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A Singapore Airlines aircraft at Changi Airport.

I felt smug about my airfare, until I realised it was the wrong airline

The time was almost identical, the price likewise, the flying time ditto. But why am I flying home via Delhi?

  • Karl Quinn

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The museum’s Great Court.

Controversies aside, this remains one of the greatest museums on Earth

Containing vast collections of treasures from the ancient world, the British Museum in London is a prodigious source of education and wow moments.

  • David Whitley
There;s no point asking the driver to turn up the air con on a London bus - there isn’t any.

‘A sardine can in the Sahara’: In London, the heat is on

After reporting on federal politics from Canberra for 20 years, our new Europe correspondent finds a city sweltering through the effects of climate change.

  • David Crowe
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When in Wellington ...

The Duke’s triple threat.

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Cheeto dust storms in the Central West

While it’s profit for loss in Whitechapel.

The wreckage of a double decker bus with its top blown off at Tavistock Square in London  on July 7, 2005.

‘If I could have amnesia, I would’: The horror day that left 52 dead in London

Thelma Stober was on the Tube when a terrorist standing next to her detonated a bomb. Her thoughts 20 years later are with those who did not make it.

  • David Crowe
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Portuguese tourists Miriam and her dad cool down in a sprinkler in Parliament Square, London.

The Great British Heatwave has officially arrived – and this is just the beginning

With a health alert in place until Monday and thermometers nudging 34 degrees, the country famous for queuing in drizzle is now lining up shirtless for ice-cream.

  • Rob Harris
A design render of the V&A East Museum, designed by O’Donnell + Tuomey.

London’s most exciting new museum has landed, with big plans

London’s beloved V&A is expanding with a new building that will also house the David Bowie Centre.

  • Julietta Jameson
The escalation of a US-China trade war could have flow-on effects to Australia.

The US and China thrashed out their trade fight for 20 hours. Here’s what they agreed to

In a new round of negotiations that were sparked by a phone call between the US president and his Chinese counterpart, officials emerged vowing to resurrect a fragile truce.

  • Lisa Visentin
Australians voted in more than 80 countries for the recent federal election.

From London to Ulaanbaatar: Australia’s largest and smallest overseas voting booths

While Australians lined up in suburbs to cast a ballot on May 3, 75,000 took part in the election far from home.

  • Shane Wright

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