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Risk v reward: Was the NSW premier's trade mission to India worth it?

ABC News

Risk v reward: Was the NSW premier's trade mission to India worth it?

There was a moment on the streets of Mumbai this week when New South Wales Premier Chris Minns probably wanted to be somewhere else.

ABC News

Trump says Iran war is 'small potatoes' as conflict grinds on

SBS News

Trump says Iran war is 'small potatoes' as conflict grinds on

As fraught mid-term elections draw nearer, the Trump administration is trying to rebrand the unpopular Iran war.

SBS News

Trump clashes with reporter after calling Iran war 'small potatoes'

Stuff

Trump clashes with reporter after calling Iran war 'small potatoes'

The US president seemed to downplay the intensity of a conflict that's cost US taxpayers more than US$37.5 billion and left 18 American service members dead.

Stuff

Trump calls Iran conflict 'small potatoes', says he agrees with Vance that it's not 'war'

The Hindu

Trump calls Iran conflict 'small potatoes', says he agrees with Vance that it's not 'war'

I call it a military conflict because it's small potatoes for us. It's not a big thing, said U.S. Vice-President J.D. Vance

The Hindu

US economy adds 162,000 jobs in August

Welcome to The Hill’s Business & Economy newsletter {beacon} Business & Economy Business & Economy The Big Story August jobs report beats expectations The U.S. economy added 162,000 jobs in August, soaring past expectations and raising the…

Fake Republican Midterm Convention Website Redirects Visitors to Epstein Files

Fake Republican Midterm Convention Website Redirects Visitors to Epstein Files

A spoof of the G.O.P. convention site tricked people for weeks, before redirecting them to the Justice Department’s library of Epstein files.

Trump offers first comments on Lindsay Clancy case

Trump offers first comments on Lindsay Clancy case

President Trump responded on Friday to a judge’s decision to declare a mistrial in the Lindsay Clancy murder trial, weighing in for the first time on the legal battle that has captured national attention. “It’s a shame. It’s a horrible…

Nigel Farage heckled as he denies Reform UK took illegal funding

Al Jazeera

Nigel Farage heckled as he denies Reform UK took illegal funding

Reform UK leader Nigel Farage was heckled by protesters on Friday, as he addressed the party’s conference in Birmingham.

Al Jazeera

US said drafting postwar plan to create alliance against Iran, expand Abraham Accords

US said drafting postwar plan to create alliance against Iran, expand Abraham Accords

Trump said to tell confidants he's working on 'something much bigger' in the Middle East after the war with Iran, but plan to only be implemented after US, Israeli elections The post US said drafting postwar plan to create alliance against…

Judge Orders Trump Officials to Divulge Names of Those Who Set Up $1.8 Billion Fund

Judge Orders Trump Officials to Divulge Names of Those Who Set Up $1.8 Billion Fund

The plan to create a fund that could have funneled taxpayer money to the president’s allies drew repeated scrutiny, including a rare rebuke from Senate Republicans.

IDF says 5 Palestinians planning attack arrested in West Bank commando raid

IDF says 5 Palestinians planning attack arrested in West Bank commando raid

Soldiers find weapons, ammunition and military gear hidden by suspects; army says 10 others arrested and weapons-making equipment seized in separate Nablus raid The post IDF says 5 Palestinians planning attack arrested in West Bank…

What to know about latest Missouri redistricting ruling

What to know about latest Missouri redistricting ruling

The Missouri Supreme Court delivered a last-minute twist in the midterm’s redistricting saga this week when the predominantly Republican governor-appointed court ruled that new maps passed by state lawmakers to give their party an extra…