The world is gripped by 3am dread thanks to an unhinged US president. Can someone turn the history machine off?
Amid the daily horror show in the Middle East is the realisation the so-called adults in the room are insane or powerless or just as bewildered as you are
Ukraine war briefing: €90bn EU loan for Ukraine to be released in second quarter
EU economy commissioner says Iran war is feeding Russia’s war machine; Trump condemns massive strikes on Ukraine. What we know on day 1,513
Eat my dust: what is slow vacuuming – and does it work?
When it comes to vacuuming, slow and steady wins the rug race, according to social media users
My friend keeps sending me unsettling social media videos. How do I tell her to stop?
People down the rabbit hole don’t always realise their experience isn’t universal, advice columnist Eleanor Gordon-Smith writes. You might have more luck trying a new tactic
Griefdogg by Michael Winkler review – a cryptic, beguiling tale about a man who turns into a dog
Winkler’s latest novel is ambitious, compelling and bleakly comic; it scratches a metaphysical itch you didn’t realise you had
Wall Street seems to have decided the recession risk is over. Can the Australian market do the same?
Experts say US market ‘may have run ahead of itself’ while ASX 200’s more modest recovery is due in part to Australia’s reliance on fuel imports
I thought hell would freeze over before I agreed with the pope. But in a world riven by cruelty, that day has finally come
It’s a relief to see the pontiff decrying brutality, because it seems most current world leaders lack the necessary spine
No ‘specific request’ to help US in strait of Hormuz, Marles says, as Trump repeats criticism of Australia
US president told reporters he was ‘not happy with Australia because they were not there when we asked them to be there’
Revealed: Mandelson failed vetting but Foreign Office overruled decision
Guardian investigation uncovers decision by UK security officials to deny clearance before Mandelson took up role as US ambassador
Justin Fairfax, ex-lieutenant governor of Virginia, kills wife and himself
Police say couple were living together amid divorce and that teenage children called 911 from Annandale home
Like a concrete aircraft carrier: was LA’s giant new $724m gallery really worth all the carbon emissions?
Built on tar swamps and two tortuous decades in the making, Lacma’s latest addition used twice as much metal as the Eiffel Tower. How did America supersize revered architect Peter Zumthor?