Fat Bear Week has returned – and the salmon are swimming for their lives
The public will, for the 12th year in a row, vote for the fattest of brown bears in Alaska’s Katmai national park The bears have returned to the river and…
‘A map is never neutral’: meet the cartographers who took on centuries of western bias
Equal Earth projection, adopted by the UN last week, provides an alternative to 16th-century Mercator display Three cartographers have spoken of their astonishment at the UN’s near-universal adoption of a…
When sharing is caring: how car share schemes cut costs and emissions
Don’t drive much but still need occasional access to a vehicle? Car sharing is an option that could save you both money and emissions Change by degrees offers life hacks…
The Homecoming review – misogyny, social upheaval and male anxiety … Pinter has never felt so urgent
Athenaeum II, MelbourneWith a top notch-cast, this Australian Shakespeare Company production never strains for relevance; it lets the audience do the work UK playwright Harold Pinter was the master of…
A sea of hands, a giant ‘lifesaver-saurus’ and a melting robot: Queensland’s SWELL sculpture festival 2026 – in pictures
The beach becomes a giant art gallery each year as SWELL sculpture festival takes over Currumbin in Queensland’s south-east. Almost 100 large-scale artworks are on display during the free, 10-day…
‘It’s difficult to imagine a more blatant violation of the First Amendment’: criticism mounts over Trump’s media ban – live
Press freedom advocates, lawmakers and former president Barack Obama have all condemned Trump’s decision to bar CNN, Politico and MS Now from White House Trump bans CNN, MS Now and…
Survivors recount panic and struggle to breathe in Nigerian prison cell where 37 died
Police fire teargas as protests break out in city of Minna after deaths of suspected illegal goldminers, many of whom were children Survivors from a prison cell in Nigeria where…
Earl Spencer SLATES the king. Charles DESTROYS Spencer. If only Diana were here to click on it | Marina Hyde
It’s a battle for hearts and minds – and TikTok, and the ’Gram. Just as it should be. #royalbeef Reading the extracts from Earl Spencer’s book about his sister Diana,…
Fremantle’s night of nights as they overrun Sydney and seal spot in second AFL grand final
Dockers defeat Swans 12.11 (83) to 10.11 (71) in AFL preliminary final Minor premiers to meet Hawthorn or Brisbane in grand final at the MCG Sign up for our free…
Australian man accused of murdering Thai teenager and putting body in suitcase pleads not guilty
Simon Peter Carman appeared in a Pattaya court on Friday charged with killing Tunchanok Donhomla An Australian man accused of murdering a Thai teenager and putting her body in a…