In just a week, Donald Trump has gone from sharing the almost blasphemous image of himself as a pope to posting the uncharacteristically subdued message congratulating Chicago-born cardinal Robert Prevost on his election to the head of the Catholic Church. Vice-President JD Vance has also been on his best behaviour, posting a message of congratulations, saying: “I’m sure millions of …

Every iPhone comes with a label which tells you it was designed in California. While the sleek rectangle that runs many of our lives is indeed designed in the United States, it is likely to have come to life thousands of miles away in China: the country hit hardest by US President Donald Trump’s tariffs, now rising to 245% on …

Donald Trump says he’s had a “very good” phone call with Volodymyr Zelenskyy — their first conversation since the US president publicly scolded his Ukrainian counterpart and ordered him out of the White House three weeks ago. The pair spoke a day after Mr Trump’s call with Russian President Vladimir Putin, who rejected a US-proposed 30-day ceasefire plan, but agreed …

For months, senior officials have been discussing exporting Australia’s world-leading radar technology JORN to the United States, but after Donald Trump’s return to the White House, Canada saw an opportunity and leapt. Overnight, new Canadian leader Mark Carney spoke to his counterpart, Anthony Albanese, then flew to his country’s Arctic territory of Nunavut to announce a $6.5 billion high-tech Australian …

Outgoing Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau revealed how he got President-elect Donald Trump to shift his attention away from annexing Canada at their meeting last year. Trudeau shared that Trump’s plan to make Canada a U.S. state came up during his trip down to Mar-a-Lago late last year. ‘We started musing back and forth about this,’ Trudeau recalled about his meeting with Trump. ‘And I started to …

Former prime minister Scott Morrison and wife Jenny have rung in the New Year with the Trumps at a red carpet event in Palm Beach, Florida. The US president-elect and wife Melania hosted the gala at their opulent Mar-a-Lago estate, inviting around 300 guests. Attendees reportedly included the world’s richest person Elon Musk, the next vice president JD Vance and …

A US Army veteran who drove a pick-up truck into a crowd of New Year’s revellers in New Orleans, killing 14 people, had originally planned to kill his family, says the FBI. But the terror suspect was concerned about the types of headlines such an attack would generate. So he changed his plans because he wanted the media coverage to focus …

As holidaying Australians switch off and welcome in the new year, a potentially treacherous 12 months of geopolitical events could await their return. From precarious, ongoing violence in the Middle East and Ukraine to rising tensions in the South China Sea, just how Australians will be impacted remains to be seen. International relations senior lecturer at Flinders University, Jessica Genauer, …

US prosecutors have decided to drop two criminal cases against president-elect Donald Trump. Special prosecutor Jack Smith has told courts in Washington DC and Florida he is discontinuing the cases, which related to alleged election interference and mishandling of classified documents. In a motion filed in Washington, he cited a longstanding Department of Justice (DOJ) policy not to prosecute a …

Was Kamala Harris hiding something under those classy pumps and Converse All Stars – her alternating footwear of choice during her failed presidential campaign? Could it really be that Joe Biden’s veep has a little toenail fetish that only she – and presumably husband Doug Emhoff – knows about? How else can you explain the fact that her election spending includes some $5,000 to a California nail artist who specializes …