Here I was in beautiful, beguiling Myanmar, about to start a month-long trial at its best-known newspaper. But finding a friendly face wasn’t as easy as I’d hoped.

Three new places have been added to the current list of exposure sites, including a McDonald’s, Woolworths and a child health services centre.

Swimming Australia has again called for Maddie Groves to engage with them after her inflamatory tweets, and will set up an independent panel to investigate her allegations.

The Saints and Crows chase an invaluable win in their Saturday night match-up in Cairns.

The story of Biloela and its most famous family, who “just wanted a safe, happy life with their kids”, is again burning on Australia’s collective tongue.

Tofane was expected to bring up to $3 million as a broodmare, but she could now be in line for another season.

At the age of just six, gold-medal swimmer Brenden Hall almost lost his life to chicken pox. Instead, he lost his leg.

The Giants planned to celebrate Julie Fitzgerald’s 350th elite coaching game in style with a win but the Sunshine Shine Coast Lightning had other plans.

Everything you need to know to back a winner at Hawkesbury.

Shaun Johnson knows, at the age of 30, his days of huge deals are over. But he believes he still has a lot to offer an NRL club, as he proved on Friday night.

The Roosters rookie broke a 34-all deadlock with just a minute to go, kicking a field goal to break Gold Coast hearts.

A minor flood warning is still in place for Traralgon as more than 52,000 homes enter the weekend without power and a number of Victorian towns face days without internet or phone access.

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“I realised, oh my God, I’m in a whale’s mouth and he’s trying to swallow me,” lobster diver Michael Packard told a Boston TV station. “This is it. I’m gonna die.”

NightQuarter on the Sunshine Coast was ordered to close on Friday night, while 50 of border-breaching couple’s close contacts test negative.

Crowded House, You Am I, Lana del Rey and Genesis Owusu are just some of the musical acts delivering great work in 2021.

In this perfectly believable yet totally made-up story, French author Laurent Binet looks at how the world would look if Columbus had met steelier opposition in the Americas.

Now a cynical atheist, the author remains appreciative of what religion gave her as a child.

Victorian alpine ski operators say while they’re optimistic about this season, they’re desperate for Melburnians to return after a ‘quiet start’ on opening weekend.

Flamboyant Doctor and former owner of the Sydney Swans, Dr Geoffrey Edelsten, has passed away.

Maroons skipper Daly Cherry-Evans had 48 hours to process the Origin loss and regroup for his club. 

Zac Saddler thought he was fine to keep playing after a head knock. Then he touched a painful spot on his skull.

Scott Pendlebury is immediately focused on performing in Magpies coach Nathan Buckley’s last game but beyond that wants a senior coach who can get the best out of the players.

The former foreign affairs minister and longest-serving NSW premier laments what has become of the language of politics.

Chow, along with Joshua Wong and Nathan Law, who has since been given asylum in Britain, came to prominence as teenagers during the 2014 protests.

It wouldn’t be a Hawkesbury meeting without local trainer Garry White having a strong hand and it’s no different on Sunday.

I’m not sure if Australian selectors and coach Dave Rennie actually know whether O’Connor will be Australia’s chief playmaker in France in 2023.

The week in photos from the award winning Sydney Morning Herald and Financial review photographers.

Sattler, who made headlines after being sacked from 6PR over a controversial interview with former Prime Minister Julia Gillard, passed away at Murdoch Hospice with his wife by his side on Friday.

Two leading Australian academics have savaged the best-selling Indigenous history book Dark Emu for being riddled with mistakes and ignoring Aboriginal voices.

In 2014, Bruce Pascoe’s Dark Emu revolutionised interpretations of Indigenous history, arguing that Aboriginal people engaged in agriculture, irrigation and construction prior to the arrival of Europeans. Now, in a new book, two highly respected ac...

Anthropologist Peter Sutton and writer Stuart Rintoul discuss the lack of factual evidence underpinning the bestseller Dark Emu, which claimed pre-colonial Aboriginal communities engaged in agriculture.

Prime Minister Scott Morrison will debate the fast-tracked vaccine timeline in Carbis Bay this weekend, as world leaders discuss readiness for the next virus.

Olympic champion Mack Horton must produce some vintage form in the 400m freestyle final on Saturday night if he is to defend his Olympic gold medal in Tokyo.

While high-end draft picks are pivotal, finding talent deep in the draft or through shrewd low-cost trades are also important. Here are the moneyball deals paying off at your club.

Kevin Muscat has learned plenty during his European sojourn. Now he could be ready for a return to the A-League if the right opportunity presents.

It can also be revealed Adam Fox obtained a working with children clearance in Australia despite previously facing child abuse charges under another name.

She is the heir apparent. But after the Vice-President’s difficult week, Democrats are asking if she would be up to the task of running for president in 2024.

Members of the Royal family and G7 leaders at The Eden Project during the G7 Summit in St Austell, Cornwall, England. UK Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, hosts leaders from the USA, Japan, Germany, France, Italy and Canada at the G7 Summit. This year t...

The Drivers License phenomenon’s chart-topping new album has been breaking records, Taylor Swift-style.

NSW’s ski season has kicked off with the state’s alpine peaks blanketed in snow, with more falls expected throughout the week.

Chinese officials have charged 31 people over the deaths of 21 runners in freezing conditions in a 100-kilometre race in the country’s northwest.

“Slouchy, European, loose, tailored and monochrome,” says Australian Ballet soloist Nathan Brook when describing his style.

As the Prince of Wales called on world leaders to tackle climate change with pandemic-level urgency, the Queen openly rejoiced in her return to the world stage.

A Victorian aged care home operator has been hired by the Morrison government to provide COVID-19 vaccines to thousands of elderly residents who are still haven’t got the jab.

A new funding formula announced on Saturday would see 35 per cent of racing revenue returned to tracks, facilities and animal care.

A man will face court over the alleged murder of a woman on a rural stretch of road east of Nowra.

Hawthorn are keen to relocate their scheduled round 14 match against Essendon to Tasmania if crowds are not allowed at the MCG next Sunday.

A cold, wintry Friday night in Melbourne soon became one of the darkest days in Adelaide’s short history. Stephen Milne and Adam Schneider combined for 13 goals, while 11 Saints had at least 20 disposals. Adelaide were restricted to what remains th...