Russia probably firing missiles stripped of nuclear warheads, says UK Russia’s stock of long-range missiles is so depleted that it is likely removing nuclear warheads from ageing nuclear cruise missiles…

“Don’t panic about the birth of Baby 8 Billion,” says Danny Dorling (Comment). Panic, no, but reflect more carefully, yes. It is good that Dorling focuses on consumption as a…

Voters headed to the polls across Taiwan on Saturday in a closely watched local election that will determine the strength of the major political parties ahead of the 2024 presidential…

Composite: Guardian The main event Argentina and Mexico go back a long way. All the way to the very first World Cup. They met in the 1930 group stage and…

More than 6m households in Ukraine are still affected by power cuts, two days after targeted Russian strikes on the country’s energy infrastructure, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said. “As of this…

How to control the narrative, how to cool the air, to reverse the fevered expectation of an early tournament romp? Well, that was certainly one way. Who knows, perhaps there…

A tiny southern emu wren, which conservationists fear is under threat from rocket launches, could be listed as endangered within days. Conservationists say planned rocket launches on the Eyre Peninsula…

A Tasmanian flower farmer who planted a new line of “really beautiful poppies” has issued a warning to other gardeners after learning she had mistakenly grown opium poppies. Kate Dixon,…

England’s footballers are on the verge of the World Cup knockout stages despite a turgid goalless draw against the USA. But their lack of imagination and guile will surely temper…

For the first time in its history, Bondi has been declared a nude beach. On Saturday, thousands of bodies huddled together in the early morning light to model in artist…