Anthony Albanese has discussed joint anti-crime efforts with his Thai counterpart — just hours after fresh details emerged in the case of an Australian man accused of killing a teenager in Pattaya.

High excises are forcing drinkers and smokers onto the black market, but Australians are unlikely to see any immediate relief in the cost of alcohol and cigarettes.

Labor claims it is getting wages moving again but the data says otherwise.

The United States has reached a deal to temporarily avert a new round of tariffs, President Donald Trump says.

THE ECONOMIST: This time won’t be different — except that institutions will be less well placed to limit the damage, reckons Martin Gruenberg.

A journalist has been shut down by Donald Trump during a press appearance at the White House. 

Children are now responsible for almost a third of stabbings in Victoria, with knife attacks involving offenders aged under 18 surging 30 per cent in a year.

Hundreds of emergency services and defence force personnel have now joined the desperate search for missing hiker Lily Hooper, which has now entered its seventh day.

AFP officers downplayed the real threat to three undercover cops who had their covers blown while investigating organised crime in a bid to save compensation costs.

Chinese humanoid robot maker Unitree Robotics made its stock market debut in Shanghai, with its shares soaring by more than 600 per cent in early trading.

A decision on the massive Papua LNG project is expected in coming months, Santos says, as its forthright boss takes a fresh swipe at the Albanese Government’s domestic gas reservation policy.

Trustees could be forced to repay failed losses while the government opens the door to a ‘new class’ of adviser through super funds and cracks down on dodgy lead generation practices.

This collection of islands is stripped back to its most seductive elements — jungle, reefs, lagoons, food and the blessed absence of other people.

Literary travel — call it a ‘book-cation’ or ‘readaway’ — is having a moment as a boom in bookish trips range from daytrips to week-long holidays.

With a Freudian-led fine art collection, this boutique hotel in England’s Cotswolds is much more than a place to rest your head.

Way out west something quite different is happening.

This time next year American and British nuclear-powered submarines are expected to be operating out of Perth’s HMAS Stirling naval base, but as the deployments fast approach, frustrations are building.

KIERSTEN DUKE: There is something wonderfully fitting about State of Origin kicking new goals across the Tasman. This is why.

THE NEW YORK TIMES: Limerence is more than a crush, psychologists say, and it can persist for months or years.

THE NEW YORK TIMES: Meta on Tuesday again defended itself over claims it addicted young people to social media, this time in the first bellwether federal trial, brought by states seeking about $200b in damages.

The singer also opened up about the devastating loss of her longtime mentor Johnny Young.

‘This person in her life we have been trying to get rid of for quite some time was with her at her death.’

There are more Maigret books than there are Poirot and Sherlock tomes combined, and this understated literary detective is due for a renaissance.

Chinese humanoid robot maker Unitree Robotics made its stock market debut in Shanghai, with its shares soaring by more than 600 per cent in early trading.

Almost 1000 users reported problems with the program.

THE WASHINGTON POST: Starting exercise in your 40s can help make your brain become more youthful according to a new study on inactive men and women.

Australia’s food safety watchdog has pulled two products from supermarket shelves across the country.

THE WASHINGTON POST: Starting exercise in your 40s can help make your brain become more youthful according to a new study on inactive men and women.

The federal government is sending letters to 340,000 people who turned 50 in the past year, urging them to take action now.

The superstar has effectively been stood down pending the police investigation.

Nick Kyrgios has been provisionally suspended after testing positive for cocaine during competition.

The five Sydney Swans players who have been suspended for the rest of the AFL season amid a police investigation into an alleged sexual assault have issued a joint statement.

Charles Spencer, the brother of the late Princess Diana, revealed he has penned a book ‘to tell the truth’ about his sister and her life as the 30th anniversary of her death looms.

The grisly new details reveal the teenager’s cause of death after her remains were found stuffed inside a suitcase in Thailand, with a 46-year-old Australian under arrest.

THE NEW YORK TIMES: Meta on Tuesday again defended itself over claims it addicted young people to social media, this time in the first bellwether federal trial, brought by states seeking about $200b in damages.