The battle for Batman: why Australian politics is still a boys' club | Amy...
Amy Mullins: The federal seat will probably be won by a male candidate. A predictable outcome, but it doesn't have to be that wayAmy Mullins
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Death toll rises in Oklahoma storms
Authorities say 18 people died in tornadoes and flooding, including six childrenThe death toll from deadly tornadoes and severe flooding that struck Oklahoma on Friday and Saturday has risen to 18,...
View ArticleBurial Rites and the loneliness of the long-distance writer
Hannah Kent, the author of Burial Rites, on how she wrote the debut novel that everybody's talking aboutHannah Kent
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Man charged over Obama ricin letters
Mississippi man accused of sending poison to president, then trying to frame another man, Kevin Curtis, for the crimeA man suspected of sending poison-laced letters to President Barack Obama and two...
View ArticleHPV prevention: vaccination works | Ian Frazer
Ian Frazer: Michael Douglas likely wishes that HPV vaccines had been around when he was 12. Australia's case illustrates how effective they areIan Frazer
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Guardian Audio Edition: The hypocrisy at the heart of the Bradley Manning trial
Audio versions of a selection of articles from the Guardian newspaper and websiteReading this on mobile? Click here to listen.In this week's Audio Edition:• Whilst the soldiers who killed innocent...
View ArticleAbbott's tree-planting plan not enough to combat climate change, study says
Climate scientists' study says carbon storage schemes must be accompanied by cuts to Australia's fossil fuel emissionsOliver Milman
View ArticleTony Abbott addresses questions about Indonesia asylum contacts
Opposition leader says Indonesian government 'knows that we will act decisively' after controversy over boats policy
View ArticleRBA keeps cash rate on hold at 2.75%
Reserve Bank of Australia governor Glenn Stevens says household spending has been helped by lower interest rates
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US farm bill promises reduced cotton subsidies as Brazil pressure pays off
Proposed changes set to benefit cotton farmers in poor countries and ease trade distortion that almost led to Brazilian sanctionsUS lawmakers are getting closer to bringing American cotton subsidies in...
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Gay rights campaigner defends Ulster Unionist membership
Jeff Dudgeon faces criticism over decision to stay within party even though it helped veto gay marriage in Northern IrelandOne of the UK's most famous gay rights campaigners has defended his continued...
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Social entrepreneurship: on the rise in Sweden?
Social problems have traditionally been the responsibility of the state, but Swedish social entrepreneurship is becoming more prominentAlthough social entrepreneurship is a new term in Sweden, the...
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Burundi newspaper forum shut down
Burundi's national communication council (CNC) has suspended a newspaper's online forum because it claimed readers' comments had violated legal provisions that preclude "endangering national unity,...
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UK's withdrawal from human rights law would be 'political disaster'
New head of European court of human rights says withdrawing from the convention would also force Britain to leave the EUBritain's withdrawal from the European convention on human rights would be a...
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Jordan blocks 200 news websites
The authorities in Jordan have ordered the country's internet services providers to block access to more than 200 websites, reports Al Bawaba. The decision was condemned by the International Press...
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The suffragettes' unlikeliest enemy | John Sutherland
Mary Ward would be known as a great social reformer – had she not become a figurehead for the opposition to women's votesOver the last weeks there has been a slew of books, articles and even a TV...
View ArticleLabor's toxic polls and NBN asbestos problems - politics live
Toxic opinion polls and continuing fall-out from the NBNKatharine Murphy
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Four Congo newspapers 'suspended'
Four newspapers in the Republic of Congo have been "suspended" by order of the government. The media regulator ordered the suspensions of three Brazzaville-based papers – L'Observateur, Talassa and Le...
View ArticleTurkey protests: unions start two-day strike - live updates
Follow live updates as a trade union coalition joins anti-government protests in a two-day strike and the US expresses alarm at the excessive use of force by the Turkish authoritiesMatthew Weaver
View ArticleOscar Pistorius back in court for pre-trial hearing – live coverage
Live coverage as Olympic and Paralympic athlete appears in court in Pretoria accused of murder of girlfriend Reeva SteenkampPaul Owen
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