World
Analysis
Russia-Ukraine war
World leaders just pledged ‘lasting peace’ in Ukraine. Achieving it is still a long way off
Any path to ending war in Ukraine will cost many more lives and billions and billions of dollars.
- by Rob Harris
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Animal rights
Animal-loving Brits outraged after officer uses police car to knock down runaway cow
- by Rob Harris
Analysis
Israeli-Palestinian conflict
Netanyahu claims he didn’t know about plan to pause fighting
- by Isabel Kershner
Biden is relying on stars to win voters. It hasn’t quite worked out
- by Skylar Woodhouse and Jennifer Jacobs
Opinion & Perspectives
Out with Trump, in with Putin. Kim Jong-un has a new best friend
Kim has made two trips to Russia’s Far East since 2019. Putin is now expected to arrive in North Korea on Tuesday for the first time since 2000.
Beijing is not on our side. Let’s not fall for a pair of therapy pandas
Premier Li Qiang’s visit confirmed the mask is back on and the tactics have changed, but China’s strategy has not.
Peter Hartcher
Political and international editor
I’m beginning to think MAGA doesn’t mean what Trump thinks
Somewhat ironically, the issue of whether age should preclude Trump and Biden from seeking the top job is the only one on which the two men are united.
Michelle Cazzulino
Writer
North America
US surgeon general wants cigarette-style warnings placed on social media
“Social media is associated with significant mental health harms for adolescents,” said Dr Vivek Murthy. “A surgeon general’s warning label...would regularly remind parents and adolescents”.
- by Michelle Chapman
He fished a safe full of cash out of a creek. That was the easy part
A full safe is the holy grail for “magnet fishers” – but pulling a six-figure sum out of the water isn’t as simple a get-rich-quick story as it sounds.
- by Allie Conti
Biden is relying on stars to win voters. It hasn’t quite worked out
- by Skylar Woodhouse and Jennifer Jacobs
Europe
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Animal rights
Animal-loving Brits outraged after officer uses police car to knock down runaway cow
- by Rob Harris
Asia
Opinion
China relations
Beijing is not on our side. Let’s not fall for a pair of therapy pandas
Premier Li Qiang’s visit confirmed the mask is back on and the tactics have changed, but China’s strategy has not.
- by Peter Hartcher
Trump-era Pentagon ran secret anti-vax social media campaign aimed at the Philippines
Hundreds of US-backed social media posts decried the quality of face masks, test kits and China’s Sinovac inoculation, the first vaccine that would become available in the Philippines.
- by Christopher Bing and Joel Schectman
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Benjamin Netanyahu disbands war cabinet after key partner bolts from government
As protests mount in Israel, tensions with the Iran-backed Hezbollah militia across the border with Lebanon were bringing the region close to a wider conflict.
- by James Mackenzie
Analysis
Israeli-Palestinian conflict
Netanyahu claims he didn’t know about plan to pause fighting
- by Isabel Kershner
Israel to hold ‘tactical pauses’ in south Gaza, IDF suffers deadliest attack in months
- by Josef Federman and Jack Jeffery
Updated
Israeli-Palestinian conflict
‘Close this deal’: Hamas seeks changes to ceasefire plan as Hezbollah launches rocket barrage
- by Bassem Mroue and Jack Jeffery