The governor of Russia's Belgorod region has confirmed that fighting was ongoing on his side of the Ukraine border, with pro-Ukrainian forces having taken Russians prisoner during the clashes. ⌘ Read more
The governor of Russia's Belgorod region has confirmed that fighting was ongoing on his side of the Ukraine border, with pro-Ukrainian forces having taken Russians prisoner during the clashes. ⌘ Read more
The Australian Greens adopts a new party position on Palestine and Israel, saying Israel is practising the "crime of apartheid". ⌘ Read more
A group of 26 Australians living in a camp in Syria have launched legal action against the Department of Home Affairs. Lawyers for the women and children say they were tricked into going to the conflict zone. ⌘ Read more
Opal's representative Tiana Mangakahia has announced her immediate retirement from playing basketball due to an ongoing battle with breast cancer. ⌘ Read more
Class action proceedings have been launched against AGL Energy accusing it of breaching the competition and consumer act in relation to bidding in the South Australian region of the National Energy Market. ⌘ Read more
Delays in diagnosing learning difficulties in regional and remote areas are having a long-term impact on students' education and mental health outcomes, according to parents and experts. ⌘ Read more
Authorities have closed a beach on the NSW Mid North Coast as they work to remove the body of a 15-tonne whale. ⌘ Read more
Larger-than-life Swedish superstar Zlatan Ibrahimović announces his retirement from football after 24 years — and countless amazing goals — as a pro, prompting an outpouring of emotion from AC Milan fans, and from the man himself. ⌘ Read more
The ABC joins a two-week journey aboard a live export sheep carrier from Australia to the Middle East to observe what happens on a typical journey. ⌘ Read more
US fighter jets cause a sonic boom across the US capital while scrambling to reach an unresponsive aircraft that ultimately crashed in the mountains of Virginia. ⌘ Read more
Kathleen Folbigg has been in jail for two decades after being found guilty of killing her four children — today, NSW Attorney-General is providing an update on her case, after an inquiry earlier this year heard there was "reasonable doubt" surrounding her convictions. ⌘ Read more
Some of Australia's largest employers and small business owners have united to rally against proposed laws that would require labour hire workers doing the same job at the same site to be paid the same as directly employed workers. ⌘ Read more
The federal government should consider forcing airlines to pay passengers compensation if their flights get cancelled or delayed, a new consumer watchdog report says. ⌘ Read more
This week, Prince Harry is set to testify in the first of his five pending legal cases centred around battles with the British tabloids, in what's being labelled "the royal court case of the century". ⌘ Read more
Wylie Oscar's car was found abandoned on a remote station in the Kimberley, full of food and water. He hasn't been seen since. ⌘ Read more
Bandit might just be the coolest cat in town, attending festivals and frequenting shops and cafes. But to her owner Anthorr, Bandit is much more than an adventure buddy, she's his support to leave the house each day. ⌘ Read more
Governments never fare well in by-elections, but is there anything to be gained in Fadden for a Queensland government on the back foot? ⌘ Read more
In 1805 black swans, kangaroos, and the world's last King Island emu lived amongst the sweeping lawns of the Château de Malmaison in Paris. So how did this creature make it to an empress' garden? ⌘ Read more
Major crash kills the animals, that appear to have escaped a nearby camel farm, and closes the road in both directions. ⌘ Read more
Hong Kong police have carried out arrests and Chinese authorities have tightened security during the 34th anniversary of the 1989 Tiananmen Square massacre. ⌘ Read more
The former sprinter will be co-anchoring the channel 7's breakfast news program after Koch leaves the show he hosted for more than 20 years. ⌘ Read more
Regional and rural people who are forced to travel to major centres for medical treatment say the travel subsidy scheme is not keeping up with the cost of living. ⌘ Read more
More than 100 First Nations people lived on Jackson's Track east of Melbourne from the 1940s to the 1960s. Three Kurnai women protected the women from violence and prevented children from being taken from their families. ⌘ Read more
Every hero has a villain, and for many in the outback it is a thorny shrub called prickly acacia. ⌘ Read more
A doubles team is sent packing from the French Open after a controversial disqualification, while Novak Djokovic breaks a Rafael Nadal record. ⌘ Read more
Police in Russia have arrested more than 100 people who had taken to the streets to mark the 47th birthday of jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny, a protest-monitoring group says. ⌘ Read more
There's concern new regulations could potentially price some small-scale growers out of business, but the peak industry group says growers — irrespective of their size — need to commit to food safety. ⌘ Read more
Australia's federal environment minister has signed off on plans to almost triple the size of the marine park off Macquarie Island. ⌘ Read more
The giant animal's birthday will be celebrated at its home on Green Island in the Great Barrier Reef. ⌘ Read more
A rise in the illegal trade of exotic Australian animals has made a remote Queensland outpost an unlikely frontline in the fight against international smugglers. ⌘ Read more
Bobby Redman was still working as a psychologist when she first noticed her symptoms. She put it down to being overworked and rundown, but tests showed she had dementia. ⌘ Read more
Businesses in the Snowy Mountains are celebrating the return of Selwyn Snow Resort, reopening its doors next weekend for the first time since the Black Summer bushfires. ⌘ Read more
This was supposed to be the year tourism across the Northern Territory bounced back, but weeks into what should be the peak of the season, David Woodrow is cutting his Darwin Harbour sunset cruises. ⌘ Read more
Amid a cost-of-living crisis, international students in Australia will soon be forced to cut their working hours as previous rules put on hold to address labour shortages are reintroduced. ⌘ Read more
Everyone on Jessica's side of her family have been diagnosed with Huntington's disease. She is watching her mother slowly die, and has the condition herself. ⌘ Read more
More than a dozen private opioid treatment services in Queensland and New South Wales are at risk of closure because of changes announced in last month's federal budget, say clinic operators. ⌘ Read more
The homicide investigation into the suspected murder of Linden Malayta, an Indigenous teenager missing for more than four years, has progressed with detectives alleging a firearm led to his death. ⌘ Read more
Consulting giant PwC is embroiled in a scandal of its own doing — using confidential government information to benefit its bottom line. Here's what the scandal is about, how it happened, and what consequences the firm is facing. ⌘ Read more
New research finds China has surrendered its position as the largest single provider of development finance in South-East Asia in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. ⌘ Read more
Thermal drones discover 42 koalas at Coolah Tops when the previous government only had five documented sightings in the area over the past 70 years. ⌘ Read more
With productivity falling in Australia and AI developments advancing, could the technology be the answer to boosting output, or will it cause more job losses? ⌘ Read more
Last week's abridged version of Justice Anthony Besanko's judgement is set to be fleshed out when his full reasons are published today. ⌘ Read more
Hyper-efficiency, or squeezing the most from every moment of the day, won't make time seem more expansive, argues author Jenny Odell. Here's what she says will. ⌘ Read more
Despite their school being struck by a missile, those who remain of the class of 2023 in Kharkiv aren't letting a war rob them of their graduation celebrations. ⌘ Read more
Defeating Islamic State militants required disabling their significant cyber capabilities — and pop star Rick Astley unwittingly played a hand in doing so. ⌘ Read more
Former Liberal staffer Bruce Lehrmann says he may still consider suing Brittany Higgins personally for defamation, in his first television interview since she accused him of raping her at Parliament House in 2019. ⌘ Read more
Officials say the derailment in eastern India that killed 275 people and injured hundreds was caused by an error in the electronic signalling system that led a train to wrongly change tracks and crash into a freight train. ⌘ Read more
The 32-year-old played only three games in the recent Indian Premier League after a side injury flared up while he also grappled with a left Achilles issue. ⌘ Read more
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says the killing of three soldiers by a member of the Egyptian security services is a terrorist attack and is demanding an "exhaustive and thorough" investigation. ⌘ Read more
The Prime Minister says he wants Vietnam to become of Australia's "top tier" partners as he wraps up a two-day visit to the capital Hanoi after signing a raft of agreements and agreeing to a regular trade ministers meeting. ⌘ Read more
The Dutchman secured pole position by almost half a second on Saturday, while his nearest rival and teammate Sergio Perez could not even make the top-10. ⌘ Read more
Close to 4,000 repairs, upgrades and refurbishments to equipment, including tracks and signalling systems started this weekend as commuters are forced to use replacement buses. ⌘ Read more
Shelling in Russia's Belgorod region has continued after two people were killed on Saturday and hundreds of children were evacuated, according to the region's governor. ⌘ Read more
The NSW Swifts rise to the top of the standings, seeing off a third-quarter challenge to defeat the Giants 68-63 at a sold-out Ken Rosewall Arena. ⌘ Read more
Using bottle caps and plastic bags, community artists at the popular Junk Festival have used artwork to encourage residents to cut back on waste. ⌘ Read more
Incoming WA premier Roger Cook refuses to be drawn on the potential makeup of his front bench, saying he wants to let the process take its course. ⌘ Read more
A passionate Spanish crowd will be willing Fernando Alonso to surge to the front and achieve his first Formula 1 victory in a decade. ⌘ Read more
China's Minister of National Defence General Li Shangfu tells Asia's top security summit that his country seeks dialogue over confrontation with the US, despite refusing American demands for military-to-military talks. ⌘ Read more
Les Trumper is among budgerigar breeders across Australia vying for a place on their state team so they can compete in the national title. ⌘ Read more
Koalas need the whole community, especially preschool children, to embrace conservation as part of a program intended to encourage the next "eco warriors". ⌘ Read more
NSW Police say they were called to the hotel on South Head Road in Sydney's eastern suburbs just before midnight on Saturday. ⌘ Read more
Australian policymakers should stop using euphemisms to explain how badly people are faring, writes Gareth Hutchens. ⌘ Read more
John Stanisic has one life mission — to get everyone to love snails and slugs. ⌘ Read more
After defeating arch rival Manchester United 2-1 in the FA Cup final, Pep Guardiola calls on his players to seize the opportunity of a lifetime by winning the UEFA Champions League decider. ⌘ Read more
With both clubs going through periods of transition, will the Giants or Tigers prevail? Later, The Bombers take on the Kangaroos. Follow our live AFL ScoreCentre for all the scores, stats and results. ⌘ Read more
When anti-Vietnam war protesters rocked Harold Holt's car, his secretary Jan Drury had to be pulled through the passenger-side window. That's just one of her memories of working for the prime minister who went for a swim and never returned. ⌘ Read more
The closure of north Queensland’s largest landfill has sparked a massive rehabilitation operation that will result in the site being "capped" to look like a natural hill. But what is the true cost of burying the region’s waste? ⌘ Read more
One by one, Queensland maternity wards have been closing. A roundtable hopes to fix the problem as the state government announces new funding to encourage midwifery and nursing students to the regions. ⌘ Read more
Pooh's shift into the public domain sees the loveable teddy appear in some unlikely material. ⌘ Read more
Celtic's manager — Australian Ange Postecglou — keeps tight lipped about Tottenham's interest following his Scottish Cup win. ⌘ Read more
Backyard breeders say they are ready, willing and able to bring some of Australia's rarest birds back from the brink of extinction. ⌘ Read more
Tasmania's dream of an AFL team is coming true, but will tying it to the funding of a waterfront stadium kill it? If one dies, the other cannot survive, and nobody wants the blood of a Tasmanian AFL team on their hands, writes Chris Rowbottom. ⌘ Read more
With their deep crimson skin and bright white flesh, Bravo apples are unique. It's hoped they'll be the next apple success story from Western Australia. ⌘ Read more
Halls Creek has high unemployment despite a huge worker shortage, prompting leaders to aim frustration at the town's often empty and padlocked TAFE campus. ⌘ Read more
The Department of Justice is accused of allowing prison guards to work in youth detention centres without valid working with children checks, as an expert warns of a "legal minefield" over other missing qualifications. ⌘ Read more
From the power struggles within a wealthy family's media empire, to "the opposite of toxic masculinity", what does the popularity of Succession and Ted Lasso say about us — and what are we all going to watch next? ⌘ Read more
Over a decade, she went through a tragic stillbirth, 16 rounds of IVF, and hundreds of thousands of dollars. She says clinics behaved more like a business than a health service. ⌘ Read more
Support from the opposition, opposition from allies, "Arrest Me Pete" t-shirts, Bob Marley lyrics in parliament and descriptions of the bill as a "faecal sandwich" — the SA government's crackdown on "obstructionist protesters" incited a robust response, writes Rory McClaren. ⌘ Read more
When things "snowballed" for Sabrina Hasson, she found herself homeless, although she prefers to be called "off-grid". With homelessness on the rise in Wangaratta in north-east Victoria, she has a message for those in the community who "don't like seeing us". ⌘ Read more
Rail accidents are far from rare across the globe, with lax regulations, ageing infrastructure and human error all playing their parts in disasters that have killed hundreds of people. ⌘ Read more
Former Hawks welfare manager Jason Burt rejects the allegations made by ex-players and their families in an open letter on Friday. ⌘ Read more
From gun-slinging stand-offs to scorched testicles, the surviving half of the Leyland Brothers has plenty of stories left to tell. ⌘ Read more
Rap duo Lil Youngins say their community of Maningrida, in the Northern Territory, has come to better embrace the power of music, helping secure more equipment to help others follow the same path. ⌘ Read more
Edith Emery's life reads like something from a Hollywood movie script — a successful career as a doctor cut short by Hitler's invasion of Austria, a long-distance romance that landed her in a prisoner of war camp, and her final chapter, breaking new ground in Tasmania. ⌘ Read more
The real estate rollercoaster continues as research shows house prices have been rising again throughout Queensland over the past three months. ⌘ Read more
US President Joe Biden signs the deal just two days before the Treasury Department warned the US would start running out of money. ⌘ Read more
He lands in a cow paddock to visit country patients, and for fun takes out his vintage plane to lead a regular air show. It's all in a week's work for Dr Cooke, who has no plans to retire any time soon. ⌘ Read more
Antibiotic resistant superbugs are wreaking havoc as experts warn we're in a race against time to find new treatments. ⌘ Read more
Two cases, less than six months apart, of women found dead after a delay by NSW Police raises questions about how many other victims of violence are being let down, writes crime reporter Lia Harris. ⌘ Read more
Two young women who were born more than seven weeks early at the Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital now work as nurses caring for a new generation of sick newborns. ⌘ Read more
After a tumultuous posting marked by natural disasters and disrupted by the COVID pandemic, Indonesia correspondent Anne Barker signs off, reflecting on the big stories, the highs and lows. ⌘ Read more
Opinions are mixed on the ACT government's takeover of Calvary Public Hospital, but condemnation of the way the government has gone about the process is almost unanimous. ⌘ Read more
Russian mercenary leader Yevgeny Prigozhin says that Kremlin factions are destroying the state by trying to sow discord between him and Chechen fighters. ⌘ Read more
Food wrappers, tents, plastic and human waste being discarded by climbers staying at the mountain's base camps. ⌘ Read more
Telling her truth helps Lorraine Peeters heal from the trauma of being snatched from her parents as a child and sexually abused while being trained to become a servant for wealthy non-Indigenous families. ⌘ Read more
Over beers made from Australian barley, Anthony Albanese toasts Australia's growing trade relationship with Vietnam. ⌘ Read more
Samira was forced to cover her face and body as she fled her homeland. She has now transformed her burqa into a party dress; an act of protest against the Taliban regime and its modesty rules. ⌘ Read more
As Chinatown struggles to return to its pre-COVID golden age, younger generations have been busy creating cultural hubs of their own. ⌘ Read more
The cost-of-living crisis is turning everyday expenses into guilty luxuries, and that's sent young people's sense of wellbeing to record lows. ⌘ Read more
American teens are in the grip of a mental health crisis, and one US state says the best way to protect them is to limit their access to social media platforms such as TikTok and Instagram. ⌘ Read more