Jitters over Middle East sends Aussie share market down
Australia’s share market is on track for a fourth straight session of losses, as the ongoing Middle East conflict and resulting energy shock continue to weigh on sentiment. On Friday,…
Extra diesel shipments prioritised for regional areas
An extra 100 million litres of diesel has been secured for Australia, with half of that to be prioritised for regional areas. Two extra cargoes of diesel will enter the…
A catastrophic climate event is upon us. Here is why you’ve heard so little about it | George Monbiot
Scientists say a crucial Atlantic system is more likely to collapse than previously thought. But the billionaire death cult that steers humanity’s destiny doesn’t do existential crises The poor and…
With his Bible readings, Trump is doubling down on his God complex. Somehow, evangelical Christians are buying it | Emma Brockes
The US president is making a desperate plea to the one group that seemingly hasn’t deserted him – yet He has lost the Catholics, the foreign policy isolationists and the…
The Guardian view on Anthropic’s Claude Mythos: when AI finds every flaw, who controls the internet? | Editorial
Tech can scale cyber-attacks and defences alike, raising questions about private power, public risk and the future of a shared internet Anthropic announced its latest AI model, Claude Mythos, this…
Why are White House journalists partying with Trump? | Margaret Sullivan
The White House correspondents’ dinner has always been a questionable affair. It’s even more worrying under an anti-press administration Even in the pre-Trump era, I had reservations about the annual…
The day of the baby boomers is finally done in Australian politics | Michelle Grattan
Labor is well aware of the resentment from younger people who see themselves as paying for their elders while struggling to afford housing Follow our Australia news live blog for…
The Crunch: Children’s TV, Cuba’s dwindling fuel supply, and dating in Singapore
Data crunched on 200 TV shows. Plus: the disturbing world of TikTok child skincare influencers Want to get this in your inbox every fortnight? Sign up for The Crunch here.…
We are in a ‘fossil-fuel crisis’. Is Labor meeting the moment? – Full Story newsroom edition
It’s been almost two months since the US and Israel launched a war on Iran, unleashing violence across the region and chaos in the global economy. But one of the…
Mantle by Romy Ash review – an exquisitely wild and exhilarating vision of the near future
Thirteen years after her celebrated debut, the author returns with a bizarre, evocative work that merges science and the surreal Romy Ash’s debut novel, Floundering, has sat on my bookshelf…