Is that a tweet or foreign policy? How Australia should deal with an unpredictable Donald Trump
Which is simply to say that given Trump’s penchant for unpredictable speech and behaviour, the fact that the meeting between these two leaders went off without a hitch seems like…
Who is Michael McCormack, Australia’s new deputy prime minister? – video explainer
Michael McCormack is the new National party leader and Australia’s deputy prime minister, replacing Barnaby Joyce. He is from Wagga Wagga in New South Wales’ Riverina region, and first entered…
Australia plans to fight invasive fish with herpes virus — some scientists are alarmed
In an effort to fight an invasive fish species in Australia, the government is planning on releasing the herpes virus into its waterways, hoping it will wipe out the common…
How one Australian politician views the gun debate in the US
There have been 1,607 mass shootings in the United States since the 2012 Sandy Hook massacre in Newtown, Connecticut — none of which have been met with successful gun control…
Gun culture in US different than in Australia, says Australian ambassador
“We’re not going to give you a lecture from the other side of the world,” says Joe Hockey, Australian ambassador to the U.S. Australia has strict gun laws, enacted after…
Week in pictures
Our selection of some of the most striking news photographs taken around the world this week.
In pictures: Uppies battle the Doonies in Jedburgh’s ba’ game
Participants took to the streets of Jedburgh on Thursday for its traditional annual ba’ game. It is one of a number of towns in the Scottish Borders to stage such…
Meet the farmer who found happiness in an ancestral way of life
French farmer Jean-Bernard Huon has shunned modern techniques such as machinery and pesticides, choosing the manual subsistence farming methods once followed by his peasant ancestors. Reuters photographer Stephane Mahe spent…
Africa’s week in pictures
A selection of the best photos from across Africa and of Africans elsewhere in the world this week.
Rare photographs that changed lives
Twenty-four photographs from the Lewis Hine archive have been auctioned in New York. The rare prints were from the collection of the late New York photographer Isador Sy Seidman. American…