Aussie shares dip as commodity prices drag miners lower
Australia’s share market is on track to wipe nearly two weeks of gains in two sessions, as soft metals prices weigh on mining stocks. The S&P/ASX200 fell 53.2 points by…
Trump has made our K-shaped economy even worse | Steven Greenhouse
While wealthy Americans hail a booming stock market, the rest of us worry about rising inflation and people struggling to make ends meet People in the US: tell us about…
Scott Pelley, star of 60 Minutes, stood up for his principles and lost his job | Margaret Sullivan
While his bosses look (to varying degrees) like bumblers, cowards or corporate tools, Pelley will be remembered as a beacon of integrity Journalism is supposed to speak truth to power,…
SpaceX will get off the ground – but a descent from a silly valuation must follow | Nils Pratley
Investors will buy into the market-leading tech and cult of Musk despite a price that is defying gravity “Our mission,” says the opening sentence of SpaceX’s listing document with a…
Bracketology: predict a path to World Cup victory
Click your way through the group stage and the knockouts to crown champion Continue reading…
Pakistan beat Australia by four wickets to claim ODI series 2-1
Hosts hold their nerve on a tricky wicket to reach target Australia only set 158 despite Josh Inglis’s 65 Pakistan overcame Australian spin on a tricky wicket to win the…
Office Romance review – Jennifer Lopez’s romcom return is too much like hard work
Star makes for reliably charming lead in Netflix’s basic throwback, but co-star Brett Goldstein, and his co-written script, lack in fizz Netflix has become something of a safe space for…
The Ruiners by Ellena Savage review – a playful and subversive take on Great Expectations
In her sharp and intellectual first novel, the author finds tragic comedy in socialism, inequality and the flawed ways we connect as the world burns In her fiction debut, The…
I asked AI for help with DIY. It told me to build a subfloor on rotting stumps, but also taught me valuable lessons | Myke Bartlett
Nothing does more for your ego than realising you can make a better decision than a bot with all of human knowledge at its digital fingertips I am not, by…
Why are US consumers so angry? It’s not just high prices
There’s a stew of factors at work behind the rise in consumer rage – but there are potential solutions, too People in the US: tell us about your difficult consumer…