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
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Crime
Daughters of murdered Australian speak of love for father, frustration with DFAT
- by Zach Hope and James Wilson
Opinion & Perspectives
While Trump is being canonised by his party, Biden is being flagellated by his
The insurrection against the decrepit president would be perfectly sensible if the Democrats had a compelling candidate to replace him.
Peter Hartcher
Political and international editor
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.
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World of photos, July 21, 2024
The best photos from the international wire agencies as chosen by our picture editors.
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US Votes 2024
While Trump is being canonised by his party, Biden is being flagellated by his
The insurrection against the decrepit president would be perfectly sensible if the Democrats had a compelling candidate to replace him.
- by Peter Hartcher
From honour student to the gunman who tried to kill Donald Trump
- by Emily Cochrane, Steve Eder, William K. Rashbaum, Amy Julia Harris, Jack Healy and Glenn Thrush
Biden fumes at his beach house, resentful at Obama and those trying to drive him out
- by Peter Baker, Michael D. Shear and Katie Rogers
Europe
‘Sham conviction’: Russian court jails US reporter for 16 years in spying case
- by Andrew Osborn and Mark Trevelyan
Italian reporter fined €5000 for dig at PM Giorgia Meloni’s height
- by Elisabetta Povoledo
Asia
Vietnam’s most powerful leader dies leaving no obvious successor
Vietnam’s Communist Party’s Nguyen Phu Trong presided over his country’s transformation and reshaped its leadership with his “blazing furnace” anti-corruption campaign.
- by Sui-Lee Wee
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
- by Zach Hope and James Wilson
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‘Unlawful’: Top UN court orders Israel end its occupation of Palestinian territories
The resounding breadth of the decision by the ICJ could impact international opinion and fuel moves for unilateral recognition of a Palestinian state.
- by Mike Corder
Tunnels, tricks and tactics: Hamas’ strategy in Gaza revealed
- by Patrick Kingsley and Natan Odenheimer
