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UK police prepare for further clashes with far right
PM Keir Starmer said this week authorities had agreed to mobilise a “standing army” of officers to deal with the anti-migrant and anti-Muslim disorder.
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- Alex Wickham
China’s exports slow in warning sign for economy
Exports rose 7 per cent in July in dollar terms from a year earlier, falling short of economists’ median forecast of a 9.5 per cent gain.
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- Yujing Liu
Harris presents running mate in battleground rally
The vice president introduced Tim Walz on stage, hailing him as a “fighter for the middle class” and touting a biography Democrats hope will broaden the ticket’s appeal.
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- Matthew Cranston
Rex bailout likely but not necessary, administrator says
Administrators say Rex could remain sustainable without a bailout; Australians warned not to travel to Bangladesh amid ‘civil unrest’; How the Games day 11 unfolded. Follow live updates.
- Updated
- Natasha Rudra and Lucy Slade
- Updated
- Paris 2024
Why the world should fear skateboarding’s smiling assassin
Arisa Trew – Australia’s youngest-ever Olympic gold medalist – is the product of an elite training program that mixes three hours of school a day with a lot of backside airs.
- Updated
- James Hall
Andrew Liveris learns how not to run an Olympics
The president of the Brisbane 2032 Organising Committee has had a jam-packed schedule in Paris as part of a contingent learning what to do – and not do – for the Games.
- Zoe Samios
Opinion & Analysis
Talks sanction more US bombers, fighter jets, spy planes in Australia
Annual defence and foreign affairs talks will see Australia deepen its role as the US’s “unsinkable aircraft carrier” in a potential conflict with China.
What does China make of America’s topsy-turvy election?
Beijing will have trouble working out whether a hard or soft approach to a new US administration will work best.
Geostrategist
Folksy attack dog: Why Harris chose Tim Walz as VP
The plain-speaking Minnesotan brings Midwestern colloquialism and progressive appeal to the Democratic ticket.
Contributor
The Fed will not let markets dictate a rate cut
The US central bank reacts to the sharemarket only when volatility threatens financial stability. For the moment, there is no evidence that this is the case.
Economics professor
From the Financial Times
- Analysis
- US election
Folksy attack dog: Why Harris chose Tim Walz as VP
The plain-speaking Minnesotan brings Midwestern colloquialism and progressive appeal to the Democratic ticket.
- Steff Chávez
- Opinion
- Monetary policy
The Fed will not let markets dictate a rate cut
The US central bank reacts to the sharemarket only when volatility threatens financial stability. For the moment, there is no evidence that this is the case.
- Barry Eichengreen
- Analysis
- GDP
Is the US heading for a recession?
Most analysts believe the world’s largest economy will make a soft landing, with inflation falling back to the Fed’s 2 per cent goal without a sharp rise in unemployment.
- Claire Jones, Delphine Strauss and Martha Muir
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Talks sanction more US bombers, fighter jets, spy planes in Australia
Annual defence and foreign affairs talks will see Australia deepen its role as the US’s “unsinkable aircraft carrier” in a potential conflict with China.
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- Andrew Tillett and Matthew Cranston
- Opinion
- US election
What does China make of America’s topsy-turvy election?
Beijing will have trouble working out whether a hard or soft approach to a new US administration will work best.
- Ian Bremmer
- Analysis
- US election
Folksy attack dog: Why Harris chose Tim Walz as VP
The plain-speaking Minnesotan brings Midwestern colloquialism and progressive appeal to the Democratic ticket.
- Steff Chávez
- Opinion
- Monetary policy
The Fed will not let markets dictate a rate cut
The US central bank reacts to the sharemarket only when volatility threatens financial stability. For the moment, there is no evidence that this is the case.
- Barry Eichengreen
- Analysis
- GDP
Is the US heading for a recession?
Most analysts believe the world’s largest economy will make a soft landing, with inflation falling back to the Fed’s 2 per cent goal without a sharp rise in unemployment.
- Claire Jones, Delphine Strauss and Martha Muir
What’s the future for the Boomers without talismanic Patty Mills?
Australia, like many other basketball teams at the Olympics, relies on the outlier brilliance of one superstar. The coach admits it’ll be hard to replace him.
- Hans van Leeuwen
The gold medals keep coming – but not in our big team sports, so far
Teen skateboarder Arisa Trew made Australian Olympic history. But in the big team sports, we’re down to just three hopefuls. Here’s what you missed overnight.
- Hans van Leeuwen and Zoe Samios
Why America’s broligarchs support Donald Trump
Some Silicon Valley CEOs see any form of democratic constraint on themselves as illegitimate by definition.
- Brooke Harrington
Hamas names Sinwar, October 7 attack planner, as new leader
Yahya Sinwar is at the top of Israel’s kill list as it seeks to destroy Hamas and its leadership after the October 7 attack that killed 1200 in southern Israel.
- Bassem Mroue
Yesterday
US personnel wounded in attack against base in Iraq, officials say
It was unclear whether the attack was linked to threats by Iran to retaliate over the killing of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh.
- Idrees Ali and Phil Stewart
Netanyahu clashes with security chiefs on Hamas deal
The Israeli PM is openly at odds with the defence establishment over an agreement that could ease soaring tensions in the region. Analysts blame domestic politics.
- Neri Zilber
Bangladesh protesters back Nobel laureate for government role
Protesters have called for Nobel Peace Prize winner Muhammad Yunus to be named chief adviser of a new interim government after PM Sheikh Hasina fled the country.
- John Reed, Benjamin Parkin and Lucy Fisher
Sister act: Noemie Fox joins sister Jess as gold medallist
The kayak cross champion has finally come out from behind the shadow of her legendary sister Jess.
- Hans van Leeuwen
Two left: Harris set to name White House running mate
Kamala Harris only has days to choose either Pennsylvania governor Josh Shapiro or Minnesota governor Tim Walz to be her vice presidential candidate.
- Rozina Sabur
- Opinion
- Sharemarket
Why global investors find it so easy to sell Japan
It is easier to sell Japan into a rout than any other Asian market, and unusually attractive to take profits from it right now because the gains this year have been so good.
- Leo Lewis
Trump seizes on market meltdown, blames Harris
The former president sought to raise voter concerns about the health of the US economy, saying “we are heading to World War III”.
- Matthew Cranston
‘We are confident about the Australian economy’: Chalmers
Treasurer Jim Chalmers welcomes RBA decision; PM calls out Iranian ambassador’s comments; Kamala Harris secures Democratic presidential nomination. How the day unfolded.
- Natasha Rudra and Lucy Slade
‘This country is better than that’: Caroline Kennedy on Trump shooting
The only remaining child of John F. Kennedy says she’s ashamed there are still Americans prepared to resort to extreme violence because of political differences.
- Matthew Cranston
Noemie Fox just won gold – but that was the least exciting part
Noemie Fox’s memorable gold medal has drawn attention to the new Olympic event that’s a bit like a whitewater Wacky Races.
- Hans van Leeuwen
Market panic risks dragging down global growth, economists warn
Analysts say economies in the US and elsewhere are not “nosediving”, but they flag the threat of “self-fulfilling” investor jitters.
- Delphine Strauss
