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Trump asset seizure paused as appeals court cuts bond to $US175 million
“Trump Tower remains mine!” the former president wrote in a campaign memo seeking donations immediately after the decision.
- by Farrah Tomazin
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A guest walked into a hotel and wouldn’t leave. His next room may be a jail cell
On a June afternoon in 2018, Mickey Barreto checked into the New Yorker Hotel and was given Room 2565. His has been the best housing deal in the city’s history.
- by Matthew Haag
World of photos, March 26, 2024
The best photos from the international wire agencies as chosen by our picture editors.
Why some families are choosing to skip sex and go straight to IVF
Some couples are motivated by health and want to screen embryos for harmful genetic mutations. In America, you can use IVF to choose the sex of your child.
- by Alyson Krueger
Gallery: The best photos from around the world on March 25, 2024
The best photos from the international wire agencies as chosen by our picture editors.
George Santos says he’ll ditch Republicans, run again as independent
He plans to challenge Republican Congressman Nick LaLota in an eastern Long Island Congressional district of New York.
- by Dave Collins
The minute Trump labelled Rudd ‘nasty’, calls started flooding the Australian embassy
The future of Australia’s relationship with its most important security partner has been thrown into doubt after the remarks by Kevin Rudd came back to haunt him.
- by Farrah Tomazin
Musk’s Neuralink brain chip allows paralysed patient to play chess
Noland Arbaugh, 29, was paralysed below the shoulder after a diving accident. He received his Neuralink brain implant in January.
Surgeons transplant gene-edited pig kidney into living human for first time
Previously, pig kidneys have been temporarily transplanted into brain-dead donors but this recipient is “robust” and expected to be discharged soon.
- by Mike Stobbe
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Assange saga
Assange supporters welcome possible plea deal with US
Independent MP Andrew Wilkie, one of Assange’s biggest champions in federal parliament, says many Australians would be heartened by reports that the US is considering a plea deal.
- by Matthew Knott