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As we reach the halfway mark of 2026, we’ve been delighted to discover a scintillating variety of video games already this year, with something for everyone to enjoy. There is plenty of nostalgia in a couple of the games that our critics have picked for our mid-year collection, but lots of new experiences as well. …
Ann Patchett is one of the most influential people in publishing. She’s also known for being one of the nicest. Her interviews often feature stories about her many famous friends, many of whom frequently pop up both in her Instagram reels and her bookstore, Parnassus Books in Nashville. Her pal Tom Hanks narrated the audio…
Day six at the World Cup features a number of superstar strikers, beginning with a blockbuster between Kylian Mbappe’s France and Senegal at New York New Jersey Stadium. Later the other Group I game will see Iraq — coached by Australian Graham Arnold — against Norway, led by another superstar striker in Erling Haaland, in…
The UK’s Defence Ministry is investigating reports a Russian Navy frigate fired warning shots near a yacht in the English Channel. The incident was understood to have taken place about 20 nautical miles south of the Isle of Wight, which falls just outside UK territorial waters, on Tuesday local time. The UK-registered civilian yacht has…
The FBI says it has thwarted a potential threat ahead of the Ultimate Fighting Championship mixed martial arts event in Washington last weekend and has multiple people in custody. “On June 10, FBI and our law enforcement partners became aware of a potential threat to the UFC America 250 event in Washington, DC involving individuals…
G7 leaders have agreed to intensify pressure on Russia to end more than four years of war against Ukraine, with US President Donald Trump saying Moscow should “make a deal”. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy joined the summit at the French resort of Évian-les-Bains, with Ukraine seen as holding up well on the battlefield but its…
A Russian artist known for his satirising President Vladimir Putin has been shot dead in eastern Poland, officials say. “An investigation is being conducted … into the murder of a 44-year-old citizen of the Russian Federation … known in the media as Semyon Skrepetsky,” a spokesman for the prosecutor’s office in Lublin, Marcin Kozak, told…
US President Donald Trump is maintaining that an interim accord with Iran makes clear that Tehran would never be allowed to develop a nuclear weapon, and he also suggested Syria could be better positioned to disarm Iran-backed Hezbollah. Speaking ahead of talks with Qatar’s Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani on the sidelines of…
Embattled Victorian Premier Jacinta Allan has refused to provide a figure for how much CFMEU corruption has cost taxpayers in the state, a scandal that has put the government and her leadership under threat. Criminal activity inside the construction union had cost taxpayers in Victoria an estimated $15 billion, an investigation by Geoffrey Watson SC…
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander readers are advised that this article contains the image and name of a person who has died. One second. That is how long a police officer said it took to storm a bathroom, order twice for Aubrey Donahue to drop a knife and fire the shot that killed him. The…