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Lisa Cook at the Kansas City Federal Reserve’s Jackson Hole Economic Policy Symposium on the weekend.

‘Immediate removal’: Trump moves to fire Fed governor

In a surprise move, the US president said he was removing Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook over allegations she committed mortgage fraud, a sharp escalation in his battle to exert greater control over the rate-setting institution.

  • Chris Rugaber

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US President Donald Trump in the Oval Office on Monday.

‘Maybe we like a dictator’: Trump defends his federal crackdown on cities

During a rambling appearance in the Oval Office, the US president complained he was not getting credit for clamping down on crime and immigration, and praised North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un.

  • Danny Kemp
Most of the troops deployed in Moscow to protect the capital from Wagner mercenaries had withdrawn by Sunday afternoon, allowing regular life to resume.

‘Deathonomics’: Why Russia’s new middle class can’t afford for Putin’s war to end

It is a good time to be a Russian factory worker. But the real money comes if you join the military.

  • Eir Nolsoe and Tim Wallace
Jerome Powell’s highly;y anticipated speech has sent a charge through markets.

The Fed chief’s wise words are wasted on Trump

Jerome Powell’s highly nuanced speech highlighted the Trump-inspired uncertainties in the US economy even as Trump ramped up his efforts to gain control of the US central bank. Trump doesn’t do nuance.

  • Stephen Bartholomeusz
The actions look like the payback Donald Trump said he would pursue.

Trump ran on a promise of revenge. He’s making good on it

The actions have alarmed critics who fear Donald Trump is wielding the authority of his office to intimidate opponents and consolidate power in a way unprecedented in the US.

  • Nicholas Riccardi
Kim Jong-un supervising the latest test of anti-air missiles at an undisclosed location, in an image provided by the North Korean government.

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un supervises test of new anti-air missiles

The test coincided with trips to Tokyo and Washington by South Korea’s new President Lee Jae Myung.

  • Kim Tong-Hyung
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Fuzzy was taste-testing ice cream behind the counter of the shop before being startled by police and lumbering into the night.

A bear walked into an ice cream parlour. The strawberry never had a chance

The black bear, whom the police named Fuzzy, caused little damage but sampled as many flavours as it could get its paws on.

  • Mark Walker
Ukrainian servicemen fire towards Russian positions at the frontline in the Zaporizhzhia region on Wednesday.

Pentagon restricts Ukraine’s use of US missiles against Russia: report

The news comes as Donald Trump becomes more frustrated over the war after he slammed a Biden-era policy that prevented Ukraine from launching full-scale attacks on Russia.

  • James Oliphant
Ghislaine Maxwell with Jeffrey Epstein.

‘No excuse’: Most Epstein files sent to Congress already public, Democrats say

The top Democrat on the US House oversight committee said only 3 per cent of the files it had received from the Justice Department contained new information.

  • Catie Edmondson
Trump displays an image of himself with Putin last week, and said the Russian leader had expressed the desire to attend the soccer World Cup in the US next year.

Trump renews sanctions threat as Russia says no Putin-Zelensky meeting planned

Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelensky has repeatedly called for the Russian president to meet him, saying it is the only way to negotiate an end to the war.

  • Dasha Litvinova