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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
Ukrainians salvage what they can from key children’s hospital after Russian strike
- by Marc Santora and Megan Specia
US officials say Russia unlikely to take much more Ukrainian territory
- by Julian E. Barnes and Eric Schmitt
Le Pen faces criminal investigation for French election campaign funding
- by Gaspard Sebag and Ania Nussbaum
A single cigarette can go for $45 in Gaza, and gangs are seeking to profit
- by Miriam Berger and Hajar Harb
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
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.
George Clooney
Actor
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.
The Herald's View
Editorial
North America
Opinion
US Votes 2024
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
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
Updated
US Votes 2024
Marles to meet Trump Republicans on US trip as Biden fights for his future
- by Farrah Tomazin
Opinion
US Votes 2024
I’ve been covering Biden for years. I’m surprised Democrats let him run again
- by Farrah Tomazin
Europe
Le Pen faces criminal investigation for French election campaign funding
- by Gaspard Sebag and Ania Nussbaum
Ukrainians salvage what they can from key children’s hospital after Russian strike
- by Marc Santora and Megan Specia
US officials say Russia unlikely to take much more Ukrainian territory
- by Julian E. Barnes and Eric Schmitt
Asia
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
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
China anchors ‘monster ship’ in Philippine waters of South China Sea
- by Neil Jerome Morales
Stampede at religious event in India kills more than 100 mostly women and children
- by Biswajeet Banerjee and Krutika Pathi
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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
Israeli strike kills 16 at Gaza school, military says it targeted gunmen
- by Nidal al-Mughrabi and Ramadan Abed
Reformist Pezeshkian wins Iran’s presidential runoff election, besting hardliner Jalili
- by Jon Gambrell and Amir Vahdat
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- by Gabriela Sa Pessoa and Mauricio Savarese