World
Russell Crowe’s ‘soft power gift’ to Thailand as it scraps tourist quarantine
Just over a third of its population is fully vaccinated but the tourism-starved nation is preparing to welcome back foreigners quarantine-free from November 1.
- by Chris Barrett
Opinion & Perspectives
How one US senator could sink Biden’s climate agenda and COP26
With Biden’s climate legislation at risk of collapse in Congress, the US President’s ability to deliver on his emissions reduction target is in serious doubt.Â
Matthew Knott
North America Correspondent
Purges, a plot and the real reason why Xi Jinping might be afraid to leave China
There are credible reports of a foiled conspiracy against the Chinese leader.
Peter Hartcher
Political and international editor
Australia needs to step up as Papua New Guinea is hit by COVID
Papua New Guinea is experiencing a challenging COVID outbreak and steps need to be taken to combat vaccine misinformation in the country.
Hillary Mansour
Contributor
North America
Haiti gang that kidnapped missionary group seeks $US1m ransom per hostage
The gang kidnapped 17 members of a US-based missionary group and has demanded a $US17 million ransom, according to Haiti’s justice minister.
- by Danica Coto and Evens Sanon
Statue of limitations: Thomas Jefferson to be removed from New York council chambers
The Founding Father’s history as a slaveholder was behind the push for the statue to be banished, as the US grapples with symbols of systemic racism.
- by Jeffery C. Mays and Zachary Small
Analysis
Glasgow summit
How one US senator could sink Biden’s climate agenda and COP26
- by Matthew Knott
Donald Trump sues House panel investigating January 6 Capitol attack
- by Jan Wolfe, Mary Clare Jalonick and Jill Colvin
Europe
Facebook plans to hire 10,000 in Europe to build ‘metaverse’
- by Kelvin Chan and Matt O'Brien
UK fears more terror attacks from ‘bedroom radicals’ bred in lockdown
- by Martin Evans, Ben Riley-Smith, Robert Mendick and Henry Yorke
Asia
Fake families and neighbourhood spies: China’s 24-hour repression of Uighurs
In the campaign to remake Xinjiang into a region of ‘perfect stability’, household managers are trained in intelligence and ideological instability is punished with re-education.
- by Eryk Bagshaw
Russell Crowe’s ‘soft power gift’ to Thailand as it scraps tourist quarantine
Just over a third of its population is fully vaccinated but the tourism-starved nation is preparing to welcome back foreigners quarantine-free from November 1.
- by Chris Barrett
Opinion
Inside China
Purges, a plot and the real reason why Xi Jinping might be afraid to leave China
- by Peter Hartcher
Explainer
China relations
‘Playing with fire’: Why might Taiwan be the next global flashpoint?
- by Eryk Bagshaw
China puts US on back foot with ‘game-changing’ hypersonic missile test
- by Louise Watt and Marcus Parekh
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Diver discovers ancient crusader sword off Israeli coast
Encrusted in shells, the metre-long weapon lay hidden for 900 years near the old city of Haifa until it was revealed by shifting sandbanks.
Opinion
Coronavirus pandemic
Australia needs to step up as Papua New Guinea is hit by COVID
- by Hillary Mansour
How rum is helping Venezuelan gangsters break out of a vicious cycle
- by Isayen Herrera and Anatoly Kurmanaev
140,000 jabs for 100 million people in the least vaccinated nation on earth
- by Michael J. Kavanagh and Antony Sguazzin
Explosion at mosque in Afghan city of Kandahar causes heavy casualties
- by Gibran Naiyyar Peshimam
In Beirut, deadly tensions flare amid anger over port blast probe
- by Maha El Dahan, Tom Perry and Laila Bassam
WHO advises a third COVID shot for users of Chinese vaccines
- by Stephanie Nebehay and Emma Farge