Silence falls, and the tension in the room is almost palpable as US Vice President JD Vance walks to the podium at the Munich Security Conference. Just 48 hours earlier, the world had felt like a different place.
After Kennedy's confirmation, Trump establishes 'Make America Healthy Again' commissionPublic health experts remain alarmed about Kennedy’s rise from a fringe figure in the alternative health world to one of the most senior and influential positions in U.S. health care.
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Republican US Senator Lindsey Graham showered praise on Ukraine’s Vladimir Zelensky at this year’s annual Munich Security Conference, declaring him to be the ally he had always dreamed of and lauding that the fight with Russia had not cost American lives.
Sir Keir Starmer has reaffirmed the UK will continue to back Ukraine's "irreversible path" to joining Nato despite leading figures in President Donald Trump's administration appearing to rule out membership.
Nominations closed on Thursday for the WA state election. The nomination information was published late on Thursday and on Friday night I finished publishing final candidate lists on my election guide.
The number of candidates for the lower house topped out at 398 candidates, an average of 6.74 candidates per seat. This is a decline from the numbers seen at the last two elections. There were 415 in 2021, and 463 in 2025.
Would be prime minister Peter Dutton has vowed to slash 36,000 public service jobs but will bringing back consultants be efficient? Josh Barnett checks the evidence.
Channelling the politics of Donald Trump, would be PM Peter Dutton has declared war on the public service pledging to axe the 36,000 public sector jobs added since Labor came to power under Anthony Albanese.
Let us pause the various constitutional crises, geopolitical showdowns, and DOGE dramas to make a simple observation: Donald Trump seems kind of busy, no?
United States President Donald Trump has proposed talks with China and Russia to discuss reducing all three countries’ nuclear stockpiles and slashing their defence budgets in half.
Speaking to reporters at the White House on Thursday, Trump said he hoped to meet Chinese President Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin “when things calm down”.
CARTOON TO COME
Arriving at Nato headquarters early on Thursday, Europe's defence ministers had one common message - that there could be no negotiations about Ukraine without Ukraine and Europe at the table too.
The question is to what extent the US is listening.
Australians are continually told that the nation’s housing crisis is a supply issue. We are told that the crisis would be resolved if planning was eased and the nation built more homes. As a result, we are being conditioned for a future of high-rise apartment living to accommodate the projected 13 million extra residents expected
International Reads: Trump’s Tariffs Could Add $20K To The Cost Of Building A New Home – IB Times US inflation report points to impending recession – UnHeard Trump claims Musk has already found ‘tens of billions’ in savings. Even DOGE’s social media accounts disagree – Independent US eggs prices hit a record high of $4.95
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Despite US President Donald Trump threatening Brics with 100% tariffs and declaring its death, the group remains important to India and is central to India’s multilateral engagement to secure national interests
Continuing his criticism of Brics, US President Donald Trump on Thursday announced the death of the group.
Kemi Badenoch and Nigel Farage have been announced as speakers at the Alliance for Responsible Citizenship (ARC) conference later this month alongside close allies of President Donald Trump and his anti-climate agenda, DeSmog can reveal.