This Month
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- Middle East conflict
Assad flees as Syrian capital falls to rebels
The president flew out of Damascus for an unknown destination as rebels say they have entered the capital with no sign of army deployments.
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- Suleiman Al-Khalidi and Timour Azhari
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- World politics
Trump welcomed by Macron, joined by Zelensky for talks
On a day that mixed pageantry with attention to pressing global problems, the once and future American president was warmly embraced by the French president.
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- Tom McIlroy
- Opinion
- Cryptocurrencies
How to keep up with mainstream meme coin mania
The explosive rise of social media has already shifted the workings of politics and democracy. We are now seeing how it can move asset prices in digital assets.
- Gillian Tett
- Analysis
- AI
How AI is about to change, according to Altman (and what Musk will do)
Two years after he stunned the world with the launch of ChatGPT, Sam Altman says human-level artificial intelligence is almost upon us, but we don’t need to worry yet.
- Paul Smith
- Analysis
- US politics
Biden’s pardon decision just shattered his legacy
The president broke a promise not to get involved in his son’s legal problems, after pledging to restore trust in the judicial system.
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- Colleen Long and Zeke Miller
Intel CEO forced out as Bezos backs Nvidia rival in AI gold rush
Pat Gelsinger has stepped down after the board lost confidence in his plans to turn around the chipmaker, as its rival Nvidia soars.
- Ian King, Liana Baker, Ryan Gould, Jane Lanhee Lee and Vlad Savov
- Opinion
- World markets
The US market is a bubble ready to pop
Dominating the minds of global investors, America is over-owned, overvalued and overhyped to a degree never seen before.
- Ruchir Sharma
- Opinion
- Cryptocurrencies
Why the crypto hype is more dangerous than you think
Overconfidence since the election victory of Donald Trump could tee the sector up for its next collapse.
- Jemima Kelly
Kash Patel, from ‘not a credible witness’ to pick to lead the FBI
Patel has been a vocal supporter of Donald Trump for years and has said he would upend the FBI and radically reshape its mission.
- Eric Tucker and Alan Suderman
The new world order looks like mercantilism
The chaotic politics of the past 16 years masked the steady development of a new economic order, but trade and the economy aren’t zero-sum games.
- John Authers
Trump stands by US dollar with 100pc tariff threat
The US president-elect turned his attention to the BRICs; the new FBI nominee wants to turn the Hoover building into a museum of the deep state; Anthony Albanese says Elon Musk’s criticisms reflect his agenda. See how the day unfolded.
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- Andrew Hobbs
November
A bitcoin convention in Sydney rings crypto alarm bells
Bitcoin is up almost 130 per cent this year and the US election result put a rocket under crypto. But there are still plenty of ways to lose money in an (unregulated) bull market.
- James Eyers
Fluoride fight is a decades-old cultural war America can’t quit
Trump’s pick for health secretary Robert F Kennedy is the latest in a long line of sceptics who refuse to believe the science.
- Petula Dvorak
- Opinion
- Trade wars
Trump’s tariff war won’t spare America’s allies
Donald Trump is promising 25 per cent tariffs on supposedly close allies like Canada and Mexico as well as China. Where does that leave Australia?
- Jennifer Hewett
ASX to rise as bitcoin nears $US100,000 for the first time
The S&P/ASX 200 Index will extend a record run following Donald Trump’s appointment of crypto enthusiast Scott Bessent as US Treasury secretary over the weekend.
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- Cecile Lefort
- Opinion
- The AFR View
West must not flinch in helping Ukraine now
There is something else at stake as Ukraine fights on: the self-respect of the democratic nations that have backed them this far.
- The AFR View
Crypto markets prepare for bitcoin’s $US100,000 milestone
The world’s No.1 cryptocurrency is within striking distance of history as America prepares for a digital asset-friendly Trump administration.
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- Alex Gluyas
- Analysis
- Trump's White House
The big split on China at the heart of Trump’s new team
Donald Trump and JD Vance have assembled a team of strident China hawks, hellbent on countering the rise of Beijing, but is it all for show?
- James Curran
- Opinion
- Trump diplomacy
Trump is all power with no grand strategy
The US president-elect’s delight in being unpredictable may end up dissipating US power rather than strengthening it. Australians may come to regret that.
- Peter Varghese
SE Asian defence chiefs in security talks with US, China
The closed-door talks put US Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin and Chinese Defence Minister Dong Jun in the same room a day after a snub at ASEAN.
- Jintamas Saksornchai
