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Furious Israel pulls funding after Palestinian state recognition
Israel said it will not transfer much-needed funds to the Palestinian Authority after three European countries decided to recognise a Palestinian state.
- 12 mins ago
- Aaron Boxerman
News Corp strikes lucrative content deal with OpenAI
The Wall Street Journal said the deal could be worth more than $377 million as the rise of generative AI tools is poised to transform the publishing business.
- 48 mins ago
- Gerrit De Vynck
PwC braces for China crisis and a hefty fine
PwC’s role in approving accounts for troubled property developer Evergrande has led to infighting at the big four firm as clients reconsider their relationship.
- 1 hr ago
- Stephen Foley, Sun Yu and Cheng Leng
British PM Sunak sets July 4 election date
The election has come much sooner than expected, even though the ruling Conservative Party faces a potential landslide loss.
- Hans van Leeuwen
Norway, Ireland, Spain recognise Palestinian state in ‘historic’ move
Israel’s foreign minister branded the three countries’ decision a “distorted step”, which shows “terrorism pays” and immediately recalled its ambassadors.
- Joseph Wilson
Dutton open to cutting ties with ICC over Netanyahu arrest warrant
Opposition Leader Peter Dutton has floated cutting ties with the International Criminal Court amid a deepening political row over an arrest warrant being sought for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
- Updated
- Andrew Tillett
Opinion & Analysis
‘Let me finish the job’: Sunak’s gamble to avoid disaster
On the steps of Downing Street, a rain-soaked Sunak was drowned out by Tony Blair’s victory anthem. It was hard to see past these harbingers of imminent defeat.
Europe correspondent
Why ICC arrest warrants are rare good news for Netanyahu
Israel’s prime minister, a renowned political phoenix, may have been given a political lifeline and a boost of public support, though this may be short-lived.
Contributor
President’s death shows an Iran with few cards left to play
The death of president Ebrahim Raisi opens the way for a dynastic succession to Iran’s supreme leadership. The regime’s chief goal now is protecting the status quo.
Corporate advisor
What’s really behind the riots in New Caledonia?
New Caledonia, one of five island territories spanning the Indo-Pacific held by France, is central to Macron’s plan to increase French influence in the Pacific.
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PwC braces for China crisis and a hefty fine
PwC’s role in approving accounts for troubled property developer Evergrande has led to infighting at the big four firm as clients reconsider their relationship.
- 1 hr ago
- Stephen Foley, Sun Yu and Cheng Leng
- Opinion
- Global economy
Why China is reluctant to help consumers spend more
China’s rulers see cautionary tales in consumer-driven American capitalism. They aspire to build a manufacturing superpower rather than a rich consumer society.
- Yanmei Xie
- Analysis
- Iran sanctions
How sanctions played havoc with Iran’s ageing helicopters
The US-made Bell 212 carrying the country’s president and foreign minister was almost 30 years old when it crashed into a mountainside.
- John Paul Rathbone, Sylvia Pfeifer and Philip Georgiadis
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- UK politics
‘Let me finish the job’: Sunak’s gamble to avoid disaster
On the steps of Downing Street, a rain-soaked Sunak was drowned out by Tony Blair’s victory anthem. It was hard to see past these harbingers of imminent defeat.
- 1 hr ago
- Hans van Leeuwen
Yesterday
UK inflation falls to 2.3pc, but rate cut hopes dented
While inflation is now at its lowest since 2021, evidence of lingering price pressures is likely to make the Bank of England reluctant to ease rates in June.
- Updated
- Tom Rees and Philip Aldrick
France grapples with cold, hard truths of its place in the world
Macron’s government continues to read from a free trade hymnal. But in foreign policy, as the bloodshed in New Caledonia shows, the stubborn edifice of its colonial past refuses to budge.
- James Curran
- Analysis
- Israeli-Palestinian conflict
Why ICC arrest warrants are rare good news for Netanyahu
Israel’s prime minister, a renowned political phoenix, may have been given a political lifeline and a boost of public support, though this may be short-lived.
- Isabel Kershner
- Opinion
- Iran
President’s death shows an Iran with few cards left to play
The death of president Ebrahim Raisi opens the way for a dynastic succession to Iran’s supreme leadership. The regime’s chief goal now is protecting the status quo.
- Patrick Gibbons
- Analysis
- World politics
What’s really behind the riots in New Caledonia?
New Caledonia, one of five island territories spanning the Indo-Pacific held by France, is central to Macron’s plan to increase French influence in the Pacific.
- Gabriel Stargardter
- Opinion
- Global economy
Why China is reluctant to help consumers spend more
China’s rulers see cautionary tales in consumer-driven American capitalism. They aspire to build a manufacturing superpower rather than a rich consumer society.
- Yanmei Xie
Why a small Pacific island territory is upending nickel prices
New Caledonia possesses an estimated 25 per cent of the world’s nickel resources and accounts for 6 per cent of global production of the metal.
- Rishi Lyengar
- Analysis
- Iran sanctions
How sanctions played havoc with Iran’s ageing helicopters
The US-made Bell 212 carrying the country’s president and foreign minister was almost 30 years old when it crashed into a mountainside.
- John Paul Rathbone, Sylvia Pfeifer and Philip Georgiadis
Passengers describe horror of Singapore Airlines jet plunge
Eight Australians are among the injured after severe turbulence flung passengers and crew around the cabin and forced the plane to land in Bangkok.
- Updated
- Ayesha de Kretser
What is in-flight turbulence, and when does it become dangerous?
While turbulence-related fatalities are quite rare, injuries have piled up over the years. Some meteorologists have linked an increase in reported incidences to climate change.
- Wyatte Grantham-Philips
‘Hitler’s language’: Biden calls Trump ‘unhinged’ for ‘reich’ post
The US president has seized on a video posted to the Republican’s social media account that referred to a “unified reich” if Donald Trump won a second term.
- Jordan Fabian and Jennifer Jacobs
Trump declines to take stand, and the defence rests
Jurors could begin deliberating as soon as next week to decide whether the former president is guilty of 34 felony counts of falsifying business records.
- Ben Protess and Maggie Haberman
This Month
First Aussies home from riot-hit New Caledonia after RAAF rescue
French authorities have given permission for evacuation flights to take off and land in Noumea.
- Andrew Tillett
Iran moves to project stability after fatal air crash
The change in leadership comes during heightened tensions in the region and discontent in Iran, where many have called for an end to decades of repressive rule.
- Farnaz Fassihi, Vivian Yee and Leily Nikounazar
PM’s refusal to slap down international court ‘tarnishes’ Australia
Jewish groups and Peter Dutton say Anthony Albanese should join the US and condemn the International Criminal Court’s pursuit of Benjamin Netanyahu over war crimes.
- Andrew Tillett
Death of Ebrahim Raisi to test unity of Iran’s hardline factions
An emergency presidential election next month could drive the tense political rivalry among loyalists of the theocratic system to a new level.
- Najmeh Bozorgmehr
Political bombshell hits Israel’s leaders over Gaza war
The application by the ICC prosecutor for the arrest warrant for Benjamin Netanyahu is loaded with symbolic and practical implications.
- James Shotter
- Opinion
- US election
Seven theories of why Biden is losing
The US president is running like he’s winning, which he isn’t. From his age to economic management, voters are turning off the Democrats’ nominee.
- Ezra Klein
Assange wins right to appeal extradition to US
It could be many months until the appeal is heard, and then that decision could be taken to the UK Supreme Court.
- Updated
- Michael Holden and Sam Tobin
