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‘We are going to do something on Greenland ?whether they like it or not,’ Donald Trump says. (EPA PHOTO)

‘LIKE IT OR NOT’: Trump ramps up threats to seize Greenland

WATCH: The United States needs to ‍own Greenland to prevent Russia or China from occupying it in the future, US President Donald Trump says.

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Footage filmed by a US immigration agent captures the moments before he fatally shot Minneapolis woman Renee Nicole Good.

ICE agent’s own phone video captures fatal shooting

Dramatic footage filmed by a US immigration agent captures the moments before he fatally shot Minneapolis woman Renee Nicole Good, sparking nationwide protests and a federal investigation.

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Renee Nicole Good was shot dead by an ICE agent in Minneapolis.

By killing Renee Good, ICE sent Americans a message

THE NEW YORK TIMES: White Americans might have thought themselves immune from ICE abuses, but the killing of Renee Nicole Good, a mother of three and widow of a military veteran, tests that assumption.

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Trump’s priority in capturing Maduro was not to restore democracy but to restore American oil companies’ dominance over Venezuelan oil extraction. 

The real reason Trump captured the Venezuelan president

THE NEW YORK TIMES: Trump’s priority in capturing Maduro was not to restore democracy but to restore American oil companies’ dominance over Venezuelan oil extraction. 

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One Nation Leader Pauline Hanson and One Nation member for New England Barnaby Joyce at Bondi Beach in Sydney.

One Nation claims ‘monumental result’ in latest poll

One Nation has claimed a ‘monumental result’ after a poll showed that, for the first time, it had the same amount of voter support as the Coalition.

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Australia’s eSafety Commissioner says she’s ‘deeply concerned’ by a surge of non-consensual generated sexualised images flooding Elon Musk’s platform X.

eSafety Commissioner ‘deeply concerned’ by X sexual images

Australia’s eSafety Commissioner says she’s ‘deeply concerned’ by a surge of non-consensual generated sexualised images flooding Elon Musk’s platform X.

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President Donald Trump has said land strikes in Mexico will begin “now”.

‘Going to start now’: Trump threatens Mexico land strikes

Donald Trump has announced the US government will launch land strikes in Mexico to ‘target cartels’.

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Polling shows Pauline Hanson's One Nation is challenging the long-held Liberal and Labor duopoly. (Mick Tsikas/AAP PHOTOS)

One Nation hits historic high in bombshell opinion poll

Polling shows the Coalition and One Nation are neck-and-neck in the popularity stakes in the first public nationwide survey since the Bondi massacre.

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Is the popularity of EVs due to tax benefits?

Labor MP denies tax breaks behind EV popularity in her area

A Labor MP representing a postcode with some of Australia’s highest number of EVs says practicality rather than tax breaks are behind the popularity of the zero-emission cars. Industry leaders say otherwise.

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South Koreans protest the President’s motivation for capturing Maduro.

Trump’s brazen Caracas tactics signal end of an era

THE ECONOMIST: By prioritising oil over democracy, the United States has fundamentally altered the global order.

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NSW Premier Chris Minns may conduct a separate inquiry into the Bondi terror attack.

NSW considers separate inquiry into Bondi Beach massacre

NSW Premier Chris Minns is also reconsidering the appointment of a pro-Palestinian lawyer to the state’s Supreme Court.

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Albanese has finally softened his opposition to the idea of launching a royal commission into the anti-Semitic attack at Bondi, but some are worried the backflip might be catastrophic.

With his inaction on Bondi, Albanese fuelled division

LATIKA M BOURKE: When faced with the most consequential test of his prime ministership to date, Mr Albanese emerged a follower and not a leader. 

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President Donald Trump showed off his many personas during two-hour interview and tour of White House.

Trump’s vision of power restrained only by ‘my own morality’

THE NEW YORK TIMES: Donald Trump sought to present himself as indefatigable, projecting stamina and energy for a news organisation he has accused of seditious behaviour for reporting about his health and age.

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Portland shooting - FBI at the scene of a shooting involving federal agents at Adventist Health Portland on January 8, 2026 KATU

Two shot by US immigration agents, a day after ICE horror

Federal immigration agents have shot two people in Portland, one day after ICE agents shot dead a mother of three in Minneapolis. 

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AFP chief Krissy Barrett

AFP launches internal inquiry into Bondi failings

A former high-ranking Australian Federal Police officer will lead an internal review of the organisation’s possible failures in the lead up to last month’s Bondi massacre, and how it responded afterwards.

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