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Kim suspect a chemistry expert

Amanda Hodge

A fourth suspect arrested over the assassination of Kim Jong-nam is a North Korean man with expertise in chemistry

The World

Illegal migrant children targeted

LAURA MECKLER

Parents and others who help children travel illegally to the US could be deportated or prosecuted.

Wall Street Journal

Wilders brands Moroccans scum

MATTHEW CAMPBELL

Surrounded by police and protesters, anti-immigrant Dutch populist Geert Wilders has kicked off his campaign.

The Times

Korea slides, China woos Japan

Rowan Callick

China is courting Japan to form a partnership for stability in north Asia amid turmoil in the Korean peninsula.

The World

Female spies deadlier than men

Ben Macintyre

As North Korean assassins demonstrated last week, the West’s enemies know better than us the power of a pretty face.

The Times

Fanciful Versace can do no wrong

Donatella Versace has brought her brand’s rock ‘n’ roll sensibility to London Fashion Week

The World

White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer is having a hard time with words lately, calling the Australian PM 'Trumble,' confusing Trumble with Joe Hockey, calling the Canadian PM 'Joe' and confusing Orlando with Atlanta

North Korea suspected over 'assassination'

US govt sources say they strongly believe North Korea was behind the murder of Kim Jong-un's half brother.

Can Science Help Us Understand Love?

Can your sense of small help you find a mate? Dr. Fred Nour, author of "True Love," joins Lunch Break with Tanya Rivero to discuss the four phases of love, which include accepting the fact that falling out of love plays an important role in finding a partner. Photo: iStock

The Best Chromebook You Can Buy

Samsung's Chromebook Pro goes up against the iPad Pro and Microsoft Surface Pro. WSJ's Joanna Stern weighs the pros... and cons. Photo/video: Drew Evans/The Wall Street Journal.

Crowd ignores Russian iceberg

TOBY HARNDEN

The President’s fighting stance is going down well with his core voters, but he will face more awkward questions over Russia

Pence assures Europe on NATO

America’s commitment to NATO is “unwavering”, the US Vice-President Mike Pence says.

Tackling unsettled affairs

Greg Sheridan

Israel’s future will top the agenda when Benjamin Netanyahu visits Australia.

Trump’s first China manoeuvre

A US aircraft carrier strike group has begun patrols in the South China Sea despite warnings from China.

Suspects flee after assassination

Malaysia identifies four more North Korean suspects in the assassination of Kim Jong-Un’s half-brother who’ve fled the country.

Will Ecuador evict Assange?

DAMIEN MCELROY

The Wikileaks founder could be ejected from the Ecuadorean embassy in London where he has been holed up since 2012.

Kim suspect ‘shot prank videos’

ANITA RACHMAN

The family of Siti Aisyah said she had told them she had been shooting prank-style videos with a Japanese producer.

The cave life trapped in crystals

In a Mexican cave system so beautiful and hot that it is called both Fairyland and hell, scientists have discovered life trapped in crystals that could be 50,000 years old.

Robert Irwin dazzles Fallon

It’s been over ten years since Steve Irwin passed away but now his son Robert has made his solo television debut.

The legacy of Roe vs Wade

Norma McCorvey, who was known as Jane Roe, the woman at the centre of the US abortion legal test case, has died at the age of 69.

US ‘will hold Russia accountable’

ANTON TROIANOVSKI

US Vice President Mike Pence said the US backs NATO but a Russian official touted a new kind of world order.

Media ‘enemy of the American people’

US President Donald Trump has dramatically stepped up his attacks on the American media.

A very royal scandal

Graham Keeley

The fairytale romance once enchanted Spain. Now, the couple are engulfed in the worst scandal to have hit the royal family.

Instant amnesia: my brain failed

David Aaronovitch

My mind went blank for four hours. There’s no known cause for the type of sudden amnesia I suffered.

‘Conqueror’ threatens Merkel

David Charter

he popularity of the only man thought capable of defeating Angela Merkel has hit a new high.

The gatekeeper

Louise Callaghan

Standing at the crossroads of East and West, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan ruthlessly exploits enormous power.

Scores die in Iraqi attack

A car bomb yesterday ripped through a used car market in Baghdad in the deadliest attack this year.

Trump: ‘a fine-tuned machine’

Donald Trump has insisted there was “zero chaos” in his White House in a first solo news conference.

Polanski bid for US return

Fugitive filmmaker Roman Polanski plans to return to the US and is seeking assurances he will do no further jail time.

Palmyra faces put back together

Tom Kington

The ancient funeral bust of an aristocrat destroyed by ISIS in Palmyra has been restored by Italian experts.

Mammoths ‘in two years’

Tom Whipple

A Havard professor has promised to create within two years the first woolly mammoth embryo.

Samsung scion awaiting trial

Prosecutors yesterday arrested the de facto head of South Korea’s largest conglomerate, Samsung.

Israel pick recants rants

DION NISSENBAUM

The nominee to be US ambassador to Israel distances himself from a series of his inflammatory comments.

SEAL turns down The Donald

Retired admiral Bob Harward turns down an offer to succeed Mike Flynn as national security adviser.

My house was a jail

Jacob Atkins

These women fled Islam and Saudi Arabia alone into a world of which they knew precious little.

World Commentary

Female spies deadlier than men

Ben Macintyre

As North Korean assassins demonstrated last week, the West’s enemies know better than us the power of a pretty face.

World

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