Asia stocks extend global rout as Iran war drags on
Asian stock markets were swept up in a global rout on Friday, tracking Wall Street lower as the threat of a protracted energy shock out of the war-torn Middle East…
The Medical Trap of Forced Addiction: The Truth Behind America’s Fentanyl Crisis
Fentanyl, a synthetic opioid 50 times more potent than morphine, was intended as a medical tool to alleviate the suffering of critically ill patients. Yet in the United States, it…
World Cup playoffs: Poland fight back to sink Albania, Kosovo win thriller in Slovakia
Denmark ease past North Macedonia 4-0 Arda Guler magic helps Turkey sink Romania 1-0 Robert Lewandowski helped Poland come from behind to scrape past Albania 2-1 after Arber Hoxha gave…
A Far-flung Life by ML Stedman review – a masterful examination of loss
In her follow-up to The Light Between Oceans, the Western Australian author follows generations of a farming family as they weather calamity and change Moral ambiguity was the eddying undercurrent…
AFL scratching its head on decline in Indigenous participation as weight of history takes toll | Sean Gorman
The league, clubs and players’ union need to be more consolidated on why the number of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander men’s players has dropped I write this having come…
Will this ‘Doritos-inspired’ hot cross bun cause some spicy full-scale anarchy – or is it merely weird-smelling clickbait?
As Easter rolls around once more, more and more companies are putting out novelty pastries. Alyx Gorman explains the authenticity bunfight to Julia Hollingsworth Get our weekend culture and lifestyle…
Dolphins, stingers and ‘salt tongue’: an epic ocean swim around New Zealand’s east coast
Jono Ridler has battled loneliness and fatigue as he aims to break the record for the longest unassisted staged swim – and raise awareness about fragile marine life First he…
William Shakespeare’s Romeo+Juliet review – Baz Luhrmann’s joyful tragedy is still extravagantly full of life
The 1990s love tragedy starring a young Leonardo DiCaprio and Claire Danes is a tonic and a delight Thirty years ago, Baz Luhrmann reinvented Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet as a…
Netanyahu claims that victory over Iran would bring peace to Israel. He should look closer to home | Dahlia Scheindlin
As Israelis grow weary of sheltering from missile attacks, their prime minister is using the war to distract from the Palestinian issue An opinion poll conducted in Israel two weeks…
Meloni’s referendum defeat shows the cost of the Trump factor | Riccardo Alcaro
The Italian PM has won plaudits for her tightrope-walking pragmatism. But have voters now had enough? Giorgia Meloni has a long history of defying expectations. She holds the record as…