
‘Tactically complete’ Spain vs an inspired Messi-led Argentina. Who will win the World Cup final?
Spain is a complete team, coached by a manager at the peak of his powers. Argentina is also a great team – but a different type of great team.
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Spain is a complete team, coached by a manager at the peak of his powers. Argentina is also a great team – but a different type of great team.

A handful of tiny fossil jaws fill a missing chapter in the evolutionary history of Australia’s most successful marsupial predators.

Setting clear expectations about availability, both at work and at home, is essential for couples negotiating professional careers and hybrid work.

Biological samples and data from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples have been misused in the past. So how would we make a new screening program safer?

ANALYSIS: By Johnny Blades of RNZ Pacific As geopolitical tensions increase in the Pacific region and numerous security alliances are rapidly forged, questions are being raised over whether the Ocean of Peace concept is being hijacked. The Ocean of Peace Declaration was made last year by members of the Pacific Islands Forum, recognising the role

Keith Rankin writes: ... when older people are (for purely economic reasons) added workers clinging onto jobs which they would rather retire from, then they are simply blocking the employment pipeline – gumming up the works – and contributing to the difficulties being faced in making young people productive.

Two overturned World Cup goals, in Argentina-Egypt and Norway-England, show that replay can reveal a foul, but only a referee can decide how far back the review should go.

When you breathe in wildfire smoke, harmful particles can travel deep into your body.

Smoking isn’t back. New data show Australia’s tobacco control laws are working.

The reality is there is no military pathway to opening the Strait of Hormuz. Trump may attempt to find one anyway.

For one thing, there’d be a much higher rate of brain cancers in the decades since mobile phones were widely adopted.

In extreme heat, the tour can provide extra shade, hydration during racing and even alter or cancel a stage. But is this enough?