The Trump shadow hovers as the global economy breaks apart
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The Trump shadow hovers as the global economy breaks apart

In the US and Russia this week,two meetings are being held at a critical moment for the global economy. In the background is Donald Trump.

  • byStephen Bartholomeusz

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  • byRob Harris
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  • byRob Harris
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Vladimir Putin’s spies are plotting global chaos

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  • byThe Economist
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Lucky coincidence saves German plane from suspected Russian parcel bomb

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  • byJames Rothwell
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Russian oil flows through Western ‘price cap’ as shadow fleet grows

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  • byAlan Rappeport
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Perfume bottle could have killed thousands,Novichok inquiry told

Perfume bottle could have killed thousands,Novichok inquiry told

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  • byPatrick Sawer
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Trump’s secret calls with Putin and Biden’s private remarks on Obama and Netanyahu

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  • byFarrah Tomazin
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Meta is officially the global arbiter of ‘truth’ – yes,you should be afraid

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  • byJoan Westenberg
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  • byMichael Murphy
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Stuart Ayres’ troubled adventures in Lobby Land

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  • byKishor Napier-Raman andStephen Brook