You be the judge: should my best friend stop wearing the same perfume as me?
Marta wants her scent to be unique, but Elsa thinks copying her friend is just sharing the joy. Do you smell a rat?
Thursday news quiz: catchphrases, crowds, coups and catastrophes
Test yourself on topical news trivia, pop culture and general knowledge every Thursday. How will you fare?
KPMG asks Sydney writers’ festival to delete its name from website after Randa Abdel-Fattah confirmed as speaker
Festival confirmed writer and academic would appear in two sessions in 2026 following disinvitation from Adelaide event
NHS to spend more to settle lawsuits over negligence during childbirth after court ruling
Supreme court rules children in England who suffer serious injuries at birth can claim for future lost earnings
‘It’s a catastrophe’: Wellington rages as millions of litres of raw sewage pour into ocean
Abandoned beaches, public health warning signs and seagulls eating human waste are now features of the popular coastline in New Zealand
Sinners star Miles Caton: ‘I didn’t know how much I would be in the film … it might have scared me’
The actor and musician’s first film role was the musical prodigy in the surprise hit horror Sinners. Now he’s up for a Bafta and about to perform live at the Oscars – and it’s all still sinking in
Major European allies decline to join first meeting of Trump’s Board of Peace
Dozens of world leaders head to Washington for what White House says will largely be a fundraiser on Thursday
Police seize art posters depicting Trump, Putin and Netanyahu in Nazi uniforms from Canberra bar
Owner calls it ‘ludicrous’ Dissent Cafe and Bar was shut down after complaint, the first in Australia’s capital since new federal hate symbol laws
Yoon Suk Yeol sentenced to life in prison for leading insurrection in South Korea
Former South Korean president found guilty over failed martial law declaration in 2024
In the footsteps of a Welsh borderlands baddie: walking the Mortimer Trail
A trail named after a brutal marcher lord passes through tranquil countryside between Shropshire and Herfordshire but is rich in reminders of the area’s turbulent past
‘The system is broken’: tragedies involving escaped patients expose NSW’s mental health crisis, hospital workers say
Professionals say a lack of resources and an ‘almost insatiable’ demand for services is limiting the ability to pursue long-term care and therapy
Peaky Blinders – The Real Story review – how a pop crime sensation became a network-hopping brand
This patchwork tribute to a cultural phenomenon that sent Cillian Murphy’s undercut hairstyle global is a rather unambitious affair
If Keir Starmer is ousted, Labour could still win the next election. Here’s how that would work
Once a PM is seen as hapless, there is no way back. But Labour has good plans – and with the political landscape fragmented, it could yet prevail, says Guardian columnist Larry Elliott
The Last of Earth by Deepa Anappara review – into Tibet’s ‘Forbidden Kingdom’
The follow-up to Djinn Patrol on the Purple Line explores the history of colonial exploration through a perilous 19th-century odyssey