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World pipe band championships – in pictures
The annual world pipe band championships returned to Glasgow this weekend, with 225 pipe bands competing for the title.
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Does being a fitness fanatic make you a good politician? | Catriona Menzies-Pike
Catriona Menzies-Pike: Athletic competence is widely taken to be a sign of good character – something politicians like Tony Abbott are keen to take advantage ofCatriona Menzies-Pike
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Guardian journalist's partner detained at Heathrow airport for nine hours
David Miranda, partner of Guardian interviewer of whistleblower Edward Snowden, questioned under Terrorism ActGlenn Greenwald: a failed attempt at intimidationThe partner of the Guardian journalist who...
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Election 2013: Tony Abbott on paid parental leave - video
Opposition leader Tony Abbott has formally announced his paid parental leave scheme
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Australian baseballer Chris Lane killed in US drive-by shooting
Three teenage boys have been arrested after an alleged killing spree in which Lane was randomly targetedHelen Davidson
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Campaign watch: 2013 Australian election interactive map
Tracking every visit to every electorate from Kevin Rudd and Tony AbbottNick EvershedGabriel Dance
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Tony Abbott's 'pretty face' remark: this language must now be a strategy
A second reference to Fiona Scott's looks in a week suggests the Coalition thinks such remarks play well with votersTony Abbott has again referred to the looks of his candidate for the western Sydney...
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Election 2013: Liberal candidate Tom Zorich: 'I am not across the issues' -...
Liberal candidate for Wakefield Tom Zorich unable to explain his party's 'direct action' policy in a debate with Labor MP Nick Champion
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Kevin Rudd says Tony Abbott 'evasive' for wanting second debate on pay TV
Hour-long forum on Sky News will give 100 undecided voters the chance to question the rival leadersKevin Rudd has accused Tony Abbott of being evasive by pushing for the second leaders' debate to take...
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10 Australian female politicians to watch this election | Karen Pickering
Karen Pickering: Julia Gillard may be out and 'sexygate' may be rambling on, but let's not forget there are incredible female politicians in AustraliaKaren Pickering
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Volcano eruption covers Japanese city of Kagoshima with ash
Eruption sends smoke three miles into the air and showers city with a layer of ashA volcano has erupted in south-western Japan, coating a nearby city with a layer of ash.People in Kagoshima city wore...
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Norwegian jailed in Congo on murder charge dies in prison
Tjostolv Moland, 32, and fellow Norwegian Joshua French were convicted in 2009 of espionage and murdering a local driverTjostolv Moland, one of two Norwegian citizens imprisoned in Congo since 2009 on...
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Election 2013: Fiona Scott 'not just a pretty face', says Abbott – politics...
• Labor 46%, Coalition 54% on two-party-preferred basis• New Rudd-Abbott debate agreed for Wednesday evening• Live coverage of all campaign news here throughout the dayPaul OwenKatharine Murphy
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Amnesty International condemns detention of Glenn Greenwald's partner
Questioning at Heathrow of Guardian journalist's partner shows terrorism law 'can be abused for petty, vindictive reasons'Amnesty International has condemned the detention of Guardian journalist Glenn...
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Letters: Hypocrisy on Egypt
Your editorial (Egypt's Tiananmen Square, 15 August) suggests parallels between the events in Cairo and those of 4 June 1989 in Beijing. Given the failure of the US to cut its military aid to Egypt's...
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Al Jazeera America readies for launch with bold 'real news' formula
Network will be broadcast across nearly 50m homes in the US on Tuesday with ambitious effort to provide quality in-depth contentIn a 24-hour cable news world where sensationalist reporting, warring...
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David Miranda: 'They said I would be put in jail if I didn't co-operate'
Partner of Guardian journalist Glenn Greenwald gives his first interview on nine-hour interrogation at Heathrow airportDavid Miranda, the partner of the Guardian journalist who broke stories of mass...
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How Edward Snowden led journalist and film-maker to reveal NSA secrets
Whistleblower drew Glenn Greenwald and film-maker Laura Poitras together to expose surveillance programmesJournalists would do well to read a 7,700-word article by Peter Maass in the New York Times...
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David Miranda, schedule 7 and the danger that all reporters now face | Alan...
As the events in a Heathrow transit lounge – and the Guardian offices – have shown, the threat to journalism is real and growingIn a private viewing cinema in Soho last week I caught myself letting fly...
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Go back to the drawing board on climate policy, business tells politicians
A clean slate could build public confidence and offer long-term investment certainty, says the Business Council of AustraliaBig business wants the main parties to go back to the drawing board on...
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