World
Diplomatic triumph or lucky escape? Why Trump swung in behind AUKUS
AUKUS is not the only matter on which the president and State Department have prevailed over sceptics in the Pentagon. But Australia should also be thankful to the British for helping lock in Trump’s support.
- byMichael Koziol
The sudden death of a young chess grandmaster and the cheating scandal upending the game
- byJesse McKinley,Dylan Loeb McClain andJonathan Abrams
Opinion & Perspectives
Peace, trade and self-congratulation: A brief tour of Trump’s brush with ASEAN
You knew Air Force One had disgorged the dancing US president by the clapping and excited hoots from Kuala Lumpur’s vast press centre.
Zach Hope
South-east Asia correspondent
Israel’s annexation of the West Bank has been occurring for decades
Israel’s parliament is debating applying Israeli law over the West Bank. Its control of the region, however, has been growing without such ceremony.
Anas Iqtait
Professor
Prince Andrew feels heat over royal home after rent deal revealed
Engulfed by scandal, Prince Andrew has fought for years to stay in the Royal Lodge near Windsor. Now we know why.
David Crowe
Europe correspondent
North America
The sudden death of a young chess grandmaster and the cheating scandal upending the game
Daniel Naroditsky was found unresponsive at his home in North Carolina, triggering bitter accusations that his chess idol – Russian grandmaster and former world champion Vladimir Kramnik – had bullied him.
- byJesse McKinley,Dylan Loeb McClain andJonathan Abrams
Trump arrives in Malaysia ahead of ASEAN
Trump arrives in Malaysia ahead of ASEAN as US, China to begin trade talks
Europe
Aristocratic Welby family at war over Lincolnshire estate
- byPatrick Sawer,Sarah Limbrick andIsabelle Young
Asia
Analysis
Donald Trump
Peace, trade and self-congratulation: A brief tour of Trump’s brush with ASEAN
You knew Air Force One had disgorged the dancing US president by the clapping and excited hoots from Kuala Lumpur’s vast press centre.
- byZach Hope
Trump confident of deal with Xi as leaders prepare to meet
US and Chinese trade negotiators have paved the way for President Donald Trump and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping to reach a deal when they meet this week.
- byLisa Visentin
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Strengthening hurricane threatens Caribbean with catastrophic floods
Melissa is now a category 3 hurricane and is expected to rapidly intensify over the next 24 hours, threatening catastrophic flooding in the northern Caribbean, including Haiti and Jamaica.
Analysis
Israeli-Palestinian conflict
The one-word post that shows how hard it will be to keep peace in Gaza
- byDavid M. Halbfinger
Two more hostage bodies released as US warns Hamas planning attack on Palestinians
- byToqa Ezzidin,Sam Mednick andSamy Magdy
