World
Divide and rule: Myanmar junta ‘weaponising’ racial tensions
Security forces are distributing inflammatory leaflets, stoking anti-Muslim tension, more atrocities are committed in the strife-torn south-east Asian nation.
- by Chris Barrett
‘Domicile of Debauchery’: jurors shown Epstein’s nude photos, massage table, sex toys
- by Patricia Hurtado and Mary Biekert
Opinion & Perspectives
After the sub snub, Macron flexes military strength in Middle East
The French President’s visit to Saudi Arabia coincides with a weekend of festivities that will help to rebuild the image of the kingdom’s controversial prince.
Samy Adghirni
Australia caught in an election trap as Washington and Beijing do business
The US and Australia have made much of their united front on China’s economic coercion, but the truth is American exporters have been eating Australia’s lunch.
Eryk Bagshaw
North Asia correspondent
‘I’m not John Key’: Ex-Air NZ boss the latest opposition leader to face Ardern
Chris Luxon may be the answer National has been looking for all along to take on the likeable NZ Prime Minister, but he’s hedging his bets.
Henry Cooke
Stuff chief political reporter
North America
CNN fires anchor Chris Cuomo for helping brother with sex-harassment scandal
The news organisation said, “additional information has come to light”, leading to the firing of the popular prime-time TV host.
- by Joseph Wilkinson
Parents of suspected Michigan school shooter plead not guilty to manslaughter charges
A Michigan judge set bail at $US500,000 each for the parents of a teenager accused of murdering four fellow high school students after the couple was taken into custody following a high-profile manhunt.
- by Kathleen Foody
Updated
Mass shooting
Parents of Michigan school shooter ‘found in basement’ after police hunt
- by Brendan O'Brien and Joseph Ax
Russia could invade Ukraine ‘next month’: US intelligence
- by Shane Harris and Paul Sonne
Europe
Asia
Insecure world: everyday cross-border harassment a new reality for democracy
Will the Summit for Democracy address how borders have been rendered porous by technology, normalising the harassment of regime critics living in free societies?
- by Chris Zappone and Eryk Bagshaw
Villagers flee in Indonesia as tallest volcano on Java erupts
People have been filmed dashing away from spiralling volcanic cloud in Indonesia’s East Java province as ash was sprayed 12 kilometres into the sky, turning day into night.
- by Chris Barrett and Karuni Rompies
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Dozens killed as bus swept away by floodwaters in Kenya
At least 20 people drowned on Saturday when a bus carrying a group of religious faithful was swept away by floodwaters as the driver tried to cross a river in the eastern Kenyan county of Kitui, the county governor said.
Analysis
International affairs
After the sub snub, Macron flexes military strength in Middle East
- by Samy Adghirni
So hot right now: Tourists flee but scientists flock to La Palma’s ‘lava lab’
- by Aritz Parra and Emilio Morenatti
Opinion
Political unrest
There’s gold in the Solomon Islands, but not for the people who live there
- by Peter Hartcher
Omicron hot spot faces reckoning over low vaccine rates
- by Mogomotsi Magome and Andrew Meldrum