World Cup Group D permutations: supercomputer says Socceroos will progress
Even a narrow defeat against Paraguay in their final group game should be enough to earn a place in the last 32, where Belgium may await Cowards, pragmatists or stoic…
Haaland doubles up again as Norway defeat Senegal and seal spot in World Cup last 32
Erling Haaland scored twice for the second successive World Cup match as Norway beat Senegal 3-2 on Monday to move level with France on six points at the top of…
Two-hour storm break fails to stop France as Mbappé and Dembélé prove too good for Iraq
Could France do it on a hot, humid, waterlogged and lightning-threatened night in Pennsylvania? The answer was pretty straightforward. Despite an interruption of over two hours after a chain of…
Irrepressible Messi breaks World Cup scoring record as Argentina beat Austria
It had to be Lionel Messi, it had to be on this day and perhaps it even needed to be in Dallas too. History was created in the way he…
Iran agrees to UN nuclear inspectors’ return as part of agreement with US
Other measures include Washington lifting sanctions on Tehran’s oil exports and reopening the strait of Hormuz Iran has agreed to allow UN nuclear inspectors back into the country as part…
Interstellar comet may be oldest object seen in our solar system, scientists say
Observations suggest comet spent billions of years on ‘vast unimaginable trajectories’ around our galaxy An interstellar comet that blazed past the sun last year could be nearly three times older…
Can I get sick from bird flu? What are the symptoms, and are chicken and eggs safe to eat?
As the deadly H5N1 virus makes landfall in Australia, experts hope strong biosecurity will protect poultry and dairy cattle Brown skuas and giant petrels rarely make landfall. When they were…
Whyalla wipeout fears: cuttlefish usually gather in their thousands, but few have appeared since a massive algal bloom
Divers have observed just a ‘couple of dozen’ of the cephalopods along the heritage-listed Cuttlefish Coast in South Australia, causing locals and marine scientists to worry Follow our Australia news…
Trapped by floods and fearing death in the heat: the Australians taking legal action over the climate crisis
Ten people affected in different ways by extreme weather are taking a case against the federal government to the UN Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get…
Who is Andy Burnham, the ‘man of the people’ likely to be next UK prime minister?
Expected successor to Keir Starmer has promised to understand voters outside London and those who feel unheard In the story that Andy Burnham tells about himself, “the turning point” in…