October
How to enjoy Halloween without the landfill guilt
Much of the $450m Australians are forecast to spend on Halloween this year ends up at the tip. Here are some tips to stop that happening.
- Austyn Gaffney and Michael Bailey
US dockworkers strike, halting half the nation’s ocean shipping
The strike blocks everything from food to automobile shipments across dozens of ports from Maine to Texas, in a disruption likely to cost the economy billions a day.
- Doyinsola Oladipo and David Shepardson
November 2023
London pubs lean on happy hours to lure bankers to quiet city
On too many weeknights, London’s financial district is almost empty as workers cut back amid a cost-of-living crisis that’s left UK adults spending less.
- Neil Callanan, Sabah Meddings and Giulia Morpurgo
- Opinion
- China relations
Why China running the world is scary
Want to know what life under Chinese Communist rule would be like? Take a look at the differences between Halloween in Sydney and Shanghai.
- Misha Zelinsky
October 2022
South Korea probes Halloween crowd surge as nation mourns
Officers are analysing footage taken by security cameras in the area at the time of the crush and related video clips posted on social media.
- Hyung-Jin Kim
Australian among 151 dead in Halloween crowd surge in Seoul
An Australian has died in a stampede in the South Korean capital that has left more than 150 people dead after a crowd became unruly.
- Updated
- Kim Tong-Hyung, Hyung-Jin Kim and Finbar O'Mallon
Think you’re too smart to be superstitious? Think again
We all have our good luck rituals and talismans, even if science tells us how unnecessary they are. Why does superstition prevail in the age of Big Knowledge?
- James Hughes
October 2020
- Opinion
- Satire
Halloween has nothing on the never-ending political horror show
If you really want to scare the neighbourhood tonight, then try out these ideas.
- Rowan Dean