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Can a national hero like Kylian Mbappe stop the rise of the far-right in France?

Before President Emmanuel Macron’s stunning decision to dissolve parliament and call a snap poll, France’s reckoning with the hard right was scheduled for 2027.

Rob Harris
Rob Harris

Europe correspondent

Pandas can’t paper over Australia’s differences with China

Premier Li Qiang’s visit was the culmination of hard work by the government to recalibrate the relationship with China. But it also exposed differences that cannot be papered over with diplomatic niceties.

Lisa Visentin
Lisa Visentin

North Asia Correspondent

I mentored the next British PM. Here’s what Australians need to know about him

Keir Starmer does not have the charisma of Boris Johnson or Tony Blair, but charisma in politicians is much overrated.

Geoffrey Robertson
Geoffrey Robertson

Human rights barrister and author

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Deal or no deal: What Trump 2.0 could mean for our nuclear submarines

Donald Trump is known for scrapping international partnerships as president. Experts say the AUKUS defence pact appeals to the volatile dealmaker, but he may try to squeeze more cash out of Australia.

  • by Matthew Knott
United Airlines Flight 325, an Airbus A320, which lost part of its engine.

‘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

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Vladimir Putin is feeling the heat.

‘Bad spiral’: Feeling the heat in Ukraine, Putin turns up the temperature elsewhere on the West

Some analysts worry that Western desensitisation to Putin’s warnings, particularly about using nuclear weapons, has created a precarious situation.

  • by Paul Sonne
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and Premier Li Qiang’s in Perth this week.

Pandas can’t paper over Australia’s differences with China

Premier Li Qiang’s visit was the culmination of hard work by the government to recalibrate the relationship with China. But it also exposed differences that cannot be papered over with diplomatic niceties.

  • by Lisa Visentin

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The woman lodged a claim with the tribunal, which said that, in her view, the agreement for a ride to the airport constituted a legally binding agreement.

Woman takes boyfriend to tribunal after he fails to take her to the airport

The woman involved had arranged to be picked up by the man, who she was in a relationship with, but he never arrived to collect her.

  • by Sam Smith

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