5 h. ago AFLW round one update: With Molloy back kicking a bag, Swans overpower Tigers

Welcome to our AFLW blog for round one. Throughout the season, follow along for updates from every game, as well as news and analysis across the round. Carlton won the season-opener beating Collingwood.

Politics

6 h. ago Trump’s latest Olympic edict effectively closes US border to transgender athletes

US President has already made clear his views on transgender participation in sport, but his latest executive order takes things to a dystopian new level.

Politics

6 h. ago ‘That’s all they care about, is money’: Childcare chain sets debt collectors on assaulted kid’s mother

Corporate childcare chain Edge Early Learning is facing further scrutiny, while a NSW inquiry has unearthed a case of a baby being dropped and parents not notified.

Economics

7 h. ago ‘Outlandish and weird’: How Netflix star Jenna Ortega and Tim Burton bonded on the dark side

The young star of Wednesday has joined a circle of big-name actors, such as Winona Ryder and Michael Keaton, to whom Burton turns again and again.

Politics

7 h. ago Fresh ASX record high approaches 9000 milestone; Ampol surges on $1.1b deal; Baby Bunting soars

The sharemarket has capped off a stellar five-day run, carried by energy, banking, and mining giants on Friday.

Economics

9 h. ago A MAGA influencer tried to be a tradwife in Australia. It almost broke her

Lauren Southern moved with her husband from Canada, where she’d grown up, to Australia, where she says, she lived in near-total isolation.

Technology

10 h. ago Docklands divide: South side in push for secession from rest of suburb

Some residents in the southern part of the suburb want to break away and change the name from Docklands to Yarra’s Edge.

Politics

12 h. ago ‘War criminal falling from the sky’: Why Alaskans aren’t happy to host Putin

“I don’t trust his intentions and I don’t know how I feel about having a war criminal in my state,” said one Anchorage resident.

Events

12 h. ago Pinched nerve in back forces Latrell Mitchell out of Indigenous Round

Injury has forced South Sydney’s biggest name to the sidelines once again – but another Indigenous star is back for the Bunnies.

Politics

13 h. ago Banks drive ASX higher; Ampol surges after $1.1b deal; Baby Bunting soars

The sharemarket has moved higher, with Westpac again rising while Baby Bunting and Ampol jumped.

Economics

13 h. ago Inside the remote city where Trump will play his ‘chess game’ with Putin

“I don’t trust his intentions and I don’t know how I feel about having a war criminal in my state,” said one Anchorage resident.

Politics

13 h. ago In the remote city where Trump will play his ‘chess game’ with Putin

“I don’t trust his intentions and I don’t know how I feel about having a war criminal in my state,” said one Anchorage resident.

Politics

14 h. ago Melania Trump threatens Hunter Biden with $1.5b lawsuit over ‘salacious’ Epstein claim

The first lady has demanded Biden – son of former president Joe – retract his claim that sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein introduced her to now-President Donald Trump.

Politics

17 h. ago AFLW round one update: Why this was the most interesting Thursday night game in months

Welcome to our AFLW blog for round one. Throughout the season, follow along for updates from every game, as well as news and analysis across the round. Carlton won the season-opener beating Collingwood.

Sport

18 h. ago Israeli minister launches settlement plan to ‘bury’ Palestinian statehood

The long-delayed settlement would divide the West Bank and cut it off from East Jerusalem, which the UN warned would “put an end to prospects of a two-state solution”.

Politics

18 h. ago Australia news LIVE: Tax overhaul calls ahead of economic reform roundtable; US responds to Australia recognising Palestinian state

Read the national news blog for rolling updates on today’s top stories from Australia and around the world.

Economics

19 h. ago Trump says he wants to do a Ukraine deal with Putin. Here’s a reality check from on the ground

An English pub may be far from the frontline in Ukraine, but the man sitting in it is part of a lifeline giving hope to a country under siege.

Politics

19 h. ago Donald Trump prepares for talks with Vladimir Putin over Ukraine war

US President Donald Trump warns Russian leader Vladimir Putin ahead of their high stakes summit in Alaska.

Politics

20 h. ago ASX set to inch up, Wall Street flat after inflation update; $A weaker

Most stocks are falling on Wall Street after a disappointing report said inflation was worse last month at the US wholesale level than economists expected.

Economics

25 h. ago Schmidt sticks with winning Wallabies, but training mishap causes late playmaker chaos

In an otherwise settled side to meet the Boks, the Wallabies have named a veteran at five-eighth and may have to call on a halfback or winger to be his back-up at no.10.

Events