This Month
Bill Clinton admitted to hospital after developing a fever
The former US president is in “good spirits” after being admitted to hospital in Washington DC.
- Justin Sink
Mangione pleads not guilty to murder of UnitedHealthcare CEO
An attorney told the court that officials, including New York Mayor Eric Adams, had turned the accused into a political pawn, depriving him of a fair trial.
- Michael Sisak and Jake Offenhartz
Biden commutes sentences for 37 out of 40 inmates on federal death row
The move will frustrate Donald Trump’s plan to expand executions. Unlike executive orders, clemency decisions cannot be reversed by a president’s successor.
- Updated
- Nandita Bose
- Opinion
- Podcasts
The best (US) podcasts of 2024
From chat shows to true crime, here’s a pick of the 10 best Americans series released this year.
- Reggie Ugwu
Australian fighter pilot to be extradited over China training claim
Attorney-General Mark Dreyfus said he considered all evidence before him before deciding father of six Daniel Duggan should face court in the United States.
- Luke Costin and Jacob Shteyman
The best TV shows of 2024
The New York Times picks English Teacher, My Brilliant Friend, Shogun, Babylon Berlin and Somebody Somewhere among the series that stood out this year.
- Updated
- James Poniewozik, Mike Hale and Margaret Lyons
US shoots down its own F/A-18 over Red Sea
The American military’s Central Command said that the two pilots had been safely recovered after they ejected from their fighter jet.
- Updated
- Yan Zhuang and Matthew Mpoke Bigg
Watch Tiger Woods’ 15-year-old son hit his first hole-in-one
“It was a perfect seven-iron,” Charlie Woods told the Golf Channel. “It was awesome. I didn’t think it went in … until I go up there and see it.”
- Reuters
Trump hints at change of heart on TikTok ban
The role of the popular social media app in last month’s election victory may have convinced the president-elect to give parent company ByteDance a reprieve.
- Gram Slattery
More aid for Ukraine, but Trump wants 5pc NATO defence spending target
The US president-elect now intends to maintain supplies to Kyiv after his inauguration, but will demand allies more than double their financial commitment.
- Lucy Fisher, Henry Foy and Felicia Schwartz
Saudi Arabia warned German police over market suspect’s extreme views
Saudi Arabia sent four warnings to German authorities over the extreme views of Taleb al Abdulmohsen, who posted of his plans to do “something big”.
- Updated
- Roland Oliphant, James Rothwell and Jorg Luyken
Republican revolt shows limits of Trump’s power
The rebellion over the funding bill cast doubt on whether the US president-elect will be able to fulfil his election campaign promises.
- Benedict Smith
Denholm on Musk: He’s entitled to his opinion, I’m entitled to mine
Robyn Denholm rose from obscurity to become the highest-profile Australian in business. But overseeing the world’s richest man as Tesla chair is no easy thing.
- Paul Smith
How Assad secretly sent 21 planeloads of Syria’s cash to Moscow
The near-broke central bank sent almost $400 million in bulk shipments between 2018 and 2019 to Russia when the dictator was indebted to the Kremlin.
- Miles Johnson, Mehul Srivastava and Chloe Cornish
Mangione could face death penalty in fresh charges
The suspect in the killing of UnitedHealthcare’s CEO was whisked to New York by plane and helicopter to face new federal charges of murder and stalking.
- Nicholas Bogel-Burroughs
- Opinion
- Government debt
I’m the guy Barron’s called the Bond King. Here’s why US debt is a problem
There is the real possibility of a quasi-default by the Treasury and few are likely to be spared from the resulting upheaval.
- Jeffrey Gundlach
- Opinion
- Global economy
Inflation risk crashes into political risk
Market tantrums and the fall in the Australian dollar in response to the US Fed show that next year is likely to be even more volatile.
- Jennifer Hewett
China to have 1000 nukes by 2030, says Pentagon
The annual China Military Power Report said the People’s Liberation Army had expanded its arsenal by 20 per cent in the 12 months to mid-2024.
- Demetri Sevastopulo
As meme coins and bitcoin surge, NFTs have been left behind
While bitcoin has surged to fresh highs in the Trump crypto rally, the price recovery of Bored Apes and other NFT art collections has been much less pronounced.
- Tess Bennett
- Opinion
- Russia-Ukraine war
Putin embarrassed on home turf with deadly scooter bomb
The murder of a top Russian general in Moscow is Ukraine’s most significant assassination so far.
- James Kilner