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Market turmoil drives NZ dollar sharply higher
The New Zealand dollar has rallied sharply amid turmoil on international markets.

US Defence Secretary shared strike details in private chat: NYT
Flight schedules for F/A-18 Hornets targeting Yemen were leaked.

A podcast star helped red-pill Silicon Valley – now he’s Trump’s tech tsar
An investor and long-time Musk associate is helping Trump unchain the crypto industry.

Trump warns US could ditch Ukraine talks if no progress is made
The US President has failed to secure major Kremlin concessions despite truce efforts.

Trump threatens to ban 'joke' Harvard from enrolling foreign students
'Harvard can no longer be considered even a decent place of learning,' the President says.

Biden, breaking his silence, slams Trump on Social Security cuts
The former US President slammed the Trump administration's handling of Social Security.

Trump exempts smartphones, laptops, chips in China tariff backdown
Good news for iPhone maker Apple and others who make tech products in China for the US.

China hits back with 125% tariffs on US goods
Further American levies will be ignored by China as it plans lawsuit.

Sidelined and still processing her defeat, Kamala Harris looks for a way back in
New York Times: Why Kamala Harris is eyeing a governor run instead of the presidency.

Opinion: Trump has thrown the ultimate safe haven asset into crisis
Telegraph: Trump is demolishing accepted norms, unleashing havoc on the world stage.

Richard Prebble: How NZ’s fiscal policies leave us exposed to trade shocks
OPINION: Labour and National have increased debt, leaving NZ vulnerable to shocks.

Sir Keir Starmer: The world as we knew it has gone – nobody wins from a trade war
Telegraph: The UK PM plans to champion the voice of British industry on the world stage.

Global leaders rush to woo Trump, hoping to sway him on tariffs
New York Times: Governments trying to appeal to Trump to have steep tariffs rolled back.

Trump family’s cash registers ring as financial meltdown plays out
New York Times: The economic turbulence seemed far away for the Trump family.

‘I’m so angry’: Protesters swarm US cities opposing Trump’s divisive policies
'It's economic lunacy ... He is going to push us into a global recession.'

Barack Obama’s ‘deep deficit’ with wife Michelle
Obama claims he was in a 'deep deficit' with his wife after leaving the White House.

Fran O’Sullivan: Time for NZ to take charge in trade leadership
OPINION: It would be absurd to stand by while Trump decimates the global trading system.

Trump trade ‘emergency’ follows decades of anger that America has been ripped off
New York Times: Experts question how the US can be facing an emergency over trade deficit.

Trump family pushes further into crypto, starting another venture
New York Times: Two of Trump's sons have invested in a new bitcoin-mining company.

US senator closes in on record with 20-hour marathon anti-Trump speech
'I believe sincerely that our country is in crisis.'

‘All countries’: Trump aides draft tariff plans as some experts warn of economic damage
Proposed tariffs could reach 20%, affecting most imports to the US.