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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
Don’t jeer at cheerleaders until you’ve watched this show
A Netflix documentary series forces many of us – including me – to rethink long-held stereotyping of cheerleaders as simply pin-ups of the patriarchy.
Julia Baird
Journalist, broadcaster, historian and author
The West, like Biden, is in the wars. But the architects of peace are mobilising
Despite rising global uncertainty and geopolitical anxiety, Western democracies have started building the “sinews of peace” to prevent another colossal war.
Peter Hartcher
Political and international editor
Brace for impact Australia, we’re about to be Trumped again
Given Joe Biden’s plight, it seems increasingly likely that Donald Trump will again become US President in November – and Australian leaders will have to scramble to adjust.
David Crowe
Chief political correspondent
North America
The sex guru known as Dr Ruth dies at 96
Dr Ruth Westheimer, the diminutive sex therapist who became a pop icon, media star and bestselling author through her frank talk about once-taboo bedroom topics, has died.
Did King Charles really buy an $8 million New York condo?
The reports were tantalizing, but someone else was behind the expensive purchase.
- by Rukmini Callimachi and Vivian Marino
Europe
NATO launches diplomatic attack on China over support for Russia’s war
- by Donato Paolo Mancini and Peter Martin
Asia
A-listers fly in as Asia’s richest man marries in the year’s most extravagant wedding
The four-day wedding reportedly has a guest list that includes former British prime ministers Tony Blair and Boris Johnson, Kim Kardashian, Drake and David Beckham.
- by Rafiq Maqbool and Rajanish Kakade
Few answers in Australian-Philippine triple-murder mystery
A Philippine father is wrestling with the question he has had since Wednesday: How to tell his four children their mother and Australian grandparents were dead.
- by Zach Hope and Aram Lascano
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Hamas official outlines detailed vision for future of Gaza
Husam Badran said the militant group would give up civilian control in the territory, but would not disband its military wing.
- by Adam Rasgon and Julian E. Barnes
‘We failed to protect the kibbutz’: Israel admits ‘severe errors’ on October 7
- by Loveday Morris and Adela Suliman
A single cigarette can go for $45 in Gaza, and gangs are seeking to profit
- 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