Today
Pogacar out to bury ghosts in final Tour de France week
The 2025 Tour de France is heading into its final and most punishing mountain stages; a critical test for defending champion Tadej Pogacar.
This Month
‘Coldplaygate’ is a stark reminder that cameras are everywhere
It took only a few seconds of video for the “kiss cam” incident to thoroughly dominate internet discourse and become an instant meme.
Grace Kim finishes with eagle-birdie-eagle to claim her first major
“I don’t know how it happened, really,” the Australian said after the stunning finish to win on the second playoff hole against Jeeno Thitikul.
Murujuga ruling proof protected sites, industry can co-exist: WA premier
WA Premier Roger Cook hails UNESCO’s decision to inscribe Murujuga and its rock art on the World Heritage List.
Britain and France join forces on nuclear deterrents for first time
France is part of NATO but has maintained a completely independent nuclear posture, while Britain’s deterrent forms part of the alliance’s defence strategy.
Make like Great Gatsby at this intimate French Riviera hotel
F. Scott Fitzgerald spent his happiest times at the Belle Rives. Hotelier Marianne Estène-Chauvin is ensuring its literary pedigree lives on.
King Charles hosts Macron in London for thorny state visit
The French president arrived in the UK for a tour that will focus on difficult issues such as the war in Ukraine and illegal immigrants.
China fears global trade isolation via Trump tariff deals
US officials are deep in talks with major trading partners in Asia and Europe, pushing for new agreements that would include restrictions on Chinese content.
Is the great European summer exodus over for Australians?
The big rush is still happening, but more prescient travellers have noticed the trend of intolerable summer temperatures and aimed for shoulder season.
Europe heatwave shuts Eiffel Tower as Paris hits 41 degrees
Europe is baking under a “heat dome” that has seen schools closed in France and wildfires spread across Greece, Portugal and Turkey.
Two dead, pensioners told to shelter as Europe sizzles
The extreme heat is expected to last until the middle of week, with temperatures set to rise further in France, Germany, Italy and the UK in the coming days.
June
US Treasury close to deal to make ‘revenge tax’ irrelevant
Republicans are weighing whether to pull the controversial tax provision as it nears a deal with European nations and other countries on an alternative.
Israeli hospital, Iranian nuclear site hit as Trump mulls US role
Israeli media aired footage of blown-out windows and heavy black smoke. Another missile hit a high-rise building and several other residential buildings in at least two sites near Tel Aviv.
Trump’s Iran choice: last-chance diplomacy or a bunker-busting bomb
The US could still become directly involved in a new conflict, taking on Iran in exactly the kind of war that the president has sworn he would avoid.
Furious staff shut down Louvre, leaving thousands of tourists outside
The world’s most-visited museum failed to open on Monday as staff launched an impromptu strike, saying the huge crowds of tourists left them at breaking point.
The nuclear fortress Israel is desperate to destroy
Buried half a kilometre underground, Iran’s Fordow enrichment plant is the ultimate test of Israeli air power.
LA is just the start of Trump’s attack on the ‘enemy within’
Sending the National Guard into LA is the administration’s clearest step yet towards authoritarianism.
‘Best match I’ve played’: Alcaraz roars back to win French Open again
The Spaniard, who won his fifth grand slam tournament in as many finals, produced one of the greatest fightbacks in the history of the clay-court tournament.
The cruise that gets you a private night at Versailles
Going into rococo mode, Silversea takes over the famed palace to treat world cruisers to a private party Marie Antoinette would be proud of.
How Europe could go ‘MEGA’ very soon
With Donald Trump determined to “Make Europe Great Again”, the radical right has the momentum as crucial elections loom.