World Politics

Cheap stocks and hope for signs of trade negotiation sent markets surging - but that relief rally evaporated as the White House said it would levy enormous tariffs on China.

Analysis - As Anthony Albanese and Peter Dutton met for their first debate before the 3 May Australia election, Dutton has had just about as bad a start to his campaign as could possibly be imagined…

Musk blasted Trump's senior trade advisor Peter Navarro as "truly a moron" and "dumber than a sack of bricks" in a growing rift over US tariff policy.

It could be five to 10 years before the world adjusts to Donald Trump's tariffs, a former Reserve Bank economist says.

The policy was dumped.

And the White House says talk of a 90-day pause on tariffs is "fake news" as world markets continue to plunge. Audio

In Asia, Hong Kong's Hang Seng's 13 percent one-day slump was the largest since 1997.

A second child with measles has died in Texas where hundreds of cases of the disease have been recorded in recent weeks.

A statement from the Israeli immigration ministry, said that the detained parliamentarians were rejected because they were suspected of plans to "document the activities of security forces and spread…

Analysis - Some of the US's closest friends are rethinking their relationship in the face of isolationism.

The UK has launched a parliamentary inquiry into the AUKUS military arrangement between it, Australia and the US.

Many wore masks, fearing recrimination if they were identified.

By securing a White House visit just 72 days into Trump's second term, Laura Loomer has once again cast a spotlight on the external sources shaping the president's decision-making.