Tiktok has nine months to divest its app before it's blocked in the US.

The UK Parliament is looking at strict new laws that would see anyone born from 2009 unable to legally buy cigarettes.

Diplomat and singer-songwriter Fred Smith on what music means and gives to him, and how his time in Afghanistan informs his music today.

The Sirius apartments at Sydney’s Circular Quay have been refitted, marking the end of a long and controversial process that saw a 1980s era block of one-time public housing being turned into homes for the very wealthy.

It’s always sparked debate as to its architectural merit, and that conversation has continued as people dissect the renovation of the block that sits in the shadow of the harbour bridge.

In the wake of the death of 28-year old childcare worker Molly Ticehurst this week, there have been a lot of questions being asked about whether our processes for dealing with domestic violence are sufficient and what more can be done. 

The story of Australia at war has of course been marked this ANZAC Day, as service personnel, gathered in towns and cities across the country to march and remember fallen comrades.

But the story of how Australians have been recruited to our armed forces is as different over time as the conflicts themselves.

"Should Australia's e-Safety commissioner have authority over all countries on Earth?" 

That's how tech billionaire Elon Musk has characterised the legal battle his social media platform X is waging to be able to keep footage of the violent stabbing of a Sydney bishop online. 

 The UN says there are reports of some bodies apparently being bound and stripped of their clothes.

With the rift between the US and China growing, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken is in Beijing and Shanghai for critical talks. 

More than 400 million tonnes of plastic is produced globally each year and the UN has warned - on numerous occasions - that there could be more plastic in our oceans than fish by 2050, if nothing is done to reduce plastic waste. 

But there are high hopes UN talks in Ottawa this week could be the circuit breaker.