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Trump reviews plan to halt US military aid to Ukraine
Two chiefs of staff in Donald Trump’s former National Security Council have proposed cutting aid to Ukraine until it negotiates with Russia.
- 14 mins ago
- Gram Slattery and Simon Lewis
A timeline of Julian Assange’s legal saga
A deal has brought an abrupt end to an extraordinary legal saga that has raised novel issues of national security, press freedoms, politics and diplomacy.
- 1 hr ago
- Charlie Savage
Global tax war fears as landmark deal set to fail
Champions of digital taxes have started taking unilateral steps after losing faith in the OECD-backed treaty to overhaul taxation of big multinationals.
- 1 hr ago
- Emma Agyemang, Paola Tamma and Claire Jones
China’s faltering tech giants push workers to the limit
As Chinese technology executives face a new reality of low growth, rising competition and investor apathy, many are making tough demands on staff.
- Updated
- Ryan McMorrow and Nian Liu
Julian Assange released, flies from UK
The WikiLeaks founder will return to Australia after agreeing to plead guilty to a single count of illegally disseminating national security material.
- Updated
- Andrew Tillett
Suspected Houthi attack suggests widening operation
The attack happened near the outer reaches of the Gulf of Aden where it becomes the Arabian Sea and then ultimately the Indian Ocean.
- Jon Gambrell
Opinion & Analysis
China’s unhappy consumers have even given up on shopping sales
E-commerce sales declined for the first time during the “618 festival” this year, reflecting pressures on retailers already locked in a gruelling price war.
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Unstable France could trigger the next euro crisis
Runaway budget deficits and a confrontation with Brussels and Berlin are a formula for trouble.
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Why China is using axes, fists to fight border disputes
Experts say that China’s use of simple weapons rather than firearms has been a tactical choice, but it may not always prevent escalation.
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Growing ‘gamble-gate’ threatens to bury Rishi Sunak
A fourth Tory staffer is being probed for betting on the timing of the election, in a scandal that has engulfed the PM’s party just two weeks from polling day.
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From the Financial Times
Global tax war fears as landmark deal set to fail
Champions of digital taxes have started taking unilateral steps after losing faith in the OECD-backed treaty to overhaul taxation of big multinationals.
- 1 hr ago
- Emma Agyemang, Paola Tamma and Claire Jones
China’s faltering tech giants push workers to the limit
As Chinese technology executives face a new reality of low growth, rising competition and investor apathy, many are making tough demands on staff.
- Updated
- Ryan McMorrow and Nian Liu
- Opinion
- World elections
Unstable France could trigger the next euro crisis
Runaway budget deficits and a confrontation with Brussels and Berlin are a formula for trouble.
- Gideon Rachman
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China’s unhappy consumers have even given up on shopping sales
E-commerce sales declined for the first time during the “618 festival” this year, reflecting pressures on retailers already locked in a gruelling price war.
- 1 hr ago
- Casey Hall
- Opinion
- World elections
Unstable France could trigger the next euro crisis
Runaway budget deficits and a confrontation with Brussels and Berlin are a formula for trouble.
- Gideon Rachman
Yesterday
Japan-Australia ties ‘as much about security as business’
“The Japan-Australia relationship has become broader and more sophisticated than before,” Tokyo Gas chairman Michiaki Hirose says.
- Jessica Sier
- Analysis
- Regional security
Why China is using axes, fists to fight border disputes
Experts say that China’s use of simple weapons rather than firearms has been a tactical choice, but it may not always prevent escalation.
- Updated
- Anika Arora Seth
Netanyahu says Gaza intense fighting close to ending
The Israeli PM says the new stage would offer a chance to move forces to the north to where tensions with Lebanese militant group Hezbollah have been growing.
- Updated
- James Shotter and Neri Zilber
Japan using Australian gas to shore up regional influence
Japanese energy companies are on-selling surplus Australian gas to allies in South-East Asia.
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- Jessica Sier
- Analysis
- World elections
Growing ‘gamble-gate’ threatens to bury Rishi Sunak
A fourth Tory staffer is being probed for betting on the timing of the election, in a scandal that has engulfed the PM’s party just two weeks from polling day.
- Alex Wickham
- Opinion
- Careers
There’s nothing funny about LinkedIn’s ‘weird’ makeover
If the professional social network is now a place for personal posts, why isn’t it funnier?
- Emma Jacobs
She was made a trade leader at 28 and pregnant
The winner of the Young Leader category in the Women in Leadership awards has honed her leadership skills straddling two vastly different cultures and Australia’s most important trade relationship.
- Jessica Sier
A very British paper is forced to cover a scandal: its own
The discovery of $500 million missing from The Telegraph newspaper marks the end of the owners’ two decades of influence over British politics.
- Aaron Patrick
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China, EU agree to talks to head off EV trade war
Chinese Commerce Minister Wang Wentao and EU Trade Commissioner Valdis Dombrovskis will hold discussions to ease an escalating dispute.
- Keith Bradsher
Marcos vows to ‘stand firm’ after clash with China
The president told his military chief, top generals and troops involved in the South China Sea confrontation that the Philippines has never “yielded to any foreign power”.
- Jim Gomez
Trump changes tune on mail-in ballots, early voting
Donald Trump used a rally in swing state of Pennsylvania to pitch to early voters, who are becoming increasingly more important in US elections.
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- Matthew Cranston
Israeli business leaders push for elections
A forum of Israel’s top 200 business leaders is calling for early elections “to save Israel from a deep economic crisis”.
- Marissa Newman and Galit Altstein
Thousands of Iran-backed fighters offer to join Hezbollah
Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah said militant leaders from Iran, Iraq, Syria and Yemen had previously offered to send tens of thousands of fighters to help.
- Qassim Abdul-Zahra and Bassem Mroue
Biden-Trump debate comes with great risks and rewards for both men
In appealing to divided and often angry voters, the past and present presidents will need to navigate a minefield of perceptions and realities.
- Lisa Lerer, Shane Goldmacher, Jonathan Swan and Maggie Haberman
French trust Marine Le Pen’s RN most on economy
An Ipsos poll for the Financial Times shows the uphill battle facing Emmanuel Macron’s ensemble centrist alliance ahead of elections on June 30.
- Ben Hall, Ian Johnston and Steven Bernard
- Opinion
- Israeli-Palestinian conflict
Israel needs to get the hell out of Gaza
The extremists in Benjamin Netanyahu’s coalition government have led a reckless act of economic, military and moral overstretch.
- Thomas Friedman
Trump presents himself as a martyr to Christian right
The former US president portrayed himself as having “wounds all over”, alluding to his legal troubles while suggesting he is targeted for his beliefs.
- Chris Cameron
- Opinion
- East Asia Forum
Global supply chains at risk without new WTO rules for digital trade
The World Trade Organisation, despite its flaws, remains the only single vehicle able to attract multilateral participation, and business needs it more than ever.
- John Denton
