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Dec 3, 2025 - World

NATO countries pledged Wednesday to buy hundreds of millions more dollars of US arms for Ukraine, as Russian President Vladimir Putin was told to end his "bluster" and get serious on peace talks.

Dec 3, 2025 - World

German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier arrived in London on Wednesday for the start of a state visit, the first by the official German head of state in 27 years.

Dec 3, 2025 - World

Richard Marles and Penny Wong say sanctions against Russia will be ramped up. Follow today’s news liveGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe Australian Bureau of Statistics is planning to account for illegal cigarette sales as years of falling legal purchases start to weigh on economic growth.The ABS measures tobacco sales through supermarket chains’ scanner data but consumers are swapping away from legal sales toward black market tobacco and illegal vapes.How are you going to do this? Are you going to infiltrate the gangs yourself, Mr Goldsworthy, to try and estimate the true sales volumes? I think you could pull it off. Continue reading...

Dec 3, 2025 - World

New media release shows Epstein’s home, including several rooms, a telephone, and a chalk board with the words ‘intellectual,’ ‘deception’ and ‘power’House Democrats release new images of Epstein’s private Caribbean islandThe Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced it had started its immigration enforcement operation in New Orleans today.In a statement, the department said Operation Catahoula Crunch would target “criminal illegal aliens roaming free thanks to sanctuary policies”. New Orleans is the latest Democratic-run city (albeit in a Republican-led state) to see federal immigration agents on its streets. Most recently, the Trump administration targeted Charlotte, North Carolina, and touted the arrest of more than 300 undocumented immigrants. Continue reading...

Dec 3, 2025 - World

Russian leader’s rejection of latest peace proposal was predictable and shows the Kremlin continues to hold the trump cardBefore the harsh white glare of the Kremlin reception room came a telling prologue: Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner, Donald Trump’s self-described “deal guys”, being led by Kremlin officials through the sparkling streets of a festive Moscow.Wasn’t it lovely, Vladimir Putin asked later, as both sides sat down to a five-hour negotiation that seems to have led right back to where they started. “It’s a magnificent city,” Witkoff replied. Then the cameras cut out. Continue reading...