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President Trump Goes to China

His talks with Xi Jinping in Beijing could decide whether the United States and China maintain their uneasy truce on trade.

ET

Hina Altaf recalls 'unsafe' workplace encounter, calls for accountability over predatory behaviour

Actor urges women to trust their instincts and speak up after sharing an unsettling workplace experience

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Modern antisemitism built on old Jewish stereotypes and tropes, royal commission told

UK expert tells Australian inquiry how antisemitism developed and that governments must define it in order to develop policies against itFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastOld tropes about Jewish people – such as those fou...

SKY

Over 100 killed as storm hits India's Uttar Pradesh state

Over 100 people have been killed in a violent storm in Uttar Pradesh, India's most populous state.

BBC

Nigerian film star Alexx Ekubo dies from cancer aged 40

The actor was recognised for his contributions to entertainment as well as his humanitarian efforts.

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Coles put commercial interests above its customers – and was caught red-handed

Reputation of Australia’s big supermarkets takes another hit as federal court finds Coles misled shoppers by promoting fake discountsGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastColes’s “Down Down” promotion is one of Australia’s best known campaigns. But the supermarket has been caugh...

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Australia politics live: Coalition targets Labor on taxes and migration in question time as two Liberal MPs booted from chamber

Follow today’s news liveGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastHolding Jewish people responsible for Israel a ‘building block’ of racism, inquiry hearsThere will always be “edge cases”, Dr Dave Rich has told the antisemitism royal commission, where there are good faith disagreeme...

ET

Palestinian-American comedian Mo Amer to host 86th Peabody Awards

This year's addition to honour 34 winners across categories, including Emmy winners 'The Pitt' and 'Adolescence'

ET

DPM Dar chairs meeting on tax policy proposals for forthcoming budget

Says committee reviewed progress on various proposals, emphasised the need for growth-oriented measures

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Falling backwards and plunging through clouds: British paratroopers’ landing on Tristan da Cunha

Member of army squad sent with medics to assist suspected hantavirus patient recounts descent to remote islandThe hardest part of the parachute jump, according to Capt George Lacey, is falling backwards through the air. It is Saturday and Lacey, and his squad of six plus two medics, have just leapt ...

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Trump’s 2017 visit to Beijing offers clues for this year’s summit.

ET

In pictures: Xi rolls out the red carpet for Trump's arrival

First visit by a US president to America's main strategic rival since 2017 has taken on added significance

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Scepticism and tight security as Trump is welcomed by Xi to Beijing

US’s apparent decline has fuelled growing Chinese nationalism while US president has lost his novelty valueTrump in Beijing – latest updatesFive key issues for Xi-Trump summit. Yaoji Chaogan, a no-frills canteen next to Beijing’s historic Drum and Bell towers, once proudly displayed photographs of J...

ET

Media reports claim Diljit Dosanjh has obtained US citizenship

Actor has reportedly been travelling on a US passport since September 2022

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Philippines authorities investigating reports lawmaker wanted by ICC has fled after taking refuge in senate

Senator Ronald dela Rosa is wanted by the ICC for his alleged role in country’s deadly anti-drug crackdown that saw thousands killed Philippine authorities are seeking to confirm reports that a lawmaker wanted by the international criminal court (ICC) secretly left the Senate premises where he had ...

NYT

Trump in Beijing

The president is getting the red carpet treatment, but the deep rift between the U.S. and China will be very hard to repair.

BBC

'They shot my neighbour in the head' - the lakeside city traumatised by war

Rebel fighters and Rwandan troops are accused of committing atrocities after capturing the DR Congo city of Uvira in December.

ET

Pakistan honours leading celebrities, writers and athletes at civil awards ceremonies

Civil awards honour Zehra Nigah, Hadiqa Kiani, Shahid Afridi, Sana Mir and others across arts, literature, sports

ET

Pakistan successfully conducts test of indigenously developed Fatah-4 cruise missile: ISPR

Says missile 'equipped with advanced avionics, is capable of engaging long-range targets with high precision'

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Farage’s Clacton-on-Sea constituency worst ‘tree desert’ in England, research shows

Woodland Trust also finds significant north-south divide in tree cover, leaving many people at risk of poor health Nigel Farage’s constituency of Clacton-on-Sea is a “tree desert”, leaving people more exposed to air pollution, poorer health, lower life expectancy and the impact of rising temperature...

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Most famous image of JMW Turner not a self-portrait, says expert

Painting that inspired depiction on £20 note more likely the work of John Opie, says Romantic artist’s biographerIn 2020, Tate Britain hosted the launch of a new £20 banknote bearing representations of The Fighting Temeraire by JMW Turner and the artist’s most famous self-portrait. Now a leading exp...

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Politics live: Greens senator says ‘immoral’ NDIS reforms being rushed through; Coalition says Labor ‘misled, deceived’ Australians over taxes