World
Ukrainian troops inside Russia? Meh, it’s the ‘new normal’ Putin’s propaganda says
The Kremlin’s messaging is directed at the local Russian population and suggests that Moscow expects the surprise occupation of its territory to last for months.
- by Liz Cookman
Live
US Votes 2024
Democratic National Convention 2024 LIVE updates: Day 4 – Kamala Harris accepts party nomination; Pink performs with daughter
- by Stephanie Peatling, Farrah Tomazin and Shelby Garlick
Body of tech entrepreneur retrieved from sunken yacht, daughter missing
- by Giselda Vagnoni and Guglielmo Mangiapane
Andrew Tate placed under house arrest amid new human trafficking allegations
- by Stephen McGrath and Nicolae Dumitrache
Opinion & Perspectives
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
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
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
Editor and senior writer
North America
Live
US Votes 2024
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
Opinion
US Votes 2024
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
‘Mother of all dragons’ Pelosi says Harris will take US to new heights
- by Josh Boak and Joey Cappelletti
Europe
Andrew Tate placed under house arrest amid new human trafficking allegations
- by Stephen McGrath and Nicolae Dumitrache
Body of tech entrepreneur retrieved from sunken yacht, daughter missing
- by Giselda Vagnoni and Guglielmo Mangiapane
Asia
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
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
Opinion
Bali
When it comes to Bali, people fall into two camps. Last week I almost switched
- by Annemarie Fleming
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‘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
Israel recovers six more hostage bodies, Blinken says Netanyahu agreed to ‘bridging agreement’
- by Courtney McBride and Dan Williams
Analysis
Royal family
More questions than answers from Harry and Meghan’s Colombian visit
- by Victoria Ward
Israeli airstrike kills 18 people from one family in Gaza
- by Wafaa Shurafa and Samy Magdy
Explainer
Middle East tensions
Death in a guesthouse, ships under attack, a ‘wounded snake’: How to understand the Middle East
- by Jackson Graham, Angus Holland and Cindy Yin
As Gaza toll passes 40,000, the dead are buried in yards, streets, stacked graves
- by Julia Frankel and Wafaa Shurafa