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Canada announces 50% retaliatory tariffs on hundreds of US goods as trade war escalates – live Trump-backed Ken Paxton unveils ‘Texas first’ datacenter plan aimed at ‘negative impact’ Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent unveils new U.S. economic sanctions to isolate Iran ‘No more!!!’: Trump lashes out after US-Canada talks devolve into trade war US threatens severe sanctions against countries with economic ties to Iran Can Trump's economic war against Iran do what airstrikes and negotiations couldn't? Chinese company flexes dominance in robotics space with splashy stock market debut Prince Harry quits board of wildlife charity after rangers’ human rights abuses Iran-linked hackers behind cyber attack that shut down power plant, reports say Trump says Canada wants 'benefits' of being US state after trade talks collapse Democrat jabs Trump over Lake Ontario threat: 'Let’s just call it Lake Natalie' No one held accountable one year after Israeli double strike on Gaza hospital 'Forget about going back': 9 years on, Rohingya crisis enters dangerous phase French tourist dies in California’s Death Valley after being stranded in heat US judge denies Ghislaine Maxwell’s ‘frivolous’ bid to throw out conviction Sanctions or missiles? Why Gulf may not relish Trump’s new Iran approach 'Scared to death': Thousands evacuate Nevada homes as wildfire spreads TikTok to pay $400m to US in one of largest child privacy settlements Landslide at waste mound in Guinea capital kills 30, government says CIA director John Ratcliffe reportedly on Moscow visit Canada announces 50% retaliatory tariffs on hundreds of US goods as trade war escalates – live Trump-backed Ken Paxton unveils ‘Texas first’ datacenter plan aimed at ‘negative impact’ Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent unveils new U.S. economic sanctions to isolate Iran ‘No more!!!’: Trump lashes out after US-Canada talks devolve into trade war US threatens severe sanctions against countries with economic ties to Iran Can Trump's economic war against Iran do what airstrikes and negotiations couldn't? Chinese company flexes dominance in robotics space with splashy stock market debut Prince Harry quits board of wildlife charity after rangers’ human rights abuses Iran-linked hackers behind cyber attack that shut down power plant, reports say Trump says Canada wants 'benefits' of being US state after trade talks collapse Democrat jabs Trump over Lake Ontario threat: 'Let’s just call it Lake Natalie' No one held accountable one year after Israeli double strike on Gaza hospital 'Forget about going back': 9 years on, Rohingya crisis enters dangerous phase French tourist dies in California’s Death Valley after being stranded in heat US judge denies Ghislaine Maxwell’s ‘frivolous’ bid to throw out conviction Sanctions or missiles? Why Gulf may not relish Trump’s new Iran approach 'Scared to death': Thousands evacuate Nevada homes as wildfire spreads TikTok to pay $400m to US in one of largest child privacy settlements Landslide at waste mound in Guinea capital kills 30, government says CIA director John Ratcliffe reportedly on Moscow visit
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Canada announces 50% retaliatory tariffs on hundreds of US goods as trade war escalates – live

Move by Canada comes after US president spent morning railing against the country, calling it the ‘most difficult’ nation he deals with. Canada announces retaliatory tariffs on…
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Can Trump's economic war against Iran do what airstrikes and negotiations couldn't?

Can Trump's economic war against Iran do what airstrikes and negotiations couldn't?

What a new round of U.S. sanctions could mean after nearly six months of war with Iran — and years of economic pressure on the country
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Chinese company flexes dominance in robotics space with splashy stock market debut

Chinese company flexes dominance in robotics space with splashy stock market debut

The Chinese robotics company Unitree, known for its highly advanced humanoid robots, made a tremendous debut on Shanghai's stock market. The company is considered an industry…
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Prince Harry quits board of wildlife charity after rangers’ human rights abuses

Prince Harry quits board of wildlife charity after rangers’ human rights abuses

Spokesperson for Duke of Sussex says he remains an ‘active and avid supporter’ of African Parks’ mission. The Duke of Sussex has stepped down from the board of a major African…
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Iran-linked hackers behind cyber attack that shut down power plant, reports say

Iran-linked hackers behind cyber attack that shut down power plant, reports say

The government says at no point was there a risk to the UK's energy system during the attack in July
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Trump says Canada wants 'benefits' of being US state after trade talks collapse

Trump says Canada wants 'benefits' of being US state after trade talks collapse

Canada's PM said he was "reluctantly" announcing retaliatory tariffs and accused the US of starting a trade war
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Democrat jabs Trump over Lake Ontario threat: 'Let’s just call it Lake Natalie'

Rep. Debbie Dingell (D-Mich.) on Tuesday took a jab at President Trump over his threat to rename Lake Ontario to Lake America amid his trade war with Canada, saying the U.S.…
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No one held accountable one year after Israeli double strike on Gaza hospital

A year on from an Israeli double strike on a hospital in Gaza that killed 22 Palestinians, including journalists and rescue workers, no one has been held accountable
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'Forget about going back': 9 years on, Rohingya crisis enters dangerous phase

'Forget about going back': 9 years on, Rohingya crisis enters dangerous phase

The world largely moved on from the Rohingya crisis. But the exodus has not stopped, aid is shrinking and a generation of refugees is growing up with little prospect of going home
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French tourist dies in California’s Death Valley after being stranded in heat

French tourist dies in California’s Death Valley after being stranded in heat

Man, 68, was left searching for help in 116F weather after his car became stuck in mud along remote park road. A French tourist recently died in Death Valley national park after a…
77% agreement · 2 independent sources
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US judge denies Ghislaine Maxwell’s ‘frivolous’ bid to throw out conviction

US judge denies Ghislaine Maxwell’s ‘frivolous’ bid to throw out conviction

US judge rejects Maxwell’s claims that newly released Epstein files could help overturn her sex-trafficking convictions
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Sanctions or missiles? Why Gulf may not relish Trump’s new Iran approach

Sanctions or missiles? Why Gulf may not relish Trump’s new Iran approach

As Washington pressures Tehran, Gulf states weigh sanctions against the risk of escalation
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'Scared to death': Thousands evacuate Nevada homes as wildfire spreads

Tens of thousands of people in the US state have been warned to evacuate as the wildfire spreads in the outskirts of Reno
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TikTok to pay $400m to US in one of largest child privacy settlements

TikTok to pay $400m to US in one of largest child privacy settlements

The deal stems from a 2024 lawsuit alleging TikTok and its parent company ByteDance collected "vast amounts of data" on millions of users under the age of 13
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Landslide at waste mound in Guinea capital kills 30, government says

Landslide at waste mound in Guinea capital kills 30, government says

Dump site in Conakry, which minister had just promised to move, collapsed after heavy rain in west African state. A ⁠landslide at a huge waste dump in Guinea’s capital has killed…
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CIA director John Ratcliffe reportedly on Moscow visit

CIA director John Ratcliffe reportedly on Moscow visit

Unannounced trip reported by US media is said to be Ratcliffe’s first known visit to Russia as CIA chief. The CIA director, John Ratcliffe, has made an unannounced visit to…
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‘The Trump-Putin relationship is the biggest mystery in international politics’: foreign correspondent Luke Harding answered your questions

The Guardian’s Luke Harding discussed Trump, Putin and the state of the war in Ukraine, his expulsion from Russia, his new book Betrayal, and his career as a foreign…
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NSW’s koala national park will protect threatened species and cap logging across the state. Could the Greens really block it? | Adam Morton

NSW’s koala national park will protect threatened species and cap logging across the state. Could the Greens really block it? | Adam Morton

The Albanese government approved a proposal allowing the park to create carbon credits worth hundreds of millions of dollars, sparking a schism among environmentalists. What…
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ClimateTone Neutral2 min
‘Small changes can make a big difference’: how getting farmers, fishers and beavers together could save a Cornish river

‘Small changes can make a big difference’: how getting farmers, fishers and beavers together could save a Cornish river

A local initiative is testing simple ways to stop algal blooms in the River Fal threatening some of England’s most biodiverse marine habitats. On a rocky beach in Cornwall, a…
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Albanese seeks to quell datacentre disquiet as climate expert warns ‘we’ve got one shot to get the rules right’

Albanese seeks to quell datacentre disquiet as climate expert warns ‘we’ve got one shot to get the rules right’

Prime minister will use national cabinet meeting to assuage premiers over new AI law as Aemo forecasts seven-fold rise in datacentre power use. Follow our Australia news live blog…
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From Scotland, I look at England’s water privatisation disaster. I wish you had done what we did | Devi Sridhar

From Scotland, I look at England’s water privatisation disaster. I wish you had done what we did | Devi Sridhar

Listening to debate, you’d think bringing English water companies into public ownership was a radical socialist idea. Here, we call it common sense. Prof Devi Sridhar is chair of…
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Woolworths’ Ooshies craze causes Coles sales slump with parents shopping at rival supermarket to collect toys

Woolworths’ Ooshies craze causes Coles sales slump with parents shopping at rival supermarket to collect toys

Coles full-year results show that despite gaining market share over past 12 months, sales fell over four weeks of ‘competitor’s collectables campaign’. Follow our Australia news…
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‘The day I disclose, my career is over’: the journalist facing an $800 daily fine to keep her sources secret

‘The day I disclose, my career is over’: the journalist facing an $800 daily fine to keep her sources secret

If Catherine Herridge’s petition to the US supreme court fails, she’ll be on the hook for a daily fine until she discloses her sources – a case unsettling press freedom…
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‘Huge wave’ of carbon storage projects causes alarm in small-town USA as oil firms eye billions in subsidies

‘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…
Single source · not yet corroborated
ClimateTone Neutral2 min
One of science fiction’s greatest writers warned us about a AI. Does he also hold the remedy? | Alan Finkel

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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Revealed: Mexico’s industrial boomtown is making goods for the US. Residents say they’re ‘breathing poison’

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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"Stop gaslighting me!": Florida Democrats' Senate nominee and party chair have heated call over socialism

Florida's new Democratic Senate nominee, Angie Nixon , and the state party's chair had a heated conversation Friday that included a yelling match about the impact of socialism and…
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‘Environmental violence’: inside the fight to save indigenous land from becoming a nuclear dumping ground

‘Environmental violence’: inside the fight to save indigenous land from becoming a nuclear dumping ground

New documentary To Use a Mountain spotlights the pain and triumph of resisting government efforts to turn parts of rural US into disposal sites. Nuclear energy was supposed to be…
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Canadian politician threatens to cut off electricity to the US - as Trump issues 'fall in line' warning

A Canadian politician has threatened to cut off electricity and mineral supplies to the US after President Trump raised tariffs on some goods to 50%
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Police presence and 'deep sadness' at funeral for one of five teens killed in Ireland head-on collision

A funeral mass has been held for one of the teenagers killed in a head-on collision in County Kildare last week - with a heavy police presence at Carlow for the event
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When her ‘soul cat’ died, she was bereft. Now she designs memorial jewelry to help others with pet loss

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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‘The silence was the worst part’: after culling his entire flock, US poultry farmer now fears bird flu

‘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 love rats but we can’t live with them’: the headache of rising rodent populations around the world

‘I love rats but we can’t live with them’: the headache of rising rodent populations around the world

Robert Corrigan has been dealing with the ‘smart’ rodents all his life – and believes there are better solutions to deal with the growing infestation in the world’s cities. “The…
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‘We are hitting a different chapter’: OpenAI leader warns of threat of ‘persistent’ AI cyber-attacks

‘We are hitting a different chapter’: OpenAI leader warns of threat of ‘persistent’ AI cyber-attacks

Chris Lehane tells Guardian of need to implement new safety standards as critics say AI firms acting ‘recklessly’. A senior leader at OpenAI has said people should prepare to…
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The war on ‘loudcasting’ phones can be won, but it will take some very British nudging | Dan Hancox

The war on ‘loudcasting’ phones can be won, but it will take some very British nudging | Dan Hancox

Although mobiles blared in public are nothing new, this crop of headphone-dodging irritants are truly maddening. It’s time to take them on. ‘Interesting cities can’t be quiet”,…
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Government lays out housing plans but Burnham backtracks on social renting pledge – as it happened

£10bn for housing with 60% social renting is at odds with PM’s previous call for programme to be spent entirely on social homes. Ministers are looking at “a range of support” for…
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No one held accountable one year after Israeli double strike on Gaza hospital

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Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent unveils new U.S. economic sanctions to isolate Iran

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US threatens severe sanctions against countries with economic ties to Iran

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Canada announces 50% retaliatory tariffs on hundreds of US goods as trade war escalates – live

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Trump-backed Ken Paxton unveils ‘Texas first’ datacenter plan aimed at ‘negative impact’

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TikTok to pay $400m to US in one of largest child privacy settlements

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Albanese seeks to quell datacentre disquiet as climate expert warns ‘we’ve got one shot to get the rules right’

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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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