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Australia steps up bid for Pope Leo visit, as PM lands in Rome for inauguration mass. smh.com.au/politics/feder…

Media campaign against Nick McKenzie has been vicious, but great investigative reporter vindicated again in the courts. theage.com.au/national/nsw/b…

Thousands gather for Pope Leo. He has just entered St Peter’s Square in the popemobile. smh.com.au/world/europe/t…

Popemobile preparation a short time ago at St Peter’s square.

Thousands of people are still milling around Vatican City. (The smart ones knew to arrange lunch nearby.) A great photo gallery here with our coverage of Pope Leo XIV. smh.com.au/world/europe/t…

Pope Leo meets JD Vance, a few months after calling him wrong on Catholic teaching. theage.com.au/world/europe/p…

Things move fast — we have confirmation Anthony Albanese will meet Pope Leo again for longer talks in a few hours. smh.com.au/politics/feder…

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Just in case there was any doubt. More from Nick McKenzie after he was vindicated (again) in court. smh.com.au/national/inves…

Anthony Albanese is likely to attend the G7 in Canada next month — a summit where he can see Donald Trump. It’s a better venue than the circus maximus of the Oval Office. Good reasons below for staying away from Washington DC. theage.com.au/world/north-am…

HawaiiNewsNow: “Nicolle Saroukos of Sydney, Australia, was looking forward last Sunday to a three-week vacation in Honolulu.” hawaiinewsnow.com/2025/05/24/im-…

Two glorious pages of the The Sydney Morning Herald yesterday — photography by Alex Ellinghausen from Rome.

Peter Baker in the The New York Times on Trump and corruption. Do American voters care? nytimes.com/2025/05/25/us/…

Further to our exclusive on the extraordinary informal votes in special hospitals ... calls for a full investigation of what the hell happened. With the brilliant Olivia Ireland ... smh.com.au/politics/feder…

Here’s the US Steel share price in the days before Donald Trump’s announcement just now. Insiders making money again.

I recently went to Manzhouli - a hustling, quirky Chinese town on the border with Russia that has become a key link in the economic lifeline sustaining Putin's invasion of Ukraine. My dispatch is here - smh.com.au/world/asia/on-…

WIDER ANGLE: In this size the cop shooting Australian reporter Lauren Tomasi with rubber bullets looks even more intentional. (H/T Timothy Burke)

Hey there. Thanks for all your messages - I'm a bit sore, but I'm okay. Important we keep on telling the stories that need to be told. Here's our report on what unfolded in Los Angeles.

Waleed Aly: the column he never wanted to write. theage.com.au/national/this-…