There is a reason why the AFP won’t call out China

There is a reason why the AFP won’t call out China

Intelligence identifies China as the state actor posing the gravest threat to Australia - but the country’s top cop can’t publicly say so.

  • byNick McKenzie

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Leak suspect appears in court as US reveals case against him

Leak suspect appears in court as US reveals case against him

In court,prosecutors unsealed charges against Jack Teixeira and revealed how billing records and interviews with social media comrades helped pinpoint the suspect.

  • byAlanna Durkin Richer,Eric Tucker andNomaan Merchant
FBI director says China lab leak probably caused COVID pandemic

FBI director says China lab leak probably caused COVID pandemic

The comments follow reports the US Energy Department has also assessed,with low confidence,that the pandemic resulted from an unintended lab leak.

The software giant warning Ukraine where Russia plans to strike

The software giant warning Ukraine where Russia plans to strike

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is exerting a clarifying effect on American Big Tech,and they’re under pressure to choose sides.

  • byPeter Hartcher
More classified papers found at Joe Biden’s home

More classified papers found at Joe Biden’s home

Biden’s legal team had already acknowledged this week it had found classified documents relating to his time as vice president at his Delaware home.

  • bySteve Holland andKanishka Singh
New Zealand man on FBI’s 10 most wanted fugitives captured in Spain

New Zealand man on FBI’s 10 most wanted fugitives captured in Spain

Between 2012 and 2019,the New Zealand man allegedly deceived more than 20 young women,including minors,by having them perform in sex videos.

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FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried consents to extradition to US

FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried consents to extradition to US

Bankman-Fried has agreed to extradition to the US,where prosecutors have charged him with orchestrating “one of the biggest financial frauds in American history”.

  • byJared Higgs,Jack Queen andJasper Ward
‘A sense of fear’:Unsolved killings of four classmates shocks small US community

‘A sense of fear’:Unsolved killings of four classmates shocks small US community

Two weeks on,police are yet to name a person of interest in the deaths of four University of Idaho students who were stabbed as they slept in their beds.

  • byRebecca Boone
In the end,all roads of US Capitol riot inquiry lead to Donald Trump
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In the end,all roads of US Capitol riot inquiry lead to Donald Trump

The January 6 committee has hammered home the message that Trump’s bid to overturn the 2020 election was calculated,dangerous and downright unlawful.

  • byFarrah Tomazin
Optus boss digs in over cyberattack as government fury grows

Optus boss digs in over cyberattack as government fury grows

Opposition cybersecurity spokesman James Paterson is calling on the Optus chief to resign if the company’s defence of its security turns out to be misleading.

  • byNick Bonyhady andMatthew Knott
Trump accuses FBI of corruption and election interference at first rally since raid

Trump accuses FBI of corruption and election interference at first rally since raid

The twice-impeached former president indicated that he was likely to run again in 2024 to “save America”.

  • byFarrah Tomazin