World
To beat the crowds at the Louvre all you need to do is exercise
The museum had not yet opened, and I was following instructions to catwalk, hip bump and point in the grand room where Louis XIV once held plays and balls.
- by Catherine Porter
Japan has finally changed its custody law. Australian parents fear it’s not enough
- by Lisa Visentin and Eryk Bagshaw
Exclusive
Crime
NRL star’s father allegedly linked to Mexican drug cartel, faces death penalty
- by Zach Hope, Amilia Rosa and Michael Chammas
Opinion & Perspectives
Japan’s laws have changed. Now its society must too
Dozens of Australian parents and children have been caught in this outdated, cruel system. Now the Japanese government has finally relented.
Eryk Bagshaw
Investigative reporter
Why do Bible-bashing Republicans love sinful Trump? Because he won’t do a Nixon
For the hard right of the Republican Party, disgraced president Richard Nixon made only one mistake: resigning. Their new hero would never do that.
Bill Wyman
Columnist
Sorry for the pile-on, ScoMo and Trump, but by Jesus, you send women a warped view of religion
Scott Morrison, like Donald Trump, may appeal to America’s white evangelicals, but a former US president’s humbler approach would resonate more with the many women who are losing their religion.
Julia Baird
Journalist, broadcaster, historian and author
North America
Video appears to show Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs beating singer Cassie in hotel hallway
The video from 2016 is the latest in a months-long series of public allegations and revelations of physical and sexual violence against the hip-hop mogul.
Man convicted of Pelosi hammer attack sentenced to 30 years in prison
Nancy Pelosi was in Washington when David DePape went to her San Francisco home and bludgeoned her husband Paul with a hammer.
- by Olga R. Rodriguez
Europe
‘Inevitable’: NATO prepares to send troop trainers into Ukraine
- by Helene Cooper, Julian E. Barnes, Eric Schmitt and Lara Jakes
Asia
Analysis
Abducted in Japan
Japan’s laws have changed. Now its society must too
Dozens of Australian parents and children have been caught in this outdated, cruel system. Now the Japanese government has finally relented.
- by Eryk Bagshaw
Exclusive
Crime
NRL star’s father allegedly linked to Mexican drug cartel, faces death penalty
Indonesian authorities have been hunting accused drug trafficker Gregor Johann Haas since December last year. They arrested him on Wednesday with help from Philippine police.
- by Zach Hope, Amilia Rosa and Michael Chammas
Japan has finally changed its custody law. Australian parents fear it’s not enough
- by Lisa Visentin and Eryk Bagshaw
Updated
China relations
Putin and Xi pledge a ‘new era’ and condemn the United States
- by Bernard Orr, Guy Faulconbridge and Andrew Osborn
Cloud seeding: Indonesia attempts to redirect rain after killer floods
- by Kasparman Piliang and Niniek Karmini
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Trucks are rolling across a new pier into Gaza. But some fear it’s a diversion from the real crisis
The $480m US-built pier has been welcomed by aid groups, but there is a fear it may be diverting attention from the surging humanitarian crisis in Gaza.
- by Lolita Baldor and Jon Gambrell
Australians trapped after France declares state of emergency in New Caledonia
- by Kirsty Needham and Camille Raynaud
Updated
Protests
Four dead in New Caledonia riots, France declares state of emergency
- by Kirsty Needham, Juliette Jabkhiro and Augustin Turpin