Ukraine
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Catholic church
Pope Francis taps Melbourne bishop to be one of 21 new Catholic cardinals
The nomination of 44-year-old Bishop Mykola Bychok of Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church is also seen as sending a subtle political message as Russia’s war grinds on.
- by Brittany Busch
Latest
Russia captures key town in eastern Ukraine after two years of grinding battle
Vuhledar, a town Ukrainian forces fought tooth and nail to keep, is the latest urban settlement to fall to the Russians as the war stretches deep into its third year.
- by Maxim Rodionov
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World elections
Austrian far-right party wins first national election since World War II
The Freedom Party was founded in the 1950s by Nazi veterans and is one of Europe’s longest-standing parties of the populist right.
- by Rob Harris
Analysis
US Votes 2024
Between a war and an election, Zelensky watches Trump waffle on
It was an awkward moment in Trump Tower, the two side by side, Zelensky in a difficult position.
- by Jonathan Swan, Simon J. Levien, Constant Méheut and David E. Sanger
ABC journalists face criminal probe in Russia over ‘illegal’ border crossing
The ABC’s Europe correspondent and a camera operator are the subject of a criminal investigation by Russia’s Federal Security Service.
- by Rob Harris
Russia has a secret war drone project with China, intel sources say
Beijing has repeatedly denied that China or Chinese companies have supplied Russia with weapons for use in Ukraine.
- by Tom Balmforth
Trump claims Ukraine is ‘absolutely obliterated’
The former US president says Ukraine should have made concessions to Vladimir Putin in the months before Russia’s 2022 attack.
- by Jonathan J. Cooper
‘We have proof’: Zelensky says Russia plans to attack nuclear sites
The Ukrainian president said Moscow was committing an international crime and had to “be forced” into peace.
- by Edward Wong and Farnaz Fassihi
Opinion
Russia-Ukraine war
Australia treats world’s most important conflict with indifference
It is profoundly misguided for Australia to see the Ukraine war as a faraway conflict in which we do not have a direct interest.
- by George Brandis
Exclusive
Russia-Ukraine war
Australia has mothballed a $550m tank fleet. Ukraine would like a word
Bought for $550 million in 2004, the 59 tanks weigh 63 tonnes each and are equipped with cannons and machine guns.
- by Matthew Knott
Drone attack triggers earthquake-sized blast at arsenal
NASA satellites picked up intense heat sources emanating from an area of Russia about 14 square kilometres.
- by Lucy Papachristou and Lidia Kelly
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