Labor environment minister overheard saying ‘Don’t say anything horrible about James Paterson’ during Liberal senator’s interviewGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastEd Husic details government’s new battery strategyThe industry and science minister, Ed Husic, has been speaking to ABC RN about the government’s newly...

Australians are among 20 passengers from flight SQ321 being treated in ICU at Samitivej Srinakarin hospital in BangkokFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastThree Australians remain in intensive care in a Bangkok hospital after their Singapore Airlines flight violently...

Taiwan’s military said its forces were on alert and it was confident it could protect the island in response to the actions of the PLAChina has announced the immediate start of two days of military drills surrounding Taiwan, as “punishment” for what it called the “separatist acts” of holding an election and inaugurating a new president.In response,...

Musician – the band’s bassist during its most successful period – was house sitting for a friend in BelgiumCharlie Colin, bassist and founding member of the US pop-rock band Train, best known for their hits Drops of Jupiter and Meet Virginia, has died aged 58.Colin’s sister Carolyn Stephens confirmed her brother’s death to the Associated Press on Wednesday....

Grant Shapps cites US and British intelligence as basis for claim, but US national security adviser says there has been no sign yet of direct transfer of weaponsSee all our Ukraine war coverageChina is sending “lethal aid” to Russia for use in its war against Ukraine, Britain’s defence secretary, Grant Shapps, has said, in comments that were challenged...

Obliterated homes, splintered trees and crumpled cars were seen in the path of the twister about 25 miles from GreenfieldFive people died and at least 35 were hurt as powerful tornadoes ripped through Iowa Tuesday, with one carving a path of destruction through the town of Greenfield, officials said.The Iowa department of public safety said Wednesday...