World
‘Abnormal noise’: United Airlines jet turns back after engine piece falls off
The US aviation industry more broadly has been under heightened scrutiny since January, when a panel broke off of an Alaska Airlines flight.
- by Mary Schlangenstein and Allyson Versprille
Democrats consider boycotting Netanyahu’s planned speech to Congress
- by Josef Federman and Elena Becatoros
Opinion & Perspectives
Trump 2.0: What four more years mean for Australia and the world
In the first of a five-part series, international editor Peter Hartcher examines why Donald Trump is more inclined to like a US enemy than a friend if he wins a second term as president.
Peter Hartcher
Political and international editor
Russia needs North Korean weapons, but there is more to Putin’s rare visit
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.
The Economist
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
North America
‘Abnormal noise’: United Airlines jet turns back after engine piece falls off
The US aviation industry more broadly has been under heightened scrutiny since January, when a panel broke off of an Alaska Airlines flight.
- by Mary Schlangenstein and Allyson Versprille
Trump’s Louisiana allies pass law requiring Ten Commandments on school walls
Weeks after moving to reclassify abortion pills as “dangerous” substances, Louisiana has taken action that will “result in unconstitutional religious coercion of students”.
- by Farrah Tomazin
Europe
Asia
Putin and Kim getting behind the wheel of new ‘alliance’
The Russian president’s first visit to North Korea in 24 years is being watched closely by Seoul and Washington.
- by Kim Tong-Hyung
China renames hundreds of villages in Xinjiang to scrub away Uyghur identity: Human Rights Watch
Villages once known by religious, historical or cultural terms of the Muslim minority group now carry names like “Red flag” or “Unity”.
- by Lisa Visentin
Opinion
China relations
Beijing is not on our side. Let’s not fall for a pair of therapy pandas
- by Peter Hartcher
Trump-era Pentagon ran secret anti-vax social media campaign aimed at the Philippines
- by Christopher Bing and Joel Schectman
Also in World
Democrats consider boycotting Netanyahu’s planned speech to Congress
Some Democrats say they don’t want to be part of a “one-way lecture” when the Israeli prime minister addresses Congress next month.
- by Josef Federman and Elena Becatoros
US spent $345 million on Gaza pier that has operated for only 10 days
- by Helene Cooper and Eric Schmitt
At least 550 people die from extreme heat during Muslim pilgrimage
- by Pesha Magid and Saleh Salem
Analysis
Israeli-Palestinian conflict
Netanyahu claims he didn’t know about plan to pause fighting
- by Isabel Kershner