Sydney has joined the list of cities with a Frank Gehry-designed building. The Chau Chak Wing Business School building has been dubbed the “brown paper bag” by local media. Speaking at Monday’s opening, Mr Gehry said he hoped the building would generated a “spirit of invention” in those who work and study in it. The A$180m ($140m; £93m) building for the University of Technology, Sydney (UTS), is named after businessman […]

A lone gunman kept terrified staff and customers captive into Monday night in a downtown Sydney cafe, brandishing an Islamic flag, as five of his hostages managed to flee for their lives. Here are 10 latest developments in the crisis so far. 1 5 people escape Sydney cafe in hostage crisis Five people, three men and two women, have fled the Lindt cafe in Martin Place in Sydney. 2 One […]