EU won’t accept US tariff increase, ‘a deal is a deal’
The European Commission has demanded the United States stick to the terms of an EU-US trade deal reached last year, after the US Supreme Court struck down Donald Trump’s global…
‘Captured by the richest’: push for housing tax shift
Discounts on capital gains tax have done little to address the reason why the measure was introduced, Australia’s peak union body says, as the federal government weighs up whether to…
US airlines sound alarm as key travel programs paused
A grouping of major US airlines says the US Department of Homeland Security gave travellers scant warning ahead of the temporary suspension of its PreCheck and Global Entry programs, as…
Trump’s new tariff call may narrow Aussie export edge
The competitive advantage enjoyed by some Australian exporters under the Trump administration’s trade regime could be narrowed if a flagged boost to the US tariff rate to 15 per cent…
Good enough for Gina Rinehart should be good enough for Palantir
Palantir is under pressure around the world but in Australia it is mollycoddled. Michael West on the regulators’ double standards. Palantir. Rejected by Switzerland, its large military and health contracts…
Trump’s global tariffs have finally been overturned. What next? | Steven Greenhouse
The US supreme court ruled against the president. Let’s hope the court removes its pro-Trump glasses on other issues and stands up for the rule of law There’s no denying…
This Ramadan in Gaza we pray for mercy, share what we have and light a single candle for hope | Majdoleen Abu Assi
I mourn the vibrant life we lived before. But though our faces anxiously turn to the sky, our hands are joined in a solidarity that rises above hunger Every year,…
Ukraine is the biggest and most consequential of all the American betrayals | Simon Tisdall
As the war enters its fifth year, it’s time for Europe to take the fight to Putin on its own terms and tell Trump to get lost Viewed from Europe,…
Cheating, Penisgate and boos for Vance: the 10 wildest stories of the Winter Olympics
Amid the triumphs, failures and broken medals in Milano Cortina, here’s our countdown of the outstanding moments that will live long in the memory Cheating has been part and parcel…