World
North America
How a Trump post sparked a wave of misinformation about Australia
The twists and turns in the tale of the Iranian women’s team in Australia this week came with a deluge of social media misinformation amplified by the usual suspects.
- by Michael Koziol
Latest
Man dead after ramming car into Detroit synagogue hosting preschoolers
Meanwhile, a shooting at a university campus in Virginia is being treated as an act of terrorism, with the assailant having been previously jailed for supporting Islamic State.
- by Michael Koziol
New tariffs coming: Trump fires fresh trade salvo at 15 countries, EU
The move came as US trade representative Jamieson Greer told an audience at the Australian embassy in Washington: “If your point is ‘take down all the tariffs’, we’re not going to get along.”
- by Michael Koziol
US responsible for strike on Iranian school, preliminary inquiry says
The February 28 strike on the school, which killed at least 175 people, was the result of a targeting mistake by the US military, a preliminary investigation has found.
- by Julian E. Barnes, Eric Schmitt, Tyler Pager, Malachy Browne and Helene Cooper
White House tells Republicans to avoid mass deportation talk ahead of midterms
With Republican poll numbers in the doldrums, two senior staffers say it’s time to stop talking about one of the Trump’s big campaign pledges.
- by Natalie Allison and Kadia Goba
Opinion
Trump's America
We Americans don’t know if we’re the good guys any more
Trump’s puzzling decisions have left us to speculate on his reasons for bombing Iran. Was it at the behest of Netanyahu? A distraction from the Epstein files? A battle for Western civilisation? Confusion could be the point.
- by Cory Alpert
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Middle East at war
US blows up minelaying boats near Strait of Hormuz amid conflicting claims
President Donald Trump vowed to bomb Iran “at a level never seen before” if it placed mines in the passage following reports the regime had begun deploying the devices.
- by Michael Koziol
Analysis
Middle East at war
‘We haven’t won enough’: Markets like what Trump’s saying but mixed messages abound
The US president’s latest proclamations have calmed the nerves of investors, but they tell us next to nothing about what happens next in the ongoing conflict in Iran.
- by Michael Koziol
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Courts
Alexander brothers convicted of sex trafficking in case that shocked New York’s elite
Three brothers, including two of America’s most successful luxury real estate brokers, were convicted of sex-trafficking charges over accusations they used drugs and force to rape scores of women they had dazzled with their wealth and opulent lifestyle.
- by Michael R. Sisak and Larry Neumeister
Analysis
Middle East at war
Trump’s middle-of-the-night Australian intervention drips with hypocrisy
The US president’s sympathy for the Iranian women’s soccer team in Australia comes despite his administration deporting plane loads of people back to Iran and into potential peril.
- by Michael Koziol
Trump officials ‘asked why Australian Jews aren’t carrying guns’
Australian Jewish leader Alex Ryvchin says the White House is continuing to take a significant interest in the spread of antisemitism in Australia.
- by Michael Koziol