Scotland’s Eilish McColgan pulls out in latest blow for Commonwealth Games
Host nation’s star athlete is latest big-name withdrawal 10,000m champion was due to defend title on Monday The Commonwealth Games has suffered yet another blow after Eilish McColgan, Scotland’s star…
Madeleine McCann’s younger brother Sean finishes eighth in Commonwealth Games final
400m freestyle swimmer cheered on in Games debut ‘I was certainly nervous with so many people watching’ The parents of Madeleine McCann cheered with pride as their son Sean finished…
Sam Williamson topples British breaststroke great as Australia dominate in Glasgow pool
Williamson beats world record holder on day two Mollie O’Callaghan fights off injury to win 200m freestyle Sam Short leads all Australian podium in 400m freestyle Australia are turning the…
Warning: Australian politicians are importing the British right’s visions of doom | Jack Jacobs
Having met Nigel Farage, Rupert Lowe and Tommy Robinson, Pauline Hanson is deploying their rhetoric in a country with a very different history of immigration In a 1950 essay, the…
The AI jobs apocalypse probably isn’t coming anytime soon
Artificial intelligence may not deliver on its promise of vast economic opportunity at a price that humanity is willing to pay In March, Anthropic, the cutting-edge artificial intelligence business that…
Blind date: ‘We were chatting as soon as we sat down’
Jacob, 27, a volunteer manager, meets Sophie, 28, a journalist What were you hoping for? To meet someone who I could connect with and possibly go on further dates. Continue…
‘Everywhere there were pitifully injured people’: how a newly unearthed memoir captures the devastation of Hiroshima
In an exclusive extract from his memoir, Kiyoshi Tanimoto describes the terrifying trip across the city to locate his wife and child • ‘I didn’t want to be a victim…
I grew up near Andy Burnham. This is what shaped the UK’s new PM
In the Warrington suburb of Culcheth, people are hopeful about what one of their own can achieve as the first northern PM in half a century The Cherry Tree pub…
SA premier Peter Malinauskas at the ALP national conference – podcast
Speaking with political editor Tom McIlroy and chief political correspondent Dan Jervis-Bardy at the 50th Labor conference in Adelaide, Peter Malinauskas talks about his own state contest with One Nation…
Four types of thinker have been identified. Which one are you?
Investigation finds evidence of distinct groups, from big-picture thinkers to those who sweat the small stuff. Illustrations by Michael Parkin An investigation into what people think about has put the…