Australia news live: PM signs defence pact with Fiji; public support comforts Coogee shark attack victim on sleepless nights
Vuvale Union agreement adds to mutual defence pacts with US, New Zealand and Papua New Guinea. Follow today’s news live My colleague Josh Butler has a full report into today’s…
Mexico v England: World Cup 2026 last 16 updates – live
⚽️ Kick-off time: 9pm EDT/2am BST/11am AEST⚽️ Match gallery | Player guide | World Cup draw | Email Beau It has just been announced that the arrival of the teams…
Anthony Albanese apologises ‘unequivocally’ for podcast comment about Kylie Minogue
Prime minister picked pop singer in game of ‘shag, marry, date’ on comedy podcast Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our breaking news email, free app…
A new era may have begun for Australia’s women but the winning habit persists | Geoff Lemon
Sophie Molineux was a left-field pick as captain and the transition has not been seamless but nothing shuts down criticism like a World Cup win Players in the Australian women’s…
The strangest show on earth: lightning, imperial hubris and a boring tour of Trump’s rhetorical back alleys | David Smith
Would we get a 21st-century Gettysburg address? Or YMCA, gripes about his legal woes and boasting about Iran? The astronomer Carl Sagan once described Earth as a very small stage…
The kindness of strangers: My son was unconscious and I frantically called out for help – then five teenagers came running
One immediately called an ambulance, another went looking for my younger son. And I still remember the small face of the girl who held her arm around me Read more…
Doubt: A Parable review – Sam Reid and Pamela Rabe go head-to-head in electrifying drama
Sydney Theatre CompanyReid elicits gasps as a charming priest suspected of having an inappropriate relationship with a child – but this production rarely lets us linger in discomfort In a…
World Cup 2026: Mexico v England at the Azteca – in pictures
The best pictures from the storm-delayed fixture as both sides look to reach the quarter-finals of the World Cup Continue reading…
The US turns 250 and Taylor Swift gets married. I think we all know which is a bigger deal | Marina Hyde
The cultural phenomenon is beginning her latest era in a castle built inside Madison Square Garden. It’s the perfect celebration for our post-privacy age It is a cast-iron rule of…
Tom Kean got months of paid sick leave – after voting against it for others | Arwa Mahdawi
The congressman spent four months mysteriously away from work, but he doesn’t seem to think his constituents should get mandated sick days The mystery of the missing congressman has finally…