World
Harris agrees to first prime-time interview amid criticism she’s been ‘hiding’
While Pulp Fiction director Quentin Tarantino has urged the vice president to keep avoiding the media, Harris will sit down with running mate Tim Walz.
- by Farrah Tomazin
Opinion & Perspectives
The US wants to avoid World War III, so Ukraine has no choice but attack
Since the end of the Cold War, Western nations have largely been able to assume a posture of strategic timidity. Ukraine doesn’t have that choice.
Mick Ryan
Military leader and strategist
Will Trump get a boost now that RFK Jr’s brain worm has turned?
Robert Kennedy Jr has thrown his support behind Donald Trump in a move former friends have described as “sad and surreal”.
Peter Hartcher
Political and international editor
‘The first stage’: Tensions between Israel and Hezbollah could escalate further
Hezbollah’s retaliation for the killing of a senior commander appeared to be over before it began. But analysts said tensions could escalate further.
Isabel Kershner
North America
Two killed after jet tyre explodes during Boeing plane maintenance
Delta said it was working with local authorities to investigate what happened at the wheel and brake shop.
Harris agrees to first prime-time interview amid criticism she’s been ‘hiding’
While Pulp Fiction director Quentin Tarantino has urged the vice president to keep avoiding the media, Harris will sit down with running mate Tim Walz.
- by Farrah Tomazin
Europe
Updated
Russia-Ukraine war
Explosions heard in Kyiv, ‘entire country’ targeted in second day of attacks
- by Pavel Polityuk, Tom Balmforth and Yuliia Dysa
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Crime
German police arrest suspect over fatal stabbing rampage
- by Matthias Inverardi, Petra Wischgoll and Tom Sims
Asia
Chinese spy plane breaches Japan’s airspace
Japan lodged a formal protest with the Chinese government, summoning the Charge d’Affaires of the Chinese embassy in Tokyo.
- by Lisa Visentin
China’s ‘harsh winter’ spells turbulent economic times for Australia
President Xi Jinping’s push to end reliance on property-led growth has profound implications for the steel industry and is sending out global shockwaves.
- by Lisa Visentin
Nepal asks China to wipe away airport loan it can’t afford to pay back
- by Bhadra Sharma and Daisuke Wakabayashi
Is India a safe place for women? Another brutal killing raises the question
- by Anupreeta Das and Sameer Yasir
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‘So excited’: Israel rescues a hostage found alone in Gaza tunnel
The 52-year-old Israeli man was taken to a hospital in Israel, where members of his large Bedouin Arab family gathered around his bedside in a joyful reunion.
- by Melanie Lidman
‘Take a breath’: Israel, Hezbollah launch rockets, attack with drones - then pause
- by Josef Federman, Abby Sewell and Kareem Chehayeb
