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Ex-cop’s ‘Fox Hunt’ trial kicks off. Was he under Beijing’s orders?
Prosecutors say Michael McMahon pressured Xu Jin to return to China to face bribery and embezzlement charges, as part of “Operation Fox Hunt”.
- by Luc Cohen
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US House votes to suspend ceiling and avoid default
Joe Biden welcomed the passage of the debt ceiling bill and urged the Democratic-majority ruled Senate to “pass it as quickly as possible”.
- by David Morgan
‘It’s in our DNA’: Australia vows not to ignore human rights as it finalises India trade deal
One week after Narendra Modi visited Sydney for bilateral talks with Anthony Albanese, the federal government is accelerating a long-awaited deal with his government.
- by Farrah Tomazin
We’ve been getting cyber wrong for years, new book claims
In “cyber persistence theory”, winning hackers don’t dominate or coerce their enemies, as they would with military arms. They instead take the initiative and restructure the landscape.
- by Chris Zappone
Opinion
US politics
Forget the debt ceiling, the entire roof’s collapsing on America
America’s restless struggle against the very concepts of governance and government increasingly threatens the survival of a normal, functional nation state.
- by Peter Hartcher
You’ll be seeing a lot more of Kamala Harris ahead of 2024 election
Sitting between Biden and McCarthy during debt ceiling negotiations, Democratic operatives say, was just part of a concerted effort to bolster the VP’s image.
- by Cleve R. Wootson Jr.
Sainthood push for US nun whose body was found intact four years after death
Pilgrims are flocking to Missouri to see the impeccably well-preserved body of Sister Wilhelmina Lancaster.
- by David Millward
His killing sparked a global uprising, but has anything changed after George Floyd’s death?
Floyd’s killing in May 2020 and the shocking video that captured it sparked one of the biggest civil rights uprisings in generations but for many the fight for change continues.
- by Farrah Tomazin
Brands embracing pride month confront a volatile political climate in US
A conservative backlash is making companies retreat from campaigns promoting inclusion.
- by Jordyn Holman and Julie Creswell
Bill Gates’ alleged Russian lover linked with infamous Kremlin spy
Mila Antonova was an acquaintance of Anna Chapman, a glamorous member of a Russian spy ring who was exposed as a sleeper agent and deported from the US in 2010.
- by Rozina Sabur
Opinion
US politics
On his 100th birthday, Henry Kissinger is worried history will repeat
The German-born diplomat is concerned, saying we are “in a classic pre-World War I situation” and are “on a path to great-power confrontation”. Happy birthday.
- by Nick Bryant