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The ordinary Germans turning to the far-right
It’s not disillusioned old people hankering back to Germany’s past, but overwhelmingly young people who want a future free of multiculturalism.
- Judith Woods
September
Austrian far right wins vote, but won’t form government
Despite the Freedom Party winning the most votes for the first time in a national election, its leader, Herbert Kickl, appears unlikely to play a role in the next cabinet.
- Marton Eder and Jonathan Tirone
AUKUS was part of plan to punish Macron, says Boris Johnson
Writing in his upcoming memoirs, the former UK prime minister accused the French president of being a “positive nuisance” during talks to leave the EU.
- Updated
- Daniel Martin
Zombie construction sites are making German housing woes worse
Half-finished shells of would-be homes have become a regular sight across Germany. More than 1000 companies involved in real estate have collapsed since 2022.
- Libby Cherry and Laura Malsch
- Exclusive
- Defence
Worries over China help Australia find unlikely allies
A top German navy commander is keen to work more with Australia, as Russia and China deepen their own maritime co-operation.
- Andrew Tillett
Paris throws a final Olympics bash
It was a day of summer revelry before the autumn doldrums set in, the end of an Olympic bubble that enchanted France and allowed it to forget, for a time, its problems.
- Aurelien Breeden
Putin warns of uranium export ban in retaliation to West
The Russian president urged officials to consider restricting exports of uranium, titanium and other commodities in retaliation for fresh Western sanctions.
- Vladimir Soldatkin
New French PM under pressure to suspend immigration
Michel Barnier is being propped up by Marine Le Pen of the hard Right, who said she supported the three- to five-year moratorium he proposed in 2021.
- Vivian Song
- Analysis
- Social media
How France embraced Telegram’s Pavel Durov — before turning on him
Accustomed to mixing with the nation’s elite, the tech billionaire says he was surprised to be targeted by its legal system.
- Adrienne Klasa
More US cleantech companies close as fundraising challenges emerge
Start-up cleantech businesses that easily raised money from venture firms just two or three years ago are now finding it harder to get hold of fresh cash.
- Patrick Temple-West, Amelia Pollard and George Hammond
Volkswagen mulls closing German plants for first time in its history
The German brand has faced falling sales, amid decreased demand in Europe, especially for its electric vehicles, and cut-throat competition from China.
- Melissa Eddy
August
- Opinion
- Indonesia
Our new quiet security embrace as Jakarta hedges bets
Indonesia’s strategic wariness of China has culminated in this week’s military co-operation agreement with Australia. But don’t read too much into it.
- Susannah Patton and Rahman Yaacob
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
- 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