Today
- Opinion
- Trump diplomacy
Donald Trump is again the urgent issue for allies
Critics label the Trump-Vance ticket as isolationist in foreign policy. But the pair actually wants American priorities reordered to take on China.
- James Curran
Yesterday
US journalist sentenced to 16 years in Russian prison
The Wall Street Journal’s Evan Gershkovich becomes the first Western reporter to be convicted of spying in modern Russia, and could be used in a prisoner swap.
- Ivan Nechepurenko
This Month
Fewer aristocrats: Starmer lays out left-wing vision
The supposedly cautious UK PM is proposing taxpayer funds for green energy, nationalising the railways and rolling out new workers’ rights.
- Updated
- Hans van Leeuwen
- Opinion
- Opinion
Why does France’s far right get stronger with each election?
The Western nation has not responded well to the challenges of globalisation, which is a problem that also applies to the whole of Europe.
- Adrian Blundell-Wignall
Trump could be ‘a loser’ if he abandons Ukraine, says Tony Abbott
The former prime minister reckons that Vladimir Putin owes the families of MH17 victims an apology and compensation for the “atrocity”.
- Andrew Tillett
King Charles, Queen Camilla to visit Australia in October
The royal couple will make the trip en route to a CHOGM summit in Samoa, but the King’s fragile health means it’ll be shorter than the epic visits of years gone by.
- Hans van Leeuwen
Putin is meeting a lot of world leaders for a ‘global outcast’
In the two months since he began his fifth presidential term in May, Vladimir Putin has held more than 20 meetings with leaders. He has also made six foreign visits.
- Henry Meyer
- Opinion
- Opinion
On any measure, India has disappointed
It was never meant to be this way. India was to be in the corner of the democracies in the contest with the autocracies.
- Geoff Raby
Markets on tenterhooks as French politicians jostle for power
France’s left-wing parties are scrambling for a way to break the political impasse created by President Emmanuel Macron’s snap parliamentary election.
- Hans van Leeuwen
- Updated
- World elections
France faces political gridlock after shock election result
France faces fresh political uncertainty and weeks of wrangling, with an intractable hung parliament carved up between three blocs, after a shock election result.
- Updated
- Hans van Leeuwen
- Analysis
- World elections
How it all went wrong for Le Pen’s National Rally
The second round of the election was framed as a referendum for or against the hard right party, and the French clearly came out against.
- Henry Samuel and Rebecca Rosman
French left alliance set for shock victory over Le Pen and Macron
The coalition’s surge is a surprise blow to far-right leader Marine Le Pen, who had hoped to form the next government, and incumbent president Emmanuel Macron.
- Ania Nussbaum
Fixing broken Britain needs ‘tough decisions’, Starmer warns
The new prime minister held a cabinet meeting on Saturday to kickstart his bid to resuscitate the country’s ailing public services and tight finances.
- Hans van Leeuwen
‘We will fight until you believe again’: Starmer vows to fix Britain
Keir Starmer has officially become the UK’s new prime minister after a landslide victory in the polls and says he will lead a government focused on public service.
- Updated
- Hans van Leeuwen
- Analysis
- UK election
Gaza backlash and other key lessons from UK’s election
Gaza has shaken up the left, populism is shaking up the right. Labour’s majority is less secure than it seems, but Keir Starmer’s dullness could be an asset.
- Updated
- Hans van Leeuwen
Labour set for landslide win as UK votes
Britons began casting their ballots, as opinion polls suggest a Labour win of historic proportions. But the many tight three-way contests could still deliver a surprise.
- Updated
- Hans van Leeuwen
- Analysis
- UK election
How will Keir Starmer change the UK?
As a Labour government gets set to take the reins after 14 years of Conservative rule, what will Starmer do with power in his first 100 days and beyond?
- Updated
- Hans van Leeuwen
Why angry Britain will this week finally dump the Tories
Five PMs, five elections and a three-ring circus: over 14 years, the Conservative government sowed the seeds of its own downfall – and leaves a mixed legacy.
- Hans van Leeuwen
France teeters towards dysfunction as vote puts far-right at ‘gates of power’
Emmanuel Macron’s gamble looks set to usher in a populist government or a paralysed parliament, unless voters rally to him in the poll’s July 7 second round.
- Updated
- Hans van Leeuwen
June
- Exclusive
- UK election
AUKUS safe under Labour: next UK minister for Australia
Australian-born Catherine West, who will be minister for Asia and the Pacific if Labour wins the election, rejects Tory claims the subs deal is at risk.
- Updated
- Hans van Leeuwen
