Former Australian PM Malcolm Turnbull says leaders must stand up to bullies after being lashed by Donald Trump | Donald Trump

Former Australian prime minister Malcolm Turnbull has said leaders should “not give in to bullies” after he was lashed by Donald Trump in a late-night social media post. Taking to Truth Social platform just before midnight Sunday night in Washington DC, the US president said Turnbull led Australia from “behind” and did not understand China….

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‘Trump and Musk are gaslighting’: anti-apartheid artist on how US president and his billionaire ally are attacking South Africa | South Africa

For more than 50 years, Sue Williamson’s art has been shining a light on South Africa’s problems – first to campaign against the apartheid state, and then to question how far the country has progressed in reconciliation and remembrance. But as she prepares for her first retrospective exhibition, the 84-year-old artist has a new pair…

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Canada ready with ‘forceful, immediate’ response if Trump imposes tariffs – US politics live | US news

Canada ready with ‘forceful, immediate’ response if US imposes tariffs, says Trudeau Canada will respond immediately with a series of forceful countermeasures if Donald Trump goes ahead with a threat to impose tariffs, Canada’s prime minister Justin Trudeau said. On Thursday, Trump repeated his threat to impose tariffs on imports from Canada and Mexico that…

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‘Cancel culture? We should stop it. End of story’: Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie on backlash, writer’s block – and her new baby twins | Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

I arrive early to meet Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, the Nigerian-American writer, feminist, author of Americanah. Her home, just outside Baltimore, looks Scandinavian somehow amid the snow crust and woodland. Adichie is mid-photoshoot, but the stylist shows me through to the kitchen, telling me to help myself to roast chicken and rice. At a desk in…

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