The world’s first human-robot half-marathon is being held in Beijing this weekend.

The robots will have their own lane and they’ll all have a human-like mechanical structure that will allow them to walk or run on two legs - no wheels are allowed.Their human masters will remote control their race and change their batteries along the way.

The running robots are expected to send a signal to the rest of the world about China’s rapid advances in robotics.

May 3 will be the first federal election where generation Z and millennial voters aged under 45 will outnumber baby boomers in every state and territory.

The shifting demographics are influencing the tenor of the campaign, with social media, podcasts and influencers all playing a bigger role than ever before.

The rise of social media appears inextricably linked to the fuelling of today’s culture wars. People expressing views deemed offensive, dangerous and out of date run the risk of being cancelled. Those who are cancelled meanwhile hit back at so-called “wokeness” with accusations of censorship. It's the messy politics of the culture wars.

In Donald Trump’s first term, farmers received payments to help compensate them for the hit to export markets of retaliatory tariffs. 

And even though President Trump has urged Americans to "hang tough", there’s already talk of introducing compensation again.  

The gloves are off between the world’s two biggest economies and the pain could be felt everywhere.

Lizzi Lee argues that the tit for tat tariff hikes will box China into a corner, and that it will need to respond by developing new global trade coalitions, accelerating long-overdue reforms, and presenting a credible alternative to US.-led economic nationalism. 

Iran and the United States will hold talks in Oman on Saturday in an attempt to jump-start negotiations over Tehran’s rapidly advancing nuclear program. Donald Trump pulled the US out of a 2015 nuclear agreement and reinstated economic sanctions, angering Iran. Now the US President has warned of military action if the talks don't succeed.

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has outlined a plan to respond to the Trump administration's 10 per cent tariff on Australian imports. Meanwhile, Opposition Leader Peter Dutton said he would have sought a better deal.

The issue dominated the end of week one of the 2025 federal election campaign.

The Adelaide Cabaret Festival – the world’s largest cabaret festival,  is turning 25 and in a birthday celebration like no other, audiences  are invited to join the party and ‘BLING IT ON’.

The program includes a live performance with audience participation from the Grammy award-winning musician, composer, and producer Jacob Collier and Jessica Mauboy will perform the world premiere of her show, The Story of Me. 

Based on the true story of Australian war correspondent Peter Greste's imprisonment in Egypt in 2013, The Correspondent is a gripping thriller about journalism caught in political conflict.

While working for Al Jazeera, Peter Greste (played by Richard Roxburgh) was sent to Cairo to cover for a colleague over Christmas, what follows is a descent into a political  Kafkaesque nightmare in which Greste is collateral damage.

The death toll from last week's devastating earthquake in Myanmar continues to rise with more than three thousand people now confirmed dead and hundreds more still missing and injured. The UN's top aid chief Tom Fletcher will arrive in Myanmar Saturday closely followed by the UN's special envoy for Myanmar and Australia's former foreign minister Julie Bishop. It comes as the country's military junta comes under fire for failing to help survivors.