Even Trump’s friends are in firing line as president targets French champagne
Donald Trump says he will impose a 200 per cent retaliatory tariff on European alcohol should the EU target American whiskey.
Trump’s war sets up America for a painful future
The US president’s policies have rattled economies and markets around the world. What isn’t as clear is what America will ...
Australia news LIVE: Power prices to increase up to 8.9 per cent; Fallout from Trump’s tariffs continues
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese denounced the Trump administration’s decision not to spare Australia from his 25 per cent ...
‘I’ll have to bow and apologise’: Palmer admits mistake while stoking gender war
Palmer targeted transgender issues in a National Press Club address on Thursday, while at the same time claiming Australia’s ...
A country too dangerous to visit is one I can’t wait to return to
As Mark Twain wrote, Damascus “measures time not by days and months and years, but by the empires she has seen rise and ...
Trump has done us a favour by showing where we stand during peacetime
Donald Trump’s decision on tariffs is another reminder that he has cast aside old friends and embraced traditional US enemies ...
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How CIA propaganda infiltrated the pages of The Canberra Times in the Cold War
Forum World Features was a CIA front, distributing pro-US and anti-communist propaganda to newspapers across the world during ...
Eight new books, from cosy crime to poetic memoir
his week’s new releases traverse the literary gamut from dark fantasy to a journey through the interior of the human body.
Tariffs led to the worst economic own-goal of all time. Now Trump is repeating it
Donald Trump’s tariff agenda is a near-repeat of America’s trade agenda of the 1930s. That did not end well for anyone.
ASX loses more than $50b in two days as Trump’s tariffs kick in
The local sharemarket has widened its losses after US President Donald Trump ruled out an exemption for Australia from his 25 ...
US lifts pause on Ukraine aid as Kyiv agrees to ceasefire proposal
Secretary of State Marco Rubio said the US would present the ceasefire offer to the Kremlin. “It’ll be up to them to say yes ...
More than $20b wiped off ASX as tariff terrors spook markets
Analysts are warning of more choppiness ahead for the Australian sharemarket amid rising anxiety that Trump’s tariffs will start a recession in the US and destabilise global markets.