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  1. Trump could use tax on Mexican imports to pay for wall

    The White House says Donald Trump could hit Mexican imports with a 20 per cent tariff, after Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto cancelled a scheduled trip to the White House over an escalating dispute over the proposed border wall.

  2. Trump's border policies bring relief to patrol agents

    Donald Trump's sweeping immigration orders are bringing long-awaited relief to border patrol agents on America's southern frontier, but concerns are being raised about the logistics of mass deportations.

  3. Trump and May meeting to test US-UK 'special relationship'

    The US-UK's "special relationship" hangs in the balance as Prime Minister Theresa May and President Donald Trump meet, but may also help define each leader's term in office.

  4. Doomsday Clock edges closer to midnight

    Atomic scientists reset their symbolic Doomsday Clock to its closest time to midnight in 64 years, saying the world is closer to catastrophe due to threats such as nuclear weapons, climate change and Donald Trump's election as US President.

  5. 'A nightmare without end': Chile's worst bushfires destroy town, death toll rises

    Flames from one of Chile's worst bushfires completely consume the town of Santa Olga as the death toll from the blazes since November rises to nine.

  6. Chinese rush to the hairdresser ahead of Year of the Rooster

    As hundreds of millions of Chinese complete their journeys home for the Chinese New Year, many will be squeezing in a last-minute haircut to avoid bringing bad luck to their uncles.

  7. Ramos-Horta won't contest upcoming East Timor election

    East Timor's former president Jose Ramos-Horta says after spending months considering whether to run in the country's next presidential election, he has decided to sit it out and make way for new leaders.

  8. Ancient Assyrian artefacts found in IS Mosul safe house

    More than 100 ancient Assyrian and early Islamic artefacts are discovered in an Islamic State safe house on the recently recaptured Left Bank of Mosul in Iraq.

  9. Rescuers pull final bodies from Italian avalanche

    Rescuers pull the final two dead bodies from the wreckage of a hotel in central Italy that was razed by an avalanche last week, raising the final death toll to 29, the national fire brigade says.

  10. Brexit legislation formally introduced to Britain's Parliament

    The British Government's bill seeking authorisation to start the formal Brexit process by triggering Article 50 of the European Union's Lisbon Treaty is formally introduced to Parliament.

  11. Duterte's drug crackdown faces court challenge

    A survivor of a police raid that killed four other drug suspects asks the Supreme Court to stop such operations and help him obtain police records to prove his innocence in a test case against the President's bloody crackdown.

Features

  1. Farmers fear Trump's wall

    Donald Trump's trade policies and wall spat bring simmering tensions between Mexican farmers and their Government to the surface.

  2. Europe faces Trump

    Faced with Trump's 'declaration of war', some European leaders have now taken the gloves off where the US president is concerned.

  3. POW reconciles with Japan

    Australian war veteran Jack Hopgood returns to Japan to confront his memories as a prisoner of war during WWII.

  4. Legalising killing humans

    Even though it's the law of the land in Canada, medically assisting a patient's death remains the domain of the brave.

  5. The year of 'fake news'

    "Fake news" beats both "Halal Snack Pack" and "alt-right" to be given the 2016 Word of the Year honours by Macquarie Dictionary.

  6. 'A dream come true'

    One of the directors of the Oscar-nominated Australian film Tanna says the nod is a dream come true for his cast of first-time actors.

  7. Who picks at the Oscars?

    Nominations for the 2017 Oscars have been announced. So who actually makes the call for nominees?

  8. Brexit ruling explained

    The UK Supreme Court's ruling may put the brakes on Brexit, but it won't prevent the UK from leaving the EU.

  9. Underwater museum opens

    Life-size human figures are submerged 14 metres under the Atlantic Ocean as part of Europe's first underwater museum.

  10. Opinion: Jihadism in Mali

    Jihadism is on the move in Mali and it is "jumping" ethnicity, with consequences that could be felt around the world before too long.

  11. Trump's market influence

    Donald Trump has become the single biggest market influencer of our time, business reporter David Taylor writes.

  12. Russia's role in Syria

    Alexey Khlebnikov of the Russian International Affairs Council discusses the renewed Syria peace talks with Beverley O'Connor.

  13. 'Two-state solution' fiction?

    The approval of 560 new units to be built in East Jerusalem is being taken by many as evidence that the Israeli-Palestinian "two-state solution" is drifting towards fiction.

  14. Resettling Mumbai's slums

    An ambitious Indian Government plan to rehouse residents of Mumbai's biggest and oldest slum hits a snag — a lack of trust.

  15. Housing Indonesia's dogs

    The future was bleak for tiny terrier Pippin until an Indonesian dog rescue charity found a new home for him overseas.

Asia Pacific

  1. North Korean defector speaks out

    The North Korean diplomat who defected from its London embassy last year says he did it so his sons could live lives of "free men".

    Thae Yong-ho, a former deputy ambassador at the North Korean Embassy, says his sons would have "miserable" lives if they returned home because they had come to know the truth about the country while living in the UK.

  1. East Timor drops spying case

    East Timor drops its spying case against Australia in negotiations over permanent maritime boundaries in the Timor Sea.

  2. Bali murder trial

    The Byron Bay woman accused of murdering a Bali police officer cut up the officer's identification, a court hears.

  3. Bougainville independence

    Papua New Guinea and Bougainville move towards independence for the autonomous region.

  4. Heavy flooding in Tahiti

    Heavy flooding in French Polynesia leaves left thousands without power and closes Tahiti's international airport.

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Posted April 08, 2013 12:22:49 | Updated January 15, 2016 16:06:02

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