World
Monkeypox cases among gay, bisexual men reported in Portugal, Britain
British health authorities said Wednesday they had identified two new cases of monkeypox, one in London and another in southeast England.
- by Maria Cheng and Barry Hatton
‘Shift to higher gear’: Philippines’ Bongbong Marcos talks up closer ties with China
- by Neil Jerome Morales and Karen Lema
Opinion & Perspectives
‘Hate will not prevail’: Biden visits Buffalo to mourn, denounce white supremacy
Biden called out sections of the media and political figures for radicalising “angry, alienated, lost and isolated individuals” into believing racist ideas.
Farrah Tomazin
North America correspondent
The ingenious strategy that could win the war for Ukraine
The consistent Ukrainian military campaign is successfully corroding the Russian offensive and may deliver an unlikely, but historic, victory.
Mick Ryan
Military leader and strategist
Biden will do ‘everything in his power’ to end hate crimes. But can he do anything?
The Buffalo mass shooting was inspired by the horrors of the Christchurch massacre. But America won’t respond with sweeping gun law reforms the way NZ did.
Farrah Tomazin
North America correspondent
North America
Is Happy the elephant legally a person? A court will decide
The Nonhuman Rights Project attorneys contend that she is so autonomous and intelligent that she has a right to bodily liberty.
- by Marisa Iati
‘I mean Ukraine!’: George W Bush confuses Iraq with Ukraine
The famously tongue-tied politician spearheaded the 2003 invasion of Iraq on suspicion - proved wrong - that Saddam Hussein possessed weapons of mass destruction.
- by Chris Zappone
Europe
Monkeypox cases among gay, bisexual men reported in Portugal, Britain
- by Maria Cheng and Barry Hatton
Asia
‘Shift to higher gear’: Philippines’ Bongbong Marcos talks up closer ties with China
Marcos, who won last week’s election by a landslide, said he held “very substantial” talks by phone on Wednesday with Chinese President Xi Jinping.
- by Neil Jerome Morales and Karen Lema
Philippines’ new president Ferdinand ‘Bongbong’ Marcos makes secret trip to Australia
Days after winning the presidential election in the Philippines, Ferdinand Marcos jnr has quietly flown to Melbourne, where his youngest son is said to be enrolling to study.
- by Chris Barrett and Matilda Finn
‘Great turmoil’: Dozens die in North Korea as Kim admits scale of COVID outbreak
- by Josh Smith and Byungwook Kim
Also in World
Hezbollah, allies lose their majority in Lebanon parliament
Hezbollah’s most vocal opponents and more than a dozen independents have made gains, the results show.
- by Bassem Mroue
Israel, in shift, investigates possibility IDF soldier killed American journalist
- by Shira Rubin and Steve Hendrix
Opinion
China
Footy diplomacy v China’s Pacific expansion: why Australia must back PNG’s bid for an NRL team
- by Stephen Brancatisano
