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Analysis
US Votes 2024
Tim Walz, the Midwest nice guy primed to help Harris go after ‘weird’ Trump and Vance
Kamala Harris has made a direct play to the Democratic base in betting that Walz’s small-town grit and straight-shooting style will appeal to working-class voters.
- by Farrah Tomazin
Who is Muhammad Yunus, the Nobel laureate chosen to lead Bangladesh?
- by Sheikh Saaliq and Julhas Alam
Opinion & Perspectives
Tim Walz, the Midwest nice guy primed to help Harris go after ‘weird’ Trump and Vance
Kamala Harris has made a direct play to the Democratic base in betting that Walz’s small-town grit and straight-shooting style will appeal to working-class voters.
Farrah Tomazin
North America correspondent
How the Middle East, and middle America, swung Kamala Harris’ choice for Veep
Choosing Tim Walz as a running mate is a safe but smart move for the Democrats. The challenge now for the Harris campaign is to maintain momentum.
Bruce Wolpe
Senior fellow at the US Studies Centre and former political staffer
‘The mistake becomes magnified’: How it could quickly go wrong for Kamala Harris
This presidential campaign is playing out in fast-forward. Strategists in both parties say speed is likely to benefit Vice President Kamala Harris.
Adam Nagourney
North America
Analysis
US Votes 2024
Tim Walz, the Midwest nice guy primed to help Harris go after ‘weird’ Trump and Vance
Kamala Harris has made a direct play to the Democratic base in betting that Walz’s small-town grit and straight-shooting style will appeal to working-class voters.
- by Farrah Tomazin
Kamala Harris introduces running mate Governor Tim Walz at raucous rally
Harris introduced the 60-year-old former teacher and football coach as a “fighter for the middle class” and a “leader who will help unite our nation”.
- by Farrah Tomazin
Analysis
US Votes 2024
‘The mistake becomes magnified’: How it could quickly go wrong for Kamala Harris
- by Adam Nagourney
Europe
‘Stop the boats’ anti-immigrant rioters chant as London eyes hostile states
- by Alex Wickham and Siraj Datoo
Opinion
UK politics
Can a rookie PM stop the riots without adding fuel to the fires?
- by Tim Soutphommasane
Asia
Who is Muhammad Yunus, the Nobel laureate chosen to lead Bangladesh?
Student leaders who organised the protests have wanted Yunus, who is currently in Paris for the Olympics as an adviser to its organisers, to lead an interim government.
- by Sheikh Saaliq and Julhas Alam
He won the election, but not allowed to govern. Now he might be banned from politics
Thailand’s reformist Move Forward Party and its charismatic figurehead won the most seats in last year’s election, but were not allowed to govern.
- by Zach Hope
Updated
Political unrest
Protesters who forced PM to flee want Nobel laureate to lead Bangladesh
- by Julhas Alam and Krutika Pathi
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