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I jumped up and down when I heard Michelle Obama utter one amazing word

I am not getting dewy-eyed here, but I see signs that Americans – across the political divide – are reviving a graciousness that had lain dormant.

Julia Baird
Julia Baird

Journalist, broadcaster, historian and author

You know Trump’s in trouble when he can’t settle on a nickname for his enemy

The fact has Harris been relatively anonymous, once the sign of an underwhelming VP, is now the very thing that enables her to appear new.

Waleed Aly
Waleed Aly

Columnist, co-host of Ten's The Project and academic

Many fear Trump will take power with guns. But his real weapon is the gavel

A close US election result might well reproduce the scenes of the January 6, 2021, Capitol riots. But the Supreme Court, and its habit of overturning norms, could be what helps Trump prevail.

Maher Mughrabi
Maher Mughrabi

Editor and senior writer

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North America

Harris was greeted with loud cheers.

Democratic National Convention 2024 LIVE updates: Day 4 – Kamala Harris accepts party nomination; Pink performs with daughter

Kamala Harris has formally accepted presidential nomination on the fourth and final day of the Democratic National Convention.

  • by Stephanie Peatling, Farrah Tomazin and Shelby Garlick
Former first lady Michelle Obama speaks to Democrats in Chicago on Tuesday night (US time).

I jumped up and down when I heard Michelle Obama utter one amazing word

I am not getting dewy-eyed here, but I see signs that Americans – across the political divide – are reviving a graciousness that had lain dormant.

  • by Julia Baird

Europe

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Asia

Visitors to the Forbidden City in Beijing this week included Western faces.

It’s now so much easier to visit China, but Australians remain wary

But as of July 1 this year, it is much easier for Australians to travel to soak up Chinese culture.

  • by Lisa Visentin
Doctors and medical students protest the rape and killing of a trainee doctor at a government hospital in Kolkata last week.

More than one million doctors go on strike in India

India’s medical workers held a countrywide strike to protest the rape and killing of a trainee doctor – but the nation’s reckoning with sexual violence against women is longstanding.

  • by Sheikh Saaliq

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The head of Israel’s military intelligence directorate Aharon Haliva has left his post.

‘My fault’: Tearful Israeli military intelligence head leaves post

Major General Aharon Haliva said the failures of October 7 would haunt him for the rest of his life.

  • by Emily Rose

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