Jeff Bezos and Donald Trump.

The billionaire and the bully:Trump’s strong-arm phone call with Amazon’s Bezos

With a metaphorical gun to his head,billionaire Jeff Bezos backed down. The US president described their chat as a “good call”.

  • Elizabeth Knight

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Coles is seeing deflation among several fresh food and packaged goods.

Coles on alert for Trump tariff fallout as supermarket prices cool

Australia’s second-biggest supermarket said consumer sentiment was showing signs of improvement – but Trump’s tariffs have injected uncertainty into the mix.

  • Jessica Yun
China’s President Xi Jinping can beat Donald Trump at his own game.

It’s chess,not checkers:China can play the long game against Trump

Donald Trump thinks trade is a zero-sum game. Xi Jinping appears happy to wait for the trade war to backfire on the US president.

  • Stephen Bartholomeusz
“They are calling”:Donald Trump acknowledged the Australian government was trying to reach him.

‘They are calling’:Trump confirms Albanese has been trying to speak to him

US President Donald Trump is aware the Australian government has been trying to contact him to discuss tariffs,hinting that he will talk to the prime minister.

  • Michael Koziol
President Donald Trump’s first 100 days

Chaotic,wild and history making:This is Trump’s first 100 days

Tariffs,Zelensky and mass deportations. Yet Donald Trump managed to do much more in his first three months as President of the United States.

  • Tom Compagnoni
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney waves after his speech at his campaign headquarters after the Liberal Party won the Canadian election in Ottawa,Tuesday,April 29,2025. (Justin Tang//The Canadian Press via AP)

Canadians choose Carney to take on Trump in stunning election victory

National broadcaster CBC has called the election,but it’s not yet known whether the Liberals would form a majority government.

  • Michael Koziol
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Donald Trump is in command - to the detriment of global financial markets.

100 days of destruction:Trump’s first three months are a sea of red ink

Donald Trump’s second time in the White House has produced the worst 100 days for financial markets in half a century.

  • Stephen Bartholomeusz
Yard signs bearing the mugshots of alleged illegal migrants and criminals were erected on the front lawn of the White House.

‘I run the world’:Trump marks 100 days with stunts,boasts and propaganda

The US president also embraced Australian football player Jordan Mailata at a ceremony for the Philadelphia Eagles,who won the Super Bowl in February.

  • Michael Koziol
A shipbuilder in Newport News,Virginia. The US government wants to increase the country’s shipbuilding capacity.

The Chinese stranglehold Donald Trump is desperate to break

The US president wants to turn the tide on China’s shipbuilding dominance. It may be too late.

  • Szu Ping Chan
White House trade adviser Peter Navarro.

How Peter Navarro went from Democrat to inmate to Trump’s tariff guru

The man behind the US president’s tumultuous tariff policies has sought for decades to set off the ultimate trade war with China.

  • Michael Kranish andJeff Stein