Last updated on November 2nd, 2025 at 12:41 am
World news
World news provided by Deutche Welle World News, BBC World News, and CBC World News, and ABC Australia World News.
- Who will win what in 2026? Make your predictions
- Hospital attack suspect held under Mental Health Act
- Hunt family bravery prompted me to share assault story, says Queen
- Taiwan remains on alert as China ends military drills
- BBC Sport’s 2025 Quiz: 12 months, 12 questions, how many can you get?
- Jailed Hong Kong tycoon’s teeth rotting and fingernails falling out, daughter warns
- Queen praises Hunt family for their bravery after triple murders
- Is Iran on the brink? Key information about the protests
- Iran on the brink? Key information about the protests
- Rookie Edgecombe earns 76ers dramatic late win
- ‘Out of the ring, he was fighting another fight’
- Rail passengers hit by delays after cable theft
- We feel closer to him in Australia – Josh Baker’s parents on dealing with loss
- Who died in 2025? Notable deaths of the year
- ‘I’ve had wonderful support from women’, says incoming Archbishop of Canterbury
- Eurostar delays enter second day with passengers stuck onboard for hours overnight
- Ex-Australia batter Martyn in coma with meningitis
- Guinea’s junta leader declared winner of presidential election
- Gold and silver see rollercoaster end to blockbuster year
- Ronan Keating on his New Year’s Eve show, resolutions, and Boyzone reunion
Australian News
News gathered from ABC Australia News, SBS Australia News, and Crikey News.
- Socceroos striker cut down by injury
- Clean-up begins after WA’s north endures ‘absolutely terrifying’ cyclone
- ‘Disgraceful’ acts of looting in bushfire-ravaged community
- Crown casino workers announce New Year’s Eve strike amid wage row
- Police investigate ‘white Australia’ flyer letterbox drop
- Australian cricket great Damien Martyn hospitalised with serious illness
- Why this Australian K-pop star is being sued for $44 million in South Korea
- BBC Ashes commentator hits back after period talk inflames trolls
- ‘People are like animals’: Crowds flock to secure prime Sydney NYE spot
- Ex-Australian cricketer Damien Martyn seriously ill in induced coma
- Breaking: Min River leapfrogs rival for overall Sydney-Hobart win after successful protest
- Kylie, Elton John, Lady Gaga costumes star in DIVA exhibit
- ‘Not a typical bushfire year’: Why this summer’s fire season is hard to predict
- Fire in Perth’s south still disrupting trains as second WA blaze downgraded
- Beth’s first apprenticeship was ‘hell’. She wants hazing to stop
- Nuclear-capable missiles deployed in Belarus, Russia claims
- Piastri misses F1 Driver of the Year top three as Verstappen wins
- Australian-made content and cheaper medication among January 1 changes
- Floodwaters rise in outback Queensland as heavy rainfall continues in the north
- Oil and gas giant knowingly sheds plastic into the ocean
Science, the environment and Sustainability
Gathered from Deutche Welle English Language service on science and technology, Sustainaiblity Matters, ABC Organic Gardener,
- We think of mushrooms as food. But mycelium-based blocks could be the future of construction
- After mass violence, trauma spreads socially. Here are 3 ways you can help reduce it
- Communities must be central to climate adaptation strategies – 10 insights to guide national policy
- Australia’s national plan says existing laws are enough to regulate AI. This is false hope
- Medical experts are pushing back on new US vaccine policy
- Keep your garden growing strong with our summer issue: on sale NOW!
- Government boosts its home battery program by $5 billion. But it still has big problems
- Heading away for the holidays? Here’s how to plan for fires
- Reddit says it’s not a social media platform. Australia’s High Court is unlikely to agree
- Friendship is magic: male dolphins with close friends age more slowly
- $25m grant supports cleaner cement production
- Bürkert team to take on sustainability strategies
- A pre-Christmas warning: Cheap toys can pose health hazard
- Festive Season Stargazing: Supermoons and meteor showers
- Holiday stargazing: meteor showers and supermoons ahead
- Government reveals taxpayer-funded deal to keep Australia’s largest aluminium smelter open. How long we will pay?
- Should Australia establish an independent body to investigate scientific misconduct? We asked 5 experts
- Travel influencers ‘do crazy things’ to entertain us – and downplay the risks
- Why do we wake up shortly before our alarm goes off? It’s not by chance
- Hundreds of iceberg earthquakes detected at the crumbling end of Antarctica’s Doomsday Glacier
- Big batteries are now outcompeting gas in the grid – and gas-rich Western Australia is at the forefront
- India’s 2026 space bid: Three Gaganyaan missions by March
- India wants its people in space. Is it politics or science?
- How rain is connected to climate change
- Catastrophic US floods linked to hotter climate
- Goodbye climate protection? How the EU is weakening its Green Deal
- If social media for kids is so bad, should we be allowed to post kids’ photos online?
- Millions of hectares are still being cut down every year. How can we protect global forests?
- The year’s best meteor shower is about to start – here’s how to see it
- Mosquitoes: The most dangerous animals in the world?
- Are mosquitoes the most dangerous animals in the world?
- ASC certifies NT barramundi farm
- Can smart greenhouses bring back food production in cities?
- Australia’s social media ban won’t stop cyberbullying
- We watched these coral colonies succumb to black band disease. 6 months later, 75% were dead
- A 2,000-year-old building site reveals the raw ingredients for ancient Roman self-healing concrete
- Australia’s social media ban is now in force. Other countries are closely watching what happens
- Banning kids from social media doesn’t make online platforms safer. Here’s what will do that
- New strain of mpox virus: What you need to know
- ARBS 2026 returns to Melbourne in May
- NiCE advances ESG leadership
- UN environment head voices concern over climate complacency
- UN environment head warns of climate complacency
- Primed to burn: what’s behind the intense, sudden fires burning across New South Wales and Tasmania
- How eating oysters could help restore South Australia’s algal-bloom ravaged coast
- What do stingrays actually eat? New study reveals some only prefer a single type of prawn
- Australia’s supercomputers are falling behind – and it’s hurting our ability to adapt to climate change
- Putting away your winter clothes? Science explains how to keep them safe over summer
- Tropical cyclones: Why are some countries more at risk?
- The ‘hobbits’ mysteriously disappeared 50,000 years ago. Our new study reveals what happened to their home