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Nov 27, 2025 - World

Trump spoke with Takaichi after Chinese President Xi Jinping called the US president and spoke about China's historic claim to the democratic self-governing island.

Nov 27, 2025 - World

A woman was killed and a man was seriously injured on Thursday in a shark attack on a beach near a popular surf spot on Australia's east coast, authorities said.

Nov 27, 2025 - World

President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said Wednesday that Brazil had given the world a lesson in democracy after his predecessor Jair Bolsonaro was jailed for a failed coup attempt.

Nov 27, 2025 - World

Follow today’s news liveLabor strikes deal with Greens to pass long-awaited overhaul of nature protection laws‘Heavy heart’: Barnaby Joyce quits National party after 30 yearsGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast‘We are very close’ on environment bill, Hanson-Young saysHanson-Young says she’s feeling more positive about a deal on the environment bill than she was at the start of the week.I don’t expect that we will get everything we want. We’re just trying one last time [on the basis] that I wanted more protections for our forests, and protections for climate, of course.If we can get movement on those issues, I’ve always said that I’m up for helping the government improve these laws. We’re not there yet. But I’m feeling more positive than I was at the beginning of the week.There’s no requirements on them to create a space that doesn’t have harmful content … That doesn’t target them with advertising.For those kids who just decide – oh, well we might not be on Instagram or Snapchat, but go over to somewhere else that hasn’t been designated – it’s those darker corners of the internet that I’m worried about. Continue reading...

Nov 27, 2025 - World

Former leader Michael McCormack says he spent an hour with Joyce on Wednesday trying to convince him to remainFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastBarnaby Joyce says he will resign from the National party, telling the parliament he was seeking “a better position” than the Coalition backbenches and claiming he has been ignored by his party leadership.The backbencher has not confirmed if he will – as widely speculated – seek to join One Nation or remain as an independent crossbencher. But he says he is “strongly considering” joining the party, reaffirming his plan to not contest the next election as the member for New England but holding the door open to a Senate run. Continue reading...