Trudeau,Biden and Ardern are done. What’s eating the global left?

Trudeau,Biden and Ardern are done. What’s eating the global left?

Australia may be an island,but it is not immune to the systemic forces sweeping across global politics.

  • byMatthew Knott

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‘The golden age of America’:Trump signals his family will keep making deals

‘The golden age of America’:Trump signals his family will keep making deals

The scale of overlap between the government he will lead and Trump’s family members and their business interests has been showcased.

  • byEric Lipton,Maggie Haberman andAlan Blinder
Trudeau’s global fans might be surprised by his demise. No one in Canada is

Trudeau’s global fans might be surprised by his demise. No one in Canada is

Canada’s Conservative Party has carved out large leads in the polls among younger voters,those with migrant backgrounds and blue-collar workers.

  • byScott Ryan
Trump headaches to dog Fox and the Murdochs in 2025

Trump headaches to dog Fox and the Murdochs in 2025

Rupert and Lachlan Murdoch still face massive legal battles stemming from US President-elect Donald Trump’s previous election loss.

  • byColin Kruger
Scholz branded a ‘failure’ as German government collapses

Scholz branded a ‘failure’ as German government collapses

Germans are headed for a rare snap election,after the chancellor was accused of living “on another planet”.

  • byRob Hyde andChris Jewers
Romanian vote annulled after declassified documents showed Russian meddling

Romanian vote annulled after declassified documents showed Russian meddling

Despite being an outsider who declared zero campaign spending and campaigned only on TikTok,Georgescu emerged as the frontrunner.

  • byStephen McGrath
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Trump claims ‘historic’ mandate but Americans have mixed feelings

Trump claims ‘historic’ mandate but Americans have mixed feelings

Broadly speaking,polls show most Americans do want change in many of the areas where Trump has promised sweeping reform. But that’s not the whole story.

  • byKaleigh Rogers
US Republicans have a ‘homoerotic obsession’ with Putin,says Johnson

US Republicans have a ‘homoerotic obsession’ with Putin,says Johnson

Former British prime minister Boris Johnson told a Sydney audience he had spoken with Donald Trump since the election and believed the president-elect would have “no choice” but to support Ukraine.

  • byMichael Koziol
Detested Macron blames ‘anti-Republican front’ for government collapse
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Detested Macron blames ‘anti-Republican front’ for government collapse

Amid France’s biggest political crisis in a generation,President Emmanuel Macron has rejected calls for him to step aside,even after a vote of no confidence in his prime minister.

  • byRob Harris
Loyal and feisty,Donald Trump Jr emerges as enforcer for his father

Loyal and feisty,Donald Trump Jr emerges as enforcer for his father

An important purity test for nominees is whether would-be nominees support the lie that Donald Trump won the 2020 election.

  • byKatie Rogers
Calls for TikTok suspension after shock election result in Romania

Calls for TikTok suspension after shock election result in Romania

Far-right candidate Calin Georgescu’s shock first-round win comes despite a campaign budget of zero and polling in single digits.

  • byLuiza Ilie andMara Vilcu