✓Trump hits pause on Canada tariffs threat, and hints at revival of Keystone XL oil pipeline project
US president delays 50% tariffs by three days, and says contentious oil project ‘may be awoken from the grave’. Canada has temporarily avoided a bruising 50% US tariff, reaching a…
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New Mexico’s attorney general pushes new social media safety laws after $900m court victory over Meta
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US states call for big changes to Instagram and Facebook as Meta child privacy trial begins
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Florida primaries: governor matchup set; Democratic socialist shocks establishment-backed nominee in Senate race – as it happened
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Tupac Shakur murder trial: ‘You better treat me as a hostile witness,’ Suge Knight associate testifies – as it happened
This live blog is now closed. What we know about Tupac Shakur’s death and what to expect from murder trial. District Court Judge Carli Kierney relayed a few questions directly…
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Trump threatens to bomb Oman if it ‘gets in the way’ of Iran deal as Kushner meets Netanyahu – as it happened
US president makes threat in comments to Fox News, as his son-in-law meets the Israeli leader in Jerusalem in effort to push Gaza peace plan. Trump threatens to bomb Oman if it…
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✓Erin Patterson argues mushroom murder convictions should be quashed due to ‘catastrophic’ failure of justice
Allowing jurors to stay in same hotel as police and prosecution denied Patterson a fair trial, lawyers tell Victorian court of appeal. Follow our Australia news live blog for…
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✓In cutting joint drills, Trump has given South Korea’s president what he wants. So why is Seoul so uneasy?
Lee Jae Myung has long pushed for stronger homegrown defences, yet Donald Trump’s move has sparked alarm in some quarters. At their first summit , in August last year, the South…
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Democrat Mary Peltola and Republican Dan Sullivan lead in Alaska primary for US Senate – US politics live
Incumbent Sullivan is running for third term while Peltola is fighting to flip seat and aid Democrats retake control of Congress. Democratic socialist Angie Nixon clinches…
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✓Governments’ borrowing costs hit further multi-decade highs as US-Iran peace hopes fade
Bond yields in US, UK, Germany France and Japan rise after ceasefire ends and Trump threatens to bomb Oman. Business live – latest updates. Government borrowing costs in several…
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✓Trainline, Virgin Atlantic and Red Driving School investigated over hidden ticket fees
UK competition watchdog investigation is part of broader clampdown on illegal ‘drip pricing’. Business live – latest updates. The UK’s competition watchdog has launched…
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Sacked FIFA executive and Infantino critic sends message to colleagues on his way out
The senior FIFA executive sacked for criticising Gianni Infantino's abandoned World Cup sell-off plan told colleagues "it's about doing what's right"
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✓Ebola outbreak in Democratic Republic of the Congo now deadliest in country’s history
At least 2,325 people have died from the virus, according to official data, with outbreak on track to be biggest in history. The Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the…
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✓Shares in humanoid robot firm Unitree surge 600% on Chinese stock market debut
Company’s robots have gained global fame via videos of them performing martial arts and as dancers for pop stars. Unitree, the world’s biggest humanoid robot maker, has made a…
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House Ethics investigating Rep. Jimmy Gomez over sexual misconduct allegations
The House Ethics Committee announced Monday that it is investigating Congressman Jimmy Gomez (D-Calif.) over allegations of sexual misconduct. Why it matters: Gomez is the latest…
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✓‘Can’t enjoy your pint’: Wetherspoons customers welcome ban on loud phones
Patrons at two of the chain’s London pubs were all for Tim Martin’s ban on playing music or taking calls on speaker. The terrace of the Moon Under Water Wetherspoons pub in…
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✓Disney and ABC sue Trump's media regulator to stop early licence renewal
The network accuses the administration of retaliating against ABC because it "disapproves of what ABC broadcasts"
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Scaling back US-South Korea drills may fail to woo Kim away from China
Trump is scaling back US-South Korea military exercises as he signals interest in renewed talks with Kim Jong Un
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✓OpenAI makes ChatGPT less 'human' for teens in new safety update
OpenAI insisted this was not in response to a particular issue with children believing ChatGPT to be alive
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Sharks have always stoked panic in Australia. While scientific understanding grows, conservation efforts can be unseated by fear | Anna Clark
From Aboriginal rock art to colonial encounters, sharks have been a figure of fear and fascination throughout the long human history of this continent. Is there a more primal fear…
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Labor thinks it can win elections defending super. For Hanson, it’s just another way to deprive Taylor of political oxygen
Despite leading in the polls, Hanson is allowed to offer thought bubbles instead of actual policy. Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates. Get our breaking news…
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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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Introducing Ulez was my hardest decision as mayor of London – but now we know its astonishing impact | Sadiq Khan
Critics said I was attacking motorists. It’s more important for me that the city’s children are no longer breathing dangerous levels of pollution. Ulez led to better lung size and…
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A fake website and a deluge of CVs: the Australian firm embroiled in an FBI probe into alleged Chinese espionage
Exclusive: Fake consultancy impersonating Brisbane firm online is one of 13 websites seized by the US Department of Justice. Follow our Australia news live blog for latest…
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‘If we don’t fight back, we don’t have a future’: the journalist taking on the ‘tech fascists’ of Silicon Valley
As Elon Musk, Peter Thiel and their peers have grown richer and more influential, Gil Durán argues they have all but abandoned democracy – and found the perfect government to…
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The first anti-AI protester to be jailed has a message for OpenAI, Anthropic and Meta: ‘Regain your humanity’
Wynd Kaufmyn, 69, chained and locked the front doors of OpenAI’s headquarters last year with members of StopAI. An activist who blocked the entrance to one of the world’s biggest…
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‘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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Humpbacks return to Rio: the whales are back from the brink of extinction – but will tourism help or hinder?
The gigantic aquatic acrobats are exciting Brazil’s tourists as numbers recover from whaling. But some marine biologists question how booming tourism and conservation can coexist.…
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One of science fiction’s greatest writers warned us about a AI. Does he also hold the remedy? | Alan Finkel
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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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‘The ultimate gamers’ mascot’: Sonic the Hedgehog at 35 – from 2D to 3D to a billion-dollar film franchise
Sonic’s creators explain how the speedy scamp has kept on running through generations as an enduring avatar of ‘attitude in the face of adversity’. One day in the early 1990s, I…
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‘Our children are less cognitively capable,’ says neuroscientist who wants to cut screen use in schools
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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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Watchdog contacting TikTok over 'joyriding content' after five teens die speeding wrong way on motorway
The Irish media regulator is to contact social media giant TikTok over its efforts to tackle videos of reckless and illegal driving
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‘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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‘I see the incredible promise’: on set of an AI film shoot as new studios embrace controversial tech
Amid fears for jobs, some film-makers say AI could enable them to bypass studio giants and take more creative risks. Near the collonaded entrance to Sony Pictures’ historic Culver…
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The Guardian view on Japan’s yen: Trump wants to keep the easy-money machine running | Editorial
A cheap currency helps finance the US tech boom. Washington is intervening because allies matter only when they are useful. Japan’s yen has slid back towards 160 to the dollar,…
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Brazil’s Lula launches historic fourth term bid – but son of jailed Bolsonaro stands in his way
President, 80, vows to keep far-right from power as Flávio Bolsonaro tells supporters he will ‘fight this system’. Brazil’s leftwing president, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, has…
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Burnham pledges to get thousands of rough sleepers off streets for Christmas – UK politics live
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