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The USA's founding fathers saw Donald J Trump coming, almost down to the hair colour
President Trump is remaking the US capital in his gold-slathered image.
#Chinamaxxing: Who could be afraid of a country that’s expanding its nuclear arsenal while also producing cute dolls?
As China rapidly pursues hard power, it has also embarked on a huge soft power push.
Bulletin from London: To be a Spurs fan is to be a true North Londoner
The football fan’s life is not an easy one, especially if your team is Spurs.
David Harvey: China and Iran’s selective dips into the law of the sea
The law of the sea is under pressure in the Strait of Hormuz and the South China Sea.
Australian budget ends decades of policy that favoured wealth-building for boomers
Latest budget is big, bold and aimed at under 45s, heralding a break with the past.
Bulletin from Washington DC: Another Trump low in mind-numbing callousness. Will the world accept our heartfelt apology?
Our society’s norms have been shredded by Maga’s perfect storm of greed and cruelty.
Anna Fifield: Crink - the new authoritarian axis reshaping global order and keeping strategists awake at night
The world knows Nato and Brics; Crink could prove far more dangerous.
Sir David Attenborough at 100: Videos to celebrate his centenary starring King Charles, that baby gorilla, a kākāpō and other NZ birdlife
Selected clips and out-takes from the tv great's career in natural history broadcasting.
What persuaded a risk-averse PM to plump for a man nicknamed the 'Prince of Darkness'?
Allowing the elite different standards is common in all this political player's travails.
Anna Fifield on China’s soft-power flex
It has been a good year for Chinese leader Xi Jinping’s international profile.
For Australian soldier hero Ben Roberts-Smith, the longest war is far from over
Australia’s most-decorated living soldier faces years in limbo after war crimes charges.
When you feel like there’s no stability in the presence, it’s hard to plan for the future
Yes, but - the uncomfortable feeling that we're being dragged into a dangerous new world.
Cold comfort: A visit to northern Europe reveals a region gripped by insecurity
Russia's past form in many countries in this region hasn't been forgotten.
Is it time to break up with America? Our complex relationship with the US
Given the Trump administration’s belligerence, is it time consider other alliances?
With budding pressure from US troops, is America a reliable ally?
The US military want to deter China, but how much involvement do they seek from Australia?
Black humour and hope: A stay in an Estonian hotel where the walls once had ears
Graham Reid learns of Tallinn's history and its unpleasant links to the KGB.
Far-right rising: Increasing inequality & crime shifts the dial on Swedish politics
Sweden has experienced one of the OECD's largest increases in income inequality.
Democracy needs armed forces, but young Germans will take a lot more convincing
With increased Russian aggression and US untrustworthiness, Germany needs more soldiers.
Apocalypse how: A field guide to the end of the world as the doomsday clock ticks forward
When’s the apocalypse coming, and what are the six likeliest ways it's going to kill us?
The political divide over the future of Bondi’s bridge
The bridge at the centre of the Bondi massacre is the latest subject of debate.
Was Renee Good’s death the result of senseless violence or an outcome of domestic terrorism?
Why your “moral language” will determine how you answer this question.
Bulletin from Washington DC: There is no end to the Trump administration’s cruelty
History has shown us that a single act can spark a flame that immolates evil.
Trump and Greenland: Liberal democracies need to wake up and smell the gunpowder
What is Europe's role in this new, brutish era?
2025, the UK’s warmest year on record, brings a sense of climate displacement
Between New Zealand and the UK, where would you rather be?
Through the lens: 2025 remembered in pictures
Images from a year in which havoc ensued but we still found light relief.
Pauline Hanson’s resurgence is an indication of deeper threats in Australia
Pauline Hanson continues to cash in on anti-migrant and anti-net-zero populism.
Lives in a holding pattern: Syrian refugees face going home to renewed violence and a devastated economy
Those who fled civil war are increasingly unwelcome in the countries that took them in.
Jonathan Kronstadt: Gen Z don’t have the luxury of the idleness and mindlessness that marked my own 20s
Today, the kids are alright.
Bulletin from Berlin: Our city’s bottle collectors could be harbingers of our own poverty as seniors
Pension poverty is forcing Berlin retirees into scouring rubbish bins.