World
Tourist gets third-degree burns walking on blazing hot sand dunes in Death Valley, rangers say
Rangers said they were not immediately able to determine whether the 42-year-old Belgian’s flip-flops were somehow broken or were lost during the short walk.
- by Anita Snow
Analysis
US Votes 2024
Biden gives the speech he never wanted to, and does it with passion and grace
- by Farrah Tomazin
Opinion & Perspectives
Harris, Trump and the fight for America’s soul
There are 100 days to go until the US election, and it’s going to get even uglier. Hell, it’s only the future of the free world.
Bruce Wolpe
Senior fellow at the US Studies Centre and former political staffer
Hero to political toast: The achievement Harris should keep quiet about
Joe Biden unleashed a surge in spending that briefly slashed the childhood poverty rate in half. Even so, politicians just “can’t get no respect” for economic wins.
Peter Hartcher
Political and international editor
So Kamala is the ‘childless cat lady’? White male power plays its hateful gender card
Brace for more attacks on Kamala Harris as the hounds of misinformation, juiced on the steroids of misogyny and racism, are unleashed.
Julia Baird
Journalist, broadcaster, historian and author
North America
Barack and Michelle Obama endorse Kamala Harris, giving her crucial support
The endorsement from two of the nation’s most popular Democrats comes as Harris continues to build momentum as the party’s likely nominee, replacing Joe Biden.
- by Bill Barrow
Updated
Organised crime
One of the world’s most powerful drug traffickers arrested alongside son of ‘El Chapo’
Ismael “El Mayo” Zambada is one of the most powerful drug traffickers in the world and co-founded the Sinaloa Cartel with El Chapo.
- by Drazen Jorgic
Opinion
US election
Hero to political toast: The achievement Harris should keep quiet about
- by Peter Hartcher
Europe
Updated
Extreme weather
World’s hottest day recorded, but land temperatures will be even higher
- by Gloria Dickie and Bianca Hall
Asia
Australians left stranded after massive fire destroys Bali hotel complex
Images captured by tourists and locals show Villa Amasya, in the heart of Seminyak, fully engulfed by flames leaping into the sky.
- by Zach Hope, Karuni Rompies and Amilia Rosa
Updated
Aviation
At least 18 dead as plane skids off runway and catches fire in Nepal
Nepal has been criticised for its poor air safety record, with the deadliest incident occurring in 1992, when 167 people died when a plane crashed into a hillside.
- by Binaj Gurubacharya
Untouched meals, cyanide and six bodies in a luxury Bangkok hotel room
- by Sui-Lee Wee and Muktita Suhartono
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Inquiry finds 200,000 people were abused in NZ over decades in ‘national disgrace’
The scale of abuse was “unimaginable” with an estimated 200,000 people abused over seven decades, many of them Maori, a new report found.
- by Charlotte Graham-McLay
Risk of Lebanese-Israeli conflict is real, but a ceasefire in Gaza may help
- by Patrick Kingsley and Euan Ward
Netanyahu will walk political tightrope on US trip amid Biden chaos
- by Tia Goldenberg and Aamer Madhani
