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Brisbane Times

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Putin thought he could take this city in three days. Now they wait to toast his demise with champagne

Kyiv stood when it wasn’t meant to. For three years it has held the line, not just for Europe, but for all of us who still believe democracy is...

26.06.2025 3

WA Today

Rob Harris

Putin thought he could take this city in three days. Now they wait to toast his demise with champagne

Kyiv stood when it wasn’t meant to. For three years it has held the line, not just for Europe, but for all of us who still believe democracy is...

26.06.2025 3

The Sydney Morning Herald

Rob Harris

Putin thought he could take this city in three days. Now they wait to toast his demise with champagne

Kyiv stood when it wasn’t meant to. For three years it has held the line, not just for Europe, but for all of us who still believe democracy is...

26.06.2025 7

The Age

Rob Harris

Putin thought he could take this city in three days. Now they wait to toast his demise with champagne

Kyiv stood when it wasn’t meant to. For three years it has held the line, not just for Europe, but for all of us who still believe democracy is...

26.06.2025 2

Brisbane Times

Rob Harris

Once the West’s great hero, Zelensky is now fighting to keep a divided world on his side

When the Ukrainian president travelled to the UK on Monday to shore up support, he ditched his trademark military fatigues. It was a subtle but...

24.06.2025 4

WA Today

Rob Harris

Once the West’s great hero, Zelensky is now fighting to keep a divided world on his side

When the Ukrainian president travelled to the UK on Monday to shore up support, he ditched his trademark military fatigues. It was a subtle but...

24.06.2025 5

The Sydney Morning Herald

Rob Harris

Once the West’s great hero, Zelensky is now fighting to keep a divided world on his side

When the Ukrainian president travelled to the UK on Monday to shore up support, he ditched his trademark military fatigues. It was a subtle but...

24.06.2025 4

The Age

Rob Harris

Once the West’s great hero, Zelensky is now fighting to keep a divided world on his side

When the Ukrainian president travelled to the UK on Monday to shore up support, he ditched his trademark military fatigues. It was a subtle but...

24.06.2025 5

Brisbane Times

Rob Harris

How Trump obliterated the best-laid plans of world’s most powerful military alliance

The US president was meant to be the guest of honour in the Netherlands this week. But his decision to bomb Iran has instead made him a wildcard...

23.06.2025 10

WA Today

Rob Harris

How Trump obliterated the best-laid plans of world’s most powerful military alliance

The US president was meant to be the guest of honour in the Netherlands this week. But his decision to bomb Iran has instead made him a wildcard...

23.06.2025 10

The Sydney Morning Herald

Rob Harris

How Trump obliterated the best-laid plans of world’s most powerful military alliance

The US president was meant to be the guest of honour in the Netherlands this week. But his decision to bomb Iran has instead made him a wildcard...

23.06.2025 10

The Age

Rob Harris

How Trump obliterated the best-laid plans of world’s most powerful military alliance

The US president was meant to be the guest of honour in the Netherlands this week. But his decision to bomb Iran has instead made him a wildcard...

23.06.2025 3

Brisbane Times

Rob Harris

Chokers no more: For South Africa, the past stayed in the past

Fans rejoiced, embraced and even shed tears. Some of them, greying from years of stress and tension, were wearing original 1992 World Cup shirts....

14.06.2025 7

WA Today

Rob Harris

Chokers no more: For South Africa, the past stayed in the past

Fans rejoiced, embraced and even shed tears. Some of them, greying from years of stress and tension, were wearing original 1992 World Cup shirts....

14.06.2025 8

The Sydney Morning Herald

Rob Harris

Chokers no more: For South Africa, the past stayed in the past

Fans rejoiced, embraced and even shed tears. Some of them, greying from years of stress and tension, were wearing original 1992 World Cup shirts....

14.06.2025 10

The Age

Rob Harris

Chokers no more: For South Africa, the past stayed in the past

Fans rejoiced, embraced and even shed tears. Some of them, greying from years of stress and tension, were wearing original 1992 World Cup shirts....

14.06.2025 8

Brisbane Times

Rob Harris

This film used to make Austria cringe. Now it brings in $1.8b

Residents used to wince when tourists asked directions to movie locations. Sixty years later, the city is embracing hordes of TikTokers channelling...

08.06.2025 9

WA Today

Rob Harris

This film used to make Austria cringe. Now it brings in $1.8b

Residents used to wince when tourists asked directions to movie locations. Sixty years later, the city is embracing hordes of TikTokers channelling...

08.06.2025 10

The Sydney Morning Herald

Rob Harris

How a cringing Austria came to embrace ‘The Sound of Music’

Residents used to wince when tourists asked directions to movie locations. Sixty years later, the city is embracing hordes of TikTokers channelling...

08.06.2025 30

The Age

Rob Harris

This film used to make Austria cringe. Now it brings in $1.8b

Residents used to wince when tourists asked directions to movie locations. Sixty years later, the city is embracing hordes of TikTokers channelling...

08.06.2025 30

Brisbane Times

Rob Harris

David Beckham’s knighthood: a symbol of reinvention and quiet service

The British football icon’s public journey has always followed a particular arc: early acclaim, a fall from grace, and then redemption through...

06.06.2025 9

WA Today

Rob Harris

David Beckham’s knighthood: a symbol of reinvention and quiet service

The British football icon’s public journey has always followed a particular arc: early acclaim, a fall from grace, and then redemption through...

06.06.2025 7

The Sydney Morning Herald

Rob Harris

David Beckham’s knighthood: a symbol of reinvention and quiet service

The British football icon’s public journey has always followed a particular arc: early acclaim, a fall from grace, and then redemption through...

06.06.2025 9

The Age

Rob Harris

David Beckham’s knighthood: a symbol of reinvention and quiet service

The British football icon’s public journey has always followed a particular arc: early acclaim, a fall from grace, and then redemption through...

06.06.2025 6

Brisbane Times

Rob Harris

A new Stalin sculpture was just unveiled in Moscow. And we’re asking if Putin wants peace?

As missiles rain down on Ukraine and Donald Trump scratches his head over it all, a new public artwork shows the Russian president is done whispering...

27.05.2025 10

WA Today

Rob Harris

A new Stalin sculpture was just unveiled in Moscow. And we’re asking if Putin wants peace?

As missiles rain down on Ukraine and the US President scratches his head over it all, a new public artwork shows the Russian President is done...

27.05.2025 10

The Sydney Morning Herald

Rob Harris

A new Stalin sculpture was just unveiled in Moscow. And we’re asking if Putin wants peace?

As missiles rain down on Ukraine and Donald Trump scratches his head over it all, a new public artwork shows the Russian president is done whispering...

27.05.2025 10

The Age

Rob Harris

A new Stalin sculpture was just unveiled in Moscow. And we’re asking if Putin wants peace?

As missiles rain down on Ukraine and Donald Trump scratches his head over it all, a new public artwork shows the Russian president is done whispering...

27.05.2025 9

Brisbane Times

Rob Harris

Loss of tiny island with key defence post plunges British Empire into darkness

A Union Jack once always caught the sun somewhere around the globe. But now that will no longer be the case, after a court ruling about an island that...

25.05.2025 10

WA Today

Rob Harris

Loss of tiny island with key defence post plunges British Empire into darkness

A Union Jack once always caught the sun somewhere around the globe. But now that will no longer be the case, after a court ruling about an island that...

25.05.2025 10

The Sydney Morning Herald

Rob Harris

Loss of tiny island with key defence post plunges British Empire into darkness

A Union Jack once always caught the sun somewhere around the globe. But now that will no longer be the case, after a court ruling about an island that...

25.05.2025 10

The Age

Rob Harris

Loss of tiny island with key defence post plunges British Empire into darkness

A Union Jack once always caught the sun somewhere around the globe. But now that will no longer be the case, after a court ruling about an island that...

25.05.2025 20

Brisbane Times

Rob Harris

A golden boy of British soccer finds his future in doubt after outrage over Instagram post

He’s the face of football whose political forays have won him admiration and anger. But with a second scandal in as many years, even his star power...

18.05.2025 9

WA Today

Rob Harris

A golden boy of British soccer finds his future in doubt after outrage over Instagram post

He’s the face of football whose political forays have won him admiration and anger. But with a second scandal in as many years, even his star power...

18.05.2025 30

The Sydney Morning Herald

Rob Harris

A golden boy of British soccer finds his future in doubt after outrage over Instagram post

He’s the face of football whose political forays have won him admiration and anger. But with a second scandal in as many years, even his star power...

18.05.2025 10

The Age

Rob Harris

A golden boy of British soccer finds his future in doubt after outrage over Instagram post

He’s the face of football whose political forays have won him admiration and anger. But with a second scandal in as many years, even his star power...

18.05.2025 10

Brisbane Times

Rob Harris

Starmer’s sharp pivot on borders isn’t just about policy – it’s about political survival

Will the British PM’s immigration gambit work, or is he simply playing catch-up to the far-right’s anti-immigration agenda?

13.05.2025 5

WA Today

Rob Harris

Starmer’s sharp pivot on borders isn’t just about policy – it’s about political survival

Will the British PM’s immigration gambit work, or is he simply playing catch-up to the far-right’s anti-immigration agenda?

13.05.2025 9

The Sydney Morning Herald

Rob Harris

Starmer’s sharp pivot on borders isn’t just about policy – it’s about political survival

Will the British PM’s immigration gambit work, or is he simply playing catch-up to the far-right’s anti-immigration agenda?

13.05.2025 4

The Age

Rob Harris

Starmer’s sharp pivot on borders isn’t just about policy – it’s about political survival

Will the British PM’s immigration gambit work, or is he simply playing catch-up to the far-right’s anti-immigration agenda?

13.05.2025 10

Brisbane Times

Rob Harris

Kremlin’s ‘cocaine’ chaos: How Macron’s tissue was twisted into a propaganda attack

France has hit back at its enemies, accusing them of spreading fake news that European leaders had taken drugs on a train to Ukraine. Here’s what...

13.05.2025 10

WA Today

Rob Harris

Kremlin’s ‘cocaine’ chaos: How Macron’s tissue was twisted into a propaganda attack

France has hit back at its enemies, accusing them of spreading fake news that European leaders had taken drugs on a train to Ukraine. Here’s what...

13.05.2025 10

The Sydney Morning Herald

Rob Harris

Kremlin’s ‘cocaine’ chaos: How Macron’s tissue was twisted into a propaganda attack

France has hit back at its enemies, accusing them of spreading fake news that European leaders had taken drugs on a train to Ukraine. Here’s what...

13.05.2025 20

The Age

Rob Harris

Kremlin’s ‘cocaine’ chaos: How Macron’s tissue was twisted into a propaganda attack

France has hit back at its enemies, accusing them of spreading fake news that European leaders had taken drugs on a train to Ukraine. Here’s what...

13.05.2025 10

Brisbane Times

Rob Harris

As I cover the world’s biggest stories, my mind always returns to that Australian classroom

So often during my time in Europe, I have been struck by deja vu – only to realise that Ms Needham had brought me here once before, through the...

09.05.2025 7

WA Today

Rob Harris

As I cover the world’s biggest stories, my mind always returns to that Australian classroom

So often during my time in Europe, I have been struck by deja vu – only to realise that Ms Needham had brought me here once before, through the...

09.05.2025 5

The Sydney Morning Herald

Rob Harris

As I cover the world’s biggest stories, my mind always returns to that Australian classroom

So often during my time in Europe, I have been struck by deja vu – only to realise that Ms Needham had brought me here once before, through the...

09.05.2025 5

The Age

Rob Harris

As I cover the world’s biggest stories, my mind always returns to that Australian classroom

So often during my time in Europe, I have been struck by deja vu – only to realise that Ms Needham had brought me here once before, through the...

09.05.2025 4

Brisbane Times

Rob Harris

This spiritual son of Francis could be the bridge a broken world needs

It began not with thunder, but with a curl of white smoke against a bright blue Roman sky. For a brief moment, all sound in St Peter’s Square seemed...

09.05.2025 9

WA Today

Rob Harris

This spiritual son of Francis could be the bridge a broken world needs

It began not with thunder, but with a curl of white smoke against a bright blue Roman sky. For a brief moment, all sound in St Peter’s Square seemed...

09.05.2025 10

The Sydney Morning Herald

Rob Harris