World
Kamala Harris wants a second debate, Donald Trump is not so sure
As the dust settled on Tuesday’s debate, Trump and his allies went into damage control amid widespread dismay that the former president was repeatedly baited by Harris.
- by Farrah Tomazin
Analysis
US Votes 2024
Harris laid the bait and Trump took it on a bad night for the former president
- by Farrah Tomazin
Opinion & Perspectives
You need to calm down: Why Taylor’s endorsement hasn’t won Harris the election
Democrats may be dancing – metaphorically and probably literally. But is an Instagram post from Taylor Swift a signed, sealed and delivered election victory? Not yet.
Katy Hall
Age deputy opinion editor
Why Harris’ strong debate performance is good for Australia
The US presidential debate ushered Kamala Harris into American lounge rooms – and showed the world the election race has caught fire.
The Herald's View
Editorial
Kamala sliced Trump like sashimi, when he wasn’t doing it himself
Trump saved his best for last, but it was too late to recover from what will go down as a genuinely shocking performance.
Bruce Wolpe
Senior fellow at the US Studies Centre and former political staffer
North America
Jon Bon Jovi helps talk woman down from ledge on Tennessee bridge
The Tennessean reported that Bon Jovi was filming a music video on the bridge, which remained open to the public during the shoot.
Kamala Harris wants a second debate, Donald Trump is not so sure
As the dust settled on Tuesday’s debate, Trump and his allies went into damage control amid widespread dismay that the former president was repeatedly baited by Harris.
- by Farrah Tomazin
Editorial
US Votes 2024
Why Harris’ strong debate performance is good for Australia
- The Herald's View
Analysis
US Votes 2024
Harris laid the bait and Trump took it on a bad night for the former president
- by Farrah Tomazin
Europe
Drones target Russian regions, including Moscow, authorities say
- by The Associated Press
Asia
China’s population keeps falling. This is why
The generation of women born in the era of the Chinese Communist Party’s one-child policy are having few, if any, children.
- by Lisa Visentin
How scientists got wind of airborne germs at 3km altitude
Hundreds of different types of fungi and bacteria have been caught for the first time in the atmosphere and researchers think they know where they come from.
- by Carl Zimmer
China’s foreign minister who ‘disappeared’ amid scandalous rumours re-emerges
- by Ellen Nakashima and Christian Shepherd
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A footvolley star dog is beating Rio beachgoers at their own game
The game is a combination of soccer and beach volleyball. The athlete? A three-year-old border collie named Floki.
- by David Biller
‘Intimidation’: US, Turkey furious after dual citizen killed in West Bank
- by Kareem Fahim, Loveday Morris and John Hudson
