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The Maha Kumbh Mela attracted millions to bathe in sacred waters.

I attended the largest-ever gathering of humans. The logistics are mind-boggling

In just three months, a functioning city that can cater for 10 million pilgrims a day springs up and then disappears a few weeks later.

  • Chris Johnson

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Sunbury suburb profile.

People flocked here for city living, country style. But will its historic heart beat on?

Sunbury faces the challenges of uniting the old and the new, but still can’t decide whether it is a suburb of Melbourne, a regional town or a satellite city.

  • Rachael Dexter
Mark Mladenich, left, and his late brother Richard, who was murdered in St Kilda in 2000.

The unsolved murder that started an underworld war

An execution on May 16, 2000, wasn’t exactly headline news – but it was the first murder that began the Underbelly crime war, which would result in 16 killings over 10 years.

  • John Silvester
Donald Trump addresses Congress.

After six weeks that shook the world, Trump’s honeymoon is over

After a victory lap speech to Congress this week, the president must now face reality: legislative delays, court setbacks, fading popularity and a looming government shutdown.

  • Michael Koziol
Tesla owner Josh Rowe.

Love your Tesla but can’t stand Musk? Sales data says you’re not alone

“When he stood up and made that ‘Sieg Heil’ salute, something just clicked, and I thought: ‘I just cannot, cannot drive a Tesla’.”

  • Bianca Hall
Anthony Albanese, Abbie Chatfield, Peter Dutton and Sam Fricker.

Soft questions, angry comments: Albanese and Dutton hit the podcast campaign

Albanese and Dutton have embraced a strategy that helped return Trump to the White House: courting influencers who lob soft questions for audiences who don’t follow mainstream news.

  • Nick Bonyhady, Calum Jaspan, Olivia Ireland and Paul Sakkal
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Sarah Court

This tough corporate cop has seen it all, but even she is astounded by the scale of business misconduct

ASIC deputy chair Sarah Court is vowing to turn a blowtorch on corporate Australia so people have “some control over where their money goes”.

  • Sumeyya Ilanbey

‘A desperate situation’: What does Trump want with Ukraine?

A minerals deal. No security guarantee. A tongue-lashing in the White House. What does Trump’s return mean for peace?

  • Jackson Graham and Angus Holland
NRL contests are considerably more physical than Americans are used to.

‘We don’t wear pads or helmets, brother’: Is the bloody biff the trick to finding NRL fans in the US?

Americans aren’t used to seeing their footballers take the heat without padding or helmets. They secretly like it.

  • Jordan Baker
Sam Delich and Kylah Day in Territory. Netflix declined to commission a second series, despite its global success.

Could Trump’s tariffs spell disaster for Australia’s screen industry?

High-profile shows cancelled, no sign of streaming quotas and the spectre of Donald Trump have sent a chill through Australia’s film and television industry.

  • Karl Quinn

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