World
Paris mayor makes good on Seine swim vow to show it’s safe for Olympics
Anne Hidalgo swam in the cleaned-up waters of the capital’s river, fulfilling a promise that has become a symbol of the Olympic Games that start this month.
- by Rob Harris
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US Votes 2024
Republican National Convention 2024 LIVE updates: Joe Biden tests positive for COVID; Trump running mate J.D. Vance set to speak
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Daughters of murdered Australian speak of love for father, frustration with DFAT
- by Zach Hope and James Wilson
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Republican Party’s transformation is complete. It is united behind Trump
If there was ever any doubt that this is Donald J. Trump’s party, it has ended. Friends and former enemies alike have realigned behind the MAGA platform.
Farrah Tomazin
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Trump’s shadow looms larger over China
The increased likelihood that Donald Trump will regain the US presidency is a threat to Xi Jinping’s factory-led strategy for restructuring China’s economy.
Stephen Bartholomeusz
Senior business columnist
What would a second Trump term be like? Check out Project 2025
A blueprint has been drafted for how Trump’s administration would function if he wins back the White House. It’s every bit as menacing as critics report.
Paul Krugman
Nobel prize winning economist
North America
The security ‘hole’ that may have delayed the sniper response at Trump rally
According to the analysis, Thomas Matthew Crooks would likely not have been visible as he crawled up the roof to take his final shooting position.
- by Samuel Oakford, Aaron Steckelberg, Evan Hill, Jarrett Ley, Jonathan Baran, Alex Horton and Samuel Granados
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US Votes 2024
Republican National Convention 2024 LIVE updates: Joe Biden tests positive for COVID; Trump running mate J.D. Vance set to speak
The convention in Milwaukee comes on the heels of an assassination attempt on Republican nominee former president Donald Trump.
- by Sherryn Groch and Chris Zappone
Ex-CIA analyst accused of spying in exchange for handbags, Michelin-star sushi
- by Claire Fahy and Jesse McKinley
Analysis
US Votes 2024
Republican Party’s transformation is complete. It is united behind Trump
- by Farrah Tomazin
Europe
Asia
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Crime
Daughters of murdered Australian speak of love for father, frustration with DFAT
The daughters of David Fisk have spoken publicly for the first time of their love for their father and their frustration at not being told key details.
- by Zach Hope and James Wilson
NRL star’s dad will be spared death penalty if convicted in Indonesia
Gregor Haas has been in a Manila prison since May after police alleged he was connected to the infamous Sinaloa drug cartel and had tried to import drugs into Indonesia.
- by Zach Hope
Analysis
China relations
Australia refuses to match allies sanctioning China over support for Russian war
- by Lisa Visentin
A-listers fly in as Asia’s richest man marries in the year’s most extravagant wedding
- by Rafiq Maqbool and Rajanish Kakade
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