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✓ Verified Doctors and lawmakers condemn Trump order calling for sweeping changes to childhood vaccines – as it happened
This live blog is now closed. Sign up for the Breaking News US email. Wisconsin is not the only state with high stakes primary races on 11 August. We’ll also be bringing you the…
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Typhoon Dolphin: more than a million people evacuated in China as record rainfall dumped on Shanghai
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Netanyahu rejects US-led 15-point Gaza peace plan in rare public break with Trump
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Iran’s steep demands for US over Strait of Hormuz threaten to derail reopening
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Trump’s media company, which also owns Truth Social, reports $238m loss
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Amber heat health alerts to kick in across England ahead of fifth summer heatwave – latest news
The alerts come a day after it was officially declared that there are now 11 regions in the country in drought. As we mentioned in the opening post , amber heat health alerts come…
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ClimateTone Serious2 min
✓Tech companies must face thousands of lawsuits over social media addiction, appeals court rules
A U.S. Appeals Court on Monday declined to drop the thousands of online safety lawsuits against social media firms, ruling Meta and TikTok appealed the cases too early. In an…
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WorldTone Neutral2 min
✓Judge signals Trump’s defamation lawsuit against Wall Street Journal may be dismissed again
Obama-appointed judge seemed unmoved by Trump attorneys’ arguments in case also naming Murdoch. A federal judge in Florida seemed skeptical of arguments from Donald Trump ’s legal…
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✓Republicans name candidate to replace Chuck Edwards after sexual harassment investigation
Jennifer Balkcom to face Democrat Jamie Ager in race to represent North Carolina’s 11th congressional district. North Carolina Republicans on Monday chose state lawmaker Jennifer…
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✓World
'I think we know I won't be getting bail,' suspected cartel boss tells judge
Daniel Kinahan has been remanded in custody after appearing before an Irish court charged with directing an organised crime group
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WorldTone Neutral2 min
✓Jackie, the famous California bald eagle, dies after weeks of intensive care
Jackie and her partner, Shadow, had been watched by millions of people over the years through the Big Bear Eagle Nest Cam
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ClimateTone Neutral2 min
✓How FIFA President Gianni Infantino reached the pinnacle of power in soccer
Gianni Infantino is facing intense heat over a failed plan to privatize the World Cup. He is a lawyer who rose to the pinnacle of soccer and is now trying to hold onto his job
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EconomyTone Serious2 min
✓Ukraine drone strike on oil refinery deep inside Russia kills at least 13
Attack hundreds of miles from border would be among deadliest of war as Kyiv aims to strangle Russian economy. A Ukrainian drone strike on an industrial city deep inside Russia…
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WorldTone Serious2 min
✓Scores dead in Colombia after powerful earthquake strikes west of country
Quake of 7.4 magnitude collapses and severely damages buildings in several major cities, including Cali and Pereira. More than 100 people died after a powerful earthquake struck…
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✓World
White House revives unprecedented effort to remove Fed governor Lisa Cook
The Trump administration has launched a new effort to remove Federal Reserve Gov. Lisa Cook , notifying her that President Trump is considering her removal and giving her 21 days…
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Food safety crisis deepens for Taylor Farms with salmonella outbreak
Taylor Farms, a major produce supplier and producer of finished food products in North America, is engulfed in a food safety crisis that's ensnaring some of the biggest consumer…
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✓World
Flight cancelled as child refuses to sit down and fasten seatbelt
A flight in Canada has been cancelled after a child refused to sit down and fasten their seatbelt
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✓Wall Street giants hand Nvidia $500bn to fund boom in AI projects
The money will be used to develop new data centres to house, operate, and cool miles of stacked computer chips that process AI data and actions
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TechnologyTone Neutral2 min
✓A solar eclipse happens this week. Here is what to know
It will be visible in parts of the U.S. on Wednesday
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ClimateTone Neutral2 min
World
Australia news live: Bullock warns more hikes possible after RBA holds cash rate at 4.35%; Greens accuse Carroll of ‘crumbling to big business’ over work from home bill
Follow today’s news live. Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast. Ted O’Brien says that just because the Japanese government has downplayed melon-gate,…
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WorldTone Neutral2 min
The great British switch-off: how floating retreats, mobile-free pubs and sauna book groups are freeing people from their smartphones
Sick of doomscrolling? From venues with smartphone swear jars to cabins with absolutely no signal, here are the fun and freeing ways to ditch your device. There’s a ritual at the…
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TechnologyTone Neutral2 min
What happens when medical students rely on AI – and never develop their own judgment? | Simar Bajaj and Joseph Sakran
AI’s danger isn’t just in experts losing the ability to reason. It’s that trainees may never learn how to do so in the first place. In healthcare, there’s growing concern over…
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TechnologyTone Neutral2 min
Chasing new skills, going back to basics and pushing for collective action: how software engineers are adapting to AI
Software engineering was one of the best-paying professions in the US in 2022, but the advent of AI has disrupted it, leading to several layoffs and underemployment. Every…
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TechnologyTone Neutral2 min
‘More than just objects’: Australian booksellers raise alarm over ‘horrific’ destruction of rare titles to feed AI
Secondhand booksellers believe they may have been caught up in the AI supply chain that sees old books scanned then destroyed. Follow our Australia news live blog for latest…
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TechnologyTone Neutral2 min
This man was secretly snapped by someone with smartglasses. He’s not alone in calling that a violation of privacy
The backlash to what some dub ‘pervert glasses’ is growing – but people living with disabilities point out the new tech can also be life-changing. Get our breaking news email ,…
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TechnologyTone Neutral2 min
‘People in Japan thought we made footy up’: Pro Jank Footy, the video game taking Australian rules to the world
Game developer David Ashby and Aunty Donna’s Broden Kelly talk about their chaotic and silly sport game – involving meat pies with legs and Ford Falcons on the oval. Try…
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TechnologyTone Neutral2 min
Native birds in captivity to be vaccinated against H5 bird flu as Australia prepares for more mass mortalities
Federal government also hopes to vaccinate some wild birds but admits catching them once, let alone twice for both doses, is ‘difficult’. Get our breaking news email , free app or…
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ClimateTone Neutral2 min
‘Huge wave’ of carbon storage projects causes alarm in small-town USA as oil firms eye billions in subsidies
Dozens of projects are in development across US despite concerns over environmental and health risks. The plan to bury carbon under remote Indiana farmland is supposed to be a…
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ClimateTone Neutral2 min
One of science fiction’s greatest writers warned us about a AI. Does he also hold the remedy? | Alan Finkel
What might a modern day equivalent of Isaac Asimov’s laws of robotics look like? Guided by the author, I propose the three laws of AI. Tesla and SpaceX founder Elon Musk predicted…
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TechnologyTone Neutral2 min
When the AI bubble bursts, what will Australia do with the tools it built? One man thinks he has the answer
Journalist and author Cory Doctorow is coming to Australia to spread his message – humans will take their jobs back. Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates. Get…
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TechnologyTone Neutral2 min
Revealed: Mexico’s industrial boomtown is making goods for the US. Residents say they’re ‘breathing poison’
Polluting facilities in Monterrey, which has close ties to the US, are pumping toxic heavy metals into the city’s air and threatening residents’ health. Leer en español en Quinto…
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World
Record number of people arrive on one small boat - but what's behind fall in Channel crossings this year?
A record 230 people crossed the English Channel in a single boat on Monday
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WorldTone Neutral2 min
When her ‘soul cat’ died, she was bereft. Now she designs memorial jewelry to help others with pet loss
A layoff and a leap of faith convinced Katie Teixeira she had what it takes to run her own business. In 2010, Katie Teixeira adopted a kitten found all alone in an abandoned…
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EconomyTone Neutral2 min
‘The silence was the worst part’: after culling his entire flock, US poultry farmer now fears bird flu
As bird flu reshapes agriculture, small farms operate under strict rules. Just a single case could tank their business. Joshua Beebe often starts his day by cleaning the tires of…
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ClimateTone Neutral2 min
I should be happy to have a pigeon for a friend. But she wouldn’t be my first choice | Emma Beddington
Truman Capote had a ‘crow bro’; Dickens had a raven. And I get standoffish Susan, who has never brought me a present or perched on my shoulder. One of the greatest failures of my…
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ClimateTone Neutral2 min
Pony Island 2 Panda Circus: gallop out of hell in this phantasmagorical follow-up to 2016’s indie hit
Daniel Mullins explains how he plans to follow up his quirky classic without losing what made it stand out in the first place. Glitchy aesthetics. Literally collapsing menu boxes.…
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TechnologyTone Neutral2 min
Bari Weiss’s overhaul of CBS News has been rocky. But her 60 Minutes revamp will be the ultimate test
Ten months into her tenure as editor in chief, Weiss’s biggest – and riskiest – bet is getting closer to taking flight. Bari Weiss is 10 months into her tenure as editor-in-chief…
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EconomyTone Neutral2 min
Monday briefing: How the new phase of confrontation at al-Aqsa signals a challenge to the status quo
In today’s newsletter: Jerusalem’s most volatile site has again become a flashpoint, with Arab states and former Israeli officials sounding the alarm over Benjamin Netanyahu’s…
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WorldTone Neutral2 min
The ornithological artist drawing 1,000 birds by hand – all for an app that wants you off your phone
The mission of the Flock app is quietly subversive: to encourage users to ditch their screens and explore the wonderful world of birding. On a brilliantly bright afternoon in his…
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TechnologyTone Neutral2 min
The Guardian view on India’s green growth gamble: it will need more than private finance | Editorial
The world’s most populous country needs state-generated demand to industrialise, decarbonise and avoid China’s overcapacity trap. India is attempting to do something the world has…
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