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Rebecca Yarros’ Empyrean series has been topping bestseller lists since 2023.

Dungeons, dragons and sex: The new genre that’s slaying publishing

A book about dragons, betrayal and sex has broken publishing records after its first week on shelves. What is it about “romantasy” novels that has readers in a chokehold?

  • Nell Geraets

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Roccaraso daytrippers,

Italian ski resort overrun with 10,000 day trippers after TikTok video

A TikTok post from an influencer with 1.7 million followers has created mayhem in an Italian ski town, after thousands of extra visitors descended on it in one day.

  • Josephine McKenna
Former NSW premier Gladys Berejiklian outside her home in Sydney on Friday before the Court of Appeal judgment was handed down.

Is Gladys back? Berejiklian dips her toe back into Liberal politics

After shunning politics, the former NSW premier is making more appearances as an election campaign inches closer.

  • Kishor Napier-Raman and Stephen Brook
A new regime is hoping to put Kooyong’s troubled past behind it.

Kooyong tennis club turns to ex-Bombers boss to steady the ship

Plus: Kylie serves to the Australian Open, Gladys is back, and TikTok doubles down on its Australian lobbying.

  • Stephen Brook and Kishor Napier-Raman
Lost in a book: it’s the reader, less so the author, who matters.

What we’re reading this summer – because the BookTokers told us to

Ten books to read before everyone else starts reading them.

  • Kayla Olaya
From Kendrick Lamar to Chappell Roan, the US’ Song of the Summer contest was heated this year. Will Australia’s summer bring something similar?

Why doesn’t Australia have a ‘Song of the Summer’?

Australians bopped along to sunny hits from Sabrina Carpenter and Chappell Roan all winter. But do we have our own summer music tradition?

  • Nell Geraets
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Donald Trump is planning on giving TikTok a temporary reprieve.

The dark truth about Trump’s bid to save TikTok

In his first day in office, Donald Trump signed an executive order that defies a US law and encourages others to breach it.

  • Stephen Bartholomeusz

Banning G-strings at public pools is a bummer for some, but it’s the right move

Blue Mountains City Council has banned G-string bikinis at its pools, causing online outrage. But not everyone wants to see your bare bum.

  • Cherie Gilmour
President Trump holds up an executive order commuting sentences for people convicted over the January 6, 2021, riots on Capitol Hill.

All the executive orders Donald Trump has signed

Trump has wasted no time putting his stamp on the new administration, issuing directives on a range of issues from energy to immigration.

The US is concerned about the potential of a Chinese entity to exploit its user base –  about 170 million of TikTok’s billion-plus monthly users are Americans – to try to influence US government policy.

Billionaires are eyeing a deal for TikTok. Here’s what it is worth

The value of TikTok will shrink if its “secret sauce” is not included in the sale.

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