World
Joe Biden jets off for Japan, reassures on Quad and Pacific Islands
Biden rejected suggestions that cancelling part of his trip was a win for Beijing, noting “we still have four good allies” in the form of the Quad alliance.
- by Farrah Tomazin
Analysis
US politics
Quad? When it comes to the US, domestic politics trumps everything
- by Farrah Tomazin
Opinion & Perspectives
Quad? When it comes to the US, domestic politics trumps everything
Biden’s decision to pull the plug on a much-anticipated trip to Australia to resume talks on the US debt crisis does not reflect well on America’s reliability as a partner.
Farrah Tomazin
North America correspondent
China’s long game: topple the US dollar
Sanctions allowed the US to pursue our foreign policy interests without boots on the ground or planes in the sky. However, that system is increasingly being challenged.
Marco Rubio
Trump’s ‘evil charisma’ menaces the US – and Australia
As well as the catastrophic prospect of a US government default, another spectre hovers over America, and by extension Australia.
Matthew Knott
National correspondent
North America
Joe Biden jets off for Japan, reassures on Quad and Pacific Islands
Biden rejected suggestions that cancelling part of his trip was a win for Beijing, noting “we still have four good allies” in the form of the Quad alliance.
- by Farrah Tomazin
‘Laptop class in la-la land’: Elon Musk lashes work from home, calls it morally dubious
Elon Musk is calling out people who work from home, saying it’s an insult to those who must show up at the workplace.
- by Sean O'Kane
Analysis
US politics
Quad? When it comes to the US, domestic politics trumps everything
- by Farrah Tomazin
Europe
Moscow dismisses claims Kyiv shot down volley of ‘hypersonic’ missiles
- by Gleb Garanich and Sergiy Karazy
Asia
A smile coach? After years of masks and isolation, some in Japan are taking lessons
As many people unmask after three years of COVID-19, smile coach and radio host Keiko Kawano is in demand.
- by Hisako Ueno and Mike Ives
China launches drive to convince women to marry and reproduce
A national body that implements Beijing’s population and fertility measures wants to create a “new-era marriage and childbearing culture”.
- by Farah Master
Updated
World elections
Thai opposition crushes military parties in election rout
- by Panu Wongcha-um and Devjyot Ghoshal
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NZ Police open a homicide investigation into deadly hostel fire
New Zealand Police believe the fatal Loafers Lodge fire was the work of arson and say the number killed in the blaze may still climb.
- by Ben McKay
