Australia's tennis women will have to get past Elena Rybakina-fired Kazakhstan and Colombia on one home qualifying weekend if they are to make the finals of the revamped Billie Jean King Cup in China.
Two men will face court after being charged over an alleged late-night attack that left an off-duty police officer needing to be revived on a Sydney street.
US President Donald Trump says he wants to meet Russian President Vladimir Putin soon to secure an end to the war with Ukraine and expressed a desire to work towards cutting nuclear arms.