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Virginia Bell says scope of inquiry will be reduced to avoid prejudicing criminal proceedings Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast The royal commission into antisemitism in Australia will not examine key parts of how the Bondi beach terror attack unfolded because of ongoing criminal proceedings. The first public hearin…

Real inequality is between those who have assets and those without in same generation, not young versus old, says ANU academic Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast One of the country’s leading tax experts says the explosion in housing wealth has put Australia on the path towards a neo-feudal society where your prosperi…

Premier Chris Minns says state has been working with federal government as group of 11 women and 23 children attempt to leave refugee camp Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast New South Wales authorities are preparing for about a third of the group of Australian women and children linked to Islamic State fighters to return to the state, if authorities in Syria allow them t…

Economies such as the UK, India, Japan and the EU raced to hammer out agreements, but the blanket rate has left them wondering where they stand “America is WINNING again,” Donald Trump declared last week, unveiling the first batch of Japanese-backed projects under a mooted $550bn investment surge into the US as part of his trade pact with Tokyo. After the US president tore up the global economic …

Country follows Australia in saying it would support any UK government proposals to remove former prince after arrest New Zealand has become the second Commonwealth country to back the removal of Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor from the royal line of succession after his arrest on suspicion of misconduct in public office. A spokesperson for New Zealand’s prime minister, Christopher Luxon, said on Tues…

Firm does not specify amount but seeks reimbursement after supreme court ruled against president last week FedEx sued the US government on Monday, seeking a refund for the tariffs imposed by Donald Trump that were deemed illegal by the US supreme court last week. The lawsuit marks the first attempt by a major company to receive reimbursement of their share of an estimated $175bn in levies after t…

China has opposed the ‘smearing of its nuclear policy’ while insisting Beijing would not ‘engage in any nuclear arms race’ The US has accused China of dramatically expanding its nuclear arsenal, while doubling down on claims that Beijing had conducted secret nuclear tests. Washington said the lapsing of New Start – the last treaty between top nuclear powers the US and Russia – earlier this month …

Internal investigators said at least two accounts allegedly saw $1.7bn move to Iranian-backed groups Shortly after Donald Trump pardoned Changpeng Zhao, the Binance founder, last fall, company employees revealed the cryptocurrency exchange may have funded Iranian entities with billions of dollars, according to a report by the New York Times . The discovery was made by a group of internal Binance …

Performer appeared in closing ceremony of 2000 Sydney Olympic Games and was a mainstay of city’s drag scene Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast One of Australia’s best-known and loved drag queens, Sydney’s Maxi Shield, has died after being diagnosed with throat cancer, prompting tributes from around the world. Kristop…

Dominic Ethan Stewart was among 19 killed when vehicle veered off road and plunged down mountainside Tributes have been paid to a young British hiker who was among 19 people killed when a packed passenger bus veered off a treacherous stretch of road and plunged 200 metres down a steep mountainside in Nepal. Twenty-five others were injured in the pre-dawn crash in the Himalayan foothills on Monday…

Criminal barristers welcome justice secretary’s move to remove limit on hearing days at crown courts in England and Wales A cap on court sitting days is to be lifted as the government seeks to ease the cases backlog, David Lammy has announced. The justice secretary and deputy prime minister said every crown court in England and Wales would be funded to hear more cases in the next financial year. …

NSW detectives have located what they believe are human remains near a golf club in Pitt Town, 11 days after 85-year-old abducted from North Ryde home Detectives have found what they believe to be human remains on Sydney’s outskirts as they searched for missing 85-year-old Chris Baghsarian. New South Wales police said on Tuesday that detectives investigating the mistaken kidnapping of Baghsarian …

Prime ministers of Australia and New Zealand say they would not object to his removal from royal succession line A parliamentary inquiry into Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor’s links to Jeffrey Epstein is a matter for MPs, Downing Street has said, as ministers faced a new push to uncover details about the former prince’s role as a trade envoy. It comes as the Australian prime minister, Anthony Albanese…

Company had suspended account of Tumbler Ridge shooter in June 2025 over ‘furtherance of violent activities’ Canada’s artificial intelligence minister says he has summoned representatives from the technology company OpenAI after the company declined to alert police after suspending the account of a user who became the perpetrator of one of the country’s the worst-ever school shootings . Evan Solo…

Designer Daniel Lee’s trenchcoats and bomber jackets fizz with urban energy in collection that embraces bad weather In a winter of record-breaking rain, Burberry – purveyor of the stalwart British coat – is back in the zeitgeist . A season of downpours has provided an apt backdrop for a return to form, as the brand re-entered the FTSE 100 last autumn after an ignominious year out of the charts. T…