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Key events Show key events only Please turn on JavaScript to use this feature A string of surprisingly strong economic figures have prompted forecasters to increase their expectations for growth in Australia’s gross domestic product, Australian Associated Press reports. The nation’s economy is still expected to record one of the weakest calendar years for economic … Read more

When Donald Trump addresses a joint session of Congress on Tuesday night for the first time in his second term, the make up of the packed crowd will serve as a reminder of political tensions that frame both the administration’s and the opposition’s most contentious policy arguments. The carefully curated guest list, assembled by the … Read more

A 42-year-old woman has been charged with the murder of her two-year-old daughter who died after being found in a pond. Police were sent to a report that Annabel Mackey had gone missing from her home in Kingsley near Bordon, Hampshire, on 10 September 2023. The child was found a short time later at Kingsley … Read more

Australians are losing more money to gambling each year than the federal government spends on aged care and almost as much as it spends on the national disability insurance scheme, a new report has found. The report by Equity Economics found that despite the cost-of-living crisis, the amount of money being lost to gambling has … Read more

Justin Trudeau has claimed the aim of a “dumb” trade war launched by Donald Trump is to usher in the “complete collapse” of the Canadian economy and make it easier for the United States to annex Canada. Speaking hours after the US slapped 25% taxes on Canadian and Mexican goods – and a 10% levy … Read more

Investment firm State Street, the company that commissioned the Fearless Girl statue that once faced down the Wall Street Charging Bull sculpture and became a symbol of gender diversity in the workplace, has quietly ended some of its diversity policies as US companies continue to retreat from diversity goals. Last year in its proxy voting … Read more

Egypt has proposed a $53bn (£42bn) plan to rebuild Gaza, in a rushed attempt to present an alternative to Donald Trump’s idea for a property development-style plan, which involved a relocation of the Palestinian population that has been widely criticised as effectively endorsing ethnic cleansing. The new proposal, presented at an Arab League summit in … Read more

The US state department has reinstated the “foreign terrorist organization” designation for Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthi group, fulfilling an order announced by Donald Trump shortly after he took office. The US secretary of state, Marco Rubio, announced on Tuesday the department had restored the designation, which carries with it sanctions and penalties for anyone providing “material … Read more

Volodymyr Zelenskyy has proposed a possible peace plan to end the war in Ukraine, saying he was willing to work “constructively” under Donald Trump’s “strong leadership” and to sign a deal giving the US access to his country’s mineral wealth. In an attempt to mend fences with Washington after Trump abruptly suspended supplies of military … Read more

Robert F Kennedy Jr, the US health secretary, has caused alarm among pediatricians, vaccine experts and lawmakers with an opinion piece that focuses on vitamin A and nutrition as treatments for measles. In response to a measles outbreak in Texas, which resulted in the first American measles death in nearly a decade, Kennedy wrote for … Read more