Alan Cumming returns OBE in protest at British Empire’s ‘toxicity’

Alan Cumming returns OBE in protest at British Empire’s ‘toxicity’

The X-Men and Bond star said the Queen’s death had made him reflect on the honour he had received and the institution that bestowed it upon him.

  • byRob Harris

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FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried consents to extradition to US

FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried consents to extradition to US

Bankman-Fried has agreed to extradition to the US,where prosecutors have charged him with orchestrating “one of the biggest financial frauds in American history”.

  • byJared Higgs,Jack Queen andJasper Ward
Six reasons why you should care about Australia’s Test series against West Indies
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Six reasons why you should care about Australia’s Test series against West Indies

It’s squeezed between the T20 World Cup and South Africa’s tour of Australia,but there are plenty of reasons why you should care about the Australia-West Indies Test series.

  • byRonny Lerner
Back on track,Packer ‘building something beautiful’ with Robert De Niro

Back on track,Packer ‘building something beautiful’ with Robert De Niro

After painfully-public health and business battles,James Packer is back in the game,building a Carribean resort with long-time pal Robert De Niro.

  • byAndrew Hornery
A sparkly dress can no longer detract from the Crown’s brutal history

A sparkly dress can no longer detract from the Crown’s brutal history

As a Grenadian woman whose family was forced upon the island in shackles,the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge’s royal tour brought our painful past into sharp focus.

  • byAyeesha Ash
Prince William suggests he may not become king of the Commonwealth

Prince William suggests he may not become king of the Commonwealth

At the end of his tour of the Caribbean with Catherine,a humbled Prince William says it’s for Commonwealth countries to decide if he is ever to lead it.

  • byRob Harris
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Prince William says ‘slavery stains our history’ as Jamaica plans to dump Queen

Prince William says ‘slavery stains our history’ as Jamaica plans to dump Queen

In a speech at a state dinner in the former British colony,William acknowledged slavery “should never have happened”.

  • byRob Harris
William and Kate cancel Caribbean event amid ‘anti-colonialism’ protests

William and Kate cancel Caribbean event amid ‘anti-colonialism’ protests

An indigenous group criticised William over his links to their protest over a long-running land rights dispute.

  • byRob Harris
A republic is born:Prince Charles,Rihanna watch as Barbados ditches the Queen

A republic is born:Prince Charles,Rihanna watch as Barbados ditches the Queen

At the strike of midnight,a republic was born and the last colonial bonds severed nearly 400 years after the first English ships arrived on the island.

  • byGuy Faulconbridge andBrian Ellsworth
Notorious Haitian gang blamed for kidnapping 17 missionaries from US,Canada

Notorious Haitian gang blamed for kidnapping 17 missionaries from US,Canada

The US government has been urged to forcibly free the group or negotiate their release without paying a ransom.

  • byCassandra Garrison
Under the Volcano:The tiny island that rocked until disaster hit

Under the Volcano:The tiny island that rocked until disaster hit

Two Australian filmmakers have captured the glory years of Beatles’ producer George Martin’s Montserrat studio,as well as the disasters that ended the dream.

  • byBarry Divola