This Month
- Opinion
- Middle East conflict
Netanyahu’s fight to be tested in a dangerous world
The risk of greater conflagration in the Middle East is keeping the world on edge, and Australia is no exception.
- Jennifer Hewett
Germany ‘reopens old wounds’ with border checks
There are fears for the future of Schengen and the freedom of movement it symbolises – regarded by EU citizens as one of the greatest accomplishments of European unity.
- Guy Chazan, Laura Dubois and Raphael Minder
The Telegram billionaire, the yoga instructor and a very messy split
For almost a decade, Irina Bolgar and Pavel Durov enjoyed an extravagant lifestyle, funded by the messaging app. After his arrest, the dream is unravelling.
- Adam Satariano and Paul Mozur
The unexpected ingredients of a trip along the Rhône
Truffle hunting and raw-milk cheese tasting are just two of the delicious excursions during a river cruise in the south of France.
- Tim Johnson
September
Austrian far right wins vote, but won’t form government
Despite the Freedom Party winning the most votes for the first time in a national election, its leader, Herbert Kickl, appears unlikely to play a role in the next cabinet.
- Marton Eder and Jonathan Tirone
AUKUS was part of plan to punish Macron, says Boris Johnson
Writing in his upcoming memoirs, the former UK prime minister accused the French president of being a “positive nuisance” during talks to leave the EU.
- Updated
- Daniel Martin
ASX hits fresh record; Dutton calls for arrests; Five bubble dangers
Read everything that’s happened in the news so far today.
Macron appoints right-wing cabinet to end paralysis
The government still faces two challenges in the coming weeks: the risk of a no-confidence vote and a tight budget deadline.
- Roger Cohen and Aurelien Breeden
Paris throws a final Olympics bash
It was a day of summer revelry before the autumn doldrums set in, the end of an Olympic bubble that enchanted France and allowed it to forget, for a time, its problems.
- Aurelien Breeden
Putin warns of uranium export ban in retaliation to West
The Russian president urged officials to consider restricting exports of uranium, titanium and other commodities in retaliation for fresh Western sanctions.
- Vladimir Soldatkin
New French PM under pressure to suspend immigration
Michel Barnier is being propped up by Marine Le Pen of the hard Right, who said she supported the three- to five-year moratorium he proposed in 2021.
- Vivian Song
- Analysis
- Social media
How France embraced Telegram’s Pavel Durov — before turning on him
Accustomed to mixing with the nation’s elite, the tech billionaire says he was surprised to be targeted by its legal system.
- Adrienne Klasa
Setka did not trespass on building site: police
Police clear the former CFMEU leader of any criminal offence; Angus Taylor says Wayne Swan RBA comments “disgraceful”; Mark Dreyfus says $3.9 billion for frontline legal services “critical”. Follow live updates.
- Updated
- Lucy Slade
Macron turns to veteran Brexit hardman as French PM
The French president, boxed in by the parliamentary deadlock he created via a snap election in June, has named 73-year-old Michel Barnier as prime minister.
- Hans van Leeuwen
More US cleantech companies close as fundraising challenges emerge
Start-up cleantech businesses that easily raised money from venture firms just two or three years ago are now finding it harder to get hold of fresh cash.
- Patrick Temple-West, Amelia Pollard and George Hammond
August
How Russia’s Mark Zuckerberg became a wanted man
The arrest in France of Telegram owner Pavel Durov turned him into a folk hero among those concerned about free speech and government censorship.
- Paul Mozur and Adam Satariano
- Opinion
- Indonesia
Our new quiet security embrace as Jakarta hedges bets
Indonesia’s strategic wariness of China has culminated in this week’s military co-operation agreement with Australia. But don’t read too much into it.
- Susannah Patton and Rahman Yaacob
How the French really feel about the Paris Olympics
The Games’ problems – food, air-con, ticket prices – seem prosaic, whereas memories are written in poetry.
- Matthew Drummond
- Opinion
- Paris 2024
Like a French film, it was genius and difficult, but a fitting end
The closing ceremony was slow, and some people walked out, but the fans stayed until the end and only the Hollywood part was a bit off.
- Matthew Drummond
Tom Cruise dives into star-studded Paris closing ceremony
With golden fireworks, celebrities and thousands of athletes partying into the night, the closing ceremony put a final flourish to Paris’ first Games in a century.
- Updated
- John Leicester
