Less than halfway through the year, we’re already at 5,000 COVID deaths and leading the world in cases.

After two years of closed borders, hundreds of thousands North Koreans are infected, and six dead.

Former Collingwood star persistent in calling attention to racism in the AFL.

Aussie families and businesses step up to fill gap in government assistance.

Latest quarter was the busiest on record for Victorian ambulances and EDs.

Greg Hunt’s glowing letter of commendation examined amid overseas money laundering probe.

Leaked decision threatens long-standing abortion rights and beyond.

Australian aid to Ukraine now totals over $225 million.

The Esther Foundation was endorsed by several WA governments.

Teachers join nurses, paramedics and transport workers in demanding better pay conditions.

New study shows importance of the jab beyond curbing severe infection, and importance of boosters for Omicron.

For the first time, microplastics have been found in our blood, but more research is needed into their effects.

Cities along the Donbas frontline are facing a renewed barrage, and Mariupol seems on its last legs.

Government’s Economy Plan ads discontinued over allegations of vote leading ahead of election.

Japan hasn’t supplied military aid in over 75 years, but an increasingly hostile Pacific is causing shifts.

Republican politicians across the US are denouncing Griswold v. Connecticut, a precedent for other major cases like Roe v. Wade.

Atrocities in Bucha prompts UN resolution. Russia is only the second country to be suspended from the Council.

Federal government wants to overturn a high court ruling that Aboriginal people cannot be ‘aliens’.

Women experience different heart attack symptoms, stunting awareness.

The government continues to ignore demands for staff-to-patient ratios and better conditions.