Today
House prices rebound in global turning point
Across the 37 industrialised OECD countries, nominal house prices grew 2.1 per cent in the third quarter of 2023.
- Valentina Romei
Four ways the Ukraine war could end
The situation on the front is desperate and has prompted soul-searching among Ukrainians – and their Western allies – about how, if at all, the war can be brought to a close.
- Roland Oliphant
Zelensky says 31,000 troops killed as counteroffensive looms
The tally that President Volodymyr Zelensky revealed differs sharply from that given by US officials, who have said the number is closer to 70,000.
- Volodymyr Verbianyi and Daryna Krasnolutska
- Opinion
- Workplace
The rising menace of absurd job titles
From “global general counsel” to “chief growth officer”, terrible epithets confuse and infuriate, but they are also increasing.
- Pilita Clark
Yesterday
- Opinion
- Russia-Ukraine war
Putin’s space nuke is so crazy, it’s an opportunity
The spectre of Russian nuclear escalation in space could offer Joe Biden and Xi Jinping to make common cause in restraining and deterring the Russian autocrat.
- Andreas Kluth
- Analysis
- Trade wars
In the shadow of Trump: how the WTO has reached the last-chance saloon
A summit of up to 164 ministers in Abu Dhabi aims to rebuild confidence and capability at the global trade umpire before a new Trump administration starts another trade war.
- Hans van Leeuwen
This Month
Australia’s fund managers use new tactics to support Ukraine
The public are still supportive, but as the war enters a third year, new tactics are needed to ward off the risk of donor fatigue or political distraction.
- Updated
- Hans van Leeuwen
- Opinion
- The AFR View
As Ukraine’s stocks fall, stakes get higher
Two years after Vladimir Putin’s brutal invasion began, it’s not just about whether Ukraine can avoid defeat but whether Europe can defend itself
- The AFR View
US imposes major new sanctions on Russia after Navalny’s death
The Biden administration is targeting Russia’s financial sector and military-industrial complex in a broad effort to degrade the Kremlin’s war machine.
- Alan Rappeport
In Ukraine, ruthless Putin smells weakness
Two years into the war and fending off Russia is getting much harder for an army with an average age in the 40s. It needs help.
- Hans van Leeuwen
Hundreds of Ukraine soldiers feared dead, captured in chaotic retreat
The fall of Avdiivka to Russia may be more significant than it initially seemed as Ukraine struggles with morale and recruitment.
- Julian E. Barnes, Thomas Gibbons-Neff and Eric Schmitt
Indonesia bids to join club of rich liberal countries
Fresh from its election, Indonesia has formally applied to join the 38-country OECD. It’s a boost for the liberal West, but might mean tough domestic reforms.
- Hans van Leeuwen
‘Riddled with bullets’: Russian defector hunted down in Spain
The helicopter pilot who defected to Ukraine last year was found dead in a Spanish coastal town, fuelling speculation Moscow’s intelligence services were responsible.
- Michael Schwirtz and Constant Méheut
Assange too sick to attend last-ditch bid to halt US extradition
The imprisoned Australian founder of Wikileaks did not attend a high-stakes court hearing in London. But his supporters turned out in force.
- Updated
- Hans van Leeuwen
Navalny’s wife urges West to spurn Russian election
Yulia Navalnaya told EU foreign ministers: “A president who assassinated his main political opponent cannot be legitimate by definition.”
- Updated
- Guy Faulconbridge and Andrew Osborn
- Opinion
- Putin's Russia
Putin’s global fan club is only getting stronger
Admirers of the Russian leader may soon lead the world’s largest democracies of India and the US, after Indonesia also elected a Putin fan this month.
- Gideon Rachman
Navalny’s widow pledges to carry on opposition leader’s work
Yulia Navalnaya has presented herself for the first time as a political force, saying she will challenge Russian President Vladimir Putin’s autocratic rule.
- Updated
- Paul Sonne and Ivan Nechepurenko
Hawkish EU boss von der Leyen bids for second term at the top
In a crisis-ridden first term, the diplomatically deft Ursula von der Leyen became the answer to the question, ‘who do I call when I want to speak to Europe?’.
- Hans van Leeuwen
‘Nothing to fight with’: Ukraine doesn’t have ammo to battle Russia
Dwindling ammunition threatens Ukraine’s hold on the 1000-kilometre front line under withering assault by Russian artillery.
- Samya Kullab
The death throes of a Ukrainian city
Avdiivka fell to the Russians after some of the most horrific and destructive fighting of the two-year-old war.
- Marc Santora a
