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Russia-Ukraine war
Australian elite seek to divert Russia’s $9b ‘dirty money’ to Ukraine
The group, including former prime ministers, business, union and military leaders, wants Australia to divert the billions it has confiscated since the invasion of Ukraine.
- by Rob Harris
Opinion & Perspectives
A nation split by Trump v Biden comes together for moment that won’t return for 20 years
For almost four minutes there’s nothing but ethereal serenity. All I can see in the distance is the black silhouette of the moon surrounded by the pearly glow of the sun’s corona.
Farrah Tomazin
North America correspondent
The Albanese government is finally awakening to the bleak nature of Israel’s fighting
In appointing a special adviser to review the investigation of seven aid workers, Australia is telegraphing its lack of confidence in the Israeli military justice system.
Ben Saul
Challis Chair of International Law at Sydney University
Tories may throw Sunak overboard, but rearranging deckchairs can’t save this ship
Are the Tories mad enough to roll another leader? My spies inside the Conservative Party tell me this is a real possibility.
George Brandis
Former high commissioner to the UK and federal attorney-general
North America
Opinion
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A nation split by Trump v Biden comes together for moment that won’t return for 20 years
For almost four minutes there’s nothing but ethereal serenity. All I can see in the distance is the black silhouette of the moon surrounded by the pearly glow of the sun’s corona.
- by Farrah Tomazin
Trump’s abortion statement angers conservatives and gives Biden campaign a new target
In releasing his video the presumptive Republican presidential nominee tried to put to rest an issue widely seen as a general election liability. It hasn’t.
- by Steve Peoples
Europe
Opinion
UK election
Tories may throw Sunak overboard, but rearranging deckchairs can’t save this ship
- by George Brandis
Released from prison to fight Ukraine, they return to Russia to kill again
- by Neil MacFarquhar and Milana Mazaeva
Asia
Opinion
Inside China
China blocked my visa. I spent three years getting as close as I could
In the end, its actions amplified voices it had hoped to suppress.
- by Eryk Bagshaw
Julie Bishop named United Nations special envoy for Myanmar
Myanmar has been locked in civil war since the army took power from Aung Suu Kyi’s elected government in 2021.
- by Michael Mehr and John Kidman
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Earthquakes
Australians, missing in Taiwan after earthquake, named
- by Alex Crowe, Yimou Lee and Fabian Hamacher
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Albanese pressures Netanyahu as Hamas rejects Israel’s latest ceasefire proposal
Hamas said the latest Israeli ceasefire proposal it received from Qatari and Egyptian mediators did not meet any of the demands of Palestinian factions.
- by Nidal al-Mughrabi
Israel is pulling troops from southern Gaza. Now the plan is to clear Hamas from Rafah
- by Jack Jeffery and Tia Goldenberg
How and why the US gives billions of dollars of weapons to Israel every year
- by Michael Crowley and Edward Wong
