The US president is deadly serious about giving Washington DC a makeover and is now facing criticism over using special powers to hand-pick a company to finish work on the memorial in time for the country’s 250th birthday.

Foreign media have highlighted Pauline Hanson’s admiration for Donald Trump and the growing electoral support globally for populist right parties.

Despite the US turning the screws on Tehran with a naval blockade and a new wave of economic sanctions, the regime is not buckling.

Working-class Wigan has long been a UK Labour stronghold, but of the 25 seats up for grabs at the recent local elections, 24 went to populist leader Nigel Farage’s Reform party.

Wigan was a stronghold for the Labour Party for decades, but it swung hard to back populist leader Nigel Farage and his Reform UK party in the latest elections.

Australians will be among the last off the hantavirus-stricken cruise ship docked at the Canary Islands with a repatriation flight en route.

Tehran focused on ending the war on all fronts, especially in Lebanon, and safe shipping through the Strait of Hormuz, but it did not indicate how or when the vital waterway might reopen.

The swashbuckler and great rival of Rupert Murdoch once laughed about how he could pause his medication and see off his tycoon rival once and for all.

The vessel has arrived in the Canary Islands after the Spanish government overruled a local attempt to block its entry.

Two days before One Nation won Farrer, Farage’s Reform party triumphed in the UK.

A person who jumped a fence and was on a runway at Denver International Airport was struck and killed by a Frontier Airlines plane during takeoff.

A plane taking off from Denver International Airport was forced to make an emergency stop after it hit a person on the runway.