World of photos,May 3,2024
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World of photos,May 3,2024

The best photos from the international wire agencies as chosen by our picture editors.

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Florida’s ‘extreme’ abortion ban takes effect,doctors fear for women

Florida’s ‘extreme’ abortion ban takes effect,doctors fear for women

Health care workers are prevented from performing an abortion on a nonviable pregnancy that they know may become deadly - until it actually becomes deadly.

  • byDavid Fischer andStephany Matat
Trump fined,threatened with jail time over contempt of court in hush money trial

Trump fined,threatened with jail time over contempt of court in hush money trial

The former US president was found to have broken a gag order nine times by making public statements on social media and on his campaign website.

  • byFarrah Tomazin
‘Ground zero of fake news’:National Enquirer,the tabloid that fuelled the rise of Donald Trump

‘Ground zero of fake news’:National Enquirer,the tabloid that fuelled the rise of Donald Trump

In 2016,the tabloid pumped up Donald Trump’s reputation while pumping out invented stories about rival Hillary Clinton.

  • byDavid Bauder
Yes,age is an issue,says Biden. ‘I’m running against a six-year-old’

Yes,age is an issue,says Biden. ‘I’m running against a six-year-old’

The US president used the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner to roast his rival in the 2024 election.

  • byHarriet Barber
Trump’s think tanks are planning an assault on the Fed’s independence

Trump’s think tanks are planning an assault on the Fed’s independence

If Donald Trump regains the US presidency,his policies will clash with the Federal Reserve Board’s key mandate of providing price stability.

  • byStephen Bartholomeusz
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‘I hated that dog’:Trump VP contender boasts about killing puppy

‘I hated that dog’:Trump VP contender boasts about killing puppy

South Dakota Governor Kirsty Noem’s political ascension was looking promising,but she may have gone a little too far even for gun-happy Republicans.

  • byFarrah Tomazin
Male anger problem needs radical action

Male anger problem needs radical action

A royal commission is a good idea,but only if the government commits to implementing the recommendations. This needs to be a whole of community approach,not just whole of government.

Australian journalist named as co-conspirator in Trump hush money trial

Australian journalist named as co-conspirator in Trump hush money trial

The bombshell revelations were made during Trump’s historic hush money trial,in which the ex-president has been accused of falsifying records to stop an alleged affair from becoming public.

  • byFarrah Tomazin
Arizona charges 18 over 2020 election,including Giuliani and Meadows

Arizona charges 18 over 2020 election,including Giuliani and Meadows

“I will not allow American democracy to be undermined,” Democratic state Attorney-General Kris Mayes said.

  • byJacques Billeaud,Jonathan Cooper andJosh Kelety
Whether Trump did or didn’t let loose,there’s a whiff of defeat about him

Whether Trump did or didn’t let loose,there’s a whiff of defeat about him

Just when you thought the most buffoonish member of the US right could not get any sillier,he managed to pull it off – and it stinks.

  • byBill Wyman