8 h. ago ‘May the force be with you’: A relentless night in a Ukrainian bomb shelter

The air raid alarm goes off and the iPhone starts talking in an American accent, urging listeners to seek shelter. It’s 1.23am and our correspondent is about to witness what is a routine night for millions of people across this war-ravaged country.

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8 h. ago A relentless night hunkered down in a missile shelter as Russia attacks

The air raid alarms go off all through the night, urging people to seek shelter. Our correspondent experiences what is a routine night for millions of Ukrainians.

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29 h. ago An Australian world champion wasn’t happy with his night. A brutal punch changed that

Australian cruiserweight world champion Jai Opetaia was already the most avoided boxer on the planet.

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68 h. ago ‘I can’t remember the last time I had one’: McIlroy shows he is human with swing and miss

The Northern Irish star had an air swing on the par-five 14th at Royal Melbourne and made bogey, sending waves of fear around the course that he could miss the cut.

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3 d. ago Bah, humbug. Seven tacky Christmas traditions that need trimming

Ditch the punch and punchlines, stick to ham and prawns, and have yourself a very Terry Christmas.

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4 d. ago Russell Crowe shines as a disarming Goering in Nazi drama Nuremberg

In the film, also starring Rami Malek and Michael Shannon, Crowe’s perpetrator of atrocities projects an air of affability and common sense.

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4 d. ago This week’s movies: Russell Crowe in top form, Elizabeth Olsen in the afterlife, a Twiggy doco and a black comedy

Welcome to our weekly wrap of what’s new in cinemas this week.

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4 d. ago ‘Never as good as the men’: This doco will make you gasp, then punch the air

When surfing became a professional sport, there was “no room” for women. These gnarly pioneers changed everything.

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7 d. ago Aerobatic pilot killed after small planes collide midair in Sydney

Sydney man Eddie Seve, an experienced pilot who flew in aerobatic formations at airshows, was reportedly killed in the crash.

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8 d. ago Factory explosion blasts chemical tank into air, huge fireball erupts

Firefighters are still battling the huge blaze after a monster explosion at a factory in St Marys.

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1 week ago It’s interest rates, not regulators, that will burst our housing bubble

If the banking regulator’s latest move is aimed at cooling a frothy housing market, the Reserve Bank will probably beat them to the punch.

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2 w. ago Black Friday might be the new Boxing Day, but can small businesses punch above their weight?

Find out why fewer small businesses are participating in Black Friday this year and how cost barriers and consumer demand are shaping their decisions.

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2 w. ago From Brazil to Bengaluru: Nick Reece can’t stop globetrotting

The lord mayor has been racking up the air miles of late, travelling to the UN climate conference in Brazil and a film festival in India.

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2 w. ago ‘We just had a bad day’: Wallabies focus on positives for final push in Paris

The Wallabies are on banking on past form in 2025 - particularly in the air - to enter a massive clash with France with confidence.

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3 w. ago ‘Not yet controlled’: Air tanker douses flames in South Coast fire

The NSW Rural Fire Service said the bushfire had been threatening homes in Worrowing Heights, near Jervis Bay on Sunday.

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3 w. ago The Age Good Food Guide 2026: Best places to eat and drink in Beechworth

The jewel of the High Country and a one-time hangout for Ned Kelly, Beechworth today boasts crisp air, abundant produce and breathtaking autumn leaves.

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3 w. ago A Trump doco has plunged the BBC into crisis. The critics have a good point

Public broadcasters like the ABC and BBC are under huge pressure from the political right, but they won’t survive by refusing to admit mistakes.

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3 w. ago A Trump doco has plunged the BBC into crisis. The critics have a point

Public broadcasters like the ABC and BBC are under huge pressure from the political right, but they won’t survive by refusing to admit mistakes.

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4 w. ago The 25 idiotic things plane passengers do (and the five I’m guilty of)

More and more of us may be taking to the skies, but it doesn’t stop us making rookie mistakes along the way.

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4 w. ago Putin gives old Soviet bombs jet engines to strike deeper into Ukraine

The evolution giving the bombs a much greater range will probably put further strain on Ukraine’s stretched air defences.

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