This Month
Putin is meeting a lot of world leaders for a ‘global outcast’
In the two months since he began his fifth presidential term in May, Vladimir Putin has held more than 20 meetings with leaders. He has also made six foreign visits.
- Henry Meyer
US hedge fund made 50pc on Adani short-sell attack
New York investment fund Kingdon Capital Management had advance notice of a research report accusing the Indian conglomerate of fraud last year.
- Bhuma Shrivastava and Bei Hu
Japan must strengthen NATO ties to safeguard global peace, PM says
Fumio Kishida also signalled concern over Beijing’s alleged role in aiding Moscow’s two-year-old war in Ukraine, although he did not name China.
- Yukiko Toyoda and John Geddie
- Opinion
- World politics
On any measure, India has disappointed
It was never meant to be this way. India was to be in the corner of the democracies in the contest with the autocracies.
- Geoff Raby
Foreign start-ups swarm Australia, ‘buying time’ to show profits
Australia offers a gateway to Asia, a skilled commercial workforce and cultural commonality with the US, but its wealthy customer base is an even bigger prize.
- Nick Bonyhady
Caps on overseas students are unworkable, ‘ridiculous’
The government’s own departments reckon putting caps on international students and what they can enrol in will be a bureaucratic nightmare.
- Julie Hare
June
- Analysis
- Regional security
Why China is using axes, fists to fight border disputes
Experts say that China’s use of simple weapons rather than firearms has been a tactical choice, but it may not always prevent escalation.
- Updated
- Anika Arora Seth
Putin vows trade, security with North Korea
The Russian president pledged his unwavering support in a letter published by North Korean state media on Tuesday ahead of his planned visit to the country.
- Hyonhee Shin and Josh Smith
A win for democracy as Modi’s BJP is taken down a peg
The surprising result should put to bed claims that India’s democracy is under threat, says former high commissioner Barry O’Farrell.
- Emma Connors
- Analysis
- World elections
Modi must bow to India’s new kingmakers to retain power
Narendra Modi will need to compromise as he starts his third term as prime minister after failing to secure an outright majority at India’s general election.
- Updated
- Krutika Pathi
India’s stock crash triggers rethink for investors
A shock election result has changed the fortunes for one of the world’s best-performing sharemarkets, causing investors to re-position.
- Alex Gluyas and Jessica Sier
Modi’s shock narrow win puts strong growth plan at risk
India’s election result is a stunning disappointment for the prime minister, who had pledged more business-friendly reforms to keep the economy growing.
- Updated
- Ruchi Bhatia, Anup Roy and Preeti Soni
- Opinion
- Opinion
Modi has just learned that hype can only carry you so far
Much of India looks very different from 2014 and the pre-Modi era. But much of it looks the same, and even populists have to deliver.
- Mihir Sharma
- Opinion
- World elections
Modi’s magic is fading fast. Who’s next for India?
The prime minister’s fading halo can no longer keep people distracted from everyday issues such as high unemployment in cities and depressed incomes in villages.
- Andy Mukherjee
- Analysis
- World elections
India election strips Narendra Modi of his ‘aura of invincibility’
The expected loss of ruling party’s parliamentary majority deals stunning blow to prime minister ahead of third term.
- Benjamin Parkin, John Reed, Jyotsna Singh and Chris Kay
- Updated
- World elections
Indian shares slide as Modi lead in early counting disappoints
TV channels’ reports of early results in India’s national election show Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s National Democratic Alliance ahead in more than 300 seats.
- Updated
- YP Rajesh, Shilpa Jamkhandikar and Shivam Patel
- Opinion
- Opinion
Modi’s authoritarianism will make relations with India harder to handle
It would be a tragedy and have adverse implications for the West if India’s struggle for internal harmony were to founder on the rocks of majoritarian elective autocracy.
- John McCarthy
May
China hails ‘new beginning’ with US-allied South Korea, Japan
China, South Korea and Japan are trying to manage mutual distrust amid the rivalry between Beijing and Washington, and tensions over Taiwan.
- Hyonhee Shin
- Opinion
- Iran
President’s death shows an Iran with few cards left to play
The death of president Ebrahim Raisi opens the way for a dynastic succession to Iran’s supreme leadership. The regime’s chief goal now is protecting the status quo.
- Patrick Gibbons
This famous spa costs $17k for five nights. Is it worth it?
We road-test celebrity magnet Ananda Spa in the Himalayas.
- Fiona Carruthers
