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Antarctica has a huge, completely hidden mountain range. New data reveals its birth over 500 million years ago
The mysterious โghost mountainsโ โ buried beneath kilometres of Antarctic ice โ have puzzled scientists for decades.
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As Trump heads to the Middle East, fixing explosive crises takes a back seat to deal-making
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What makes a cult leader tick? The Bearcat digs into the origins of the Family, Australiaโs โcult of cultsโ
When Georgia Rose Phillipsโ inner poet takes centre stage, The Bearcat rises to great heights. But the novel contains some anachronisms.
Published on: May 12, 2025 | Source:Pamela Rabe shines in this hypnotic revival of Samuel Beckettโs classic play Happy Days
This fresh take by the Sydney Theatre Company combines existential dread with dark humour โ and resonates for the current age.
Published on: May 12, 2025 | Source:Comet, rocket, space junk or meteor? Hereโs how to tell your fireballs apart
There are telltale clues to help you work out what just blazed overhead.
Published on: May 12, 2025 | Source:Southeast Asia, Australia, and the Trumpian Worldview
A conversation about the crisis of integrity with journalist Huw Watkin.
Published on: May 12, 2025 | Source:As Donald Trump cuts funding to Antarctica, will the US be forced off the icy continent?
Since 1958, the US has led on Antarctic diplomacy and science. Trumpโs funding cuts will diminish US capacity in Antarctica as China expands its presence.
Published on: May 12, 2025 | Source:Argentina's top court finds 83 boxes of Nazi materials in its basement
Dozens of boxes of Nazi material confiscated by Argentinean authorities during the Second World War were recently rediscovered in the Supreme Court's basement, the court said on Sunday.
Published on: May 12, 2025 | Source:Argentina's top court finds boxes of Nazi items in basement
Argentina's Supreme Court discovered dozens of boxes filled with Nazi material dating from World War II, including photos and postcards, among its archives in its basement.
Published on: May 12, 2025 | Source:Poland accuses Russia of arson over 2024 shopping centre fire
Donald Tusk says the massive Warsaw blaze was "for sure" ordered by the Russian special services.
Published on: May 12, 2025 | Source:Victoriaโs planning reforms could help solve the housing crisis. But they are under threat
Councils have made it hard to build more townhouses and apartments in the suburbs. Thatโs why these planning reforms are needed.
Published on: May 12, 2025 | Source:Footyโs โcode warsโ are back, but which is actually the No. 1 Australian sport: the NRL or AFL?
The AFL and NRL constantly claim to be the countryโs premier sport โ so what do the figures say in terms of profit, participation, attendance and TV audience?
Published on: May 12, 2025 | Source:Thai Courts Turn Spotlight on Former PM Thaksinโs Hospital Stay
A Supreme Court probe into the former leader's six-month stay at the Police General Hospital in Bangkok had added to his politico-legal woes.
Published on: May 12, 2025 | Source:A prisoner voting ban shows again how few checks there are on parliamentary power
By ignoring a Supreme Court ruling on prisoner voting rights, the NZ government is undermining one of the few constitutional protections against executive over-reach.
Published on: May 12, 2025 | Source:If Jacinta Nampijinpa Price becomes Liberal deputy it will be a wild ride for the party โ and whoever is leader | Michelle Grattan for the Conversation
Also mooted for the role are Dan Tehan from Victoria and energy spokesperson Ted OโBrien. Either would be less fraughtAustralia news live: latest politics updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastJacinta Nampijinpa Priceโs confirmation she will run for Liberal deputy has put the members of an already shell-shocked party into a new spin.Tuesdayโs leadership contest, where the numbers are said to...
Published on: May 12, 2025 | Source:China accused of foreign interference in Solomon Islands
China's embassy in the Solomon Islands becomes embroiled in a foreign interference controversy after allegedly forcing a newly appointed minister in the Pacific island nation to quit an international group.
Published on: May 12, 2025 | Source:Fight looms over proposed $15m retreat along iconic WA coastal trail
Dozens of locals and several conservation groups push back on plans to build the luxury eco-friendly retreat along the Cape to Cape trail in the state's South West.
Published on: May 11, 2025 | Source:White South Africans leave for US under Trump refugee plan
White South Africans make up around 7% of the country's population. But they still own some 78% of private farmland in South Africa and have about 20 times the wealth of Black South Africans.
Published on: May 11, 2025 | Source:Hamas to release Israeli-American hostage in bid to secure Gaza ceasefire
Palestinian militant groupโs move comes as Donald Trump prepares to visit the Middle East this week
Published on: May 11, 2025 | Source:Trump prizes more Gulf investment in the US
As the president goes to Saudi Arabia, Qatar and the UAE he wants them to buy more from the States.
Published on: May 11, 2025 | Source:US and China say substantial progress made in key trade talks
President Trump said there had been a "total reset" in trade relations after the first day of talks on Saturday.
Published on: May 11, 2025 | Source:CK Asset-backed NEXX Global turns to Middle East to hedge against rising US-China tension
NEXX Global and Tojoy are among companies seeking to establish a presence in the Middle East and explore new markets in Europe.
Published on: May 11, 2025 | Source:USDA halts live animal imports through US-Mexico border
Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins announced on Sunday that the U.S. is halting imports of livestock at ports of entry along the southern border in response to the โcontinued spreadโ of the โNew World screwwormโ (NWS) in Mexico. The move comes after NWS was detected in remote farms as far north as Oaxaca and Veracruz, approximately...
Published on: May 11, 2025 | Source:Trump vows to lower drug prices in the US by up to 80%
President promises to defy industry pressure and dramatically cut cost of pharmaceuticals
Published on: May 11, 2025 | Source:Power, survival and revenge: What's at stake in the Philippines election?
The midterms will impact the future of President Marcos and his rival and VP, Sara Duterte.
Published on: May 11, 2025 | Source:Trump to sign executive order reducing prescription drug prices
US president said order, to be signed on Monday, would lower prescription drug and pharmaceutical prices by between 30 and 80 per cent.
Published on: May 11, 2025 | Source:The rare disease in a remote town where 'almost everyone is a cousin'
Many children in a Brazil town lost the ability to walk, so one scientist set about discovering why.
Published on: May 11, 2025 | Source:Why Burkina Faso's junta leader has captured hearts and minds around the world
Capt Ibrahim Traorรฉ, 37, is portraying himself as a champion of pan-Africanism.
Published on: May 11, 2025 | Source:UK jobs slowdown hits education and healthcare as spending cuts bite
Tight public sector budgets are a growing issue for labour market, surveys find
Published on: May 11, 2025 | Source:Hamas to release US-Israeli hostage as part of efforts to reach Gaza ceasefire
The release will come ahead of President Donald Trump's visit to the Middle East on Tuesday.
Published on: May 11, 2025 | Source:Melbourne council to fine business over controversial mural
The Fitzroy mural, which depicts a bound and gagged woman, has attracted a flurry of complaints to council.
Published on: May 11, 2025 | Source:Polls close in Albanians election dominated by uphill efforts to join the EU
Albanians voted Sunday in parliamentary elections after a boisterous campaign dominated by the countryโs uphill effort to join theEuropean Unionand Prime Minister Edi Ramaโs bid for a fourth term in office.
Published on: May 11, 2025 | Source:Financial counsellors sound alarm over private assistance fees
The Financial Counsellors Association of WA warns that private assistance services charging fees to lodge complaints with banks and the financial ombudsman on behalf of customers are not necessary.
Published on: May 11, 2025 | Source:Pope calls for peace in Ukraine, Gaza in symbolically rich blessing on Motherโs Day
Leo XIV addressed crowd of around 100,000 people at St Peterโs Basilica in his first Sunday noon blessing as pope.
Published on: May 11, 2025 | Source:A glimpse of something better
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