The exhibition winning the battle of the Sydney summer blockbusters

The exhibition winning the battle of the Sydney summer blockbusters

There are plenty of shows at this time of year,but one is drawing bigger attendance than all the others combined.

  • byJohn McDonald

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Gaza ceasefire building blocks slowly being assembled

Gaza ceasefire building blocks slowly being assembled

Plan avoids the two most contentious points of any serious proposal for peace – the Palestinian Authority and a Palestinian state - but doesn’t rule them out.

  • byPaul Nuki
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
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
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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
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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