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Shorten will attend Ukraine peace summit as Zelensky makes surprise Asia visit
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky appealed to leaders at the Asia defence summit where China said it would be prepared to use force to prevent Taiwanese independence.
- by Lisa Visentin
Analysis
US Votes 2024
New York, the city that made Trump rich and famous, has turned on him
- by Jesse McKinley and Maggie Haberman
China lands probe on moon, NASA space launch fails on second attempt
- by Joey Roulette and Steve Gorman
She’s 98 and walked through a battlefield in slippers to escape Russian attacks
- by Marc Santora and Liubov Sholudko
Biden says Hamas ‘no longer capable’ of major attack, proposes total ceasefire
- by Aamer Madhani, Chris Megerian and Darlene Superville
Opinion & Perspectives
There are no fun facts about the next UK PM, but that’s his strength
Sir Keir Starmer looks certain to lead Britain with the most left-wing Labour government on economic matters since Harold Wilson was PM.
George Brandis
Former high commissioner to the UK and federal attorney-general
New York, the city that made Trump rich and famous, has turned on him
Trump’s conviction was the third and heaviest blow he has been dealt in New York – a series of challenges to his ego, his bottom line, and now, perhaps, his freedom.
Jesse McKinley and Maggie Haberman
The bad thing about the Trump verdict? That people celebrated it
Trump’s business model is tribalism, and the guilty verdict will further entrench it. So, for his political opponents, there is little cause for celebration.
Jacqueline Maley
Columnist and senior journalist
North America
China lands probe on moon, NASA space launch fails on second attempt
China landed an uncrewed spacecraft on the far side of the moon, elevates China’s space power the same weekend that a US test flight failed to launch.
- by Joey Roulette and Steve Gorman
Analysis
US Votes 2024
New York, the city that made Trump rich and famous, has turned on him
Trump’s conviction was the third and heaviest blow he has been dealt in New York – a series of challenges to his ego, his bottom line, and now, perhaps, his freedom.
- by Jesse McKinley and Maggie Haberman
Europe
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UK politics
There are no fun facts about the next UK PM, but that’s his strength
- by George Brandis
She’s 98 and walked through a battlefield in slippers to escape Russian attacks
- by Marc Santora and Liubov Sholudko
Asia
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China relations
Shorten will attend Ukraine peace summit as Zelensky makes surprise Asia visit
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky appealed to leaders at the Asia defence summit where China said it would be prepared to use force to prevent Taiwanese independence.
- by Lisa Visentin
Marles raises ‘unsafe’ navy encounters in ‘frank’ talks with Chinese defence minister
The defence minister used a meeting with his Chinese counterpart to raise Australia’s concerns about “unsafe” encounters between the PLA and the Australian navy.
- by Lisa Visentin
NRL star’s father accused of being at ‘centre’ of failed drug smuggling attempt
- by Zach Hope and Karuni Rompies
This ‘Russian’ woman loves China. Too bad she’s a deepfake of an unrelated Australian
- by Vivian Wang and Siyi Zhao
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Mandela’s party loses majority for the first time in 30 years
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