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Treasurer Daniel Mookhey accuses union of ‘gaslighting’ the city on a day when 576 train drivers and guards failed to show up to workFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news

Office of personnel management orders agencies to dismiss workers who had not yet gained civil service protectionThe Trump administration on Thursday intensified its sweeping efforts to shrink the size of the federal workforce, the country’s

Foreign secretary says ‘we will discuss issues where the UK and China do not always see eye to eye’ as he meets Wang Yi, Beijing’s foreign affairs ministerKeir Starmer has been forced to cut short

Vaccine sceptic likely to face early vote after wavering Republicans said they would support appointmentThe Senate will convene to resume consideration of Robert F Kennedy Jr’s nomination as health secretary on Thursday morning.Writing for CBS

What will the world look like without US foreign assistance? Nesrine Malik reports“My community, living here in the refugee camp, is already vulnerable,” Sahat Zia tells Lucy Hough. “I’m very concerned, especially for the children