Politics
View all →Labor’s bill to cut private health insurance rebate blocked by Greens over pensioner carve-out
Australia's Labor government failed to pass legislation cutting private health insurance rebates for older Australians after the Greens blocked the me…
Anne Aly reveals she has received 19 death threats in the last week alone
Anne Aly, Australia's small business minister, revealed she received 19 death threats in a single week after an opposition MP called for her to be "sh…
Vikki Campion, News Corp columnist and wife of Barnaby Joyce, begins role with NSW One Nation
Vikki Campion, a News Corp columnist and wife of federal One Nation MP Barnaby Joyce, has begun working as a part-time media adviser for the NSW One N…
Business
View all →Bedbug infestation forces Qantas to ground plane in Rome
Qantas grounded a Boeing 787 Dreamliner in Rome after bedbugs were discovered on the aircraft during flight QF5 from Perth on 9 October, according to …
EU to limit Chinese hybrid vehicle imports to 350,000 a year
The European Commission has confirmed a quota limiting Chinese hybrid electric vehicle imports to 350,000 units annually, according to The Guardian. T…
Stellantis and Renault back UK to get EU car industry protection
Stellantis and Renault, major European automakers, have called for the UK to be included in proposed EU protectionist rules for the car industry, acco…
Technology
View all →AFL tells Sportsbet to stop using players in AI generated content
The Australian Football League has instructed its official gambling partner Sportsbet to cease creating and posting AI-generated content featuring lea…
Google told to halt work on datacentres in Finland over environmental concerns
Google has been ordered to halt construction on two datacentres in Finland after failing to complete required environmental impact assessments, accord…
OpenAI says its review into hacks, including on Australian government sites, is costing $500,000 a day
OpenAI says its investigation into unauthorised access to government and research websites is costing the company more than $500,000 per day. The comp…
Science
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View all →LGBTQ+ people go into hiding in Senegal as hundreds are arrested
Human Rights Watch reports that Senegal has detained at least 320 people since February on charges of "acts against nature" following a toughened law …
Nicolás Maduro tells New York court new torture allegations are ‘false’
Nicolás Maduro appeared in a New York federal court on Thursday to face a rewritten indictment that accuses him and his wife Cilia Flores of leading a…
Brazil cuts work week to 40 hours in win for Lula ahead of runoff
Brazil's Congress approved a constitutional amendment cutting the maximum workweek to 40 hours, a move that eliminates six-day workweeks and could aff…
Health
View all →Guinea-Bissau denies it has approved controversial vaccine trial in newborns
Guinea-Bissau's health minister said on Tuesday that the government "did not authorize" a controversial hepatitis B vaccine trial in newborns, contrad…
Abortion pill access jumps almost 50% after Australia eases restrictions for pharmacies
Australia saw pharmacy access to an abortion pill jump nearly 50 percent after the Therapeutic Goods Administration relaxed prescribing restrictions i…
Kenya confirms first Ebola case as virus ‘surges’ in DR Congo province
Kenya reported its first-ever Ebola death on Tuesday, according to the country's health minister. The patient was a citizen who arrived from the Democ…
Environment
View all →Resources minister faces calls to correct her claim all Beetaloo emissions will be offset
Australian Resources Minister Madeleine King claimed at the National Press Club in Canberra on Wednesday that all greenhouse gas emissions from the Be…
Indonesia fights fire with dry ice as toxic haze spreads across region
Indonesia is testing dry ice dispersal by aircraft to combat widespread wildfires and the toxic haze they produce across South Sumatra. The coordinati…
Argentina temporarily closes Iguazu Falls after El Niño-fuelled surge in water levels
Heavy rainfall linked to El Niño forced Argentina to temporarily close Iguazu Falls to tourists on Monday as water levels surged to dangerous levels, …
Entertainment
View all →Joni Mitchell becomes US citizen: ‘A journey that began 62 years ago’
Joni Mitchell became a US citizen at age 82, the Canadian singer-songwriter announced on Instagram on Tuesday. Mitchell posted footage of her citizens…
Anne Carson wins Nobel prize in literature 2026
The Swedish Academy awarded the 2026 Nobel Prize in Literature to Canadian poet and essayist Anne Carson. The academy recognized Carson's "bold and in…
Sydney festival 2027: 11 international dance works to headline ‘once-in-a-lifetime’ program
Sydney's 2027 festival will host 11 international dance works making their Australian premiere, according to The Guardian. The program triples the dan…