North Queensland North Queensland is just at the sharp end of what’s happening across AustraliaThe GuardianAs I write, metropolitan journalists are doubtless making their way to north Queensland, whose voters have been cast as a principal actor in Labor’s defeat. I’m from Townsville, my family still lives and
Formula One Niki Lauda, three-time Formula One world champion, dies aged 70The Guardian - Giles Richards• Austrian won three world titles between 1975 and 1984 • Driver suffered horrific injuries at German GP in 1976 The former Formula One driver and three-time world champion Niki Lauda has died at the of
Viola Davis ‘We all are history’: Viola Davis urges graduates to own successes and failuresGuardian US - Lauren Aratani in New YorkThe actor Viola Davis urged Barnard College graduates to connect with the past – even if it is painful – at a commencement ceremony Monday night. “History is not the past, it is the present. We carry with
Australian Labor Party News Corp paper refuses to apologise for putting Queensland premier's face in crosshairsThe Guardian - Amanda MeadeThe Sunshine Coast Daily has refused to apologise for publishing a front page featuring Annastacia Palaszczuk in the crosshairs of a rifle with the words “Anna, you’re next”. The News Corp paper’s election
Andy Murray Andy Murray hints at doubles spot at Wimbledon before possible singles returnThe Guardian - Press AssociationAndy Murray is confident he can return to competitive tennis and has hinted at a doubles spot at Wimbledon. In January the two-times Wimbledon champion announced plans to retire after this year’s championship
Abortion Google changes policy to block misleading ads for anti-abortion groupsThe Guardian - Vivian HoGoogle changed its advertising policy this week, after facing scrutiny for providing tens of thousands of dollars in free advertising to an anti-abortion group that runs misleading ads designed to deter
Art Manga review – where has all the riotous fun and filth gone?The Guardian - Jonathan JonesOne morning in June 1880, the Japanese artist Kawanabe Kyōsai drank several bottles of sake and started painting a 17-metre cloth spread out on a studio floor in Tokyo. It took him four hours to fill giant
Policing Nearly 600 arrests in a week as police tackle county lines drug gangsThe Guardian - Kevin RawlinsonNearly 600 people suspected of involvement in drug dealing have been arrested in a single week, police have said, as officers launch a national crackdown on so-called county lines gangs. The operation
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Grenfell Tower Ministers complacent over high-rise fire risk, say firefightersThe Guardian - Robert Booth Social affairs correspondentFirefighters have accused ministers of “utter complacency” about the risk of high-rise fires after it emerged that most fire brigades still plan to send only a handful of pumps to tackle such blazes, 40
Nursing Nitrous oxide users unaware of health risks, nurses warnThe Guardian - Denis Campbell Health policy editorRise in patients harmed by ‘laughing gas’ continues despite sales ban, health service workers say Young people who use nitrous oxide, commonly known as “laughing gas”, to get high are running huge risks
NHS GPs say 10-minute appointment with doctor is too shortThe Guardian - Denis Campbell Health policy editorRoyal College of GPs wants patients to be allocated 15-minute slots GP consultations need to be extended from 10 to 15 minutes to give patients more time to discuss their health, family doctors are arguing.
Cryptocurrency Cryptocurrency scams triple in a year – at £27m total cost to victimsThe Guardian - Rupert JonesInvestment scams involving cryptocurrencies such as bitcoin and foreign currency trading have tripled in a year, with the average victim losing £14,600, according to the UK’s Financial Conduct Authority.
Prabowo Subianto Indonesia election: official count hands victory to Joko Widodo as rival cries foulThe Guardian - ReutersIncumbent President Joko Widodo has won last month’s Indonesian election with 55.5% of votes against 44.5% for his challenger, retired General Prabowo Subianto, the election commission’s official count
Aretha Franklin Aretha Franklin: three handwritten wills discovered in home, lawyer saysGuardian US - Associated PressThree handwritten wills have been found in the suburban Detroit home of Aretha Franklin, months after the death of the “Queen of Soul”, including one that was discovered under cushions in the living room,
World News French court orders life support to resume for man in vegetative stateThe Guardian - Agence France-PresseA Paris appeals court has ordered the resumption of life support for a Frenchman from whom doctors had only hours earlier begun withdrawing treatment, in a wrenching case that has divided his family and
FIFA Women’s World Cup: tickets bought together may not be next to each otherThe Guardian - Press Association and Guardian sportFifa has told fans that ticketing arrangements for the forthcoming Women’s World Cup cannot be changed. The governing body said after receiving complaints it had made clear at the time of purchase that
TV Series Was the Game of Thrones ending the cheesiest in TV history?The Guardian - Rebecca NicholsonWarning: this article contains spoilers. Do not read on unless you have watched the Game of Thrones finale, The Iron Throne. Game of Thrones has shown itself to have more than a spot of performance anxiety
Alabama 'I don't feel safe': Alabama newspapers publish letters by women on abortion banGuardian US - Adrian Horton in New YorkThree major Alabama newspapers devoted their Sunday editions to letters from women across the state, offering an expansive look into the reactions after a nearly all-male state legislature passed the strictest
Don McGahn Trump stops ex-White House counsel Don McGahn testifying to CongressGuardian US - Sabrina Siddiqui and David Smith in WashingtonDonald Trump has blocked the former White House counsel Don McGahn from testifying before Congress about the special counsel report on Russian election interference, prompting sharp criticism and even
Film (UK) Frankie review – Ira Sachs' bickering poshos bore us to tearsThe Guardian - Peter BradshawEven the very best film-makers can lay an egg sometimes. And Ira Sachs has laid one so big that the walls of the Palais des Festivals may have be knocked down so it can be safely removed. This really baffling,
Keith Raniere Nxivm trial: Raniere expected women to be as obedient as ‘hungry dogs’Guardian US - Associated PressSelf-help guru Keith Raniere was a taskmaster who expected his female followers to be as obedient as “hungry dogs”, whether he wanted them to send nude photos to him or buy him groceries paid for out their
Play buttonSports Bethpage’s baying, boorish galleries should have no place in golfThe Guardian - Ewan Murray at Bethpage“The fans here have been tremendous.” Suzy Whaley did not intend to raise eyebrows with a speech, typically filled with platitudes, at the conclusion of the US PGA Championship. Instead, given events Sunday
Manga Fukushima, golf and Jesus on a gap year: why no subject is now off-limits for mangaThe Guardian - Paul GravettWhat is it about manga that makes it so compelling? Once a cult concern, the distinctive Japanese comics and graphic novels have now truly infiltrated the mainstream. From James Cameron producing a Hollywood
Hatton Garden review – if only the real robbery had this attention to detailThe Guardian - Stuart JeffriesFor those of us who are pale, male and very nearly stale, Hatton Garden (ITV) proved bracing viewing. In his living room, 76-year-old Brian Reader (Kenneth Cranham) bent down groaningly to tie his shoelaces
World News The downside of cleaner air? Longer and hotter heatwavesThe Guardian - Kate RaviliousAir pollution is a killer. But cleaning it up could have deadly consequences. A study shows that by the end of the century, cleaner air may bring stronger heatwaves. It has long been known air pollution
Jofra Archer England give pace bowler Jofra Archer the nod for World Cup squadThe Guardian - Ali MartinJofra Archer will see his remarkable cricketing rise capped off by a place in England’s World Cup squad, with David Willey set to be the unlucky seamer who misses out when selector Ed Smith names his 15
Bank of England Bank of England warns investment will suffer under no-deal BrexitThe Guardian - Richard Partington Economics correspondentBusinesses would be likely to cancel their investment projects in Britain under a no-deal Brexit, paving the way for weaker economic growth in future, a deputy governor of the Bank of England has warned.
Gareth Bale Bale digs in as face-off with Zidane over Real Madrid future intensifiesThe Guardian - Sid LoweGareth Bale did not even get to say goodbye. If, that is, he is even going – and there is no guarantee that the Welshman will leave the Santiago Bernabéu. The message from Real Madrid could hardly have
World News Austrian government collapses after far-right minister firedThe Guardian - Philip OltermannAustria’s far-right interior minister, Herbert Kickl, has been fired in the wake of the “Ibiza” corruption scandal that has engulfed the Freedom party (FPÖ), leading to the complete collapse of the country’s
