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Newest first · UTC+11:00Howard Stern staffers not allowed to speak to radio host at parties in ‘cultish’ company: ‘People were warned’
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· Tamantha Ryan
Inside a meme factory: meet one of thousands of Indonesians trading political outrage clicks for Facebook cash
Exclusive: Adira says she doesn’t know much about her target countries or even know who their leaders are. Instead she’s chasing money from Meta, which pays for engagement
· Ariel Bogle
My Brilliant Career: inside Netflix’s horny, ‘bonkers’ take on an Australian classic the world is about to love
Starring Philippa Northeast and an extremely buff Christopher Chung, Miles Franklin’s 1901 novel has been adapted into a spirited series ‘unashamedly intended for women’
· Dee Jefferson
Australia has a unique love affair with house auctions. Is it starting to come to an end?
Recent falls in auction clearance rates has resulted in dramatic media headlines. But what does the data say about property sales?
· Cait Kelly
A poem by Ziggy Ramo: ‘A Welcome to Country was booed on Anzac Day. The disrespect was blunt’
Each week during Australian Poetry Month, a poet walks us through one of their works. Here, rapper Ramo shares one about ‘being invited in and rejected at the same time’
· Ziggy Ramo
Tom Gauld on the military history dad’s holiday reading – cartoon
Tom Gauld on the military history dad’s holiday reading – cartoon
Sydney’s sugar rush: how the colony’s most powerful profited from Australia’s slave trade
Australia likes to think its history is untainted by slavery but a new book traces how a who’s who in the NSW capital profited from the capture and sale of ‘blackbirded’ Pacific Islanders
· Paul Daley
I Rarely Wake Up Dreaming review – brilliant bulletin from Ukrainian frontline dives deep into culture war
Locarno film festivalA couple attempting to leave Ukraine when the war encounter gender identity issues in this bold and challenging film
· Peterbradshaw
Taylor Swift songs removed from Trump and White House’s social media posts
Rage-baiting efforts of Trump accounts silenced after posts such as a video linking her Red album to Republicans
· Eric Berger
Murdered hostage's father describes moment he realized his daughter had died after October 7
Nissim Louk, the father of the late Shani Louk, who was murdered in the October 7 massacre after being abducted from the Nova music festival, woke up early that morning after hearing the rockets toward Tel Aviv, he described to 103FM on Sunday morning.
· 103FM
Sports on TV for Monday, Aug. 10
ESPN — Little League World Series: TBD, New England Region Semifinal, Bristol, Conn.
· The Associated Press
A pretty penny: three Banksy artworks cost taxpayers £150,000 in upkeep
Shadow justice secretary says artist should foot bill, while others say his murals make art accessible
· Nadia Khomami
Israel’s ‘Green Rafah’ plan aims to fragment Gaza, experts say
Israel has quietly given the green light for infrastructure work to begin in a designated area of southern Gaza, according to Israeli media, as it advances a post-war vision that experts warn is designed to reshape reality on the ground and permanently fragment the enclave.
· Mohammad Mansour
Iran to release footage of Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei in the future - report
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian met Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei around the start of the president's third year in office in late July, state media said on Sunday, and a paramilitary leader promised footage of Khamenei in the future.
· REUTERS
‘Highlander’ star Christopher Lambert, 69, collapses at Pittsburgh Comic-Con
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· Tamantha Ryan
Basij singer abducted, tortured to death as group ‘Ashtara Zero Day’ claims responsibility
Pro-Iranian-regime singer and Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps’ Basij paramilitary force member, Hamidreza Rajabzadeh, was abducted and killed, according to Iranian state media, last week.
· DANIELLE GREYMAN-KENNARD
‘You live for those breakthroughs’: an investigation into military tribunals on US airbases meant protecting those who spoke out
Guardian journalists have been uncovering cases involving US military personnel that bypassed British courts. It involved telling the stories of women who have been denied important rights and protections, and safeguarding them as sources
· Gautam Malkani
The secret lives of theatre workers: ‘People were having full sex in the stalls’
Domestic dramas, bodily fluids, drink, drugs, rudeness and worse … ushers and box office staff have seen it all. So much for the myth of the ‘genteel’ theatregoer
· Georgie Wyatt
Waterfall diving and a scarecrow festival: photos of the weekend
View image in fullscreenBritish Columbia, Canada Greg Krauter walks with three of his seven goats after the Bald Range wildfire forced them all to evacuate their home in the middle of the night. The wildfire in British Columbia’s south Okanagan region has forced 20,000 people out of their homes in the Peachland and …
· Elena Goodinson
Pezeshkian recently met Supreme Leader Khamenei, state media reports
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian met Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei around the start of the president's third year in office in late July, state media said on Sunday.
· Middleeasteye
Morgan Freeman Says He’ll Take a Movie With a “Mediocre” Script If the Pay Is Good Enough
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· Michael Haskoor
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‘Grief became my brand’: Freya Bromley on writing about personal tragedy
Touring her memoir and talking to others helped the author come to terms with her brother’s death, but the book’s success left her feeling guilty. Had she commodified her family’s pain?
· Freya Bromley
Prosecutors signal indictment over vandalism attacks on Justice Ministry, Israeli media outlets
Prosecutors filed a declaration of intent to indict a Ramat Gan man on Sunday over his suspected involvement in five incidents of property damage and extortion by threats targeting several Israeli media outlets and the Justice Ministry, police said.
· SARAH BEN-NUN
Taylor Swift songs removed from Donald Trump social media posts
Sun 9 Aug 2026 at 8:21pm
Nas / The Roots review – NY rap legend is in a nostalgic state of mind
Crystal Palace Bowl, LondonNas performs his gritty but intricate 90s classics, sharing the bill on the first London edition of the Roots Picnic festival with Questlove and co’s exuberant funk
· Alexispetridis
Matter of pure force: US, Israeli physicists hail China’s glueball discovery as ‘triumph’
Global experts praise team for solving 50-year-old puzzle, while Chinese social media buzzes with Nobel Prize predictions
· Ling Xin
Matter of pure force: US, Israeli physicists hail China’s glueball discovery as ‘triumph’
Global experts praise team for solving 50-year-old puzzle, while Chinese social media buzzes with Nobel Prize predictions
· Ling Xin
Recession nails or racial erasure? Why a ‘naked’ manicure is not as neutral as it seems
Bold colours are out and short, (seemingly) bare nails in, but some see trend as part of criticised ‘clean girl aesthetic’
· Chloe Mac Donnell
Paul Kelly, Snoop Dogg and you: A new kind of karaoke hits Melbourne
Inside one of Melbourne’s best-loved live music venues, a group of five people took a free and easy approach to singing Bruno Mars’ pop song 24K Magic at the weekend.
· Carolyn Webb
Your TV is watching you every second. Here’s how
Television prices have plummeted due to hidden tech that harvests lucrative user data by analysing everything watched onscreen, privacy experts warn, with some models now sold at a loss by manufacturers pivoting to make money from customers’ data.
· Elias Visontay
NRL match review committee inflicts more pain on Panthers as Yeo sweats on scan results
The NRL match review committee dealt the Panthers an unexpected fresh blow to their title hopes on Sunday night, as Penrith co-captain Isaah Yeo nervously waited to learn if a potentially ruptured pectoral muscle would end his season.
· Christian Nicolussi
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Why has Pakistan introduced new guidelines for state oversight of foreign media? - analysis
Pakistan has introduced new rules expanding state oversight of foreign media, including imposing a requirement for government clearance before journalists and contributors working for international outlets can undertake reporting assignments outside the country’s three largest cities. The move has been strongly crit…
· ARSHAD MEHMOOD / THE MEDIA LINE
Whitney Houston's new No. 1s album, first-ever Barbie
NEW YORK — It was four decades ago next year that Whitney Houston released “I Wanna Dance with Somebody (Who Loves Me),” a timeless hit in a career made up of them. And it is just one of her 11 Billboard Hot 100 No. 1 singles, all of which have been compiled into a new album, “WH1TNEY,” released Friday.
· Associated Press
Whitney Houston's new No. 1 album, first-ever Barbie
NEW YORK — It was four decades ago next year that Whitney Houston released “I Wanna Dance with Somebody (Who Loves Me),” a timeless hit in a career made up of them. And it is just one of her 11 Billboard Hot 100 No. 1 singles, all of which have been compiled into a new album, “WH1TNEY,” released Friday.
· Associated Press
Goodbye butter yellow, hello turquoise. How to wear summer 2026’s hottest colours
Fashion designers are looking on the bright side this summer with a saturated palette of citrus tones, purples and turquoise
· dpa
Goodbye butter yellow, hello turquoise. How to wear summer 2026’s hottest colours
Fashion designers are looking on the bright side this summer with a saturated palette of citrus tones, purples and turquoise
· dpa
Unmasking London City's Spanish superstar
There is not a single empty seat as Alexia Putellas walks into a room at a hotel in Maidstone ready to speak to the English media for the first time.
· Bbcsport
Iconic 1991 photo of Chinese girl symbolises thirst for knowledge, changing lives
Initiative behind photo has garnered US$3.7 billion in donations, establishing 21,000 rural schools for 7.8 million underprivileged students
· Fran Lu
Iconic 1991 photo of Chinese girl symbolises thirst for knowledge, changing lives
Initiative behind photo has garnered US$3.7 billion in donations, establishing 21,000 rural schools for 7.8 million underprivileged students
· Fran Lu
Magic tricks, Palestinian circus, and a ‘kinky Hamlet’: the must-see shows at 2026’s Edinburgh fringe
From big-name standups to dance performances and experimental plays, here are our picks for an excellent festival
· Kate Wyver
Netanyahu ally predicts half of Likud lawmakers will lose seats, 'watch Knesset on TV'
An associate of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu criticized Likud lawmakers and ministers on Sunday, claiming that half of them will only see the Knesset on television.
· YANIR YAGNA, AVI SOLOMON
‘It’s a true art form’: Nigeria goalkeeper Maduka Okoye on high fashion and life at Udinese
The former Watford player talks about his off-field pursuits, lessons from the World Cup and unfinished business
· Emanuele Giulianelli
Bill Maher blasts Rand Paul for releasing Fauci’s COVID diaries
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· Fox News
Houthis claim attack on Saudi Aramco's Jizan refinery
Yemen's Houthis have claimed a drone attack on Saudi Aramco's refinery in Jizan, saying the attack was in response to Saudi drone attacks on Yemen’s Saada and Hajjah provinces, according to Al Masirah TV.
· Middleeasteye
Taylor Swift songs removed from White House, Trump campaign posts
Some Taylor Swift songs have been removed from social media videos posted by US President Donald Trump's campaign and the White House, which have used two of the American superstar's songs over the past week.
· REUTERS
Mega-events drive HK$5.8 billion visitor spend in first half of year: Paul Chan
Finance chief says more than 1.75 million visitors attended over 130 events from January to June, calling Hong Kong ‘an event capital’ rich in culture, arts and sports
· Emily Hung
Mega-events drive HK$5.8 billion visitor spend in first half of year: Paul Chan
Finance chief says more than 1.75 million visitors attended over 130 events from January to June, calling Hong Kong ‘an event capital’ rich in culture, arts and sports
· Emily Hung