Emma Finucane lands keirin to claim historic fourth Commonwealth gold
Welsh cyclist had won in two sprints and time trial Australia dominate Games with 171 medals, 70 gold The Welsh cyclist Emma Finucane wrote her name into the history books…
Commonwealth Games 2026: day 10 – in pictures
We look at the best images from the final day of action in Glasgow, featuring netball, bowls, judo and track cycling Continue reading…
Josh Fraser morphs from low-key interim coach to best man for top Carlton job | Jonathan Horn
The Blues’ 76-point demolition of the reigning premiers Brisbane indicated just how much the club’s young talent is responding to Fraser There’s no real “aura” about him. There’s no corporate…
Annie thought perimenopause symptoms were keeping her awake. Alcohol was playing a role too | Diane Young
Hot flushes, anxiety, poor sleep and mood swings are common during perimenopause. But the very thing Annie was using to manage her symptoms had become an even bigger problem The…
Decades on from the US’s disastrous campaign in Afghanistan, Trump is making all the same mistakes | Simon Tisdall
The president has blundered into a ‘forever war’ with Iran he can’t win, but refuses to end. Such hubris has a long history It’s five years this month since the…
Trump is determined to pursue his trade war – and he may be difficult to stop
The president’s minions have trawled the statutes to restore roadblocks to trade. The invocation of Smoot-Hawley looks especially dangerous Donald Trump may have found the killer weapon to punish countries…
As retired US judges, we’re not used to speaking out. But we cannot be silent | Michael P Donnelly and Robert F Orr
We joined a recent bus tour of 30 judges, lawyers and advocates fighting not for any partisan aim, but for the rule of law itself Last October, US lawyers, judges…
Australia’s cyclists complete mammoth medal haul at end of Commonwealth Games
Australia end Games with 171 medals all up, including 70 gold Cycling squad contributes 10 gold medals and 28 in total Australia’s track cyclists have transformed pure pain, near-retirement and…
A poem by Keri Glastonbury: ‘Read it like a Lana Del Rey video … with ibises’
Each week during Australian Poetry Month, a poet walks us through one of their works. Here, Keri Glastonbury draws on a camping trip to the Warrumbungles in a poem about…
A mystery virus started killing horses. Then humans. Was this the moment our coronavirus era began?
In the 1990s, scientists in Australia began searching for the origins of a new disease showing up in places hundreds of kilometres apart. They discovered the origin: bats. And found…