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Gordon Sondland , the US ambassador to the European Union, returns after a break in his testimony before a House Intelligence Committee hearing as part of the impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump. (Jonathan Ernst/Reuters)

Top diplomat implicates Trump in explosive impeachment testimony

Gordon Sondland says he followed the president’s orders in seeking a "quid pro quo" deal for Ukraine to investigate Joe Biden

The key evidence is the official White House transcript of a July 25 phone call showing Donald Trump pressuring Volodymyr Zelensky (L) to open investigations into rival Joe Biden. (Reuters/Jonathan Ernst)
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Fireworks expected as televised Trump impeachment hearings open

Trump says the inquiry is "corrupt" and "illegal," and maintains he did nothing wrong

Former United States President Donald Trump. Photo: Supplied

Trump denounces impeachment inquiry as a ‘coup’

Trump faces the possibility of becoming only the third US president ever impeached by Congress

Mueller’s 448-page report documents extensive contacts between the Trump campaign and Russians, including attempts to cooperate or collude, neither of which is a specific crime. (Joshua Robert)

Trump attacks Mueller ahead of testimony on Russia probe

Two days before Mueller testifies the president repeated his longstanding claim it was a biased ‘witch hunt’

Former United States President Donald Trump. Photo: Supplied

Trump declares ‘complete exoneration’ after Mueller finds no collusion

Mueller report clears Russian collusion claims, but does not exonerate Trump of obstruction of justice.

Christopher Wray, director of the FBI, speaks at a press conference announcing an indictment against Huawei Technologies at the Department of Justice in Washington, DC on Monday. (Alex Wroblewski/Bloomberg/Getty Images)

US charges Huawei in technology theft, sanctions violations

​The US Justice Department has unveiled sweeping charges against Huawei in two cases likely to ratchet up tensions between the US and China

North Korea slammed US National Security Advisor John Bolton on Monday, calling him a “war maniac” who should be banished, (Eric Thayer/Reuters)

US threatens to arrest ICC judges who probe war crimes

The US is prepared to slap financial sanctions and criminal charges on officials of the court, says National Security Adviser John Bolton

Michael Cohen as sentenced to three years in prison in December, after admitting to having paid hush money during the 2016 election to two women who said they had had affairs with Donald Trump. (Eduardo Munoz Alvarez/Getty Images)

The man who pledged to ‘take a bullet’ for Trump

On Tuesday that once-deep loyalty melted away when Cohen stunningly implicated the US president in two felony crimes

The scrupulously tight-lipped Mueller will appear at back-to-back hearings on July 17 of the House Judiciary and Intelligence Committees. (Jonathan Ernst/Reuters)

Manafort conviction and Cohen plea boost Mueller probe

The cases of Paul Manafort and Michael Cohen won’t end Trump’s crusade to tar Mueller’s probe as a "witch hunt"

The data generated an incredible 4 000 or more data points on each US voter

Psychometrics: How Facebook data helped Trump find his voters

A developer and a British firm used a personality quiz to create a powerful database which helped carry Donald Trump to the White House.

Trader Michael Zicchinolfi works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange in New York. Financial stocks are leading the market lower in early trading after JPMorgan Chase disclosed a huge trading loss on Thursday.

JPMorgan investment chief bows out after $2bn loss

JPMorgan Chase’s investment chief Ina Drew has resigned as the White House urged stronger industry regulation in the wake of the a $2-billion loss.

Goldman Sachs rips off ‘muppet’ clients

Goldman Sachs rips off ‘muppet’ clients, says ex-director

A resigning director claims banking titan Goldman Sachs has become a ‘toxic and destructive’ firm focused on milking clients for everything it can.

En garde, Lagarde: IMF wild cards win vanguard’s regard

France’s Christine Lagarde faces solid competition from Mexican and Israeli contenders as the IMF board begins deciding on a new leader.

Brics speak strongly against European IMF leader

The world’s largest emerging economies has slammed Europe’s push to lock up the International Monetary Fund’s top job.

Europe, developing world square off over IMF post

Battle lines were shaping up over the choice of a new leader for the IMF on Friday as it searched for a successor to Dominique Strauss-Kahn.

Strauss-Kahn back home after sex scandal

IMF leadership battle begins as chief resigns

The resignation of IMF head Dominique Strauss-Kahn promises to set off a succession battle pitting the developing world against the West.

Higher food prices here to stay

From McDonald’s burgers in the United States to sugar in Bolivia and chillies in Indonesia, food prices across the globe are soaring.

Be my Valentine — but shh, Saudi cops are watching

It is the battle between Saudi romantics and the police, who each year try to convince the public that Valentine’s Day is a heathen holiday.

Somali pirates walk the ladder in hijack battle

The way you spot a Somali pirate in a sea of fishermen, says a top French naval commander, is not the AK-47s on his skiff — it’s the ladder on deck.