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Jelena Dokic has found her voice.

Jelena just needed people to believe in her. She was lucky enough to find three

The star player-turned-commentator says she is ‘extra-proud’ of what she has achieved after her tennis career.

  • Jordan Baker

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‘Your head will spin’: What Trump will do on ‘Day One’

Most US presidents are judged on their first 100 days. Donald Trump plans to get plenty done on “Day One”. But how much can he actually pull off?

  • Angus Holland
Peter Dutton says the nuclear waste problem is not his to solve.

There’s a gaping hole in Dutton’s nuclear plan. He says it’s Albanese’s problem to solve

Those who fear they will bear the burden of his nuclear power scheme want answers from the opposition leader.

  • Julia Carr-Catzel
Ralph Fiennes as Cardinal Thomas Lawrence in the film Conclave.

Who will be the next pope?

The release of the film Conclave has once again thrown the spotlight on one of the most arcane, storied and secretive events in human history: the election of a new pope.

  • Rob Harris
From left: Anthony Albanese’s approval rating has dropped, while Justin Trudeau is the latest progessive leader leaving the stage, along with Kamala Harris and Joe Biden. German chancellor Olaf Scholz faces the electorate next month, while Jacinda Ardern left politics in 2023.

Trudeau, Biden and Ardern are done. What’s eating the global left?

Australia may be an island, but it is not immune to the systemic forces sweeping across global politics.

  • Matthew Knott
Donald Trump begins his second term with few checks to restrain his actions.

Term-limited and immune from accountability, Trump’s power is unprecedented

If Trump dismantles American democracy, Australia must answer a tough question.

  • Bruce Wolpe
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Any attempts to create “mirror life” should be stopped, according to the scientists who were trying to create it.

Scientists slam brakes on research that could lead to the perfect bioweapon

Potentially catastrophic risks to life as we know it have prompted dozens of eminent scientists to hit the brakes on their research.

  • Angus Dalton
Animation of a proposed high-speed rail station on the East Coast.

What stands in the way of high-speed rail between Sydney and Newcastle

Aside from the colossal cost, ambitious plans for the first stage of Australia’s high-speed rail line face a long list of obstacles.

  • Matt O'Sullivan
Alyssa Healy gives Nitschke a spray after Australia won the 2023 T20 World Cup. This year they were knocked out in the semis.

‘They were picking on a kid … gutless’: The ultra-competitive woman behind our greatest sporting team

England were sledging a young Meg Lanning. The teammate who stepped in is now coaching Australia in a historic Ashes series.

  • Peter Hanlon
Year 12 students Kim Jhanggui (right), 17, and Jo Kyeongfa (left), 18, say the school’s education has helped them connect with their Korean identity.

‘In here you only learn about the good things’: Inside a North Korean school

At Aichi Korean Middle and High School, teachers and students are fighting to preserve their identity, while the outside world is suspicious of their ties to a hostile dictatorship.

  • Lisa Visentin, Stella Perry and Christopher Jue

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