UK
Work
Qantas Bets on AI for On-Time Performance as Project Sunrise Nears
CEO Vanessa Hudson says technology is already improving reliability, while confirming Singapore stopovers will stay.
Geopolitics
The $13.6 Million Payday That Made Mark Barnaba Australia's Highest-Paid Director
How a clever options grant at a UK explorer, a transformative acquisition, and the ASX's own governance rules combined to produce a payout most executives can only dream of.
AI
The case against AI therapists is now in evidence
New research quantifies what regulators should have anticipated: chatbots designed to be agreeable are harming people in psychological distress.
Geopolitics
Iran War Day 21: Trump Floats 'Winding Down' as Pentagon Ships 2,500 More Marines
The president's social media post came hours after telling reporters there would be no ceasefire. Three more warships are heading to the Persian Gulf.
Geopolitics
Arizona Shatters US Temperature Record for March as Heat Dome Arrives Two Months Early
Martinez Lake hit 110°F on March 19, the hottest March temperature ever recorded in the United States. Climate scientists say the event would have been virtually impossible without human-caused warming.
Geopolitics
Australia Signs Hormuz Coalition Statement After Trump's 'Cowards' Outburst
Canberra joins 19 nations pledging to help reopen the strait. Washington says it's not enough.
Geopolitics
The European Summer Is Over: Why $3,500 Economy Fares Are Stickier Than You Think
Jet fuel prices have doubled in a fortnight, but the real killer for the middle-class holiday is the collapsing discretionary dollar.
Work
Britain's Entrepreneur Exodus: 6,000 Business Directors Have Left in Two Years
Companies House data reveals the steepest wealth outflow in British history as founders flee Labour's tax reforms. The lessons for Australia are uncomfortable.
Finance
The seven-hour threshold: what this year's data tells us about teens and social media
New data from 47 countries shows teenage girls in English-speaking nations are among the hardest hit by heavy social media use, with Australia's position outside the top 10 happiest countries unchanged.