Winter Olympics briefing: Italy’s golden moment and Sweden stick it to Norway
Francesca Lollobrigida brought the house down at the Milano Ice Park and then searched out her son to share her joy Even before the final pairing of the women’s 3,000m…
The world heard JD Vance being booed at the Olympics. Except for viewers in the US | Bryan Armen Graham
The real risk for American broadcasters is not that dissent will be visible. It is that audiences will start assuming anything they do not show is being hidden The modern…
The kindness of strangers: my teenage son was on a date at a fancy restaurant when a fellow diner helped pay the bill
She made a special night even more special for these two young people – and gave me something special too Read more in the kindness of strangers series Adolescence leaves…
Archaeology against the clock: the race to salvage fragments of early Brisbane
Tens of thousands of artefacts were unearthed not by careful excavation but by the 2011 floods. Now, students are piecing together Queensland’s history Follow our Australia news live blog for…
Is Australia getting ruder? How to be kinder to others in everyday life – and break the contagion of rage
Slow down, take a deep breath, maybe even let the other car take the park. In the face of rudeness, sometimes the most radical thing to do is remain passively…
I spent years meeting strangers for masochistic hook-ups. Was I a sex addict?
After a sexually frustrating marriage led to divorce, I chased increasingly extreme BDSM encounters. But I never felt truly satisfied. Had I been looking for the wrong thing all along?…
The Coalition has a much-needed chance to hold Labor to account – if they can stop talking about themselves | Josh Butler
With the Coalition rift ostensibly patched up, a strong week grilling the government could buy Sussan Ley more time. But Angus Taylor has yet to declare his hand With the…
Lindsey Vonn’s crash is violent but honest ending to an unprecedented Olympic bid
The gruesome finish to the US star’s comeback, at age 41 and with a ruptured ACL, is a reminder of skiing’s unforgiving nature There was always a version of this…
Ilia Malinin holds off resurgent Japan to seal repeat US team figure skating gold
Malinin delivers to secure US Olympic team gold win Japan pairs skating brilliance pushes US team to limit Host Italy secure team bronze on home Olympic rink The United States…
Isaac Herzog meets survivors of Bondi terror attack saying ‘when one Jew is hurt, all Jews feel their pain’
Israeli president will meet with prime minister Anthony Albanese in Canberra and travel to Melbourne as pro-Palestine supporters stage protests Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get…