Politics

MARK RILEY: David Littleproud has chosen to split with the Liberals to focus on fighting the threat from One Nation. But in doing so, he’s giving up his party’s biggest advantage.

LATIKA M BOURKE: Europe’s reprieve is well-earned. And while it is one that should never have even needed to be granted in the first place, there is a danger that Europeans will take the wrong lesson.

US President Trump said on social media that he had reached a framework agreement over the future of the Danish territory.

In dramatic, loud scenes at the nation’s capital, Parliament House has been evacuated.

Bill and Hillary Clinton could face criminal charges for refusing to comply with a subpoena to testify in the congressional Jeffrey Epstein investigation.

Anthony Albanese has marked the commencement of a National Day of Mourning for the victims of the Bondi massacre, saying Australia stands with the Jewish community.

Nationals Leader David Littleproud says the Party will break away from the Liberals for the second time since the election, blaming Opposition Leader Sussan Ley.

President Donald Trump took aim at many familiar targets, and some new ones, in a lengthy speech at the World Economic Forum, praising and threatening European allies while repeating demands for Greenland.

Global economic body the OECD has called on Australia to rein in the NDIS and make changes to property taxes to help fix the budget and boost productivity.

The Chinese Communist Party believes it is prevailing in its superpower competition with the United States and has unprecedented levels of confidence in its decline, former prime minister Kevin Rudd has said.

Ukraine and Russia are close to a deal and if their leaders don't come to an agreement soon ‘they're stupid’, US President Donald Trump says.

Flags will be flown at half-mast and Australian buildings will be lit up in a National Day of Mourning honouring the 15 victims of the Bondi terror attack.

US President Donald Trump says he has ‘formed the framework of a future deal with respect to Greenland’ after talks in Davos with NATO’s Secretary General.

THE NEW YORK TIMES: It’s possible to achieve positive ends through Trumpian means, but the mechanism of that achievement requires constraints, and the ones we have now seem too weak for the purpose.

The Coalition appears likely to again split after all eight remaining National Party frontbenchers quit the Shadow Ministry over the Opposition’s handling of new laws in response to the Bondi massacre.