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International court has received $50m from Australian taxpayers
Australia is one of the biggest bankrollers of the International Criminal Court, which wants to arrest Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
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- Andrew Tillett
Netanyahu to address US Congress soon: House speaker
The Israeli prime minister will soon address the US Congress, according to Mike Johnson, amid the ongoing war between Israel and Hamas in the Gaza Strip.
- Matt Spetalnick and Humeyra Pamuk
Ray Dalio joins billionaires snapping up historic Singapore houses
The Bridgewater Associates founder’s family office has bought two heritage ‘shophouse’ properties for about $28.6 million
- Mercedes Ruehl
China steps up war games around Taiwan to ‘seize power’
Beijing’s military released a video of missiles being launched at Taiwan from the ground, air and sea, which then slam into the island’s cities in balls of flame.
- Bernard Orr and Ben Blanchard
US sues to break up Ticketmaster’s ‘suffocating’ monopoly
The antitrust lawsuit launched by the Justice Department alleges the group has used its dominance to exploit fans and performing artists and threatening its rivals.
- Leah Nylen and Emily Birnbaum
Harvard graduates walk out of ceremony in Palestine protest
Anger at the Ivy League university’s decision to bar seniors from a graduation ceremony over pro-Palestine demonstrations on campus boiled over.
- Maya Shwayder, Jenna Russell and Anemona Hartocollis
Opinion & Analysis
UK Conservatives on course for the worst result in 100 years
Calling the election is more about saving Tory furniture than victory. And Rishi Sunak wants to call it quits before he breaks records he doesn’t want to hold.
Contributor
Who’s in more trouble: Israel or Iran?
Middle East conflict is making Iran’s clerical regime seem ever more fragile, and Israel’s sense of nationhood even stronger.
Contributor
‘Pick me, I’m duller’: the election pitch to win over UK voters
What Rishi Sunak and his opposite number, Labour’s Keir Starmer, will be selling over the next six weeks is the promise of sobriety and stability.
Europe correspondent
Why the most widely predicted recession was a no-show
US economists were misled by false signals, including a short banking crisis, an oil-price spike and resilient consumer spending.
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Ray Dalio joins billionaires snapping up historic Singapore houses
The Bridgewater Associates founder’s family office has bought two heritage ‘shophouse’ properties for about $28.6 million
- Mercedes Ruehl
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- Global economy
Why the most widely predicted recession was a no-show
US economists were misled by false signals, including a short banking crisis, an oil-price spike and resilient consumer spending.
- Edward Yardeni
Trump taps Texas oil tycoons in bid to close the cash gap with Biden
The former president, whose campaigning has been restricted by his criminal trial in New York, has attended fundraisers in Houston and Dallas.
- Myles McCormick and Alex Rogers
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UK Conservatives on course for the worst result in 100 years
Calling the election is more about saving Tory furniture than victory. And Rishi Sunak wants to call it quits before he breaks records he doesn’t want to hold.
- Michael Turner
- Opinion
- Middle East tensions
Who’s in more trouble: Israel or Iran?
Middle East conflict is making Iran’s clerical regime seem ever more fragile, and Israel’s sense of nationhood even stronger.
- Bret Stephens
- Analysis
- UK election
‘Pick me, I’m duller’: the election pitch to win over UK voters
What Rishi Sunak and his opposite number, Labour’s Keir Starmer, will be selling over the next six weeks is the promise of sobriety and stability.
- Hans van Leeuwen
Sunak stumbles on Rwanda migrant plan as campaign kicks off
The prime minister conceded he cannot introduce promised signature policies on deporting asylum seekers before the July 4 election, as campaigning got under way.
- Michael Holden and Andrew MacAskill
China’s curse is to raise hopes and dash them
In her book “Wild Ride”, an American journalist details her life in China as it opened to the world, then regressed back to an oppressive, inward-looking regime.
- Anne Stevenson-Yang
- Opinion
- Global economy
Why the most widely predicted recession was a no-show
US economists were misled by false signals, including a short banking crisis, an oil-price spike and resilient consumer spending.
- Edward Yardeni
Gorman to step down as Morgan Stanley chairman at year-end
The Australian-born James Gorman has announced he will step down after a 20-year run in which he transformed Morgan Stanley.
- Sridhar Natarajan
Yesterday
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What will fill the Tory-shaped hole in British politics?
Just as in Anthony Albanese’s blue-collar rhetoric, Brexit has pushed Keir Starmer’s Labour away from Tony Blair’s post-class modernisation and globalism.
- The AFR View
- Analysis
- China relations
More China ‘punishment’, but Taiwanese have seen it all before
In the streets of Taipei, people appeared sanguine as they went about their daily lives, as China conducted military drills.
- Updated
- Jessica Sier
Trump taps Texas oil tycoons in bid to close the cash gap with Biden
The former president, whose campaigning has been restricted by his criminal trial in New York, has attended fundraisers in Houston and Dallas.
- Myles McCormick and Alex Rogers
Macron urges calm in high-stakes New Caledonia visit
The French president has met political and business leaders in an attempt to ease tensions following days of deadly unrest over electoral reforms.
- Claire Rush and John Leicester
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- UK election
There is no Blair-mania about UK Labour leader Keir Starmer
The Conservative government – now on its fifth prime minister since 2010 – has been a pointless charade for months now. What exactly a Labour government will mean is much less clear.
- Adrian Wooldridge
Haley backs Trump over ‘catastrophe’ Biden
Endorsement from Nikki Haley could help Donald Trump win over college-educated and women voters who were drawn to the former UN diplomat.
- Stephanie Lai
Furious Israel pulls funding after Palestinian state recognition
Tel Aviv will not transfer much-needed funds to the Palestinian Authority after three European countries decided to recognise a Palestinian state.
- 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.
- Gerrit De Vynck
- Analysis
- UK election
Drenched Sunak’s gamble to avoid electoral drowning
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.
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- Hans van Leeuwen
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.
- 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
This Month
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.
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- Andrew Tillett
