Russia strikes Ukraine intelligence HQ in ‘major escalation’
Volodymyr Zelenskyy says he has told SBU to deliver ‘appropriate, tangible response’ to Kyiv strike The head office of Ukraine’s SBU intelligence agency has been hit in a Russian drone…
Cameron Myers shines in star-studded field to win 1500m at Diamond League final
Australian beats Olympic champs Jakob Ingebrigtsen and Cole Hocker Pole vaulter Kurtis Marschall soars over 5.82m to finish third in Brussels Middle-distance runner Cameron Myers has become only the eighth…
A year after a deadly attack on two boys, Melbourne’s South Sudanese community remains in fear
Victim’s father says community ‘struggling a lot’ as Victorian government yet to release report delivered eight months ago by expert group Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates…
Australia’s housing prices are trending down. See which suburbs have had the biggest falls
Cotality says prices have declined in most capital cities over winter. Search the data to see how they have changed in your area Get our breaking news email, free app…
From cleanskins to hitmen: are mistaken identity killings the result of Australia’s ‘crimetasker’ economy?
The underworld is using big paydays and encrypted apps to lure amateurs into gangland hits – even young people with no criminal history Get our breaking news email, free app…
Rescue of Nepal hydropower workers ‘triumph for humans and humanity’, tunnelling expert says
Arnold Dix, an Australian engineer and geologist who worked at Ground Zero after 9/11, says finding two workers alive in Trishuli 3A ‘gives us hope’ There is renewed hope amid…
‘Sisyphus would be proud’: Queensland tribunal orders repairs to pool that doesn’t exist
Tribunal immediately stays own order for repairs after noting that they were ‘impossible’ to carry out on the non-existent pool In an act it compared to the ancient Greek myth…
Holly Throsby: ‘I was proud to not make a breakup album’
The writer and musician on returning to music, finding herself, and why right now is a terrifying time to be an artist Holly Throsby does not enjoy having her photo…
‘Many of us in Israel live in a state of shock at the savagery’: veteran director Amos Gitai returns to Gaza
The writer-director once called Israel’s ‘one-man New Wave’ is in Venice with The Road to Jericho, a new and poetic attempt to highlight the plight of those in the occupied…
Experience: I didn’t know I was pregnant until I gave birth
There’d been no morning sickness, cravings or tiredness. My mum didn’t believe I’d had a baby – even after seeing her on FaceTime When I was 19, I went to…