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
For heaven’s sake, Joe, let it go
It makes me sad that Biden doesn’t see what’s inescapable: If he doesn’t walk away gracefully right now, he will probably ruin his legacy.
Maureen Dowd
New York Times columnist
J.D. Vance is a jump to the left and a step to the right
Vance has transcended his disadvantage and shown what the idea of America is meant to be. That makes him an important symbol of what the future can hold.
Parnell Palme McGuinness
Columnist and communications adviser
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
North America
Joe Biden steps down LIVE updates: US president resigns as Democratic presidential nominee, backs Kamala Harris as successor
US President Joe Biden has withdrawn as the Democratic candidate. Follow live updates.
- by Farrah Tomazin
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US Votes 2024
US President Joe Biden pulls out of the race for the White House
By dropping his re-election bid, Biden clears the way for Kamala Harris to run at the top of the ticket, the first black woman to do so in the country’s history.
- by Farrah Tomazin
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
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Crime
Daughters of murdered Australian speak of love for father, frustration with DFAT
- by Zach Hope and James Wilson
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Israel strikes Yemen in response to deadly Houthi attack on Tel Aviv
The Israeli strikes appeared to be the first on Yemeni soil since the war began in October, and they threatened to open a new front in the region as Israel battles proxies of Iran.
Tunnels, tricks and tactics: Hamas’ strategy in Gaza revealed
- by Patrick Kingsley and Natan Odenheimer
