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SaveYou have reached your maximum number of saved items.Remove items from your saved list to add more.AAABoeing and aviation regulators have been grappling with the aftermath of two separate bird strike incidents that caused smoke from heated oil to fill aircraft cabins.The two incidents divided safety experts, sparked debate among US aviation safety regulators, triggered an audit of the US Federal Aviation Administration’s (FAA) actions, and even attracted an intervention from hero pilot “Sully”, famed for landing a plane in New York’s Hudson River.A CFM International LEAP-1B engine on a Boeing 737 MAX plane.Now, after nearly three years, regulators and…

Updated June 14, 2026 — 6:44pm,first published 3:43pmSaveYou have reached your maximum number of saved items.Remove items from your saved list to add more.AAAIn today’s AFL Briefing:Nasiah Wanganeen-Milera, Liam Ryan and Cooper Sharman among the goals for St Kilda in win over GWS.North Melbourne’s Paul Curtis receives three match suspension for dangerous tackle.Young Lions champ dribbles through a wonder goal in 35-point win over hard-working Tigers.Former Adelaide great Rory Sloane says the AFL needs to take a stand on umpire criticism. More Nasiah Wanganeen-Milera brilliance and a career-high six Liam Ryan goals have pumped life into St Kilda’s faltering season.Liam Ryan…

SaveYou have reached your maximum number of saved items.Remove items from your saved list to add more.AAAMore than 4000 people, mostly members of Melbourne’s Turkish community, enjoyed a family day out to watch the World Cup game between Turkey and Australia on a big screen.Kebabs sizzled on hotplates, Turkish pop songs rang out from speakers, and it was a sea of red and white flag colours at Nasiol Stadium in Broadmeadows, in Melbourne’s northern suburbs.So close but so far: Turkish Australians react to a near-goal from Turkey as they watch the Australia-Turkey World Cup game on the big screen at…

President Donald Trump has claimed Iran will sign a deal with the US to end the war in Iran and to reopen the Strait of Hormuz.

Socceroos young gun Nestory Irankunda explains why he paid tribute to Tim Cahill with his epic World Cup goal.

SaveYou have reached your maximum number of saved items.Remove items from your saved list to add more.AAAIf you are commencing your venture into the weekend’s football coverage here, you shouldn’t. This is coverage of football as we know it, not as the rest of the world knows it. Go back and read every word about the Socceroos and come back to us.We’ve got you now? OK, this is a column about a competition that decides, like the ridiculous FIFA money gougers who introduced utterly unnecessary hydration breaks to its World Cup, to have a series of similarly unnecessary byes, just…

SaveYou have reached your maximum number of saved items.Remove items from your saved list to add more.AAAA former manager at Australia’s leading federally funded women’s safety organisation has accused the agency of denying her the right to return to her job after having a baby, exposing a stark loophole in the nation’s workplace protections.Dr Elizabeth Watt, a former senior researcher at the Australian National Research Organisation for Women’s Safety (ANROWS), spent three years pursuing legal action after being told she could not return to her pre-parental leave role.Elizabeth Watt, a former employee of Australia’s peak, publicly funded women’s safety organisation,…

SaveYou have reached your maximum number of saved items.Remove items from your saved list to add more.AAADrivers will be hoping to avoid flat batteries and tyres as NRMA Patrol members begin a two-day strike, escalating their first industrial action in 23 years after talks with the group failed to achieve a breakthrough.Australian Manufacturing Workers’ Union NSW & ACT said 210 NRMA Patrol members would be engaging in a 48-hour work stoppage, which begun on Sunday, for a fair pay deal.NRMA roadside assist workers are on strike for a better pay deal. James Brickwood“This will be the third NRMA industrial action…

Updated June 14, 2026 — 6:58pm,first published 2:02pmSaveYou have reached your maximum number of saved items.Remove items from your saved list to add more.AAAChildren and dog walkers were cleared from a popular park in Melbourne’s inner north after police were called to deal with a stash of dynamite found in a nearby property on Sunday afternoon.Footage obtained by The Age shows the explosives being detonated near trees at Merri Park, behind Northcote High School, as part of a controlled operation just before 1pm.A bomb response robot can be seen near the site, as the explosion sends hay and dirt flying.…

OpinionBruce WolpeSenior fellow at the US Studies Centre and former political stafferJune 14, 2026 — 12:14pmJune 14, 2026 — 12:14pmSaveYou have reached your maximum number of saved items.Remove items from your saved list to add more.AAAThree days after President Donald Trump said the Iran deal was complete and would be signed on Sunday, his birthday, there is no agreed time on the signing. Earlier, a senior US official expected closure in “the next few days”. Iran’s Foreign Affairs Minister Abbas Araghchi confirmed the Supreme Leader was on board, but also said Iran wanted Israel out of Lebanon and would control…