Putin ‘massively misjudged’ Ukraine war, says UK spy chief
Russians have accidentally shot down their own aircraft, GCHQ head says
Russian attack on Ukrainian nuclear power facility alarms experts
While Russian forces are in control of the Zaporizhzhia facility, its Ukrainian staff continue to run the plant
Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant: Everything you need to know
A fire broke out in the largest nuclear plant in Europe after being shelled by Russia
China tightens abortion controls as population crisis looms
Government to allow couples have three children while authorities experiment with additional incentives for women to have children
Australian PM apologises for slow Covid vaccine rollout as cases rise
Outbreak of Delta variant exposes vulnerability of country’s largely unvaccinated public
She was jailed for killing her four children. Now scientists are trying to have her freed
Genetic evidence undercuts conviction of Kathleen Folbigg, Australia’s ‘worst female serial killer’
Covid-19 could push half a billion people into poverty, Oxfam warns
Charity calls for debt cancellation, solidarity taxes and a swift boost to overseas aid
‘Quiet Australians’ and tax scare keep government in place
Liberal-National coalition remains in power as opinion polls get predictions very wrong
Australia’s Malcolm Turnbull shelves flagship energy policy
PM dumps emissions targets in bid to stave off leadership challenge in Liberal party
World at risk of irreversible ‘hothouse’ state – scientists
Tipping point would pose ‘severe risks for health, economies, political stability’
Rude YouTube comments may explain lack of female STEM hosts
Web Log: Women presenting STEM content endure abuse and sexism, researchers find
‘We left because we couldn’t afford a house’
New emigrants to Australia see better life and career prospects despite recovery at home
Japan’s options limited after missile sirens jolt it from sleep
North Korea’s missile scared residents – but did nothing to change the region’s arithmetic
Floating island city project set to go in French Polynesia
Californian non-profit’s hi-tech response to rising sea levels could begin in 2018
Australia revisits a chapter when gangs killed gay men for sport
Police are reviewing dozens of suspicious deaths to determine if they were hate crimes
Survivors of the emotional deep freeze – Maynooth’s class of ‘66 looks back
Students who gave up the seminary 50 years ago recall a suffocating atmosphere that infantilised seminarians, but also some rare acts of kindness and enlightenment
Extra-terrestrials ‘likely to have existed’ but gone extinct
Life probably developed elsewhere but disappeared due to planetary instability, scientists say
How Australia changed gun laws and ended mass killings
After a gunman killed 35 people in Tasmania in 1996, a public outcry led to major firearms restrictions
Plane spots objects in new search area for Malaysia jet
Radar data reveals the plane was going faster than previously thought
Timor-Leste: A nation slowly emerging from dire poverty
The challenges facing the country are vast, but so were those already overcome
Australians prepare to vote in federal elections
Labor Party facing likely defeat after tumultuous six years in power
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