A new state-backed company will now centralise purchases of iron ore for the steel sector and increase Beijing’s bargaining power.

The South Asian island nation is facing the worst economic and political crisis since its independence in 1948, with food, fuel and medicines in short supply and inflation seen touching 70 per cent.

The Canadian PM wants an end to the “culture of toxic behaviour” within the sport after revelations its peak body uses registration fees to settle lawsuits.

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Captain Kate McCue uses her social media accounts to try to normalise the concept of women being captains.

80 years ago, the Kokoda Track campaign, a series of battles fought between July and November fought between a Japanese force and Australian and Papuan land forces began. The battles were a major turning point in the pacific theatre of WWII.

The US says the appointment of proxies, introduction of Russian currency and passports in Ukraine are precursors to “shame” refendums and annexation.

Today was the first day in the six years I’ve been here that I had the feeling of living simultaneously in an oven and a tinderbox.

Instagram video posted by a mother shows a parade character refusing to engage with two Black children.

Millions of people have watched videos of the giant native Australian bird strutting into frame, uninvited and oblivious to anything going on around him.

The length of the changing of the guard ceremony at Buckingham Palace was shortened and the capital’s Hyde Park, normally busy with walkers, was eerily quiet.

With the help of DNA lifted from a coffee cup earlier this year, investigators have been able to charge a Pennsylvania man with the stabbing of a 19-year-old woman in 1975.

Across Ukraine countless civilians have lost their homes, their loved ones and their livelihoods since the Russian invasion began.

Middle and high school students in Dallas will be required to carry the transparent backpacks, which students have previously complained are an “invasion of privacy”.

Britain passes 40 degrees for first time amid heatwave.

The initiative places a responsibility on Australia to gather testimony from refugees who fled Ukraine after witnessing crimes of aggression.

The contest is shaping up as a battle between two of Boris Johnson’s cabinet ministers: Rishi Sunak and Liz Truss.

Senior Liberals are looking at the British leadership contenders as inspiration to promote more diverse candidates without the use of quotas.

An inflammatory post by a Chinese official targeting Australia’s record in Afghanistan was part of a co-ordinated misinformation campaign, a report has found.

The mounting list of Russian atrocities in Ukraine sharpens the case for increased Western support in Ukraine.