For centuries, the process of electing a Pope was messy. Street riots, bloody brawls, beheadings, bribes and a pope sentenced to labor in a horse stable all featured in leadership skirmishes in the early days.
Petula Dvorak
Cardinal Robert Prevost’s new name Leo XIV may signal what the Catholic Church will look like under his papacy.
Kelsey Ables, Vivian Ho, Amaya Verde, Sammy Westfall
‘No More Trans @ DoD’, US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth said after ordering the Pentagon to move up to 1000 transgender service members out of the military.
Lolita C Baldor
Cardinal Robert Prevost from the United States has been elected leader of the Catholic Church and taken the name Pope Leo XIV.
Staff Writers
The new mineral resources agreement between the United States and Ukraine signed last week is a positive step toward peace and could represent new opportunities for Australian business too.
Vasyl Myroshnychenko
The King and his fellow Britons have honoured the sacrifices of those who brought peace to Europe 80 years ago, as the UK and the continent mark VE Day.
Scientists now believe they know when and where the virus first emerged.
Peta Rasdien
Disney have made a major announcement to build a mega theme park and resort in a popular connecting destination for Australian travellers.
Matt Shrivell
Australia’s trade tsar has made a big call on Washington as tariff talks grind on, saying “we’ve done everything that we can do”.
Joseph Olbrycht-Palmer
Over 45,000 people have watched on as black smoke poured from the chimney atop the Sistine Chapel, signaling a stalemate after cardinals failed to agree on a new Pope in Rome.
A total of 133 cardinal electors are expected to take part in the conclave, the voting process to pick a successor to Pope Francis, who died last month after a 12-year papacy.
Ella Ide
The Australian Government has issued an urgent warning for Aussies travellers after a series of missile strikes overnight.
David Johns
President Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin are expected to discuss oil and gas exports during the Chinese leader's visit to Moscow.
Andrew Osborn
Wildlife icon Sir David Attenborough has celebrated the premiere of his latest documentary film with royals, politicians and entertainment stars.
Zach Margolius
All-out war between India and Pakistan looks all but confirmed as tension between the two nations erupts following an airstrike that killed at least eight people and injured over 30 others.
Max Corstorphan
The motorsport world has been rocked after the death of two Superbike riders in a freak accident.
Troy de Ruyter
Australia’s top diplomat has pushed back at Donald Trump’s latest tariffs targeting a key Australian industry.
Donald Trump — who has been credited with helping Labor win the federal election — has dealt a brutal blow to ousted opposition leader Peter Dutton.
Details have emerged of a foiled bomb plot planned for Lady Gaga concert in Rio de Janeiro, attended by 2.1 million people, as the singer’s team confirm police did not share details until after the performance
In the wake of Prince Harry’s explosive interview about his relationship with the royal family, one palace insider has come forward to explain why there will be no reconciliation with the King.
The US State Department has criticised the Australian government for ‘censorship’, after an anti-trans activist’s X posts were geo-blocked for being “offensive”.
Georgie Kibel
It was posted to official accounts, and comes just days after he joked he would ‘like to be Pope’.
Digital Staff
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