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JD and Usha Vance will welcome a fourth child in July. (AP PHOTO)

JD Vance and Usha Vance to welcome fourth child

US Vice President JD Vance and his wife, ‍Usha, have announced the couple will welcome another baby boy in ​July.

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French President Emmanuel Macron has hit out at ‘bullies’ as he called for US tariffs on European countries to be abolished.

Macron decries ‘bullies’ as he urges Trump to halt tariffs

French President Emmanuel Macron has hit out at ‘bullies’ as he called for US tariffs on European countries to be abolished.

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Federal agents detain a demonstrator outside of the Whipple Federal Building in Minneapolis on January 17.

In Minneapolis, I glimpsed a civil war

THE NEW YORK TIMES: Despite increasing pressures from ICE, residents of Minnesota refuse to give in.

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Destroyed buildings on a wet day in Gaza City, December 11, 2025.

What to know about Trump’s ‘board of peace’ for Gaza

THE NEW YORK TIMES: As chair, Donald Trump would have considerable influence over the proposed board - but it’s still unclear how much financial control we can expect him to have.

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‘NATO should do something for the United States,’ US President Donald Trump wrote to Norway’s prime minister in messages released under freedom of information.

Leaked text messages expose Trump’s Nobel Prize bitterness

‘NATO should do something for the United States,’ US President Donald Trump wrote to Norway's prime minister in messages released under freedom of information.

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Protests in Minnesota have been ongoing in response to the death of Renee Good.

An old theory helps explain what happened to Renee Good

THE NEW YORK TIMES: President Donald Trump is stress-testing American law, and the law is failing the test.

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Geopolitical tensions have sent jitters through equities markets after the United States took a more aggressive tone on plans to acquire Greenland.

Aussie shares tip lower as Trump teases fresh tariffs

Geopolitical tensions have sent jitters through equities markets after the United States took a more aggressive tone on plans to acquire Greenland.

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Eight European nations are weighing up their next move after Donald Trump’s tariff threats.

Euro leaders weigh retaliation on Trump’s Greenland threats

Eight European countries that sent troops to Greenland said they stood united with Denmark after President Donald Trump threatened to impose tariffs on them.

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Any US strikes on Iran will be "tantamount to all-out war", President Masoud Pezeshkian warns. (AP PHOTO)

‘All-out war’: Iran’s chilling warning to Trump

Iran’s President has delivered a chilling threat to US President Donald Trump, as the death toll from deadly protests across the nation climbs to 5000.

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World leaders appear cautious about invitations to join US President Donald Trump’s Board of Peace initiative which requires a $1.5 billion buy-in.

Trump invites Albanese, Australia to join Board of Peace

World leaders appear cautious about invitations to join US President Donald Trump's Board of Peace initiative which requires a $1.5 billion buy-in.

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DEARBORN, MICHIGAN - JANUARY 13: U.S. President Donald Trump tours the assembly line at the Ford River Rouge Complex on January 13, 2026 in Dearborn, Michigan. Trump is visiting Michigan where he will participate in a tour of the Ford River Rouge complex and later give remarks to the Detroit Economic Club. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

Trump's tariff threats attract EU counter-measures on Greenland

The EU is debating unprecedented counter-measures in response to US President Donald Trump's tariff threats against allies over Greenland.

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President Donald Trump makes his way to the Oval Office on the South Lawn of the White House on Tuesday.

In Iran crisis, Trump confronts limits of US military power

Donald Trump has come face to face with the unpredictability of potentially destabilising another Middle Eastern country and the limitations of even the vast American military machine.

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Nations invited to join a Donald Trump-chaired ‘Board of Peace’ are reportedly being asked to pay $US1 billion to stay in the position.

Trump wants $1b from nations to stay on peace board: report

Nations invited to join a Donald Trump-chaired ‘Board of Peace’ are reportedly being asked to pay $US1 billion to stay in the position.

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‘World peace at stake’: European allies hit by Trump tariff

The United States will impose tariffs on countries that have sent troops to Greenland in recent days, Donald Trump has declared, dramatically escalating his effort to acquire the Danish territory.

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Protesters have gathered at the Minnesota State Capitol in response to the death of Renee Good. (AP PHOTO)

US Justice Dept probes officials amid anti-ICE protests

As protests over a woman shot and killed by an ICE agent in Minnesota continue, the US Justice Department is probing the state governor and others.

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