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Israel’s Iron Dome air defence system fires to intercept projectiles over Tel Aviv on Saturday. Iran struck back after Israel launched its surprise attack a day earlier.

Israel’s attacks on Iran hint at a bigger goal: toppling the regime

Israel’s surprise assault had an obvious aim of disrupting Tehran’s nuclear program, but the scale and the choice of targets suggest a longer-term objective.

  • Crispian Balmer, Michael Martina and Matt Spetalnick

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Donald Trump, Gianni Infantino and the Club World Cup trophy.

Deeply flawed, highly problematic ... but FIFA’s Club World Cup is well worth your time

There’s a lot wrong with Gianni Infantino’s vanity project. But if you can look past the problems, there could be something in this new-look, 32-team tournament.

  • Vince Rugari
Australia’s wicketkeeper Alex Carey, right, reacts as South Africa’s Aiden Markram plays a shot on day three.

Star of Sandpapergate gives Australia a batting lesson, takes Proteas to within 69 runs of victory

Aiden Markram hasn’t just put his own name in lights – he’s placed a figurative interrogation lamp on Australia’s top six batters. At stumps on day three in London, he had helped guide the Proteas to 2-213, needing just another 69 runs to pull off a remarkable win.

  • Daniel Brettig
Donald Trump is facing his biggest test yet.

Trump desperately wants to play ‘peacemaker’. This is the time to prove he can

Donald Trump promised to end the world’s hottest conflicts and usher in global peace. Now those hopes appear to be in shambles.

  • Gram Slattery and Matt Spetalnick
Los Angeles Police Department officers shoot rubber bullets at protesters in front of the City Hall on the weekend.

A tale of two cities on either side of a divided country

There’s a hardness, an ugliness, a brutality and unfairness to Trump’s United States that Australians especially might find distasteful. But at times like these, it’s important to remember it’s not all bad.

  • Michael Koziol
Boomerang Tower, Sydney Olympic Park – Case study Boomerang Tower,Sydney Olympic Park

Inside the Sydney apartments where every living room has a sunny view

This block changed shape to make sure every apartment in the block got a view and at least two hours of sunlight in winter. That makes it rare.

  • Julie Power
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From left to right: Emma Mckeon, Meg Harris, Shayna Jack and Mollie O’Callaghan of Australia celebrate their 4x100m freestyle gold medal at the 2024 Paris Olympics.

It’s the race Australia’s swimmers never lose. Now the USA can smell blood

Mollie O’Callaghan claimed another win on Friday night, but Australia’s golden 4x100m freestyle relay streak could be under siege.

  • Tom Decent
An Air India 787 Dreamliner approaching Melbourne Airport.

Is the Air India crash one tragedy too many for Boeing’s reputation?

The prospect now that the Dreamliner could acquire the taint of a 737 Max-level issue, real or imagined, would be an unwelcome challenge for the company. 

  • Chris Zappone
Former South Melbourne president George Vasilopoulos.

He was in Daniel Levy’s shoes 30 years ago. Instead of sacking Ange, he called in sick

South Melbourne’s board wanted Ange Postecoglou gone, just five games into his first season as coach. But president George Vasilopoulos had other ideas.

  • Vince Rugari
Teenager Carly Ryan, groomed and murdered by an online predator.

Inside story on the evidence trail that led to Carly’s killer

Garry Francis Newman’s cruel calculus began in suburban Melbourne. It ended with the murder of a 15-year-old girl who never stood a chance against the classic moves of a predator.

  • John Silvester