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Aviation
China’s dream of ruling the skies is problematic
China’s homemade passenger jet has finally made its debut after a 16-year odyssey. It is a key part of a big much bigger plan.
- by Stephen Bartholomeusz
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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
Biden’s accuser in Moscow seeking Russian refuge with help of ex-spy
“I feel very surrounded by protection and safety,” Tara Reade said after arriving in Moscow, supported by former spy Maria Butina.
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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
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US Congress
The US will pay a heavy price for its damaging game of chicken
The US appears likely to narrowly escape a financial catastrophe with a debt ceiling deal, but the outcome does not justify the havoc that has been caused.
- by Stephen Bartholomeusz
What you should know about the US debt ceiling deal
The deal would suspend the $US31.4 trillion ($48 trillion) debt ceiling until January 2025.
- by Steve Holland and Jarrett Renshaw
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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
Oath Keepers founder sentenced to 18 years over January 6 attack
The sentence given to Oath Keepers extremist group founder Stewart Rhodes is the longest handed down so far in the hundreds of Capitol riot cases.
- by Michael Kunzelman, Alanna Durkin Richer and Lindsay Whitehurst
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US Votes 2024
America suddenly feels like Gotham. But I can’t see Batman
Ron DeSantis’ entry into the US presidential race was a shambles – but a lot of rich Republicans need him to win.
- by Bill Wyman
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Out Trump-ing Trump: DeSantis’ plan to lift his presidential campaign
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis is staking a claim to the Republican party’s presidential nomination by taking a harder line than Donald Trump on many issues.
- by Farrah Tomazin
Ron DeSantis’ presidential campaign to take on Trump stymied by Twitter glitches
Florida governor Ron DeSantis filed federal election paperwork on Wednesday to formalise his candidacy for the Republican nomination. Then he went on Twitter.
- by Farrah Tomazin