conference. It has to anticipate future situations and be coherent 20 years hence.
If you’re being asked to drive from your home to a new premise and back, your options may be limited.
A tsunami of Chinese exports to the rest of the world has blunted Donald Trump’s attack on the world’s second-largest economy.
Like all finely tuned pieces of diplomatic stagecraft, there was more to the friendly jamming session than matching tracksuits and K-pop hits.
It would be remarkable to see the Coalition, which has argued antisemitism is a national crisis, vote against the laws while the Greens allow them...

Most of the time, when a sporting organisation appoints a new chief executive, there are two seats at the press conference. That’s the standard...
The last few years in the workplace have seen some of the biggest upheavals to how we work in generations. Here’s how to stay ahead of the pack.
For decades, authorities have used prescribed burning to reduce bushfire severity. But a rising number of scientists say we can no longer burn our...
Having spent years waiting for the inevitable snickers at displays of homosexual desire in cinemas, the acceptance of HBO’s steamy gay hockey TV...
Throw shade all you like. I am one of those annoying cabana owners, and I’m happy to be on the beach and out of the hot sun.
Almost 5 million accounts have been deactivated since Australia’s ban came into effect five weeks ago. So why are some parents still finding their...