Australia’s swim team made a low-key arrival in Scotland on Wednesday, but the all-conquering Dolphins’ gold-medal assault will be anything but.

It might be a smaller program in Glasgow, but it will be jam-packed full of action. Here are the events you simply can’t afford to miss at the 2026 Commonwealth Games.

The 17-year-old shares an ‘ironic’ similarity with one of Australia’s greatest ever.

While the One Nation leader was never directly named by a stumbling Anthony Albanese, there was no doubt she loomed large over proceedings at the first day of the 50th annual ALP conference.

The widow of former Labor strategist Tim Picton has honoured her late husband as a man who ‘lived his life with remarkable intensity’ in an emotional speech to unveil a new scholar in his name.

Anthony Albanese has been caught in an awkward on-camera moment after an escalator came to a abrupt stop at Labor’s National Conference in Adelaide.

The trillion dollar defence policy bill passed with Republicans steamrolling Democrats, who argued that Congress is failing to restrain the Trump administration’s expansive use of military force.

South Carolina representative Joe Wilson accused Professor Ben Saul of undermining the global US fight against terrorism while taking money from China.

THE WASHINGTON POST: US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said the Houthis were being ‘suckered’ by Iran into joining their fight.

The 26-year-old, who was employed at the hospital as a physiotherapy assistant, is due to face court on Thursday.

A man’s body has been recovered from Sydney’s Rose Bay as police launch an investigation into the grim Thursday afternoon discovery.

A pilot taking theme park tourists on a scenic flight may not have realised his impairment from drug and alcohol use before a fatal crash, a coroner has heard.

It was the latest major crackdown on Big Tech by Brussels, which has led the world in reining in some of the world’s largest companies from Silicon Valley to Beijing.

THE WASHINGTON POST: US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said the Houthis were being ‘suckered’ by Iran into joining their fight.

Over eight years leading the Australia’s top investment bank, she has avoided personality profiles that could have focused on her family’s remarkable journey from privilege to failure and back to success.

The roll-out of the world-first innovation has already begun.

Australians have been urged to reconsider travel to more overseas destinations after the Federal Government upgraded its travel advice amid growing security concerns.

Airfares across the country and abroad have been slashed as two major Aussie airlines announce sales ahead of the summer holidays.

Elon Musk is the embodiment of the fact that just because you’re not dumb doesn’t mean you’re not an idiot.

MARK RILEY: Labor conferences aren’t the boozy brawls of days past, but there’s still plenty at stake.

The Labor Party has now moved so far to the left that a former ACTU leader is leading the charge against socialism with the Federal Government wanting to spend $400 million taking over a cash delivery business.

THE NEW YORK TIMES: Andy Burnham’s day began with a visit to a homeless shelter in central London before he shook hands with King Charles III in the gilded splendour of Buckingham Palace.

OpenAI said two of its artificial intelligence models went rogue and displayed the kind of science-fiction potential that AI companies warned would soon become a reality.

The former Neighbours star’s candid confession about a relationship she had with a married man when she was a teen has sparked a flood of criticism, with many fans saying the story sounds remarkably familiar. 

Australians generally think of themselves as decent and easy-to-like. But maybe not to New Zealanders.

Prince William and Kate Middleton are preparing for a ‘daunting’ lifestyle change after their eldest son Prince George turned 13 on Wednesday. 

Demand for open-weight models is soaring, but what does a rise in Chinese labs mean?

Smartphones that open and close like books could finally enter the mainstream after the world’s two biggest phone makers throw their full weight behind the trend.

A new office fashion craze is dividing workers for one hairy reason.

A Perth mother has revealed the combination of events that led to a robot vacuum cleaner exploding and her son being put into an induced coma.

The roll-out of the world-first innovation has already begun.

A new office fashion craze is dividing workers for one hairy reason.

Australia’s swim team made a low-key arrival in Scotland on Wednesday, but the all-conquering Dolphins’ gold-medal assault will be anything but.

The new club has quickly hit the delete button after the unexpected problem came out of nowhere.

The key man swiftly pulled himself out of this weekend’s line-up and left the club.

In Europe, Asia and the Middle East, countries seek nuclear capabilities to hedge against aggressive neighbors and a receding Washington, potentially creating a more freewheeling era.

BREAKING: The US President has told the Kingdom it will have to drastically change its stance towards Israel, a significant condition not previously mentioned when the deal was announced.

THE WASHINGTON POST: US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said the Houthis were being ‘suckered’ by Iran into joining their fight.