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Twitter logs sharp rise in non-NSA government requests for data
Three-quarters of acknowledged requests for user information in the past six months came from the USTwitter is under increasing pressure from governments to release users' private information, with...
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Roger Dean gets life sentence for 11 nursing home murders
Judge calls murders of elderly residents of home 'atrocious' and says the pain and terror of the victims 'must have been horrific'
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What cost of living pressure?
Cost of living increases are at a historic low, but you're highly unlikely to hear a politician say so
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Uruguay votes to create world's first national legal marijuana market
Proposals likely to become law, leading to innovative policies at odds with the 'war on drugs' philosophyUruguay's unprecedented plan to create a legal marijuana market has taken its critical first...
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South Australia bans live odds advertising during sporting events
Premier Jay Weatherill says rules will help stop 'scourge' of gambling invading families' lounge roomsA ban on live odds advertising during sporting events has come into effect in South Australia.The...
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Tony Burke: first 'PNG solution' transfer shows government is serious
Immigration minister says accommodation for asylum seekers is safe and women and children will soon be transferredHelen Davidson
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Langston Hughes showed me what it meant to be a black writer | Gary Younge
His 1926 essay, The Negro Artist and the Racial Mountain made clear that a black writer must write the best work they can, while refusing to be defined by other people's racial agendasOne of my first...
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The Ashes: who loves cricket enough to cycle from England to Australia?
With the third Test about to begin, one 'crazy Pommie' looks back on an epic journey to see the first ball in BrisbaneOn the eve of the first Test of the Ashes 2010-11 series, I was taking the last few...
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UN gears up for DRC offensive as Goma laments escalating violence
Civilians have been attacked near Monusco bases, but the UN peacekeeping force now has a mandate to fight backEven in the remotest reaches of North Kivu, where roads do not go, you will find children...
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Hemingway's own private Idaho - video
Adventurer Guy Grieve takes a road trip through Ernest Hemingway's Idaho – where he spent his final years writing, hunting and fishing – and discovers why the American wilderness was so inspirational...
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Australian smokers pay more for a pack of cigarettes than most other countries
After the government raises the tobacco excise Australia could potentially have the most expensive cigarettes in the worldCostlier ciggies. Dearer durries. The Australian government has announced plans...
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Doug Cameron: with hindsight I would not have supported Ian Macdonald
Federal Labor senator defends three-decade association with Macdonald, saying he had no knowledge of any corrupt conductKatharine Murphy
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Camel racing industry faces tighter regulation after death of jockey
Police say 63-year-old man killed in fall in Queensland race had only been riding camels for three weeksAustralia's thriving camel racing industry is facing calls for greater regulation after a jockey...
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Shell profits hit by Nigeria disruption
Europe's biggest oil company says oil thefts and gas supply problems in Nigeria helped knock profits down to $4.6bnOil thefts and gas supply disruptions in Nigeria contributed to a large fall in...
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Egypt: Security forces ordered to break up protest camps
Pledge by the cabinet to end sit-ins raises prospect of more violenceHaroon Siddique
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National sea simulator to offer insights into Great Barrier Reef perils
Groundbreaking SeaSim designed to better understand challenges of the starfish plague and coral bleachingA groundbreaking new sea simulator will recreate human impacts on marine conditions in a bid to...
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Will data linking open defecation to undernutrition force change? | Mark Tran
Studies show a link between open defecation and stunted development, but merely building toilets may not be the answerMore people have mobile phones than access to toilets, the UN reminded us last week...
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Congo's rare mountain gorillas could become victims of oil exploration
WWF warns of environmental disaster and permanent conflict if British firm begins drilling for oil inside Virunga national parkThe Virunga national park, home to rare mountain gorillas but targeted for...
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Congo's Virunga national park under threat from oil exploration – video
The mother of all parks in Africa supports a wide variety of biodiversity, but its commercial exploitation could devastate its flora and fauna and plunge the region into a permanent crisis
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Eurozone crisis live: ECB and Bank of England meet, with Berlusconi appeal...
• Central banks in focus• Spanish PM denies slush fund claims• Eurozone manufacturing posts growthGraeme Wearden
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