World
Detention of migrant children in US skyrocketsÂ
The overall number of migrant children under detention has exploded to the highest ever recorded, clashing with Trump plans to reduce undocumented migration.
- by Caitlin Dickerson
'Get rid of the braille!' Trump's one-time war on the blind
- by John Wagner and David Fahrenthold
Opinion & Perspectives
Ready, aim, misfire: the Brits just aren't as good as Australians at leadership coups
Theresa May has clung on for more than two years now – in Australian terms, three quarters of a Turnbull, four-fifths of a combined Rudd, or 1.1 Abbotts.
Nick Miller
Trump's long history of lying about 9/11 and exploiting it for personal gain
Looking back at Donald Trump's history when it comes to September 11 shows that it was always about Donald Trump. Even on September 11.
Paul Waldman
The NYT's 'Anonymous' is hiding in plain sight
Is the disgruntled senior Trump administration official who wrote the anonymous opinion piece in the New York Times actually representing a group?
Thomas Friedman
North America
'Miraculous': Boy survives after meat skewer pierces skull
The 10-year-old boy was attacked by wasps and tumbled from a tree, landing on a meat skewer that penetrated his skull.
Worse than expected: US detention of migrant children rises fivefold
The overall number of migrant children under detention has exploded to the highest ever recorded, clashing with Trump plans to reduce undocumented migration.
- by Caitlin Dickerson
Europe
Analysis
UK
Ready, aim, misfire: the Brits just aren't as good as Australians at leadership coups
- by Nick Miller
Asia
Strongest typhoon this year closes in on north Philippines
The most powerful typhoon of the season is closing in on the northern Philippines, where officials ordered precautionary evacuations and closures of schools.
Rat in broth wipes a fortune off Chinese restaurant chain’s value
For one Chinese restaurant chain, an item found by a customer at one of its outlets has proved to be particularly costly: a rat.
- by Tiffany May
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Oldest-known human drawing found in South African cave
The abstract design was drawn by hunter-gatherers who periodically dwelled in Blombos cave overlooking the Indian Ocean, about 300 kilometres east of Cape Town.
