Creative Australia has said artist Khaled Sabsabi will no longer represent Australia at the Venice Biennale. The artistic community has condemned this decision.

Iranian authorities have issued heavy prison sentences for at least two dozen activists from the Azeri minority since October 2024, without showing real evidence, Human Rights Watch said today. Azeris ...

Severe Tropical Cyclone Zelia is bearing down on the northwest coast of Australia and is likely to make landfall early Friday evening. It’s a monster storm of great concern to Western Australia. Port ...

As China cements its role as WANA’s top trading partner, US military dominance — unchecked by international law — poses a counterbalance, threatening the region’s future.

By relying on these devices to help make our lives easier, are we making ourselves smarter or dumber? Have we traded efficiency gains for inching ever closer to idiocy as a species? This question is ...

A gripping psychological thriller, this TV series provides an extreme illustration of the compartmentalising of work and personal life. In the show, “severed” workers agree to a surgical procedure ...

Charter schools enjoy smaller classes and better teacher-pupil ratios. But big questions remain about their success rates – and why the public system isn’t better resourced.

Before buying or renting your next home, take a closer look at how it will cope with the heat. Try this expert 12-point guide to avoiding ‘hot boxes’.

While the origins of the cross as a kiss are still debated, the answer likely lies in the letters of working-class lovers like these.

Enzymes significantly speed up the chemical reactions that keep you alive. Researchers are using AI to create new ones to tackle modern challenges.

Conducting scientific studies is never easy, and there are often major disasters along the way. A researcher accidentally spills coffee on a keyboard, destroying the data. Or one of the chemicals used ...

In 1989, political scientist Francis Fukuyama predicted we were approaching the end of history. He meant that similar liberal democratic values were taking hold in societies around the world. How ...