World
‘All this hate! For what?’: Anger and heartbreak as Buffalo grieves the dead
“I thought there was a bomb or something going off: boom, boom, boom,” says Buffalo resident Cecelia Williams. “But this was a terrorist act. ”
- by Farrah Tomazin
Retirement village pastor hit gunman with chair to halt deadly attack
- by Damian Dovarganes and Christopher Weber
Opinion & Perspectives
Biden will do ‘everything in his power’ to end hate crimes. But can he do anything?
The Buffalo mass shooting was inspired by the horrors of the Christchurch massacre. But America won’t respond with sweeping gun law reforms the way NZ did.
Farrah Tomazin
North America correspondent
How Sinn Fein went from ‘pariah’ party to Irish political powerhouse
Growing support for the new look Sinn Féin is not only a huge turnaround in the party’s fortunes, but makes Irish unity more likely.
Ray Bassett
Can Biden weaponise the abortion debate to win the midterms?
A majority of Americans support abortion rights - but will this issue galvanise them to vote Democrat in November?
Farrah Tomazin
North America correspondent
North America
‘All this hate! For what?’: Anger and heartbreak as Buffalo grieves the dead
“I thought there was a bomb or something going off: boom, boom, boom,” says Buffalo resident Cecelia Williams. “But this was a terrorist act. ”
- by Farrah Tomazin
Retirement village pastor hit gunman with chair to halt deadly attack
After a man opened fire in the California church, killing one and wounding five, members of the congregation tackled and hog-tied him with an extension cord.
- by Damian Dovarganes and Christopher Weber
Buffalo shooting suspect was detained a year ago over threatening statements
- by Jenna Zucker and Gabriella Borter
Analysis
Mass shooting
Biden will do ‘everything in his power’ to end hate crimes. But can he do anything?
- by Farrah Tomazin
Europe
‘Ukraine can win this war’: Zelensky’s troops drive Russians back to border in key battle
- by Oleksandr Stashevskyi and Ciaran McQuillan
Margaret Thatcher statue egged within hours of being erected in home town
- by Hayley Dixon and Sophie Tanno
Sweden seeks NATO membership as ruling party drops 73-year opposition
- by Niklas Pollard and Simon Johnson
Russia has lost ‘a third of ground forces’ in Ukraine attack
- by Tom Balmforth and Jonathan Landay
Asia
Tattoos, illegal in South Korea, thrive underground
Tattoo artists, long treated as criminals for their work, say that it is time to end the stigma against their business.
- by Christine Chung
‘Great turmoil’: Dozens die in North Korea as Kim admits scale of COVID outbreak
Authorities in North Korea, which does not have a vaccination program, have blamed the deaths on “careless” citizens taking unapproved medicines.
- by Josh Smith and Byungwook Kim
Also in World
Tonga eruption was biggest explosion ever recorded, dwarfing nuclear blasts
New research shows that the eruption at Tonga was a far bigger explosion than any in the 20th century.
- by Chris Hyde
Israel, in shift, investigates possibility IDF soldier killed American journalist
- by Shira Rubin and Steve Hendrix
Opinion
China
Footy diplomacy v China’s Pacific expansion: why Australia must back PNG’s bid for an NRL team
- by Stephen Brancatisano
