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‘Captured our hearts’: The Queen and the 13 presidents
Over the past seven decades, the Queen has met every US president, bar one.
- by Karla Adam and Jennifer Hassan
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As Merkel prepares to exit G7, Canada’s Trudeau aspires to replace her
As leaders walked down the long beach boardwalk in Cornwall on Friday for the traditional “family photo,” Trudeau trailed behind as Macron made a beeline for Biden.
- by Kait Bolongaro and Alberto Nardelli
‘Sacking of Rai’: Italy’s broadcast network robbed of 120 art works
Bosses at the broadcaster’s Rome headquarters uncovered the issue by chance when a painting fell to the floor, its broken frame revealing it was actually a copy.
- by Andrea Vogt
After meeting, Joe Biden says Queen ‘reminded me of my mother’
The US President later revealed that the Queen asked him about Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping during his visit to Windsor Castle.
- by Jonthan Lemire, Kelvin Chan and Darlene Superville
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Leading Australian CEO says border bans forced her to quit global role
The CEO of a high-powered eco-investment firm, Fiona Reynolds, has resigned so she can see her family. “Australia’s not changing anything, so what am I going to do?”
- by Latika Bourke
‘Sausage war’ sizzles as EU, UK stuck at Northern Ireland impasse
The delicate post-Brexit act of protecting the Good Friday Agreement usually centres on history, nationalism, religion and geography, but the latest spat is centred on sausages.
- by Michel Rose and Michael Holden
G7 offers rebuke to China over Beijing’s economic coercion campaign against Australia
US President Joe Biden also says Beijing must “act more responsibly in terms of international norms, human rights and transparency”.
- by Bevan Shields
Lamborghinis snapped up in lockdown ‘revenge’ spree
Tired of having spent much of the last year cooped up at home, customers are buying high-end items as they emerge from lockdown.
- by James Crisp
Australia waiting for ‘the right deal’ with Britain, says Scott Morrison
Scott Morrison and Boris Johnson will thrash out the final terms over a lavish dinner at Downing Street.
- by Bevan Shields
Me, a killer? Putin dismisses criticisms as ‘Hollywood machismo’
The Russian leader bristled when a US reporter named specific opponents of Putin’s who have been killed in recent years.
- by Nick Allen, Rozina Sabur and Nataliya Vasilyeva
Morrison meets Biden for first time, but not one-on-one as planned
Scott Morrison, Joe Biden and Boris Johnson agree more co-operation is needed because the “strategic context in the Indo-Pacific was changing”.
- by Bevan Shields