Jessica Riga

Elon Musk has become the world's first trillionaire. It is hard to fathom a figure so staggering, but let's give it a shot.

A mouse plague is invading farms and homes in southern and Western Australia. But what does that really look like?

It has been more than two months since the US and Israel launched strikes in Iran. But the impact of the conflict continues globally.

In Australia, the way people earn their money affects the rate of tax they pay — and top earners have a very different income mix from everyone else. 

If it feels like everything is getting more expensive, that's because it is. With the rate of inflation rising this week, we've tracked how the price of everyday items has increased.

Thousands of influential players in Washington filed into a ballroom with the US president. Then shots rang out.

Donald Trump had been due to address the annual White House Correspondents' Association in a glitzy ballroom at a Washington hotel, but the gala was quickly evacuated when shots rang out a few hours into the event.

Iran to reopen Strait of Hormuz, as thousands of displaced people in Lebanon are returning to their homes following a 10-day ceasefire deal with Israel. 

An Israeli strike has severed the last bridge linking southern Lebanon to the rest of the country ahead of mooted talks between Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Lebanese President Joseph Aoun. 

US President Donald Trump says he views the Iran war as "very close to over" in his latest comments amid a fragile ceasefire between the two countries. 

The next round of talks between the US and Iran could take place this week or early next week, an Iranian embassy official in Pakistan tells Reuters. Follow how events unfolded.

Pope Leo has fired back after criticism from Donald Trump, as the US says it will implement a blockade of "all maritime traffic entering and exiting Iranian ports" from midnight AEST.

The US president said America is "blasting Iran into oblivion" and claimed a senior figure from the regime has made contact. 

Jetstar announces it is reducing flights between Australia and New Zealand due to the rising cost of jet fuel as a result of the war in the Middle East.

A Pakistani official says direct talks between the US and Iran could be held in Islamabad this week, with Vice President JD Vance set to meet with Iranian officials. As it happened. 

Australians Rose Byrne and Jacob Elordi miss out on their first Oscars, as Michael B Jordan gets a standing ovation for winning Best Actor and One Battle After Another sweeps the field.

Two security officials say the embassy complex in Baghdad was struck in the attack, though the exact cause was not clear.

US President Donald Trump says the United States would escort vessels through the Strait of Hormuz if needed.

Video captured by a protester shows an Iranian footballer being led, seemingly reluctantly, by her wrist by a team member onto a bus headed for the airport, with the opposition calling the footage "concerning". Follow live.

Gisèle Pelicot, the woman at the centre of France's largest rape trial, says she intends to visit her ex-husband in jail and look her abuser "straight in the eye" to get answers to other allegations under investigation.

The public's obsession with one of America's most storied political dynasties has been fuelled by tragedies, such as the doomed romance between John F Kennedy Jr and Carolyn Bessette.

The Golden Globes might be over but there are plenty of award-winning films and television to get caught up on. 

Australian actor Rose Byrne wins a Golden Globe for her performance in If I Had Legs I'd Kick You, while Jacob Elordi, Sarah Snook and Joel Edgerton miss out.

US President Donald Trump says he regrets undergoing advanced imagery on his heart and abdomen because of the "ammunition" it handed his critics, but has once more defended his "perfect" health. 

Zohran Mamdani is officially sworn in as major of New York City in a midnight, underground ceremony, with a more public affair to take place in hours time on the steps of City Hall.