World
A case study in sin: The rise and fall of Sihanoukville
Pleading eyes, empty rooms and abandoned construction sites – the once-glittering rivers of gold have run dry.
- by Zach Hope
Updated
Israeli-Palestinian conflict
‘With full force’: Israel rejects US, Australian backed ceasefire plan
- by Tia Goldenberg, Bassem Mroue and Melanie Lidman
Opinion & Perspectives
‘I’m your protector’: Trump’s vow to women is an appeal to fragile men
As the Republican candidate tries to dig himself out of his gender gap with Kamala Harris, he is flailing and likely making his problems much worse.
Nia-Malika Henderson
Why Israel and Hezbollah won’t say they are at war
Israeli officials say they are not seeking war with Hezbollah and that it can be avoided. Hezbollah also says it doesn’t want a war but is prepared for one.
Joseph Krauss
Why my small town in Pennsylvania will decide the US election
Both Harris and Trump know that the road to the White House not only runs through swing states, but through swing counties like mine, too.
Sarah Smiles Persinger
Editor at the United States Studies Centre
North America
Helene of Florida: ‘Nightmare’ hurricane makes landfall at 225km/h
The National Hurricane Centre in Miami said Helene roared ashore just before midnight on Thursday (Friday afternoon AEST) near the mouth of the Aucilla River in the Big Bend area of Florida’s Gulf Coast.
- by Kate Payne and Heather Hollingsworth
Opinion
US Votes 2024
‘I’m your protector’: Trump’s vow to women is an appeal to fragile men
As the Republican candidate tries to dig himself out of his gender gap with Kamala Harris, he is flailing and likely making his problems much worse.
- by Nia-Malika Henderson
Europe
France’s horrifying rape trial has a feminist hero
- by Catherine Porter and Ségolène Le Stradic
Updated
Easey Street murders
Easey Street murder suspect says he’s innocent, agrees to extradition from Rome
- by Josephine McKenna and Rob Harris
‘We have proof’: Zelensky says Russia plans to attack nuclear sites
- by Edward Wong and Farnaz Fassihi
Asia
To surname or not to surname? That is the question dividing Japan
A law dating from the Meiji era is diving the country and may make the difference in who runs it.
- by Motoko Rich and Kiuko Notoya
Chalmers likes China’s economic stimulus plans but lobster still not on the menu
Speaking in the Chinese capital on Friday after meetings with local officials, the treasurer said Australia had “a lot at stake” when it came to China’s economic slowdown.
- by Lisa Visentin
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Israeli-Palestinian conflict
‘With full force’: Israel rejects US, Australian backed ceasefire plan
In New York, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said that Israel will continue striking Hezbollah and will not stop until all of its goals are achieved.
- by Tia Goldenberg, Bassem Mroue and Melanie Lidman
Explainer
Middle East tensions
‘It’s mayhem’: Can all-out war in Lebanon be prevented?
- by Gemma Grant, Angus Holland and Jackson Graham
Analysis
Israeli-Palestinian conflict
Why Israel and Hezbollah won’t say they are at war
- by Joseph Krauss
Updated
Israeli-Palestinian conflict
US sends troops to Middle East after Israeli strikes in Lebanon kill hundreds
- by Tara Copp and Bassam Hatoum
