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Former president Donald Trump speaks after being charged.

‘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

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
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.

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
Rob Harris

Europe correspondent

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Trump and Nixon. One was destroyed by indictments, the other raises money off them.
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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
Polling taken since earlier indictments suggest criminal charges have made Donald Trump politically stronger.
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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.

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China has lifted tarrifs on Australian barley.

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
A policeman stands next to a scene where, according to media reports, nine people have been stabbed and four others hurt by a car driven by the suspected attacker in Seongnam, South Korea, August 3, 2023.   Yonhap via REUTERS   THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY. NO RESALES. NO ARCHIVES. SOUTH KOREA OUT. NO COMMERCIAL OR EDITORIAL SALES IN SOUTH KOREA.

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

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A New Zealand soldier during a joint training exercise with the US, Britain and Australia in Fiji last year.

Remoteness no longer enough: NZ defence needs more money to counter China, climate change

New Zealand’s first national security strategy underscores how China’s rise is upending old norms – even 9000 kilometres away in Wellington.

  • by Lewis Jackson and Lucy Craymer

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