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‘One in a million’: Climber saved after three days in 300m crevasse
Mountaineer Anurag Maloo had been missing for days after falling into the crevasse on Mount Annapurna in Nepal but was rescued after a daring and dangerous mission.
- Gopal Sharma
CBI members start to quit following second rape claim
One of Britain’s biggest business lobby groups faces existential crisis after a series of damning sexual assault allegations.
- Laura Benitez, Sabah Meddings and Katie Linsell
Britain’s deputy PM quits after bullying investigation
Dominic Raab grudgingly stepped down after an independent investigation found he had intimidating and been aggressive towards staff.
- Brian Melley and Jill Lawless
Andrew Forrest chips in for $16m prize to fight bushfires
Andrew Forrest is throwing a few million dollars at a competition launched in Washington DC that detects wildfires earlier.
- Matthew Cranston
Australia seeks Japan’s help to be critical minerals ‘superpower’
Australian critical mineral producers are looking to Japan to help finance the government’s push to develop processing capabilities and help break China’s dominance.
- Michael Smith
Japan pivots away from peace as fear of China grow
Surrounded by hostile neighbours, Japan has woken from its post-war pacifism to ramp up defence spending and form new military alliances in the region.
- Michael Smith
Opinion & Analysis
Time to end this Coronation apathy
No doubt the spectacle will turn out to be magnificent, but I’m still not sure about the choice of a quiche.
Contributor
Tim Cook courts India as Apple speeds up China shift
Apple’s ramping up of production fits perfectly with Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s “Made in India” push. The fact that it also slights China is icing on the cake.
South-East Asia correspondent
How six hours of court theatre delivered the Fox settlement
While some 60 reporters sat in silence inside the courtroom, a high stakes deal was being hammered out behind closed doors between Fox and Dominion lawyers.
United States correspondent
How the Ukraine war has divided the world
The US may be right that the war in Ukraine is a struggle of transcendent significance. But if it cannot persuade or browbeat the rest of the world into agreement, America’s own global position may be eroded.
Columnist
From the Financial Times
Investors take fresh look at Japanese stocks but doubts persist
An equity market foreign investors have ignored since 2018 may now represent an opportunity they cannot afford to miss.
- Leo Lewis
Investors bet that US dollar has further to fall
After an 18-month bull run that took it to a 20-year high against a basket of currencies in September last year, the greenback has been in retreat as analysts have scaled back their expectations of US interest rate rises.
- Jennifer Hughes, Mary McDougall and Kate Duguid
- Opinion
- China relations
How the Ukraine war has divided the world
The US may be right that the war in Ukraine is a struggle of transcendent significance. But if it cannot persuade or browbeat the rest of the world into agreement, America’s own global position may be eroded.
- Gideon Rachman
Yesterday
China’s investment machine blitzes US in South-East Asia
Lowy Institute research shows Beijing has consolidated its lead in economic engagement and bolstered defence, diplomatic and cultural ties.
- Updated
- Emma Connors
Fox diehards none the wiser but Murdoch’s strategy may no longer pay
With such high costs following the $1.2 billion defamation settlement, will Fox really repeat its strategy when confronted with falling ratings?
- Matthew Cranston
Singapore ambassador slams the ‘nightmare’ set to ‘ruin the region’
National treasure Tommy Koh has spent decades negotiating with countries. He despairs at the “zero” level of trust between China and the US.
- Emma Connors
China confirms Farrell to visit Beijing soon
China’s Commerce Ministry has confirmed Trade Minister Don Farrell’s visit, raising hopes of a further lifting of trade tariffs.
- Michael Smith
Yellen warns decoupling from China would be ‘disastrous’
“National security is of paramount importance in our relationship with China,” US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said.
- Updated
- Christopher Condon and Viktoria Dendrinou
Charges against Alec Baldwin dropped over shooting
The movie star was charged with involuntary manslaughter over the 2021 shooting on the set of a movie he was filming.
- Andrew Dalton and Morgan Lee
- Opinion
- Royal family
Time to end this Coronation apathy
No doubt the spectacle will turn out to be magnificent, but I’m still not sure about the choice of a quiche.
- Philip Johnston
This smart gun could change the US forever
Can a weapon first envisioned by a 15-year-old schoolboy reduce the number of shooting deaths?
- Ashlee Vance
Keep the toilet lid closed: rat tales from New York
War stories from the frontline of the Big Apple’s plague of rodents.
- Dodai Stewart
Coronation parade one of largest military operations in decades
Soldiers from more than 30 Commonwealth countries will join thousands of British armed forces to mark the crowning of King Charles.
- Kate Holton
This Month
Investors take fresh look at Japanese stocks but doubts persist
An equity market foreign investors have ignored since 2018 may now represent an opportunity they cannot afford to miss.
- Leo Lewis
Rudd tells Biden he can ease US-China tensions
Australia’s new US ambassador Kevin Rudd told President Joe Biden he would work to improve the US-China relationship. He also said he is not afraid of Donald Trump.
- Updated
- Matthew Cranston
Ireland is booming as Britain languishes
Brexiteers said their closest EU neighbour would be “doomed”. But now it’s set to be the top-performing economy in Europe this year.
- Nick Ferris
Canada faces massive strike as public service union walks out
More than 155,000 federal workers in Canada went on strike after wage talks with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s government failed.
- Randy Thanthong-Knight
Putin’s back door for whisky, cognac gives distillers a headache
International spirits brands that halted supplies of premium liquor to Russia have lost control over whether their stock is sold there.
- Andy Hoffman and Dasha Afanasieva
UK inflation sticks above 10pc, lifting prospect of another rate rise
Investors quickly moved to price in further rate rises from the Bank of England, continuing the quickest tightening cycle in four decades.
- Tom Rees and Andrew Atkinson
- Analysis
- Trade
Tim Cook courts India as Apple speeds up China shift
Apple’s ramping up of production fits perfectly with Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s “Made in India” push. The fact that it also slights China is icing on the cake.
- Updated
- Emma Connors
- Comment
- Media & marketing
How six hours of court theatre delivered the Fox settlement
While some 60 reporters sat in silence inside the courtroom, a high stakes deal was being hammered out behind closed doors between Fox and Dominion lawyers.
- Matthew Cranston
$1.2b settlement is a big win for buyout firm Staple Street
Buyout firm Staple Street, which has more than $1 trillion assets under management, has scored a windfall from Dominion’s victory.
- Svea Herbst-Bayliss
Investors bet that US dollar has further to fall
After an 18-month bull run that took it to a 20-year high against a basket of currencies in September last year, the greenback has been in retreat as analysts have scaled back their expectations of US interest rate rises.
- Jennifer Hughes, Mary McDougall and Kate Duguid
