THE NEW YORK TIMES: President Donald Trump and Melania Trump have travelled to an area of Texas devastated by last weekend’s extreme flash flooding, which left more than 120 people dead.
Business opportunities will rub up against security and ideological tensions as Prime Minister Anthony Albanese leads an Australian delegation to China.
THE NEW YORK TIMES: In recent months, the US military has seen a potentially broader vulnerability, as both Israel and Ukraine attacked adversaries with drones smuggled deep behind enemy lines.
BEN HARVEY: It’s the kind of policy that sounds tough, fixes nothing, and risks triggering a chain reaction — one that circles straight back to Australians’ savings.
Had the Texas floods happened 12 hours before or after, when the light of day would have allowed people to see what was happening before it was too late, there would likely have been far fewer fatalities.
There’s hope that an influx of hikers and campers during the busy summer season in the Cascades will increase the chances of spotting the accused killer.