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How To Poison a Planet
How To Poison a Planet
Our investigation into the unfolding story of contamination, cancer, cover-up and corporate malfeasance that features in a major Stan documentary.
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US delayed arm shipments to Israel to send message against Rafah assault
Joe Biden has been trying to head off a full-scale assault by the Israelis against Rafah, where hundreds of thousands of Palestinians have sought refuge from combat elsewhere in Gaza.
- by Mike Stone, Steve Holland and Phil Stewart
Opinion
Social media
TikTok makes a stand against forced sale or ban in the US
TikTok has filed a court challenge against a recently-enacted US law that would force its Chinese parent to divest its US business or close it down.
- by Stephen Bartholomeusz
The president, the porn star and the payment: Stormy Daniels testifies in Trump’s hush money trial
In another astonishing moment ahead of this year’s election, the porn star told a jury in explicit detail about her alleged sexual encounter with the former US president.
- by Farrah Tomazin
Unmasked: Notorious Russian cyber criminal who plundered hospitals with ransomware
Attacks by the Lockbit ransomware operation targeted over 100 hospitals and healthcare companies worldwide. Now the world knows Dmitry Yuryevich Khoroshev is the mastermind.
- by Rob Harris
Epic tale of destruction and family ties: Our latest show to take on the world
Just weeks after The Picture of Dorian Gray made a West End splash, this local stage hit is heading to the US.
- by Linda Morris
Box billionaire goes Pratty in pink at the Met Gala
Visy cardboard king Anthony Pratt was one of the brightest figures on the glamour carpet in New York, if not the best dressed.
- by Stephen Brook and Kishor Napier-Raman
Australian gets Beethoven’s hair tested – and may have solved mystery of his deafness
An Australian businessman with a passion for Beethoven wanted to honour the composer’s request in 1802 that doctors one day try to figure out why he had been so ill.
- by Gina Kolata
Opinion
World markets
Gold fever: Why China and the rest of the world are stocking up
The gold price is behaving very strangely, but there is a simple explanation.
- by Stephen Bartholomeusz
‘I have to watch every word I tell you people,’ says Trump after judge flags jail
The NY judge overseeing Donald Trump’s criminal trial has had enough of the ex-president’s gag order violations.
- by Shayna Jacobs, Tom Jackman, Devlin Barrett and Marianne LeVine
Updated
Israeli-Palestinian conflict
Hamas says it accepts ceasefire deal while Israel claims operations continue
Potential ceasefire talks come as Australia is preparing to cast a potentially controversial vote on whether to admit Palestine as a full member of the United Nations.
- by Matthew Knott and Reuters