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At the 2026 World Cup, there will be more winners than just the champion

Who wouldn’t want to know who the winner of the 2026 FIFA World Cup will be? That’s impossible without a crystal ball. In reality, along with the champion team, there will be many winners.

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Andy Burnham is favoured to become the next UK prime minister. Does his triumph offer lessons for defeating One Nation?

After months of speculation, Sir Keir Starmer has resigned as British prime minister.

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Keir Starmer resigns: can anyone survive as prime minister in today’s Britain?

Keir Starmer has resigned as leader of the Labour party, and so in time as the UK’s prime minister. In the end, despite his numerous assurances that he would fight on, after Andy Burnham’s resounding win in the Makerfield byelection, the pressure on Starmer became too great to withstand. It…

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What’s the risk of humans getting sick from bird flu?

Australia was the only continent free of H5N1 bird flu, until last week when a brown skua was found in Cape Le Grand National Park in Western Australia, about 700km from Perth, with the virus. Within days, authorities identified at least 16 other dead birds.

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Bird flu is here. Can we stop the spread?

On a remote beach near Esperance, Western Australia, two sick seabirds have brought the bird flu crisis to Australia.

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Ten years after the referendum, how Brexit could have been done differently

A ten-year anniversary is a good opportunity to look back on an important decision. Whether that was a marriage, a career move or a decision to leave the EU, a decade feels like an important moment for reflection.

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The Caspian Sea has lost an area nearly the size of Sicily: human activities are a major reason why

The Caspian Sea, the largest inland body of water on Earth, is shrinking. Not fluctuating, not entering another natural cycle, but shrinking.

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World Cup technology: from ref cams to AI analysts, cutting-edge research is changing the game

The men’s football World Cup presents a unique global opportunity to showcase new football technology – from boots and balls to digital systems designed to enhance both officiating accuracy and fan engagement.

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How Donald Trump has changed the way diplomacy is done

The negotiations to end the US-Iran war, resulting in the signing of a memorandum of understanding on June 17, have been something of an acid test of Donald Trump’s approach to diplomacy. What does it tell us? And has this US president changed the way diplomacy is done?

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From keyboard to EDM: How ‘jedag-jedug’ subculture is shaping Indonesia’s electronic music scene

A musician sits on a stage in the middle of the crowd. In front of him is nothing but a keyboard. No laptop, no MIDI controller, none of the pricey drum machines usually tied to electronic music.

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Time’s running out to book Virgin flight credits before June 30. What are your refund rights?

Virgin Australia customers with around A$90 million in unused flight credits from COVID cancellations between April 2020 and July 2022 have just one week left to spend those credits – or lose the money.

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Antipodean prose poetry is coming into its own

Prose poetry had a slow start in Australia. Long after 19th-century French poets, such as Aloysius Bertrand, Charles Baudelaire and Arthur Rimbaud, wrote groundbreaking works of prose poetry, including Gaspard de la nuit (1842), Le Spleen de Paris (1869) and Illuminations (1886), Australian poets remained suspicious of the form.

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Australia has already spent over $100 million dealing with Varroa mite. Here’s what we can do next

The honeybee mite, Varroa destructor, finally breached Australia’s biosecurity defences four years ago, and is here to stay. Even more concerning, our standard treatments – such as specialised pesticides – are already failing.

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Weight-loss drugs like Ozempic could work for addiction too – and we finally know how

For many people, the thought of a tasty burger or a cold pint of beer conjures up a vivid mental image and drives behaviour.

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An elite fighting unit of gay lovers – the Theban Sacred Band in ancient Greece

In 1880, in the village of Chaironeia in central Greece, Greek archaeologists made a remarkable find: a largely undisturbed mass grave of 254 ancient soldiers, some of whom are buried arm in arm.

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Can we cure asthma? Yes, and we have a plan

Asthma is conventionally viewed as “treatable but incurable”. In other words, we can manage its symptoms but not reverse the underlying condition.

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Craving something for dinner? Your mind may be ‘tasting’ food before you eat it

We’ve all made that mistake. A quick trip to the supermarket on an empty stomach ends with a trolley full of fatty, sugary treats that seemed impossible to resist at the time.

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‘Too pretty to do math’? Here’s the real reason girls aren’t choosing to study maths

The t-shirt is yellow, 100% cotton and meant for “everyday wear”. Across the front, it declares in italic script, “I’m too pretty to do math”.

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Today’s space race could turn fatal if we don’t agree on new rules

Canadian astronaut Jeremy Hansen had an emotional message before he and three colleagues set off for the Moon earlier this year on the Artemis II mission: “We go for all humanity”.

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Victoria wants daily ‘device-free’ time in high schools. What works best for learning?

Victorian high schools have been asked to include “planned device-free time” in their learning from term 1 2027.

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Why the whole country will be watching Victoria’s November state election

A 12-year-old government with a premier under siege. An untried opposition that has weathered multiple scandals and leadership changes. And a right-wing populist party on the march among disaffected voters. With all this in play, Victoria’s November state election is shaping up to be one of the most significant in…

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The new price gouging law starts on July 1. Can it rein in Coles and Woolworths?

Australia’s new law on supermarket “price gouging” (also known as excessive pricing) starts on July 1 2026.

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How AI prompting turned writerly description into an everyday skill

You are sitting at your computer, interacting with a generative AI model like ChatGPT Image or Midjourney. You have a distinct picture in your mind, and you begin with a simple, general prompt: a chair in a cozy room.

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Canada’s AI strategy must reckon with the environmental implications of data centres

When Sturgeon Lake Cree Nation went to court recently to challenge Alberta’s handling of the proposed Wonder Valley AI Data Centre Park project, the dispute underscored a question that is increasingly difficult to ignore: What does Canada’s artificial intelligence future require from land, water and energy systems?

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Plant-based products need to be easier to find and consistently affordable for shoppers

There is strong evidence that transitioning from animal to more plant-based diets could improve human and planetary health, but progress has been slow. This is partly due to a misunderstanding of what drives the behaviour of individuals and organizations alike.

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