Plushies, Labubu dolls and Pokémon collectibles: claw machine craze sweeps Hong Kong
Claw machine shops have proliferated in the territory in recent years, filling vacant spaces left behind by businesses that closed during the pandemic In Hong Kong’s neon-lit arcades, a maze…
Holy Days review – even Miriam Margolyes, Jacki Weaver and Judy Davis as nuns can’t save this film
Despite the movie’s stacked cast, an oddly threadbare storyline and comedy that targets low-hanging fruit leaves the laughs few and far between Three stubborn old nuns and a wide-eyed young…
Nearly 1,500 properties bought using Australia’s first home buyers’ 5% deposit scheme converted into investments
New data shows the federal government scheme has been used by high-income borrowers, including one couple earning an annual $674,000 Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get…
Victoria’s anti-corruption report reveals more grubby ‘whatever it takes’ politics than bombshell revelations | Jon Faine
There has been no finding of corrupt conduct but of a corrosive abuse of power, trashing of good governance and the abandonment of proper processes Follow our Australia news live…
The Icac spotlight has shone on Dominic Perrottet’s brother – and it won’t be the last we hear from his family
Jean-Claude Perrottet was questioned at the Operation Rosny hearings about the actions of the NSW Liberals’ hard-right Reformers faction Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our…
Delvene Cockatoo-Collins wins National Indigenous Fashion award for textiles harvested on Country
The Quandamooka artist was one of seven commended for garments that serve as living archives of kinship and memory A Quandamooka artist whose work is made with locally harvested materials,…
Nato to ‘urgently’ get air defences for Ukraine, as Zelenskyy warns of surge in Russian missile production
After Ukraine failed to shoot down a single ballistic missile fired by Russia on Wednesday, the president urged allies to increase supplies of Patriot interceptors Nato is working to get…
Pregnant woman dead and toddler found unharmed after outback Queensland siege ends in apparent murder-suicide
A 45-year-old man and 23-year-old woman were found dead in the Charleville home after a near eight-hour police siege Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our…
The Leipzig drone bomb marks a dangerous escalation for Europe
Initial evidence suggests aerial drone, found near Ukrainian cargo planes at German airport, came from Russia The armed drone found at Leipzig airport on Wednesday may not have exploded, but…
Unprecedented images may explain one of greatest mysteries of the sun
Highest-ever resolution pictures of our star could help show why its corona is millions of degrees hotter than its surface Golden bands and swirling vortices have been spotted on the…