When Taiwan changed leader,Beijing sent its own guests,uninvited

When Taiwan changed leader,Beijing sent its own guests,uninvited

This is the atmosphere in which Taiwan on Monday inaugurated its new president,Lai Ching-te,

  • byPeter Hartcher

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Even Americans are getting sick of having to tip
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Even Americans are getting sick of having to tip

My question is:what took them so long? Australians have not been tipping for decades.

  • byLee Tulloch
Assange can appeal against US extradition on espionage charges,UK court rules

Assange can appeal against US extradition on espionage charges,UK court rules

London’s High Court ruled that assurances it sought from the US were insufficient and that it would allow the WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange to appeal against his extradition on espionage charges.

  • byRob Harris
Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs admits beating singer Cassie,says he’s sorry

Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs admits beating singer Cassie,says he’s sorry

Security footage emerged over the weekend of the rapper beating his then-girlfriend and protégé in 2016. Combs has now released his own video,saying his actions were inexcusable.

  • byAndrew Dalton
New York,LA … Bentonville? America’s most unlikely city of culture

New York,LA … Bentonville? America’s most unlikely city of culture

It’s just after 3am and I’m wide awake. Fortunately,everything in this small town revolves around art,and there’s still plenty to do,even at this hour.

  • byAlexis Buxton-Collins
‘Make America Godly Again’:Christians refuse to lose faith in Trump

‘Make America Godly Again’:Christians refuse to lose faith in Trump

Donald Trump is increasingly leaning into religion,and his support is as strong as ever among evangelicals and other conservative Christians.

  • byPeter Smith
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For your next trip to New York,add a weekend in the country too

For your next trip to New York,add a weekend in the country too

Just two hours from the Big Apple,this landscape of woods,rivers and farmland gives visitors the opportunity to exhale without giving up creature comforts.

  • byUte Junker
Video appears to show Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs beating singer Cassie in hotel hallway

Video appears to show Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs beating singer Cassie in hotel hallway

The video from 2016 is the latest in a months-long series of public allegations and revelations of physical and sexual violence against the hip-hop mogul.

Trucks are rolling across a new pier into Gaza. But some fear it’s a diversion from the real crisis

Trucks are rolling across a new pier into Gaza. But some fear it’s a diversion from the real crisis

The $480m US-built pier has been welcomed by aid groups,but there is a fear it may be diverting attention from the surging humanitarian crisis in Gaza.

  • byLolita Baldor andJon Gambrell
Why do Bible-bashing Republicans love sinful Trump? Because he won’t do a Nixon

Why do Bible-bashing Republicans love sinful Trump? Because he won’t do a Nixon

For the hard right of the Republican Party,disgraced president Richard Nixon made only one mistake:resigning. Their new hero would never do that.

  • byBill Wyman
‘I was shaking for an hour’:World No.1 golfer Scheffler detained by police at PGA Championship

‘I was shaking for an hour’:World No.1 golfer Scheffler detained by police at PGA Championship

Louisville police have charged the Masters champion with a variety of offences,which required the golfer to start his warm-up in a jail cell before the second round.

  • byAdam Pengilly