The Age photos of the week, October 17, 2026

As peptides are pushed by self-prescribed 'wellness influencers,' experts weigh in on their targeted uses, consequences of misuse, and how they became a social media trend.

Democrats running in competitive Senate races are raking in cash as they race to close the financial gap with Republicans, who have been buoyed in part by Elon Musk and his super PAC. Democrat James Talarico’s campaign for Texas Senate alone raised a staggering $60 million between July, August and September, while Sen. Jon Ossoff...

Think you know every last detail about Victoriaʼs restaurant scene? Spanning hats to sushi and Smarties, this will be the true test.

A Republican lawmaker is requesting the Pentagon blacklist 58 Chinese universities and 62 technology labs as national security threats, a move Beijing calls Cold War-style overreach and critics warn could freeze US-China scientific collaboration and ultimately undermine American innovation itself. In a letter to US Secretary of Defence Pete Hegseth, House Select Committee on China Chairman John Moolenaar urged the Pentagon to add several prestigious Chinese institutions – some linked to Nvidia,...

Katie Zacharia was “let go” as White House press secretary on Friday, a White House official said, five days into a tenure dominated by questions over her claimed legal career in China, where she said she had passed a bar exam. Her exit came on the same day Beijing invited her to visit China more often, responding to her remark that the country “doesn’t even have proper toilets”. US President Donald Trump said he had urged her to reconsider the job but denied firing her. “I told her: ‘I think...

A pink cockatoo from the Glass House Mountains became the unlikely muse for the Brisbane 2032 Games identity after a rainy-day shoot with photographer Joel Sartore.

Mac.Robertson Girls’ High School was named after the inventor of the Freddo Frog. More than 90 years on, its place in our public school system is still being debated.

As retchy as long, pointy fingernails can be, there might be a good reason for them, writes our Modern Guru.

How the traditional art of haiku-writing can help us focus on the present.

The courtroom can be a confronting place for witnesses as well as victims – but court volunteers offer a reassuring presence.

A pink cockatoo from the Glass House Mountains became the unlikely muse for the Brisbane 2032 Games identity after a rainy-day shoot with photographer Joel Sartore.

“We, the people” increasingly deal with each other not through parliaments or church halls but through a digital space whose profits depend on us fighting each other.