Nine life lessons from the happiest man in the world: from embracing tiny changes to not overthinking meditation
Stressed out, endlessly scrolling and never satisfied? Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche, the Buddhist monk with off-the-charts levels of contentment, may have the answers … By some metrics, Buddhist monk Yongey Mingyur…
Bin sins: common recycling mistakes and how to avoid them
With so many bins, and ever more complex packaging, recycling in Australia can be complicated and confusing. Here’s what not to do Change by degrees offers life hacks and sustainable…
Bird flu has been evolving and migrating for 30 years. It is a far more deadly virus that has now arrived in Australia
Experts say the H5N1 bird flu virus’s risk to humans is low, but fear an impeding decimation of seal populations after tens of thousands of deaths in South America and…
Abbas fought the Taliban alongside US and Australian troops. Now exiled in Iran, he feels abandoned
Five years after the fall of Kabul, the former Afghan soldier is stuck in the middle of a new American war War is Abbas’s* earliest memory. As a child, the…
Belgian student strikes gold worth €9m while digging a new sewer
Kobe, 18, who made discovery on site of former brewery in Sint-Gillis-Dendermonde, at first thought trove was €1 coins For a student with a summer job working on a Belgian…
A Queensland man enjoyed soaring profits from a crypto trading app. Then his money started disappearing
The administrative work required to run an effective investment scam has been drastically cut by using merging technology Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast Within…
Nepo babies and exclusive clubs: the ties binding young Liberals with the conservative Catholic ecosystem
Icac hearings delve into links between Catholic Schools NSW and the Reformers, a shadowy group of rightwing Liberal operatives Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast…
Trump threatens to declare strait of Hormuz ‘territory of the United States’
Seriousness of remark made in New York on Friday, and whether it signaled new policy position, not clear Donald Trump has threatened to declare the strait of Hormuz as “a…
Fears for missing Sydney teen who hasn’t been seen since leaving for hike on Wednesday
Fresh search teams to scour Nattai national park for Lily Hooper, 18, who failed to return home from a bushwalk Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news…
Australia v Bangladesh: first men’s Test, day three – live
Updates as the Test at Marrara Cricket Ground continues Play starts in Darwin at 10am ACST/10.30am AEST Any thoughts? Email Angus Australia strike and it’s Josh Hazlewood doing the job…