Sydney Morning Herald World News
Fri, 18 Jul 2025 19:01:38 +1000UK looks to lower voting age to 16
The United Kingdom is looking to lower the voting age from 18 to 16 in the biggest reforms to the electoral system in decades.
Fri, 18 Jul 2025 18:58:20 +1000Trump diagnosed with chronic venous insufficiency
US President Donald Trump was examined for swelling in his legs and has been diagnosed with chronic venous insufficiency, the White House announced.
Fri, 18 Jul 2025 17:53:46 +1000Could Australia follow UK’s ‘shock’ move to lower voting age to 16?
The UK’s proposed changes are designed to boost participation and trust in the electoral system, but opinion is split over whether under 18s should – or would – cast ballots.
Fri, 18 Jul 2025 15:36:37 +1000Inside one 66-year-old runner’s gruelling 217km journey through ‘hell on Earth’
This retiree feels “at home” when he’s traversing one of the hottest places on the planet as part of the world’s toughest ultramarathon. Even when it makes him hallucinate.
Fri, 18 Jul 2025 12:26:48 +1000Accused killers on trial for Australian brothers’ deaths sent to ‘Mexico’s toughest prison’
Two of the men accused of murdering two Perth brothers and their American friend will remain in the maximum-security prison El Hongo prison while lawyers determine the facts of the case.
Fri, 18 Jul 2025 12:21:55 +1000‘I’m going to sue his ass off’: Trump turns on Murdoch over Epstein story
The US president says he will sue The Wall Street Journal over a story claiming he wrote a cryptic letter – with an “outline of a naked woman” – to now-convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein in 2003.
Fri, 18 Jul 2025 10:54:07 +1000Israel strike hits church which the former Pope called every day
An Israeli shell slammed into the compound of Gaza’s only Catholic church on Thursday, killing two people and wounding several others, according to witnesses and church officials.
Fri, 18 Jul 2025 08:44:35 +1000Booze and Boeings: Europe sharpens tariff hit list, ramping up trade war with Trump
The EU is plotting a massive $120 billion retaliation after the US president stunned the bloc with a 30 per cent tariff on its products.
Fri, 18 Jul 2025 06:57:50 +1000Israeli shell hits Gaza church that late pope called every day
Three people were killed and 10 were wounded, including the parish priest who regularly spoke to Pope Francis. Israel expressed regret over what it described as an accident.
Fri, 18 Jul 2025 06:47:44 +1000School bus crash in England leaves 1 student dead, 2 seriously injured
One student has died and another two have been seriously injured after a bus ran off road and down am embankment in England.
Fri, 18 Jul 2025 05:51:39 +1000Trump diagnosed with blood condition
US President Donald Trump has been diagnosed with chronic venous insufficiency, the White House has revealed.
Fri, 18 Jul 2025 05:27:21 +1000Trump’s diagnosis revealed after ‘swollen leg’ photos trigger alarm
Recent photographs of the US president show visibly swollen lower legs – or “cankles” – and bruising on his hand.
Fri, 18 Jul 2025 05:00:00 +1000China’s money makes us rich but, as I well know, you can’t put a price on freedom
Falsely accused of espionage, I was jailed for more than three years in China. It is incumbent on everyone, not just Anthony Albanese, to be clear-eyed and cool-headed when it comes to Beijing.
Thu, 17 Jul 2025 21:47:34 +1000Connie Francis, US singer, actress dies at 87
Her hit song “Pretty Little Baby” had a TikTok-fuelled resurgence this year, trending for weeks on the social media app and soaring to top spots in Spotify’s Viral 50 global and US lists.
Thu, 17 Jul 2025 19:28:48 +1000Trump lashes out over Epstein files
US President Donald Trump has lashed out over calls for the release of the Jeffrey Epstein files.
Thu, 17 Jul 2025 19:24:39 +1000Israel threatens escalation after striking Syria
Israel has threatened escalation after striking Syria.
Thu, 17 Jul 2025 15:45:00 +1000The Buddhist monk sex scandal that’s gripping Thailand
Prominent monks are leaving the order almost daily in an unfolding controversy centred on a woman nicknamed “Golf”. Other misbehaving monks are in hiding.
Thu, 17 Jul 2025 11:57:35 +1000Syrian news anchor takes cover during Israel strike
An airstrike on the Syrian Ministry of Defence was captured live on Syria TV, forcing the anchor to take cover.
Thu, 17 Jul 2025 11:50:23 +1000The radical scheme to slash France’s public holidays
President Emmanuel Macron has been hit by a political storm after his bid to remove two holidays, amid concern about the nation’s $5.9 trillion debt.
Thu, 17 Jul 2025 11:37:57 +1000You’ve got to dance with the ones that brung ya – even the ‘bad, boring weaklings’
The US president is dealing with a revolt from the more rabid elements of his MAGA movement over the administration’s decision to draw a line under the Jeffrey Epstein saga.