Americas

THE NEW YORK TIMES: If jurors cannot achieve consensus, the resulting mistrial will open a ferocious new round of debate about Clancy’s case.

Pentagon boss Pete Hegseth has reminded his Australian counterpart Richard Marles that US allies must ‘invest in their own sovereign security’ as both nations agreed to also accelerate joint military efforts.

THE ECONOMIST: The former TV host turned secretary of war’s latest purge of the department has claimed the army’s great reformer.

The Canadian PM has hit back against the Trump Administration for their ‘memes’ after a week-long wave of online taunts from the White House.

The announcement comes just days after US President Donald Trump revealed an ambitious deal to develop the nation’s oil reserves and give the Pentagon a stake in the profits.

THE NEW YORK TIMES: Dozens of people were killed in a massacre in a long-safe Haitian town, raising fears gangs could encroach on a nearby suburb of the capital that is considered a last bastion of peace.

The trade war between Canada and the US has deepened with US President Donald Trump flagging a new wave of 50 per cent tariffs on cars, trucks, auto parts and steel.

The US Trade Representative told CNBC tariff talks between the US and Canada collapsed after Ottawa changed its demands at the eleventh hour.

THE ECONOMIST: The Taliban represent the farthest end of a global continuum of restrictions on female lives, writes Sarah Little.

Karoline Leavitt announces she will leave her post at the end of August to spend more time with her young family.

Canadians are starting to turn against Mark Carney’s pragmatic response.

The tremor brought down at least 20 buildings in one city with rescuers scrambling to find survivors under the rubble.

Israeli Prime Minister meets with President in the White House with the question of how to manage the war hanging over them five months since the first missiles were launched.

Donald Trump declared the war would be over in three weeks, instead it has led to staggering human loss, devastated Iran’s infrastructure and cost billions.

President Donald Trump has given Canada 30 days to drop what the administration called “discriminatory” trade barriers against US products.

THE ECONOMIST: Donald Trump’s tariff assault on Pix just makes Brazilians love it — and their President — more.

Shipping industry still waiting for a strait answer as President Donald Trump changes fee proposal to only guaranteeing safe passage to vessels from states that agree to invest in the United States

WASHINGTON POST: A man accused of killing conservative activist Charlie Kirk confessed to his roommate shortly after the shooting and said he wished he had not done it, a Utah court heard Thursday.