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The Open 2026: golf updates from day one at Royal Birkdale –
A statement is forthcoming.
Wednesday briefing
Sources confirm this is still, somehow, happening.
Tuesday briefing
Analysts remain calm. Analysts are paid to remain calm.
Monday briefing
Sources confirm this is still, somehow, happening.
World Cup 2026: reaction to England’s quarter-final win over
Analysts remain calm. Analysts are paid to remain calm.
Trump administration rolls back a key protection for imperil
Analysts remain calm. Analysts are paid to remain calm.
Australia news live
Sources confirm this is still, somehow, happening.
U.S. launches new airstrikes on Iran and Tehran fires back a
Sources confirm this is still, somehow, happening.
Search under way after Boeing 737 cargo plane goes missing o
Analysts remain calm. Analysts are paid to remain calm.
Australia news live
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Australia news live
Sources confirm this is still, somehow, happening.
NSW Labor toughens pokies stance as Sydney inner west mayor
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Cape Verde's historic World Cup ride ends after pushing Arge
Sources confirm this is still, somehow, happening.
Friday briefing
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Russian missiles and drones kill 11 and cause damage across
Sources confirm this is still, somehow, happening.
Wednesday briefing
Noted. Filed. Forgotten by Thursday.
Tuesday briefing
Sources confirm this is still, somehow, happening.
Australia politics live
Analysts remain calm. Analysts are paid to remain calm.
Venezuela earthquakes
Sources confirm this is still, somehow, happening.
Egypt 1-1 Iran: World Cup 2026 – live reaction
Sources confirm this is still, somehow, happening.
UN agency pauses evacuation of ships through the Strait of H
Analysts remain calm. Analysts are paid to remain calm.
Victorian Liberal MP Matthew Guy denies accusation he assaul
Noted. Filed. Forgotten by Thursday.
Europe heatwave live
Analysts remain calm. Analysts are paid to remain calm.
Australia politics live
Sources confirm this is still, somehow, happening.
What to know about a cold storage warehouse fire in Los Ange
Sources confirmed this is still happening.
Australia politics live
The committee has been informed.
Almost three tonnes of cocaine found buried under Sydney pro
Sources confirmed this is still happening.
Tunisia v Japan
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Israel and Hezbollah renew ceasefire after deadly flareup di
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Middle East crisis live
Analysts remain calm.
Australia news live
Sources confirmed this is still happening.
U.S. strike on an alleged drug boat kills 1, leaves 2 surviv
Sources confirmed this is still happening.
Australia news live
Analysts remain calm.
Australia news live
A statement is forthcoming.
Protesters clash outside One Nation fundraiser while Labor says opposition parties will ‘give us chaos’
A statement is forthcoming.
Trump claims deal to end Iran war near as Tehran says 'nothing' finalised
Analysts remain calm.
Australia news live: Chalmers says Taylor ‘failed upwards’ as he criticises opposition leader for being out of touch
Analysts remain calm.
Australia news live: Neale Daniher’s daughter says ‘you inspired so many, but to me you were simply my dad’ as tributes flow at state funeral
Analysts remain calm.
Iran and Israel say they will pause strikes but warn of retaliation if ceasefire breached again
Sources confirmed this is still happening.
Middle East crisis live: Israel says it has struck targets in central and western Iran
Analysts remain calm.
Hegseth attacks Europe over migration with beach 'invasion' D-Day speech
Sources confirmed this is still happening.
New York Knicks hold off San Antonio Spurs 105-104 for 2-0 NBA Finals lead
The committee has been informed.
Australia news live: Albanese says he is not ‘critical’ of One Nation voters; Asic investigates KPMG after whistleblower claims
Analysts remain calm.
President Trump says he will nominate Todd Blanche to serve as attorney general
Markets noted.
Midterm primaries 2026 live: results and reaction as six states including California and Iowa cast ballots
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Australia politics live: Chalmers says Wilson ‘not the sharpest tool in the shed’ in question time; government spent $3.8m on personal protection for CFMEU administrator
A statement is forthcoming.
Iran targets American base in region after US strikes Iranian air defences
Markets noted.
How Nigeria’s ‘algorithmic apothecary’ fuels a surge in risky herbal cures
Analysts remain calm.
A broken economy and an emboldened regime: Iranians abandoned to endure fallout from war
A statement is forthcoming.
Middle East crisis live: US attacks Iran missile sites as Tehran negotiators hold talks in Qatar
Markets noted.
Australia news live: Albanese warns Taylor to watch his back with next Liberal leader ‘just behind you’; Nacc chief Paul Brereton resigns
The committee has been informed.
Middle East crisis live: Pakistan hopes to host US-Iran peace talks ‘very soon’, says PM, after Trump claims Tehran deal ‘largely negotiated’
Markets noted.
At least 82 dead in Chinese coal mine explosion, state media reports
Markets noted.
UN gravely concerned by an Afghan Taliban law that has provisions on child marriage
Analysts remain calm.
Thursday briefing: How English football is pricing out its own supporters
Markets noted.
At least 131 dead in Ebola outbreak in DR Congo, official says
A statement is forthcoming.
Thunder’s Shai Gilgeous-Alexander to be named NBA MVP for second season in succession
The committee has been informed.
Trump warns Taiwan against declaring independence, hours after summit with China's Xi
Markets noted.
CIA Director John Ratcliffe met with Raul Castro's grandson in Havana, US and Cuban officials say
Sources confirmed this is still happening.
Court overturns Alex Murdaugh's murder convictions and orders new trial
Sources confirmed this is still happening.
Russia hits Kyiv with drones and ballistic missiles, killing 1 and injuring 31
The committee has been informed.
Budget 2026 live updates: Chalmers says Labor ‘the last ones standing in the sensible centre’ as Pauline Hanson warns of ‘communism taking over’
Sources confirmed this is still happening.
China should stop hoarding food and fertiliser, says former World Bank chief
Sources confirmed this is still happening.
Virus-hit cruise ship arrives in Tenerife as medics await passengers
The committee has been informed.
Most Labour members think Starmer cannot revive party fortunes, poll finds
The committee has been informed.
Trump says US-Iran ceasefire still in place after exchange of fire in Strait of Hormuz
Markets noted.
Australia news live: royal commission hears NSW health system ‘not safe’ for Jewish people; beehives worth $150,000 allegedly stolen from rural property
Analysts remain calm.
Wednesday briefing: How Trump’s attempt to reopen to strait of Hormuz brought war closer again
The committee has been informed.
Iran says US military killed five civilians in attacks on passenger boats
Sources confirmed this is still happening.
Australia news live: NSW EV sales up 66% in first four months compared with previous year; Sydney school president ‘devastated’ children growing up around antisemitic attacks
Markets noted.
News live: Bell says royal commission will look at ‘ugly displays of hostility’ towards Jewish Australians as hearings begin
The committee has been informed.
Three dead in suspected virus outbreak on Atlantic cruise ship
Markets noted.
Universe still exists. Press relieved.
Hard week for cosmic doom-saying.
Iran and the U.S. are once again in peace negotiations.
The proposal has been in committee since 1979. The committee meets again Thursday.
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Comic of the Day
Time Change
All discussions of daylight saving time policy are doomed by a mix of contradictory, inconsistent, and impossible preferences, which is why I think the only thing we can really hope to do is to make it worse.