World
‘Like leaving doors of the Louvre open’: New fee for Venice day-trippers
Italy’s floating city will become the first in the world to charge an entrance fee - but not everyone wants Venice to crack down harder on tourism.
- by Rob Harris
Zelensky fires top officials over agency collaboration with Russians
- by Tom Balmforth and Max Hunder
Flames reach the beach as heat and wildfires rage across Europe
- by Angela Charlton and Joseph Wilson
Investigation
Russia-Ukraine war
Inside the Ukraine war crimes investigation, Part 3: The resistance
- by Anthony Galloway and Kate Geraghty
Nearly 400 police on scene but ‘egregiously poor’ decisions: Uvalde report
- by Jake Bleiberg and Paul J Weber
Opinion & Perspectives
As Ireland grows less benighted, America turns cruel for women
Ireland has leaped into modernity, rejecting religious reactionaries’ insistence on controlling women’s bodies. America, meanwhile, has gone in the opposite direction.
Maureen Dowd
New York Times columnist
People power has brought down Sri Lanka’s ruling dynasty. What now?
Travelling through the Rajapaksa’s stronghold of Hambantota, it was clear that even the family’s diehard supporters were losing faith.
Ruth Pollard
Diverse representation is important, but so is what people stand for
Excitement over the racial background of Boris Johnson’s likely successor obscures one of the risks that come with a focus on cultural identity and representation in politics.
Osman Faruqi
Culture news editor and columnist
North America
Prime-time hearing to reveal the most compelling evidence of Trump’s ‘dereliction of duty’
After a year-long investigation, the January 6 inquiry is seeking to wrap up what may be its last hearing, even as its probe continues to heat up.
- by Hope Yen
James Webb offers new perspective on something closer to home: Jupiter
Scientists are buzzing over new infrared images of Jupiter, including its icy moons which some think could harbour life in their vast undergound oceans.
- by Kenneth Chang
Nearly 400 police on scene but ‘egregiously poor’ decisions: Uvalde report
- by Jake Bleiberg and Paul J Weber
Mexico captures infamous drug lord Rafael Caro Quintero
- by E. Eduardo Castillo and Christopher Sherman
Europe
Flames reach the beach as heat and wildfires rage across Europe
- by Angela Charlton and Joseph Wilson
Zelensky fires top officials over agency collaboration with Russians
- by Tom Balmforth and Max Hunder
Investigation
Russia-Ukraine war
Inside the Ukraine war crimes investigation, Part 3: The resistance
- by Anthony Galloway and Kate Geraghty
Asia
Spotlight back on church whose members were once known as ‘Moonies’
The Unification Church was derided as a cult in the 70s. The assassination of Shinzo Abe has unexpectedly brought a new wave of scrutiny to the movement.
- by Rosa Silverman
Resignation by email: Sri Lankan president quits after touching down in Singapore
A short time after Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa landed in Singapore, he emailed his resignation home to Colombo.
- by Uditha Jayasinghe, Alasdair Pal and Chen Lin
Opinion
Political unrest
People power has brought down Sri Lanka’s ruling dynasty. What now?
- by Ruth Pollard
State of emergency declared after Sri Lankan president flees the country
- by Krishan Francis and Daniel Brettig
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New Zealand extends fuel excise cut until next year in bid to help rising cost of living
New Zealand petrol prices, like elsewhere, have risen sharply since Russia’s attack on Ukraine started in February, contributing to significant inflation.
From ‘magic’ grass to roads and schools, China is everywhere in Fiji
- by Eryk Bagshaw and Tim Vula
‘This place will crack’: Centuries-old graves threatened by the sea
- by Eryk Bagshaw and Tim Vula
From the Archives, 1997: Tears and anger as tragedy hits our athletes
- by Ross Dunn, Helen Pitt and Malcolm Brown
US, Australia launch major Pacific counter-bid to China’s rising influence
- by Eryk Bagshaw and Farrah Tomazin