Shane Warne’s body will be taken to Bangkok tonight and will be flown home on Tuesday after an autopsy found he had died of natural causes. 

Europe faces its fastest growing refugee crisis since World War II with 1.5 million Ukrainian civilians fleeing since fighting began.

“This life is all I’ve ever known,” Eck said about agonising over his decision to deface the tattoos that have been central to his identity for 20 years.

The Ukraine-Russia crisis heads into day 12.

The videos often show handcuffed soldiers decrying Russia’s military campaign and breaking down as they speak to relatives on the phone.

As Ukrainians deal with the devastation of the Russian attacks in their homeland, many are also encountering a confounding backlash from family members in Russia, who refuse to believe that Russian soldiers could bomb innocent people

As the fighting intensifies in Ukraine, I’m reminded of the other children I’ve met in conflict zones.

Kate Geraghty and Anthony Galloway report from the Zaporizhzhia Circus, as locals remain in limbo while Russia relentlessly bombards Mariupol.

US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said the legislation under consideration would also begin the process of denying Russia access to the World Trade Organisation.

The country currently has one of the highest per capita daily infection rates in the world - officially almost 200,000 active cases.

The US and Australia should formally and clearly declare they would join a war over Taiwan, says a senior member of Taiwan’s defence committee.

In recent days, as Germany confronts its pacifist approach to foreign policy in light of the war in Ukraine, calls for a debate on the issue have grown.

The Ukraine-Russia crisis heads into day 11.

Like many of us, after two years of not going to the office, the Queen has decided to keep working from home.

Washington is competing in a world that is more transparent yet more confounded by fake news.

We haven’t taken Europe seriously enough for 30 years, either in policy terms or in our engagement with its complex history.

A new party and its youthful leader are offering an inclusive agenda in a country long dominated by a select few. But are they the real deal?

Invading Russian forces have strengthened their hold on parts of southern Ukraine, but are increasingly targeting populated areas in their attempt to gain the upper hand, according to British military intelligence.

Many companies have now suspended business in Russia due to the invasion of Ukraine, and pressure has grown on other Western brands to do the same.

Two young officers - the same rank, but each representing a different country - gave some of the few firsthand accounts of the fighting that have emerged in the 10-day conflict.

Despite being a standard-bearer for the fiercest of sporting rivalries, Britons from all walks of life – royals, politicians, musicians, athletes and artists – have paid tribute to the Australian cricket great.

The weakness exposed in Russian conventional warfare is a two-edged sword: it raises the risk that Vladimir Putin could resort to nuclear weapons, to which NATO would undoubtedly respond in kind.

Western analysts anticipate that the Russian military will reverse its early losses, setting the stage for a long, bloody insurgency.

The Russian President knows where to hide his assets, but some of his wealthy friends are not so “crafty”.

Efforts to enforce a temporary halt in hostilities in Mariupol and the eastern city of Volnovakha crumbled when Ukraine accused Russian troops of breaking the ceasefire.

Cancelled by friends, colleagues and critics, drag queen Lady MAGA and black conservative Stephen Rowe are keen Trump followers.

Russian troops have broken a ceasefire that would have allowed tens of thousands of Ukrainian civilians to escape via humanitarian corridors.

Global fears of a nuclear catastrophe leapt on Friday as Russian troops attacked a nuclear facility, but energy has been central to the conflict from the start.

China’s increase in military spending will outstrip its economic growth as it battles the “triple pressures” of COVID, supply disruptions and slow demand.

BBC, Bloomberg and the Canadian Broadcasting Company withdrew journalists while The Washington Post dropped bylines to protect staff from new “fake news” laws.

The International Gymnastic Federation has banned the powerhouse gymnastic teams over “the massive escalation of the Russian military invasion of Ukraine”.

It took four days for Kyiv’s morgue to release the body of Oksana Shlonska’s husband. Then a missile crashed at the grave site, forcing mourners to flee.

The Ukrainian President said this “gave the green light for further bombing” but US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said it would lead to “full-fledged war”.

Some back the Russian President to express their discontent with the West. Others admire his macho persona. Both extremes gravitate towards authoritarianism.

From 2023, anyone driving a more-polluting older vehicle anywhere in Greater London will have to pay the equivalent of $21.50 a day.

The Islamic State’s regional affiliate, Islamic State Khorasan, or ISIS-K, claimed responsibility for the attack which killed 56 people and injured many others.

In admiring Ukrainian courage, we run the risk of absolving ourselves from responsibility of giving more support.

As COVID emerged, a Beijing author travelled to Wuhan to find out what was going on. The tale of Jin Feng and her husband Xia Bangxi is just one he found there.

While there were only 61 passengers on board the Garuda flight from Sydney, news that Bali will drop quarantine on Monday should accelerate the island’s reopening.

Russian forces seized the Zaporizhzhia power plant in the south-east of Ukraine in an advance that gives them control of about one-quarter of the country’s energy supply.

The Ukraine-Russia crisis heads into day 9.

The week in photos from the award-winning SMH and AFR photographers.

India, China and many other countries are still reluctant to condemn the war on Ukraine. Australia must press them to change their minds.

Just 13 oligarchs have been hit with asset freezes and travel bans in Britain. By contrast the EU has imposed sanctions and travel bans on 702 people.

I am Russian. And yet, when I think of my homeland Ukraine, I think of a childhood of joy. I stand with its people united against a Soviet-reared tyrant.

“If there is an explosion, it is the end of Europe,” the Ukrainian President warned in a new video. Earlier Vladimir Putin vowed Russia would achieve its goals in Ukraine.

It’s a milestone in the effort to hold pharmaceutical companies accountable for opioid addiction which has killed at least 500,000 Americans since 1999.

Many of those fleeing the war in Ukraine make their hurried farewells just before the Polish border. Anthony Galloway and Kate Geraghty report from Lviv.

If he succeeds, he will be the first French leader for two decades to win a second term in office.

From Carnival in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil to the Shivratri festival in Jammu, India, these are the best photos from around the world in the past week, as chosen by The Age's photo editors.