Calypso the dog,WWII and tracing the extraordinary life of a one-armed man

Calypso the dog,WWII and tracing the extraordinary life of a one-armed man

For Andrew Probyn,a picture of a dog on the beach in Trinidad and Tobago began a quest to uncover names in a series of Kodachrome slides from 1956.

  • byAndrew Probyn

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Four-day truce begins with tentative silence ahead of hostage exchange

Four-day truce begins with tentative silence ahead of hostage exchange

Fighting raged in the countdown to the truce,but 15 minutes into the scheduled start Israel said it had completed its operational preparations.

  • byLucy Cormack
Size matters:The world’s 10 best megacities you must visit

Size matters:The world’s 10 best megacities you must visit

Whatever you desire in a big city,you will find it. Here’s how to embrace (and survive) some of the world’s top megacities.

  • byBen Groundwater
Pharaoh fever:The museum blockbuster coming to a city near you

Pharaoh fever:The museum blockbuster coming to a city near you

We still can’t get enough of shows about Ancient Egypt. Why?

  • byLinda Morris
More Australians arriving back home from Gaza

More Australians arriving back home from Gaza

Nineteen Australians have arrived on home soil after weeks trapped in war-torn Gaza.

  • byKaaren Morrissey,Kat Wong andMaeve Bannister
A father’s heartbreaking dilemma – flee Gaza to his children,or stay with his wife?

A father’s heartbreaking dilemma – flee Gaza to his children,or stay with his wife?

They arrived at the barbed-wire crossing to find a chaotic mess of cars,donkeys and throngs of people desperate to flee. Some made it through. One chose to stay.

  • byJordan Baker,James Massola andLachlan Abbott
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After 26 days of despair,Adelaide family escapes Gaza through Rafah crossing

After 26 days of despair,Adelaide family escapes Gaza through Rafah crossing

In a brief email – “too exhausted to say/type more now” – the father said his family had made it to Egypt. “[We] will be in Cairo in a few hours.”

  • byJordan Baker,Olivia Ireland andJames Massola
‘Seize this opportunity’:Australians in Gaza told to head to border as evacuees enter Egypt

‘Seize this opportunity’:Australians in Gaza told to head to border as evacuees enter Egypt

The first group of injured evacuees from Gaza entered Egypt via ambulances through the Rafah crossing,Egyptian local media have reported.

  • byJames Massola
A refugee camp is not a war zone

A refugee camp is not a war zone

The Herald has largely supported Israel in its battle against those who seek to destroy it,but this strike is deeply unacceptable.

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First emergency aid trucks roll into Gaza after overnight Israeli air strikes

First emergency aid trucks roll into Gaza after overnight Israeli air strikes

Witnesses said 20 aid trucks entered Gaza’s southern area including the major towns of Rafah and Khan Younis where hundreds of thousands of people are sheltering.

  • byNidal al-Mughrabi andEmily Rose
Biden deal allows aid convoys into Gaza as leaders visit Jerusalem

Biden deal allows aid convoys into Gaza as leaders visit Jerusalem

US President Joe Biden and British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak have visited Jerusalem as the humanitarian crisis continues.

  • byLucy Cormack