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As more detail has emerged about the “understanding” signed by Iran and the United States this week, the more analysts have been shocked by just how high a strategic and financial price Donald Trump was prepared to pay to get the Strait of Hormuz reopened. That is, just how diabolically bad a “deal” this really…

Adiba Ganji knew that her life wouldn’t be the same if she stayed in Afghanistan. “It was a Friday afternoon. We heard that the Taliban are coming,” she told the ABC. On August 15, 2021, the Taliban captured Kabul as the last remaining United States troops withdrew from America’s longest war. Two years earlier, the…

For the first nine months of their young lives, baby twins Artie and Jack Porter lived in a world without sound. But no longer. In what is believed to be an Australian-first, the boys had cochlear implant surgery on both ears on the same day. The eight-hour surgical feat had one main purpose — for…

A few weeks ago, my mum asked me to help get rid of the “beer fridge” in her garage. This old, yellowing piece of equipment was the first fridge my parents bought when they moved in 1998. Almost 30 years later, it seemed to still be going strong. But this trusty fridge had an environmentally…

When Iran and the United States inked a deal on the war this week, one unlikely figure on the Iranian side emerged from the shadows of the negotiations and into the open. Mohammad Bagher Qalibaf, a former commander of Iran’s powerful Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) who now serves as parliamentary speaker, has been an…

Each question in the ABC 50/50 quiz has only two options: one is right; the other is wrong. You have an even chance of guessing correctly each time.  But there’s a catch. We award one point for each correct answer, but subtract one point for each wrong answer. Give it a crack: it’s the only…

All week the USA have been sweating on the fitness of Christian Pulisic. The AC Milan star was brilliant against Paraguay until coming off at half time with a calf issue. Reports from the US camp in the last 10 minutes or so suggest that 27-year-old is out of the game – but that is…

Britain’s Labour government appears to be careering towards a messy mid-term leadership election, although a timeline for it remains uncertain. On Friday, local time, the Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer pledged to fight for his job – if it came to that – and at least two other MPs have confirmed they will challenge him….

Israel and Hezbollah have agreed a ceasefire, a US official said, after deadly exchanges between the two sides in Lebanon put a deal to end the Middle East war under strain less than two days after it was signed. Talks that were scheduled for Friday between the US and Iran in Switzerland to take the…

Matt Renshaw blasted a career-best 89 not out as Australia notched a series-clinching six-run victory over Bangladesh in the second T20 of their three-match series. Renshaw, who scored 18 in the opening game after averaging 0.67 in the ODI series, returned to form emphatically, clubbing five sixes in his 52-ball knock to guide the Aussies…