World
Analysis
US Votes 2024
Harris laid the bait and Trump took it on a bad night for the former president
It took only half an hour for Kamala Harris to bait Donald Trump, simply by saying people leave his rallies looking exhausted and bored.
- by Farrah Tomazin
Opinion & Perspectives
You need to calm down: Why Taylor’s endorsement hasn’t won Harris the election
Democrats may be dancing – metaphorically and probably literally. But is an Instagram post from Taylor Swift a signed, sealed and delivered election victory? Not yet.
Katy Hall
Age deputy opinion editor
Why Harris’ strong debate performance is good for Australia
The US presidential debate ushered Kamala Harris into American lounge rooms – and showed the world the election race has caught fire.
The Herald's View
Editorial
Kamala sliced Trump like sashimi, when he wasn’t doing it himself
Trump saved his best for last, but it was too late to recover from what will go down as a genuinely shocking performance.
Bruce Wolpe
Senior fellow at the US Studies Centre and former political staffer
North America
Kamala Harris wants a second debate, Donald Trump is not so sure
As the dust settled on Tuesday’s debate, Trump and his allies went into damage control amid widespread dismay that the former president was repeatedly baited by Harris.
- by Farrah Tomazin
Opinion
US Votes 2024
You need to calm down: Why Taylor’s endorsement hasn’t won Harris the election
Democrats may be dancing – metaphorically and probably literally. But is an Instagram post from Taylor Swift a signed, sealed and delivered election victory? Not yet.
- by Katy Hall
Europe
Drones target Russian regions, including Moscow, authorities say
- by The Associated Press
Asia
How scientists got wind of airborne germs at 3km altitude
Hundreds of different types of fungi and bacteria have been caught for the first time in the atmosphere and researchers think they know where they come from.
- by Carl Zimmer
Dramatic footage shows truck plunging into water during bridge collapse after Vietnam typhoon
Reports said 10 cars and trucks, along with two motorbikes, fell into the river. Some people were pulled out of the river and taken to a hospital, but at least 10 were still missing.
- by Aniruddha Ghosal
China’s foreign minister who ‘disappeared’ amid scandalous rumours re-emerges
- by Ellen Nakashima and Christian Shepherd
‘Like a horror movie’: powerful typhoon hits tourist hot spots, several dead, hundreds injured
- by Zen Soo and Aniruddha Ghosal
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- by David Biller
‘Intimidation’: US, Turkey furious after dual citizen killed in West Bank
- by Kareem Fahim, Loveday Morris and John Hudson