Hurricane Melissa has intensified to a category five storm, the highest on the Saffir-Simpson scale, as Jamaicans brace for catastrophic flooding and 280km/h winds.
THE NEW YORK TIMES: For months, companies and officials throughout Asia have been waiting for US President Donald Trump to address a question that cuts to the core of his disruptive plans for global trade.
THE NEW YORK TIMES: It is among the diseases that were relics of pre-vaccine days but have resurged in recent years, with mass displacement driven by climate change and war.
CAMERON MILNER: The United Nations is going the way of the dinosaurs; it’s overly large and no longer suited to its fast-changing external environment.
AARON PATRICK: Australia’s greatest modern military victory emerged from what may have been the biggest intelligence failure in the famed regiment’s history.