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5 September 2026
Two young women and a 51-year-old man were killed while two others are still fighting for life in hospital.
5 September 2026
It’s not her first time interrogating big business — expect more questions on the profits the banks make off home loans. Sarah Hunter, an RBA assistant governor, will be up a day after national ...
5 September 2026
Consent advocate Chanel Contos speaks with political editor Tom McIlroy about why she wants all Australians to have the choice to ‘opt in’ to the algorithms driving the infinite scroll ...
5 September 2026
Carlos de Almeida Baptista Júnior describes 2022 meeting in new book as ex-leader’s son vies with Lula for presidency The far-right populist Jair Bolsonaro was in his final days as Brazil’s president when, six weeks after losing the election and still refusing to recognise the result, he summoned the heads of the armed forces to a meeting. The defence minister, Gen Paulo Sérgio Nogueira de Oliveira, took out a document from a plastic folder and handed copies to the commanders of the navy, army and air force.
5 September 2026
The improbable rescue came a day after two other workers were recovered from a buried tunnel.
5 September 2026
A deadly campaign of Russian and Ukrainian airstrikes has escalated since the last U. S. -brokered negotiations stalled in February.
5 September 2026
Steve Witkoff, President Trump’s special envoy, and Jared Kushner, his son-in-law, plan to visit Kyiv next, in an effort to revive peace negotiations between Russia and Ukraine.
