Frida Kahlo painting sells for $54.7m, breaking record for female artists
A 1940 self-portrait by Frida Kahlo has sold for $54.7m and made auction history at Sotheby’s in New York.
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Zelensky ready for 'honest work' with US to end Ukraine war
Kyiv says it is willing to engage with a US-backed draft peace plan aimed at ending the war with Russia.
Australia news live: Twitch added to under-16s social media ban; Tropical Cyclone Fina forecast to cross NT coast by Saturday morning
Follow today’s news liveWieambilla police shooting: coroner delivers findings into Train family killings of three people on remote Queensland propertyGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastGovernment urging those in Fina’s path to stay up-to-date and heed warningsKristy McBain, the federal minister for emergency management, said officials are urging people to “prioritise their safety” and heed cyclone warnings and advice.We’ve been working really closely with the Northern Territory government on the pre-deployment of assets, but it is really important that people listen to those warnings and they’ll be continually updated. … But these things are a little bit unpredictable at this stage. So we’re just asking people to be aware.Fina is forecast to further intensify to a severe tropical cyclone during Sunday afternoon in the southern Timor Sea. There continues to remain a chance that it could reach category 3 intensity earlier, during late Friday or early Saturday as it moves into the Van Diemen Gulf. Continue reading...
More details of US plan for Ukraine emerge, sees territory ceded to Russia
Ukraine MP publishes full text of apparent draft proposal as US envoy says Washington offered Russia 'generous terms'.
Woman jailed for 20 years over death of Australian surfer brothers and American man in Mexico
Mexican woman Ary Gisell Silva, 23, admitted she instigated robbery of Jake and Callum Robinson, as well as American Jack Carter RhoadA Mexican court sentenced a woman to 20 years in prison for her involvement in the April 2024 killings of two Australian surfers and an American at a surfing hotspot in Baja California, judicial authorities said Thursday.The victims were Australian brothers Jake and Callum Robinson, aged 30 and 33, respectively, and Jack Carter Rhoad, a 30-year-old US citizen. Continue reading...
Who is Kellie Sloane, the new NSW Liberal leader – and can this first-term former journalist save the party?
Former television reporter and presenter, now the member for Vaucluse, praised for her ‘enormous potential’Kellie Sloane elected NSW Liberal leader unopposed, replacing Mark SpeakmanFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastAfter months of speculation about her leadership ambitions, and the drawn-out demise of Mark Speakman, Kellie Sloane’s message after being elected unopposed to lead the New South Wales Liberal party was succinct.“What a day!” she said on Friday morning, before thanking her colleagues and saying she was “ready to work for NSW”. Then she walked down the corridor into the opposition leader’s office.Penry Buckley is a reporter for Guardian Australia Continue reading...
Wieambilla police shooting not ‘terrorism’ but driven by Train family’s shared ‘delusions’, Queensland coroner finds
Coroner’s report into deaths of Rachel McCrow, Matthew Arnold and Alan Dare released following five-day inquestFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastA Queensland coroner has found that the three members of the Train family behind the 2022 Wieambilla shootings were not terrorists, but instead killed two police officers and a neighbour due to their shared “persecutory” delusions.Officers Rachel McCrow and Matthew Arnold were killed by the trio of conspiracy theorists at the remote property about 270km west of Brisbane on 12 December 2022. Continue reading...
White House walks back Trump’s suggestion of executing Democrats, stands by ‘piggy’ insult to reporter– as it happened
This live blog is now closed.Trump news at a glance: president says Democrats should be arrested for ‘seditious behavior’, drawing outrageThe Trump administration presented a new plan to roll back regulations in the Endangered Species Act (ESA) on Wednesday, a move experts fear will accelerate the extinction crisis if adopted.The proposed changes would allow the federal government more power to weigh economic impact against habitat designations, remove safeguards against future events – including the impacts from the climate crisis – and rescind the “blanket rule” that automatically grants threatened species the same protections as those designated as endangered. Continue reading...
Man becomes first to be convicted of hate speech against trans people in NSW
Man sentenced to community correction order after pleading guilty to threatening or inciting violence on grounds of gender identityFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastA New South Wales man who called for violence and created an “invitation on social media for a genocide” has become the state’s first person to be convicted of hate speech against transgender people.Thomas Fordham, 27, was on Wednesday sentenced to a 12-month community correction order for the offence in Sydney’s Central local court, with magistrate Christopher Halburd acknowledging his “multitude” of mental health conditions. Continue reading...
Cuter and closer: Raccoons may be on their way to becoming America's next pet
The rubbish raiders are showing reductions in snout length, a sign of early domestication, researchers say.