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Forget the ’G on grand final day or an Origin decider, this is football for the fans
For those who long for suburban football where, long before corporate boxes and soulless stadiums, all that mattered was your team and the fans – it does still exist.
- by Rob Harris
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Activists elevate anti-oil message, spend hours on Rishi Sunak’s roof
Greenpeace protesters entered the grounds of British prime minister’s listed manor house in North Yorkshire, using ladders and ropes to scale the building.
- by Ewan Somerville, Martin Evans and Dominic Penna
Russia blames ‘phone scammers’ for tricking elderly into fire-bombing army enlistment offices
Most of the perpetrators of the recent attacks have been identified as aged 50 or older, according to media reports from two dozen Russian regions.
- by Nataliya Vasilyeva
Why one of these dog breeds is the victim of unfair stereotyping
These are the “Big Three” guide dog breeds – but a charity says German shepherds have an unfair reputation and are the misunderstood victims of stereotyping.
- by Joe Pinkstone
Russia targets Ukraine’s Danube port, sending global grain prices higher
“Moscow is waging a battle for a global catastrophe,” said Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. “They need world food markets to collapse.”
- by Pavel Polityuk
Poland says two Belarusian helicopters violated its airspace
Warsaw authorities said it would increase Poland’s military presence along the border in response. They also summoned Belarus’ top diplomat in protest.
- by Vanessa Gera
‘We made a mistake with Russia’: EU chief in Asia trade mission
In her first visit to the Philippines, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen pledged to restart negotiations on a trade deal as China’s actions in the South China Sea rattle the region.
- by Latika Bourke
As the Pope heads to Portugal, he lays the groundwork for church’s future and his legacy
Francis seems aware that he has limited time to solidify changes he believes necessary for the 21st century church – and where better to display them than a World Youth Day.
- by Nicole Winfield
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Crime
Almost 100 companies on watch list for cocaine imports into Australia
Investigators believe about 1000 people could be involved in helping organised crime gangs import record amounts of cocaine and other illegal goods into Australia.
- by Rob Harris
Editorial
Russia-Ukraine war
Putin’s Russia flirts with nuclear catastrophe
Former Russian president Dmitry Medvedev has delivered a repulsive reminder of the threat of nuclear war.
- The Herald's View
Wagner is not recruiting mercenaries now, but ‘keep in touch’, says Prigozhin
The leader of the aborted “march for justice” on Moscow’s military leadership in late June has published a voice message to would-be fighters with his Wagner Group.