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How the US finally fell in love with soccer

When Roberto Baggio missed a penalty in the 1994 Fifa World Cup final at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, California, more than 94,000 people were there to watch Italian heartbreak and Brazilian ecstasy.

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Grattan on Friday: Albanese’s broken promises have played into Hanson’s insurgency

After Labor targeted the threat of One Nation in a recent appeal to supporters for donations, the insurgents played tit for tat.

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A High Court ruling could allow hundreds of former detainees to sue the government. A legal expert explains why

For nearly 20 years, the Commonwealth operated under the mistaken assumption that it was allowed to hold people in immigration detention indefinitely. In 2023, the High Court’s landmark ruling confirmed otherwise.

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Are the US and Iran back at war? Why bombing your way to peace won’t work

The United States has launched new airstrikes across Iran this week as President Donald Trump, losing patience over the protracted negotiations to end the war, has leaned into violence to ratchet up the pressure on the Iranian leadership.

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Women have the right to health care in prison. This should extend to freezing their eggs

In recent weeks, a female prisoner in Queensland lost her fight to have her eggs frozen while incarcerated.

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Referees, athletes, fans: how the US border crackdowns are tarnishing the World Cup

This was supposed to be the most spectacular FIFA men’s World Cup in history. There are more national teams (48), more host countries (three) and more matches (104) than ever before.

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Private space tourism is taking off – but laws on outer space are from another era

Private commercial operators are launching more rockets into space, carrying more people and pursuing more ambitious missions than ever before.

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I built a maths model to simulate the World Cup a million times. Find out your team’s chances

The 2026 FIFA World Cup is one of the most watched events of the international sports calendar, and fans from across the globe will be trying to predict how far their team will go.

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A 5.3 million-year-old whale graveyard has been found on the floor of the Indian Ocean

When a whale dies, a very special natural phenomenon can come alive. The carcass might float at the surface for some time, attracting sharks and other predators. As it becomes weathered it may start to sink, falling through the water until it eventually settles on the seafloor where deep sea…

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Good news for renewables: southern Australia’s offshore winds will stay strong even as the climate changes

If you’ve ever stood on a Victorian beach and felt the wind from the Southern Ocean, you’ll know this is not a gentle force. Whipped up across thousands of kilometres of cold ocean, these winds are relentless and powerful.

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Earth’s energy imbalance has doubled – here’s why that matters

Heatwaves across Europe and south Asia have dominated the news recently. But these events are really a surface expression of more fundamental changes that are affecting our planet: the Earth itself is accumulating heat faster than ever before.

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Amazon deforestation is falling, but progress is stalling

In 2025, the area deforested in the country fell below one million hectares in a year for the first time since 2019. A total of 984,794 hectares of native vegetation were cleared during 2025, a reduction of 20.6% compared to 2024.

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I used sound waves to make espresso. It could cut coffee-brewing energy use by 75%

Most of us think of espresso as a hot, high-pressure ritual. Finely ground coffee goes into a machine, boiling water is forced through it, and in about 30 seconds we get a concentrated shot with crema, aroma, bitterness, body and caffeine.

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Tim Wilson’s book advocates a far more radical overhaul of our tax system than Labor’s budget

Shadow treasurer Tim Wilson has thrown himself into fighting the reduction of the capital gains tax discount in Labor’s budget, as well as the abolition of negative gearing on existing properties. But as treasurer Jim Chalmers recently pointed out in parliament, quoting from Wilson’s 2020 book The New Social Contract,…

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Australia’s huge ‘forever chemical’ lawsuit focuses on the cleanup – not human health. Why?

The Australian government has launched its largest-ever lawsuit, suing American chemical giant 3M and its local subsidiary. The government is seeking A$2 billion in damages for the past and future cost of investigating and managing “forever chemicals” contamination from firefighting foams on almost 30 Defence sites.

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A right mess: how mining, media and political interests are combining to influence public debate in Australia

Mining billionaire Gina Rinehart is bankrolling the acquisition of a 9.5% stake in Southern Cross Media by Bruce McWilliam, who worked for Murdoch’s News Corp for nine years and is also a former Seven Network executive.

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Warming winters are changing NZ’s landscapes, bringing insect pests, smaller fruit and carbon loss

Summer heatwaves are currently receiving a lot of attention in Europe because they now cause more deaths than floods or storms.

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Life after death: From burned trees to bleached corals, how dead organisms live on as the building blocks of new life

People’s knee-jerk reaction to seeing death in nature is often not positive. The burn scar left by wildfire on a once-forested hillside, or a ghostly white coral reef, may evoke tragedy and despair. But in nature, most plants and animals are recycled back into new life.

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Belfast violence: an uncomfortable reminder of the innocent people ‘burnt out’ during the Troubles

The images coming out of Belfast overnight on Tuesday were shocking.

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Municipal governments are often slow to act, except when FIFA comes to town

With the 2026 FIFA World Cup kicking off, millions of soccer fans around the world will be following the tournament taking place across 16 host cities in Canada, Mexico and the United States.

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What happens to microplastics when swallowed? In earthworms, they do not leave the digestive tract

Globally, humanity now produces a staggering 450 million tonnes of plastic every year. From food and drink containers to cosmetics packaging, sewage pipes, window frames and polyester clothing, we use plastics in almost every area of life. And nearly one-quarter of them end up in the environment, where they very…

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Hiring your teen this summer? A family job doesn’t automatically keep them safe at work

As the school year winds down, many teenagers are starting summer jobs to earn money and gain experience. Businesses benefit from the seasonal influx of young workers across industries such as hospitality, construction, landscaping and retail.

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‘2,500 years of tyranny and submission’: what we can learn from reading Marjane Satrapi’s Persepolis during the Iran War

Comic book author Marjane Satrapi passed away last week in Paris at age 56, just before conflict between Israel and her native Iran re-erupted. While her work has enjoyed enduring fame, the present conflict has made it more relevant than ever before.

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Belfast unrest shows the power of social media as far‑right views on immigration enter the mainstream

Footage of a horrific knife attack in Belfast began to circulate on social media on Monday evening. A Sudanese asylum-seeker in his 30s, who entered the UK in 2023, has been charged with attempted murder. Meanwhile, the far-right was quick to exploit the situation to further an anti-immigration agenda.

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Canada’s ‘AI for All’ strategy has ambitious growth targets, but it falls short on workers and the environment

Prime Minister Mark Carney unveiled Canada’s AI for All strategy on June 4, committing over $2 billion in new spending and targeting $200 billion in additional GDP growth and 250,000 new jobs by 2031.

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