Tsunami strikes Indonesia after quake

• Tabita Diela and Gayatri Suroyo

A tsunami has swept away buildings and washed a ship onto shore in the city of Palu on the island of Sulawesi after a major 7.5 magnitude earthquake.

The destination Chinese tourists prefer to Australia

• Michael Smith

The founder of China's largest online travel company, child genius and Stanford-educated demographer James Liang, tells Lunch with the AFR exactly how fast China is changing.

Kavanaugh hearing exposes a nation divided

• Marc Fisher

The subject was supposed to be the selection of a new justice on the Supreme Court. Instead Thursday's showdown on Capitol Hill was a raw, scorched-earth confrontation across the nation's most emotionally wrenching divides.

Trump shaken but backs his man

President Donald Trump and his allies were shaken by Christine Blasey Ford's emotional appearance on Capitol Hill, but heartened by Brett Kavanaugh's forceful push-back against the woman who accused him of sexual misconduct.

In #MeToo era, Ford lauded on left and right as honest and brave

• Ginger Gibson and Julia Harte

While Republican senators depicted her testimony as part of a partisan attack orchestrated by Democrats, they – and Kavanaugh – were careful not to attack Ford personally.

Australia needs to lift 'boring' image

• Michael Smith

The executive chairman of China's biggest online travel company says there is a perception amongst Chinese tourists that Australia is "boring".

40 years on, Kavanaugh's high school world endures

• Opinion
• Ginia Bellafante

Over the past 40 years, the drinking practices of teenagers growing up surrounded by affluence and outsize expectations have stayed the same.

British PM to face down rivals

• Hans van Leeuwen

Brexit ructions and preening leadership rivals will greet British Prime Minister Theresa May when she heads to her Conservative Party's annual conference this weekend.