Ange Postecoglou is sacked as manager of English Premier League team Tottenham Hotspur, just two weeks after he delivered the north London club its first silverware in 17 years.

Tottenham Hotspur's decision to sack coach Ange Postecoglou sparks sympathy and outrage as the football world digests the news of the Australian's departure from the English Premier League club.

It's a rocky road for global financial markets and most are treading very carefully.

Donald Trump and Elon Musk are at loggerheads over the US president's major tax and spending bill, which the tech billionaire believes will load America with unsustainable debt. 

In a frank interview with the ABC, Housing Minister Clare O'Neil declared that Australia has made it "uneconomic" to build homes.

Vladimir Putin's online army is normally supportive, but some accounts have been boldly outspoken and willing to question, even blame, the Russian establishment for not protecting the country's prized strategic bomber fleet.

The federal government has promised to close the loophole that allowed employers to cancel paid parental leave after a stillbirth or early infant death.