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China hits back hard in global trade war
The world's second biggest economy has announced additional tariffs of 34 percent on US goods.
Trump fires NSA director in national security purge, sources say
Sources said the purge also included more than a dozen staff at the White House national security council.
Sean 'Diddy' Combs faces expanded sex trafficking indictment
Sean 'Diddy' Combs has been hit with an expanded federal indictment, charging the hip-hop mogul with more counts of racketeering and sex trafficking.
South Korean court ousts impeached President Yoon
A snap election must be held within 60 days of the ruling.
NZ officials get clarification on Trump's new tariffs
The flat 10 percent duty being applied to US imports will apply on top of any existing tariffs, but there are some exceptions.
Take a lichen at this
Calling all wildlife photographers - the 2025 City Nature Challenge begins in just under three weeks. Lichenologist Marley Ford explains how it works. Audio
YouTuber arrested after risky attempt to meet hostile, uncontacted tribe
American Mykhailo Viktorovych Polyakov tried to sneak in a restricted territory carrying a can of Diet Coke .
Morning Report Essentials for Friday 4 April 2025
On today's episode, former High Commissioner to the United Kingdom Phil Goff has doubled down on his comments about Trump, we get reaction from the business community to the Trump administration's… Audio
Kerry-Anne Walsh with news from Australia
It's Friday so we cross the ditch to Canberra to talk to our correspondent Kerry-Anne Walsh. Audio
Wall St plunges, world markets reel from Trump tariffs
The sweeping 'Liberation Day' tariffs have sent a shock through markets around the world.
Phil Goff doubles down on comments that led to sacking as High Commissioner
New Zealand's former high commissioner to the United Kingdom, the former Labour Party leader Phil Goff, has doubled down on comments that led to his sacking last month. Goff spoke to Corin Dann. Audio
Authors hold protest against Meta for 'stealing' work to train AI
Writers chanted "Meta, Meta, book thieves, with one carrying a placards reading "I'd write a sign but you'd steal it".
US still in NATO, Rubio tells European allies
While in Brussels US Secretary of State Marco Rubio dismissed doubts by European allies about the future of NATO as 'hysteria'.
Search for missing MH370 suspended due to bad weather
The search for the Malaysian Airlines flight, which mysteriously disappeared in 2014, will only resume at the end of the year.
Phil Goff has no regrets about remarks as UK High Commissioner
Former UK High Commissioner Phil Goff has no regrets over his criticism of Donald Trump - even though he lost his job as a result. Audio
UK: unhappy reaction over US tariffs
UK Correspondent Henry Riley talks tariffs, chlorinated chicken and rubbish piling up in Birmingham Audio
Trump tariffs draw global promises of counter measures
Here is what some governments said about what they would - and would not - do in response.
The African countries affected by US tariffs
Lesotho is about to cop the world's second highest tariff - Nabil Ahmed Rufai reports from Africa Audio
Wall Street plunges as Trump tariffs rout dollar
Global stocks slumped, government bonds jumped and safe-haven gold touched a record high.
Myth Takes: Ruins
Classics educator and enthusiast Ben Jackson takes Nights on a virtual tour of the Colosseum, the Parthenon, and the Pantheon. Audio