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Follow updates live Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast Cyclone-hammered reefs can take many years to recover, study finds Storm-ravaged coral reefs might never have…

After meeting with Marco Rubio, foreign minister Winston Peters says he made sure US understands ‘significant economic impacts on New Zealand and Pacific’ Middle East crisis – live updates New…

Chuck Schumer attacks president’s ‘ridiculous bluster’ while Republicans cast decision as shrewd tactical move US and Iran agree to provisional ceasefire Middle East crisis – live updates Political leaders and…

US president says he will hold off using ‘destructive force’ following talks with Pakistan; Tehran says negotiations with US to start Friday in Islamabad US and Iran agree to provisional…

Australia’s most decorated living soldier, Ben Roberts-Smith, has been arrested at Sydney airport in relation to alleged war crimes. He was subsequently charged, and was due to appear in bail…

A new book by Molly Crabapple documents the rise and fall of a revolutionary Jewish party that fought against Zionism and for ‘solidarity across difference’ There is perhaps no more…

It sends us to sleep and wakes us in the night, excites us and depresses us, gives us confidence one moment, anxiety the next. How does this messy drug wield…

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While fig season is at its fullest, Alice Zaslavsky seeks out the sweetest specimens to squish over a layer of labneh Check out more Alice Zaslavsky recipes There are few…

I no longer wish to live in a country where performative cruelty has become the guiding principle of government When not firing off social media posts threatening potential war crimes…