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Letters: China’s ambitions echo history; split housing market reflects society

OPINION: 'If China hadn't retrenched in the 1400s, the world might look very different.'

Macron and Starmer have played Trump’s game before, but the rules are changing

New York Times: Approaches previously tried with Trump may no longer work.

Madonna blasts ‘King’ Trump, author Stephen King calls him ‘traitorous’

'If this is a joke, I'm not laughing'.

‘We are not furniture’: Why Greenland won’t bow to Trump’s push for control

New York Times: The huge ice-bound island has been thrust into a geopolitical maelstrom.

Why Saudi Arabia hosted high-level US-Russia talks on Ukraine

Russian negotiators stayed at Riyadh's five-star Ritz-Carlton, while Kyiv was frozen out.

Kremlin message to Trump: There’s money to be made in Russia

New York Times: Russia pushes for US business return amid Ukraine war talks with Trump.

Make the Wahs great again: NRL’s bid to get Trump to Vegas game

NRL boss makes shameless bid.

Trump suggests no laws are broken if he’s ‘saving his country’

New York Times: Trump tests legal limits with statement shared on social media.

Trump’s media crackdown echoes Nixon’s Watergate-era tactics

NYT: Trump's heavy-handed approach has hallmarks of attempted crackdown 50 years ago.

Market close: NZ stocks make small gain as reporting season kicks off

Vulcan Steel kicked off the reporting season on a disappointing note.

Trump muses about a third term, over and over again

New York Times: Trump suggests he may seek to stay in office beyond constitutional limit.

Trump says US will own Gaza Strip

US President says he is committed to buying the Gaza Strip. Video / The White House

Trump tells US Treasury to stop minting new pennies

Prices might be rounded to the nearest five cents if pennies are removed.

Market Watch: Share markets are rattled, but here’s why one fund manager remains optimistic

Liam Dann talks tariff turmoil with Pie Funds CIO Mike Taylor.

Letters: Many people are starting the new year in debt

OPINION: The Prime Minister needs to set the standards in Parliament.

Inside Musk’s power play to reshape the US federal government

NYT: Musk's moves represent an extraordinary flexing of power by a private individual.