Investors are fleeing the housing market in record numbers, following aggressive rate hikes and tax changes. But first homebuyer numbers are plunging too despite Labor’s plan to help the young.

LATIKA M BOURKE: A trio of Australian MPs have called for a national stocktake on our dependencies on China and raised fears about over-reliance on EVs.

The federal government is walking a tightrope in seeking to punish artificial intelligence firms for poor safety standards while not discouraging investment.

Republicans banded together to shelve an effort to impeach Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth.

Britain’s counterterrorism police arrested a member of the US Army on suspicion of spying on behalf of Russia after a joint investigation.

A consensus is emerging after the midterms, from progressive Democrats to the White House, that the longtime alliance needs to fundamentally change.

Foo Fighters frontman Dave Grohl has told a crowded stadium his hero was a late Australian miner and fan of the band's music.

The spirit of Remembrance Day will be felt throughout the country, particularly for those who have now learned the fate of relatives.

A former RAAF pilot exchanged nearly 10,000 photos and texts with his secret lover while in marriage counselling with his wife, a court has been told.

Half of all David Jones’ stores across Australia could be shuttered and thousands of staff could lose their jobs as administrators chase a white knight to rescue the 188-year-old department chain.

Australia’s fifth-largest bank is set to cop a $14m fine and has so far paid out compensation to tens of thousands of account holders after admitting to failures over a savings rate offer.

The last member of the Jones family to work in the retailer set up by David Jones in 1938 has some thoughts on what the group's potential new owner could do.

While a boutique hotel has brought a little polish, this NSW coastal town hasn’t lost its unhurried ways.

As a former resident and regular visitor, Gracie Otto says the appeal of Paris is as much about human connection as the architecture, the cafes and the cinematic business of simply being there. 

If you’re going to indulge the fantasy, why not do it properly? Enter a baronial-style castle on Scotland’s south-west coast, where ordinary life can wait outside the gates.

JENI O’DOWD: How has it become controversial to say that breastfeeding is something women’s bodies do after giving birth?

EDITORIAL: The men and women who wear the uniform have been not just part of our past, but are a central part of our present and future too.

DVIR ABRAMOVICH: Standing up to anti-Semitism and hatred doesn’t always require grand acts. Just do the thing in front of you.

THE NEW YORK TIMES: They thought it might explain why their health had diverged. Instead, it stirred up feelings that weren’t so easily quantified.

THE NEW YORK TIMES: Alice Huang, who US intelligence determined is a Chinese asset, emerged from the high-flying world of Shanghai finance to work with tech titans and obtain essential AI chips.

The video — filmed more than two decades ago — has come back into the spotlight in the wake of explosive sexual misconduct allegations against the British comedian.

A well-known comedian has spoken out about the alleged sexual conduct of David Walliams.

The 1998 Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan is getting the reboot treatment, but for a movie that is so specific to the nascent days of the internet, how do you even update that for now?

The probe comes after Jensen Huang, the company’s chief executive, acknowledged that he was intimate with a business executive who US officials had determined was working for Chinese intelligence.

Police have provided an update two months after the actress’ tragic death. Here is what we know.

The horrifying rate of Aussie adults who have experienced abuse from sexually explicit AI-generated images has been revealed in a new study.

THE NEW YORK TIMES: They thought it might explain why their health had diverged. Instead, it stirred up feelings that weren’t so easily quantified.

Is the sugar in a banana really the same as the sugar in a packet of lollies? Sarah Di Lorenzo sorts facts from myth.

Pet owners will want to know this — because getting it wrong could have massive consequences.

Former Australian cricketer Usman Khawaja will be taking no further questions over his shocking new Sandpapergate claims, cancelling all his planned media commitments.

The 22-year-old apprentice jockey’s death has sparked an outpouring of grief around Australia.

Adam Gilchrist admits he doesn't know how Usman Khawaja's bombshell Sandpapergate revelations may impact the Test team in a legacy-defining year.

A holiday to Bali has turned into a ‘mother’s nightmare’ after her son was ‘seriously injured’ in a ‘near-fatal’ accident.

Britain’s counterterrorism police arrested a member of the US Army on suspicion of spying on behalf of Russia after a joint investigation.

THE ECONOMIST: Lower house prices, generous pensions - Boomers seemed to have it all. But that is all changing.