Trump claims ‘vandals’ foiled his $14m revamp of DC’s reflecting pool. What actually happened?
Trump’s pre-Fourth of July renovation project has endured problems with algae, peeling paint and an inflating price tag Donald Trump’s rush to repaint the Lincoln Memorial reflecting pool, a symbol…
Jordan v Algeria: World Cup 2026 – live
⚽️ Kick-off time: 8pm local/1pm AEST/4am BST/11pm EDT⚽️ Player guide | Bracketology | Golden Boot | Mail Martin The stadium is slowly starting to fill in San Francisco and the…
AI models capable of devastating attacks on governments and business months away, rare Five Eyes statement warns
Signal agencies in Australia, the US, the UK, New Zealand and Canada sound alarm after Trump blocks foreign nationals from Anthropic’s Fable AI model Powerful AI models capable of devastating…
Australia undergoing historic decline in support for multiculturalism amid rising fear and pessimism, poll finds
Share of people who say cultural diversity has been good for the nation plunges from 90% in 2024 to 73% in 2026, Lowy Institute survey finds Follow our Australia news…
Australia politics live: Jim Chalmers hails ‘important day for tax reform’ after deal with Greens; paraquat herbicide gets regulator green light despite Parkinson’s fears
Minor party says it will support Labor’s negative gearing and capital gains tax changes this fortnight in the Senate. Follow today’s news live Get our breaking news email, free app…
Is it true that … beards are unhygienic?
People assume that those with facial hair are more likely to harbour bacteria on their faces than the clean-shaven – but the truth is more tangled The idea that beards…
Frozen by the challenges of power: how Starmer turned triumph into tragedy
Starmer appeared ruthless in banishing the influence of Jeremy Corbyn, and winning power – but far less certain on how to wield it Few would describe him as a dramatic…
Angry and lonely after my marriage ended, I came dangerously close to embracing the manosphere | Mitch Brown
After my separation my world became tiny and my dependence on the online world grew. The internet told me women were to blame, and I started to believe it In…
A job that changed me: At the dole office, I met very few ‘bludgers’. Most people desperately wanted work
Graduating into a recession, my role at Australia’s government employment agency was sobering. I felt how easily my place could have been reversed It was 1994 and the then prime…
What do Keir Starmer and Anthony Albanese have in common? | Fiona Katauskas
More than Albo might want to admit See more of Fiona Katauskas’s cartoons here Continue reading…