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Sep 18, 2025 - World

The first full Australian tour for the US pop star marks the latest coup for the festival, whose 2025 iteration was headlined by Charli xcxGet our weekend culture and lifestyle emailUS pop star Chappell Roan will headline next year’s Laneway festival in Australia and New Zealand – another coup for the festival, which was headlined by Charli xcx this year.In exclusive appearances for Laneway, this will be Roan’s first New Zealand show ever, and her first Australian shows since her global ascension in 2024. The 27-year-old artist will perform the full 90-minute production that pulled the biggest crowd at Reading and Leeds festival last month, complete with fantasy castle stage set, an all-female band and gothic fairytale costumes heavily indebted to drag.Sign up for the fun stuff with our rundown of must-reads, pop culture and tips for the weekend, every Saturday morning Continue reading...

Sep 18, 2025 - World

ABC decision over Kimmel comments about Charlie Kirk’s killing comes hours after Trump-appointed chair of US media regulator threatened broadcaster’s licenseABC pulls Jimmy Kimmel show over Kirk comments live updatesPoliticians, media figures and free speech organisations expressed anger and alarm at the suspension of Jimmy Kimmel’s late night show, warning that critics of Donald Trump were being systematically silenced.ABC announced it was suspending the programmed indefinitely after comments Kimmel made about Charlie Kirk’s killing led a group of ABC-affiliated stations to say it would not air the show. Continue reading...

Sep 18, 2025 - World

Dubai's iconic Burj Khalifa was illuminated with the images of Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the occasion of his 75th birthday on Wednesday.

Sep 18, 2025 - World

ABC says late-night show will not air for foreseeable future after Kimmel accused Republicans of ‘doing everything they can to score political points’ from Kirk’s killingWatch what Jimmy Kimmel said about the Charlie Kirk shootingJimmy Kimmel Live! will be suspended “indefinitely” after the late-night host’s comments about the killing of Charlie Kirk, ABC has announced, hours after the Trump-appointed chair of the US broadcast regulator threatened to take away the broadcaster’s license.The network, which Disney owns, announced on Wednesday night that it would remove Kimmel’s show from its schedule for the foreseeable future. Continue reading...

Sep 18, 2025 - World

Armed forces say ‘special naval militia’ involved in Caribbean deployment as defence minister cites ‘threatening, vulgar voice’ of WashingtonVenezuela says it has begun three days of military exercises on its Caribbean island of La Orchila as tensions soar amid US military activity in the region.Forces deployed for what Washington called an anti-drug operation have blown up at least two Venezuelan boats and a combined 14 people allegedly transporting drugs across the Caribbean this month – a move slammed by UN experts as “extrajudicial execution”. Continue reading...