Nick Kyrgios rules out playing singles at Australian Open to focus on doubles
‘Five setters are a different beast’, says 30-year-old Australian has attempted comeback from injury in recent weeks Nick Kyrgios’s surgically-repaired knee and wrist will not prevent him from taking part…
England’s Ashes humbling was more a series of letdowns than ‘series of our lives’ | Ali Martin
They landed in Perth expecting to challenge Australia but after a 4-1 defeat and more off-field revelations, the laid-back approach of McCullum’s regime is in the ECB’s sights It was…
Here’s why Labour is struggling to deliver: the British state is immense, but pull the levers and nothing happens | Larry Elliott
At home, the machinery of government creaks badly – abroad, a leaden UK lags far behind dynamic competitors. A radical overhaul is needed Governments come into office brimming with confidence.…
With Venezuela, Trump has achieved his dream of making his own 80s action movie
Given his rise during the ego joyride of the 1980s, it’s no shock that Trump’s foreign policy is to emulate that decade’s belligerent cinema The box office barnstormer of 2026…
The world is in chaos. So thank God for the UK’s lone fixed point: Liz Truss
Nine episodes in, Radon Liz’s YouTube show is as laughably deranged as ever A world on the brink. Regime change in Venezuela. Greenland under threat from Donald Trump. Shadow fleet…
ICE agents have killed – again. The Trump administration blames the victim | Moira Donegan
An agent shot a woman in Minneapolis, causing vast and needless grief. Our country is diseased – but that is not the only truth A woman in Minneapolis has died…
Some US media are cheerleading Trump’s Venezuela raid. That’s not their job | Margaret Sullivan
An almost admiring feeling pervaded the early coverage – and not just among right-leaning outlets If you believe the early public opinion polls, Americans are uncertain about last weekend’s raid…
As a climate scientist, I know heatwaves in Australia will only get worse. We need to start preparing now | Sarah Perkins-Kirkpatrick
During black summer, my daughters were too young to know what was happening. Now, amid another Australian heatwave, they deserve answers When the forecasts for this week started to roll…
Fast skates, high stakes: the raucous roller derby show taking over Sydney town hall
Mama Does Derby, based on theatre-maker Clare Watson’s experiences as a single mum searching for community, is bringing the sport to the stage Get our weekend culture and lifestyle email…
Vance snarls and swipes in defence of Ice agent – was the boss impressed?
The vice-president went ballistic against the media and the left – a version of Trump with even more menace It was James David Vance’s pitch to his boss: don’t forget…