World
‘Can’t cry wolf all the time’: US officials resist restrictions despite BA.5 ‘downpour’
The highly transmissible Omicron variant now accounts for two-thirds of infections and 40,000 daily hospitalisations in the US.
- by Julie Bosman, Thomas Fuller and Edgar Sandoval
Opinion & Perspectives
Collateral damage: China, Sri Lanka and a developing debt crisis
Sri Lanka’s economic catastrophe is a harbinger of further monetary woes in poorer countries. China, the ATM of the developing world, has to decide if it is part of the solution or part of the problem.
Peter Hartcher
Political and international editor
Australia must do all it can to help crisis-torn Sri Lanka
Shortages of essentials have left many Sri Lankans struggling to survive. There is an urgent need to get their country back on track.
The Age's View
Editorial
As Ireland grows less benighted, America turns cruel for women
Ireland has leaped into modernity, rejecting religious reactionaries’ insistence on controlling women’s bodies. America, meanwhile, has gone in the opposite direction.
Maureen Dowd
New York Times columnist
North America
New Yorkers behind ‘Chinese Disneyland’ charged for using investor money on Trump campaign
The scheme was part of an effort by the pair to showcase political connections as they sought funds to build a China-themed park in upstate New York.
- by Luc Cohen
‘Can’t cry wolf all the time’: US officials resist restrictions despite BA.5 ‘downpour’
The highly transmissible Omicron variant now accounts for two-thirds of infections and 40,000 daily hospitalisations in the US.
- by Julie Bosman, Thomas Fuller and Edgar Sandoval
Europe
Investigation
Russia-Ukraine war
Inside the Ukraine war crimes investigation, Part 4: the destruction
- by Anthony Galloway and Kate Geraghty
Airports forced to close, reports of drownings as UK endures heat warning
- by Danica Kirka and Jill Lawless
Flames reach the beach as heat and wildfires rage across Europe
- by Angela Charlton and Joseph Wilson
Asia
Imran Khan demands early election after key victory
The former cricketer and Pakistani prime minister has been on the campaign trail since being turfed out by what he calls a US conspiracy.
- by Ben Farmer
Opinion
China relations
Collateral damage: China, Sri Lanka and a developing debt crisis
Sri Lanka’s economic catastrophe is a harbinger of further monetary woes in poorer countries. China, the ATM of the developing world, has to decide if it is part of the solution or part of the problem.
- by Peter Hartcher
Resignation by email: Sri Lankan president quits after touching down in Singapore
- by Uditha Jayasinghe, Alasdair Pal and Chen Lin
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New Zealand extends fuel excise cut until next year in bid to help rising cost of living
New Zealand petrol prices, like elsewhere, have risen sharply since Russia’s attack on Ukraine started in February, contributing to significant inflation.
From ‘magic’ grass to roads and schools, China is everywhere in Fiji
- by Eryk Bagshaw and Tim Vula
‘This place will crack’: Centuries-old graves threatened by the sea
- by Eryk Bagshaw and Tim Vula
From the Archives, 1997: Tears and anger as tragedy hits our athletes
- by Ross Dunn, Helen Pitt and Malcolm Brown
US, Australia launch major Pacific counter-bid to China’s rising influence
- by Eryk Bagshaw and Farrah Tomazin