Qatar
Virgin Australia relaunches long-haul international flights, sort of
For the first time since scrapping its US routes during the pandemic, Virgin Australia is relaunching long-haul flights, thanks to its deal with Qatar Airways.
- by Julietta Jameson
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King Charles summons Beckhams to Buckingham Palace
Celebrity style, tiaras and a sword were the key ingredients for an unusual Buckingham Palace state banquet.
- by Damien Woolnough
Ceasefire talks break down amid claims Hamas has been kicked out of Qatar
Officials have reportedly told the listed terror organisation it will have to leave the country if it isn’t ready to engage in serious negotiations.
- by Wafaa Shurafa, Sam Magdy and Matthew Lee
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Good Weekend
The gravy plane: How Alan Joyce cultivated a PM and ruled the skies
Alan Joyce, Anthony Albanese and the opaque politics of schmooze.
- by Joe Aston
Virgin boss says Qatar partnership will boost competition
Virgin Australia’s outgoing boss Jayne Hrdlicka says the airline would not be in a position to deliver long-haul services between Australia and Europe for at least the next six years without Qatar Airway’s support.
- by Amelia McGuire
Qatar Airways to take stake in Virgin Australia as it proposes Doha flights
Virgin says a 25 per cent stake would allow it to launch services to Doha, more than a year after Qatar Airways was rejected from doubling its flights to Australia.
- by Amelia McGuire
Mongols bikie’s dash with $10,000 cash after encrypted app arrest
Accused drug importer Emmanuel Kappos was arrested at Melbourne Airport bound for North Cyprus after a federal police crackdown on the encrypted Ghost app.
- by Marta Pascual Juanola
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Middle East tensions
Houthis, Hezbollah and Hamas: Who they are and what they want
As Israeli troops raid Lebanon, conflict is spreading again in the Middle East. Who are the key players, and what is the Axis of Resistance?
- by Jackson Graham, Angus Holland and Cindy Yin
‘No excuses’: US, Egypt and Qatar call on Israel, Hamas to resume Gaza talks
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office said it had accepted the invitation, although his critics accuse him of slowing talks to end the war in Gaza.
- by Ellen Knickmeyer
Hamas chief buried in Qatar as calls for revenge ripple through Muslim world
As anger simmers over the assassination of Ismail Haniyeh, Israel, its allies and the wider region are bracing for possible Iranian retaliation.
- by Dan Williams and Julia Frankel
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Sovereign wealth
Trillion-dollar piggy banks: Inside the world of sovereign wealth
Norway’s is famously huge. Qatar used its to buy Harrods. How do sovereign wealth funds work? And why isn’t ours as big as Norway’s?
- by Angus Holland
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