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The face of Trump’s America

Cameron Stewart

Until last Tuesday, the industrial town of Scranton in rural Pennsylvania was Hillary Clinton country.

The Nation

Huge protest against Park

Hundreds of thousands of men, women and children have joined a new protest in Seoul against South Korea’s President.

The World

Taliban claims US base attack

Several people have been killed in an explosion in the largest US base in Afghanistan, with the Taliban claiming it.

The World

Actor Robert Vaughn dies

Robert Vaughn, the debonair actor in TV’s The Man From U.N.C.L.E., has died aged 83.

Film

Gender didn’t kill Hillary’s bid

Jenni Russell

Donald Trump’s revolution cut across gender, class and age because he promised to end a rigged political system.

The Times

The Donald could face the dock

Donald Trump faces the prospect of testifying in one of the 75 cases pending against him before he takes office.

The World

Murdered Elly feared trip unsafe

TESSA AKERMAN

The father of a 20-year-old Melbourne woman murdered in Mozambique has asked people to pray for her.

The Nation

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Coalition to announce asylum deal on Sunday

Sky News understands the govt will make an announcement on a joint asylum seeker deal with the US on Sunday

Nats in danger of losing Orange by-election

The NSW Nationals look likely to lose the regional seat of Orange with early results suggesting a swing

Growing unease over Trump election win

The European Commission president warns of two years wasted while Donald Trump "gets to know parts of the world he is unaware of." Paul Chapman reports.

South Koreans in mass protest over president

Tens of thousands of South Koreans protest to demand the president's resignation over a growing influence-peddling scandal. Rough cut (no reporter narration).

Hope raised for calm transition

Cameron Stewart in New York

They have disliked each other, but Donald Trump’s meeting with Barak Obama has raised hopes of a calm transition.

Ancestral home hopes for a trip

Marc Horne

It is a world away from the bright lights of Washington and the gaudy opulence of Trump Tower in New York.

IS child snipers turn tunnel rats

Gareth Browne, Richard Spencer

Iraqi forces trying to recapture Mosul have been frustrated by Islamic State child snipers lying in wait.

Taliban attacks German consulate

At least six people dead and over 100 injured after a Taliban truck bombing at German consulate in Mazar-i-Sharif.

Capital braces for GOP invasion

Adam Creighton

Washington DC, the most democratic, elitist city in the US, is bracing for Republican domination.

White women deserted Clinton

Geoff Chambers

Hillary Clinton’s strategy to woo female voters failed after white women deserted the Democratic candidate.

Rust Belt slams ‘blue wall’

RICK WALLACE

Among all the political orthodoxies shattered by Donald Trump, the now ruined blue wall is perhaps the standout.

Disengagement with Asia-Pacific

PAUL MALEY

China could exploit the presidential transition to up the ante by declaring sovereignty over the region’s air space.

Team Trump gets shake up

Donald Trump has shaken up his transition team - demoting Chris Christie and giving three spots to his children.

Trump backflip on Obamacare?

GERARD BAKER, MONICA LANGLEY

Donald Trump has given an exclusive interview to The Wall Street Journal after meeting with Barack Obama.

‘Scream’ is here just a whimper

SARAH MARTIN, ROSIE LEWIS

A “primal scream” from Middle America that saw Donald Trump elected president is rooted in “flatlining wage growth”.

Law critic tipped for Treasury

MICHAEL C. BENDER, DAMIAN PALETTA

Donald Trump’s transition team is racing to set up a cabinet as more names are floated for some of the biggest jobs.

Hope was Donald Trump’s strength

Caroline Overington, Sam Buckingham-Jones

It was always going to be easy for the media covering Trump’s campaign to pick on Hope Hicks, and boy did they try.

The Donald put back on Twitter

Protesters in red and blue states hit the streets for a second day to express their outrage over Donald Trump’s win.

So long Leonard, your words live

Leonard Cohen, the Canadian baritone-voiced singer-songwriter who blended spirituality and sexuality, has died at 82.

Trump aides’ line to the Kremlin

Tom Parfitt

Donald Trump’s team kept the lines of contact open with Russian officials throughout the presidential campaign.

ANC majority saves Zuma’s skin

South Africa’s President Jacob Zuma has secured a resounding victory yesterday in a no-confidence vote against him.

Chinese netizens disrespect Kim

Rowan Callick

The North Korean Foreign Ministry is angry with Chinese “netizens” calling their leader Jin San Pang — Fatty Kim III.

‘Binned’ eggs boost IVF chances

Oliver Moody

Women could have a better chance of giving birth via IVF thanks to a technique generating eggs from spare ovary cells.

Move over Bob: poet more worthy

Stephen Romei

When Bob Dylan won the Nobel Prize in Literature, a lot of people thought Leonard Cohen was just as deserving.

Leaders belt out warmer relations

Amanda Hodge

“There’s a boy in my mind and he knows I’m thinkin’ of him,” croons a hip-swivelling Malaysian leader Najib Razak.

Immigration, health tops agenda

CAMERON STEWART

US president-elect Donald Trump has vowed a “spectacular” start to his presidency in two months’ time.

‘Their eyes will haunt you’

Christina Lamb

The story of the Yazidi genocide is the hardest this lifetime war correspondent has ever written.

Bowie art sale smashes hopes

Buyers have snapped up David Bowie artworks, with a painting by Jean-Michel Basquiat selling for more than $12m.

Mediscare ‘freedom of speech’

Sarah Martin

Labor has defended its controversial Mediscare campaign, saying there was “no issue” with the party’s tactics.

World Commentary

Hopes of reassuring Asian region

Greg Sheridan

The Turnbull government will seek to hold an early meeting of the AUSMIN council in the first quarter of next year.

The Times

Trump aides’ line to the Kremlin

Tom Parfitt

Donald Trump’s team kept the lines of contact open with Russian officials throughout the presidential campaign.

World

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