Canadian conservative leader Pierre Poilievre lost his seat at the election.

Canada’s conservative leader was a shoo-in for PM before Trump. He couldn’t even hold his seat

With vote counting nearly complete,Prime Minister Mark Carney’s Liberals fell a few seats short of a majority and will have to seek help from a smaller party.

  • Rob Gillies

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Amazon founder Jeff Bezos

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
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
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Order 142 and counting:How Trump has used his pen to change America in 100 days

It is the most consequential start of a term of any American presidency,with Donald Trump taking direct aim at law,media,public health and culture.

“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
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Amber Wheeler colours client Whitney Barnes’ hair in her salon,Steel Magnolia,in the Kentucky town of Magnolia.

The world is consumed by Trump’s chaos. In MAGA heartland,they’ve barely noticed

Polls show the president has lost his sheen. But from “Hog’s Haven” to a hair salon in rural Kentucky,Americans who voted for Donald Trump still think he’s their best chance.

  • Michael Koziol
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
Peter Dutton

Why Canada’s election result is an uncomfortable one for Dutton

The Trump effect has just hit Canada’s election – and it could rub off on Australia’s.

  • Michael Koziol
Donald Trump after signing an executive order for 25 per cent tariffs on steel and aluminium imports.

Trump wants to unleash more US gas. This Australian energy giant will help sell it

Australia’s biggest oil and gas producer has signed off on building a $27 billion project that will liquefy more US gas and ship it to the rest of the world.

  • Nick Toscano