Rights group says Iran protest toll nears 6,000 dead

A US-based rights group said on Monday it had confirmed the deaths of nearly 6,000 people during a wave of protests in Iran ...

Code Insider: Nick Kyrgios seen out partying before Australian Open mixed doubles loss

Kicking off the weekend Kyrgios was spied at Electric Bar on Chapel St with his doubles partner Thanasi Kokkinakis — ...

EU opens probe into Musk's Grok over sexual AI deepfakes

The EU on Monday hit Elon Musk's X with an investigation over AI chatbot Grok's generation of sexualised deepfake images of women and minors, in the latest step of an international backlash against ...

Australia Day: A pledge of joy and optimism as the ties that bind us are tested

Home Affairs Minister Tony Burke has used the nation’s largest citizenship induction to prosecute the case for a “covenant of ...

Maddison Inglis Australian Open fairytale finally comes to an end at the hands of Iga Swiatek

Maddison Inglis has a lovely serve. Lovely forehand. Lovely backhand. Lovely courtcraft. Lovely demeanour. But lovely doesn’t cut it against six-time major champions and Inglis’s dream run at the ...

Traitors versus the true: our values under siege on Australia Day

The nation’s social cohesion crisis has heightened after shocking displays of antisemitism, violence and extremist rhetoric on Australia Day, with a rudimentary explosive device thrown into a crowd ...

Australian scientists use AI to create ‘off-switch’ for safer gene editing

Australian scientists have used AI to design molecules that make gene editing technology safer, potentially revolutionising ...

Albanese government feels heat to address cost of living as electricity costs fuel rate rise fears

Expectations of a higher quarterly inflation rate have driven a near 60 per cent chance of an interest rate hike at the Reserve Bank’s meeting next week, keeping pressure on the Albanese government to ...

Linda Reynolds warns film producers on ‘Brittany silenced’ claims

Former Liberal minister Linda Reynolds has warned producers of a documentary premiering at the Sundance Film Festival that she will sue them if they allege she tried to “silence” Brittany Higgins.

Israeli woman finds ‘victory’ in gaining citizenship at site of Bondi attack

Attending the Bondi Pavilion with hundreds of others similarly about to become new Australian citizens, Sapir Elias knew the horrors of last month’s antisemitic terror attack on Bondi Beach – which ...

Row erupts over culling of dingoes linked to Canadian backpacker’s K’gari death

A row has erupted over the culling of dingoes linked to the death of a Canadian backpacker on an island off the Queensland coast last week, with locals, traditional owners and scientists split over ...

Drake Maye the force behind Patriots’ Super Bowl date with ‘The Dark Side’

Not sure about you, but I spent Australia Day adhering to the time-honoured tradition of watching eight hours of American ...