World
Paris mayor makes good on Seine swim vow to show it’s safe for Olympics
Anne Hidalgo swam in the cleaned-up waters of the capital’s river, fulfilling a promise that has become a symbol of the Olympic Games that start this month.
- by Rob Harris
Republican National Convention 2024 as it happened: Trump running mate J.D. Vance accepts nomination
- by Sherryn Groch and Chris Zappone
Exclusive
Crime
Daughters of murdered Australian speak of love for father, frustration with DFAT
- by Zach Hope and James Wilson
Opinion & Perspectives
Two different Donald Trumps occupy the stage as former president accepts nomination
The speech – in which Donald Trump recounted in dramatic detail the moment he almost lost his life – was the first he has given since last weekend’s shocking event.
Farrah Tomazin
North America correspondent
Feebleness v volatility is choice facing US voters as world looks on aghast
President Joe Biden faces a moment of truth as Donald Trump seizes the day. American voters appear to be the biggest losers.
The Herald's View
Editorial
Trump 2024, the living martyr, is at his zenith and looks unstoppable
After Donald Trump’s extraordinary coronation in Wisconsin, and with Joe Biden’s ills mounting, an extraordinary moment of reckoning is at hand for America.
Bruce Wolpe
Senior fellow at the US Studies Centre and former political staffer
North America
Obama ‘fears’ Biden’s victory path has diminished as president weighs up candidacy
After declaring that only “the Almighty” could convince him to stand down after his devastating debate performance, the political walls have begun closing in on Joe Biden.
- by Farrah Tomazin
Analysis
US Votes 2024
Two different Donald Trumps occupy the stage as former president accepts nomination
The speech – in which Donald Trump recounted in dramatic detail the moment he almost lost his life – was the first he has given since last weekend’s shocking event.
- by Farrah Tomazin
Editorial
US Votes 2024
Feebleness v volatility is choice facing US voters as world looks on aghast
- The Herald's View
Opinion
US Votes 2024
Trump 2024, the living martyr, is at his zenith and looks unstoppable
- by Bruce Wolpe
Europe
Italian reporter fined €5000 for dig at PM Giorgia Meloni’s height
- by Elisabetta Povoledo
Asia
Untouched meals, cyanide and six bodies in a luxury Bangkok hotel room
The suite had been locked for a day. The tom yum soup and fried rice left untouched. But there was something far more ominous in the room: six bodies.
- by Sui-Lee Wee and Muktita Suhartono
Exclusive
Crime
Daughters of murdered Australian speak of love for father, frustration with DFAT
The daughters of David Fisk have spoken publicly for the first time of their love for their father and their frustration at not being told key details.
- by Zach Hope and James Wilson
Analysis
China relations
Australia refuses to match allies sanctioning China over support for Russian war
- by Lisa Visentin
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