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Joe Biden.

Marles to meet Trump Republicans on US trip as Biden fights for his future

In Washington for the NATO summit, Richard Marles has thrown his support behind the US president, praising the global alliances forged under his administration.

  • by Farrah Tomazin

Opinion & Perspectives

Respect for Macron falls to new low among French public

Emmanuel Macron was once France’s young and charismatic president who embodied hope. He is now widely despised, considered narcissistic and disconnected.

Rob Harris
Rob Harris

Europe correspondent

I love Joe Biden. But we need a new nominee

I saw Biden three weeks ago at my fundraiser for him. It’s devastating to say it, but he’s not the same man he was and he won’t win the election.

Children in a cancer hospital are not soldiers of war

The Russian missile attack on a Kyiv paediatric hospital has brought worldwide condemnation yet Russia blamed Ukraine air defences.

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Joe Biden, George Clooney, Julia Roberts and Barack Obama at the June fundraiser.

I love Joe Biden. But we need a new nominee

I saw Biden three weeks ago at my fundraiser for him. It’s devastating to say it, but he’s not the same man he was and he won’t win the election.

  • by George Clooney
President Joe Biden shakes hands with George Clooney during the Kennedy Centre honourees reception at the White House in Washington, December 2022.

Pelosi refuses to endorse Biden as Clooney says president should not run

In yet another damaging blow to Joe Biden, Democrat party elder and ally of the president, Nancy Pelosi has refused to explicitly endorse him.

  • by Farrah Tomazin

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Asia

The incomplete fairyland theme park that was to be part of the Evergrande Cultural Tourism City in Guiyang, the capital of China’s Guizhou province. It was to be a massive hotel and convention centre complex, but construction stalled when property giant Evergrande collapsed.

This fairytale village in ruins symbolises state of China’s economy

These days the abandoned ruins stand as a mausoleum to Evergrande’s rapacious ambitions and a symbol of the sickness plaguing the real estate market.

  • by Lisa Visentin
The Joker, who is running as a candidate in this weekend’s governor election in Tokyo.

With nearly nude women, the Joker and pets, a Tokyo election descends into madness

Personal publicity stunts have hijacked Tokyo’s vote for a new governor, with nearly nude women, an AI character and a man practising his golf swing among the candidates.

  • by Mari Yamaguchi

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Palestinian youths sell cigarettes on a main square in Khan Younis in November.

A single cigarette can go for $45 in Gaza, and gangs are seeking to profit

A black market for cigarettes is booming in the besieged Gaza Strip, a window into the lawlessness and desperation in the enclave nine months into the war.

  • by Miriam Berger and Hajar Harb

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