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US politics
‘We can’t let this happen’, Trump says after pleading not guilty to 2020 election plot
A trial date has not yet been set, but the former US president is expected to fight the charges by arguing that he is protected by America’s right to free speech.
- by Farrah Tomazin
Remoteness no longer enough: NZ defence needs more money to counter China, climate change
- by Lewis Jackson and Lucy Craymer
Activists elevate anti-oil message, spend hours on Rishi Sunak’s roof
- by Ewan Somerville, Martin Evans and Dominic Penna
‘Unprecedented’: US sailors charged with selling military secrets to China
- by Peter Martin and Chris Strohm
Opinion & Perspectives
Trump is no modern-day Nixon and there is no sign of ‘tranquillity’ returning to the US
Unlike Richard Nixon during Watergate, Republicans remain largely in Donald Trump’s corner, even as he heads into an election year facing three criminal trials.
Farrah Tomazin
North America correspondent
Trump is an American tragedy with potential to affect the world
Donald Trump has been accused of betraying the United States, a traumatic outcome for a country that invests so much national myth and hope in its presidents. There are global implications too.
The Herald's View
Editorial
Forget the ’G on grand final day or an Origin decider, this is football for the fans
For those who long for suburban football where, long before corporate boxes and soulless stadiums, all that mattered was your team and the fans – it does still exist.
Rob Harris
Europe correspondent
North America
Analysis
US politics
Trump is no modern-day Nixon and there is no sign of ‘tranquillity’ returning to the US
Unlike Richard Nixon during Watergate, Republicans remain largely in Donald Trump’s corner, even as he heads into an election year facing three criminal trials.
- by Farrah Tomazin
Editorial
Donald Trump
Trump is an American tragedy with potential to affect the world
Donald Trump has been accused of betraying the United States, a traumatic outcome for a country that invests so much national myth and hope in its presidents. There are global implications too.
- The Herald's View
‘Unprecedented’: US sailors charged with selling military secrets to China
- by Peter Martin and Chris Strohm
Europe
Activists elevate anti-oil message, spend hours on Rishi Sunak’s roof
- by Ewan Somerville, Martin Evans and Dominic Penna
Asia
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China relations
China drops tariffs against Australian barley
The decision puts an end to a three-year-dispute over the $1.2 billion export.
- by Eryk Bagshaw
Multiple victims after car ramming, stabbing incident in South Korea
Authorities said at least 14 people were wounded in the country’s second mass stabbing in a month.
- by Kim Tong-Hyung
Lucky 11: Friends share a $4 lottery ticket and a fortune in prize
- by Suhasini Raj and Mike Ives
‘It did not happen in Indonesia’: Jakarta at odds with Australia over cattle disease
- by Chris Barrett and Karuni Rompies
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- by Lewis Jackson and Lucy Craymer
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