Yesterday
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
- Exclusive
- International affairs
When Keating went to war with the White House
Secret cables reveal for the first time how Keating’s right-hand man and a senior White House official engaged in an extraordinary war of words in 1992, sometimes in personal terms.
- James Curran
This Month
- Opinion
- Immigration
Populist surge makes it essential to spread gains of migration
Conflict over migration is now breaking out into the open in Western nations. But excessive limits would have a high cost too.
- Tanveer Ahmed
- Opinion
- Retail
Pressure is on Domino’s boss to deliver a turnaround
US parent Domino’s Pizza Inc and local chairman Jack Cowin are each becoming more involved in how ASX-listed Domino’s Pizza Enterprises is run.
- Carrie LaFrenz
Israel braces for attack as US urges Gaza ceasefire
Benjamin Netanyahu told a cabinet meeting “Israel is in a multi-front war against Iran’s axis of evil”.
- Alicia Diaz and Jon Herskovitz
- Opinion
- Global economy
Shouldn’t the world thank China for producing too much stuff?
If trade policy were about consumers, the US and EU would thank China for its cheap EVs, batteries and solar panels and its contribution to lowering carbon emissions.
- Gary Hufbauer
July
French swimming sensation rises as star of the games
Leon Marchand has drawn comparisons to American champion Michael Phelps and has lived up to those staggering expectations with his first gold medal on day two.
- Paul Newberry
Arsonists attack French railways hours before Olympic ceremony
High-speed rail services were suspended after fires were “deliberately set” to damage the network.
- Updated
- Hans van Leeuwen
France faces glut of unwanted Olympics tickets
A lack of demand in the secondary market has left many holding tickets they cannot sell, while organisers have continued to release more tickets.
- Josh Noble and Joanna S Kao
France’s left-wing parties struggle to unite, Socialists’ leader says
The New Popular Front, an alliance ranging from socialists and Greens to the communist party, won the parliamentary election but fell well short of a majority.
- Sudip Kar-Gupta
Iran’s new president vows balance with all countries but warns US
Masoud Pezeshkian urged Arab countries to use “all diplomatic leverages” to push for a lasting ceasefire in the ongoing Israel-Hamas war in the Gaza Strip.
- Amir Vahdat
Macron coalition talks shaky as left ‘behaves like children’
While French leftists demand the premiership, the president faces fissures in his own camp.
- Leila Abboud, Adrienne Klasa, Sarah White and Ian Johnston
Corporate France bids adieu to Macron’s pro-business agenda
Many business leaders are relieved to see extremes neutralised, but political gridlock and the rise of the left has sparked concern.
- Anne-Sylvaine Chassany, Adrienne Klasa, Leila Abboud and Sarah White
NATO allies to pledge $64b for Ukraine amid domestic turmoil
Tectonic shifts have undermined NATO’s efforts to cast the alliance’s 75th anniversary as a show of unwavering support for Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.
- Henry Foy and Stefania Palma
- Analysis
- World elections
What are the options to govern France?
Complicated talks lie ahead after snap elections called by Emmanuel Macron resulted in hung parliament.
- Anne-Sylvaine Chassany, Leila Abboud, Adrienne Klasa and Ian Johnston
- Opinion
- World elections
France heads back to its postwar era of ungovernability
France seems to be turning the clock back to the 4th Republic, the volatile postwar period when the presidency was weaker and a raucous parliament was supreme.
- Ben Hall
France braces for far-right chaos as voting under way
France was voting on Sunday in pivotal runoff elections that could hand a historic victory to Marine Le Pen’s far-right National Rally and its inward-looking, anti-immigrant vision – or produce a hung parliament and years of political deadlock.
- Barbara Surk and Helena Alves
Billionaire ‘French Murdoch’ behind Le Pen’s rise
Vincent Bollare’s TV channel and related media outlets have normalised and amplified the far-right leader’s message ahead of this weekend’s French elections.
- Benoit Berthelot and Tara Patel
- Opinion
- The AFR View
Keir Starmer can drive Britain to reform-led growth
Britain’s new PM must lock in growth quickly if he is to secure Labour’s huge win. With a planning system from hell and a 17,000-page tax code, there is plenty of scope for reform.
- The AFR View
Armed kidnapper, Nazi sympathiser: Meet France’s far-right candidates
The far-right’s National Rally party acknowledges a few “infected sheep” among its candidates as it stands on the threshold of power in France.
- Diane Jeantet
