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President-elect Trump has previously boasted that the threat of tariffs was a core negotiating tactic. Let’s hope that is the goal this time around.
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Markets
Jackson Hewett

What will Donald Trump’s tariff tactics mean for Australia?

JACKSON HEWETT: President-elect Donald Trump’s tariff announcement has completely changed the global rules-based trading system. Here’s what it means for Australia.

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French farmers protest in Montpellier.
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Australia
Latika M Bourke

EU urged to pay French farmers to end trade beef Down Under

The call from the Czech Republic’s Foreign Minister comes with the nation’s President visiting Australia in a geopolitical charm offensive.

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Lyle and Erik Menendez were convicted in 1996 of first-degree murder of their parents in 1989. (AP PHOTO)
World
Jackie Luna and Daniel Trotta

LA judge postpones Menendez brothers release hearing

Lyle and Erik Menendez, still in prison after 35 years for murdering their parents, will have to wait longer for the possibility of an early release.

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Ari Krauss, a reservist in Israel’s elite Golani Brigade, at home this month in Tel Aviv. MUST CREDIT: Ofir Berman for The Washington Post
World
The Washington Post

War fatigue deepens in Israel as deaths mount, fights expand

THE WASHINGTON POST: The Hamas-led rampage across southern Israel, in which about 1,200 people were killed and some 250 taken hostage, thrust Israel into the longest conflict in its history.

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Elena Lasconi is optimistic about making the runoff fpr president.
World
Luiza Ilie

Leftist PM and pro-Russian foe tied in Romanian election

The shock emergence of Calin Georgescu in the presidential elections’ first round could have major ramifications for the nation’s pro-Ukraine stance.

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Uruguayan President Luis Lacalle Pou (C) casts his vote at a polling station during the second round of the presidential elections in Canelones, Uruguay.
World
NAYARA BATSCHKE

Uruguay’s presidential poll is tight, but does anyone care?

Analysts say both candidates’ lacklustre campaigns and broad consensus on key issues have generated extraordinary apathy and indecision among voters.

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Israeli authorities fear only half of about 100 hostages held in the Gaza Strip remain alive. (AP PHOTO)
Middle East
Staff Writers

Hamas says hostage killed in Israeli Gaza Strip attack

Hamas militants say a woman who was kidnapped and taken to the Gaza Strip has died in an Israeli attack in the north of the enclave.

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Urban warfare expert John Spencer says a ceasefire will cement Hamas’ grip on power in Gaza.
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Middle East
Latika M Bourke

Albo and Wong’s ceasefire call ‘hands Hamas victory’

One of the world’s leading military strategists says the call by Western governments including Australia for a ceasefire in Gaza now is handing Hamas victory.

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Global reality flies over Western leaders’ heads.
Political
Ellen Ransley

G20 showed West is no longer running the show

A simple truth was on display at this week’s G20: fewer nations are playing by old rules, and traditional leaders are no longer strong enough to defend them. 

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An arrest warrant issued for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has been met with outrage in Israel.
Middle East
Staff Writers

Arrest warrant issued for Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu

The International Criminal Court has issued arrest warrants for Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, a former defence minister and a Hamas military leader.

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John Prescott speaking to delegates at the Labour Party annual conference in 2004.
World
Kate Holton

Former British deputy PM John Prescott dies

The colourful, pugnacious and plain-speaking member of Tony Blair's Labour government, has died at 86.

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Russia has launched an intercontinental ballistic missile during an attack on Ukraine on Thursday, Kyiv’s air force says.
World
Anastasiia Malenko, Tom Balmforth and Max Hunder

Russia launches long-range missile for first time in war: Ukraine

The launch was the latest sign of rapidly mounting tensions in the 33-month-old war.

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Vice President Kamala Harris delivers her concession speech at Howard University in D.C. after her loss to Donald Trump.
World
The Washington Post

The two deciding factors that Team Kamala could not overcome

In analysing the loss, Harris’s team also credits the Trump campaign with reaching sporadic voters, especially young men, through new media channels.

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President-elect Donald Trump's nominee to be attorney general, former Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., closes a door to a private meeting with Vice President-elect JD Vance.
World
The Washington Post

Sex probe on Trump A-G pick Gaetz told he paid women $15K

Records exhibited during closed-door testimony displayed 27 PayPal and Venmo payments totalling over $US10,000 paid to the two female witnesses, a source close to the investigation said.

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A sign warns of land mines in Ukraine's Kherson region in 2023.
World
The Washington Post

Biden undoes own policy in his latest move to arm Ukraine

It comes as part of a sweep of urgent actions the lame-duck Biden administration is taking to help Kyiv’s faltering war effort.

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