✓World
✓ Verified News outlets banned from White House seek emergency hearing after being denied entry despite judge’s order – live
A federal judge had ruled Trump administration must immediately return the outlets’ press passes and said ban likely unconstitutional. Sign up for US Breaking News emails. Lawyers…
87% agreement · 4 independent sources
Hurricane Polo, rapidly intensifying from strong El Niño patterns, rages off coast of Mexico
89% agreement · 4 independent sources
Rogue OpenAI agent 'infiltrated' Australian government website in world first
87% agreement · 4 independent sources
Trump greets Xi Jinping on arrival in rare move as US-China trade truce extended
80% agreement · 3 independent sources
EU says Trump plan to ban US diesel exports would ‘negatively impact both sides’
79% agreement · 3 independent sources
More top stories
✓Sri Lanka Easter bombings: 15 sentenced to hundreds of years in prison each over deadly terror attacks
Islamic State-inspired bombings of churches and hotels in 2019 was one of the country’s worst ever attacks. A court in Sri Lanka has convicted 15 men on terrorist charges for…
73% agreement · 2 independent sources
WorldTone Neutral2 min
✓Technology
High levels of 'forever chemical' causing cancer found in blood of residents living near factory
Dozens of residents living near a major chemical factory have discovered high levels of a cancer-causing "forever chemical" in their blood, according to lawyers
81% agreement · 2 independent sources
TechnologyTone Neutral2 min
✓Police arrest far-right activist Daniel Thomas after ‘dinghy slashed in Channel’
Thirty-seven-year-old in custody on suspicion of crimes including criminal damage with intent to endanger life. The far-right agitator and anti-migrant activist Daniel Thomas has…
77% agreement · 2 independent sources
WorldTone Neutral2 min
✓Germany investigates 105-year-old suspected former Nazi prison camp guard
Man accused of being accessory to murders at Stalag 326 VI K amid race to prosecute suspects before they die. A 105-year-old man is under investigation on suspicion of being an…
75% agreement · 2 independent sources
WorldTone Neutral2 min
✓World
Scoop: Trump's Board of Peace to unveil $2.45 billion Gaza recovery plan
President Trump's Board of Peace will unveil a six-month, $2.45 billion recovery plan for Gaza at a meeting of its members on Wednesday. Why it matters: The 66-project proposal…
72% agreement · 2 independent sources
WorldTone Neutral2 min
✓Watch: The arms race in space and how the UK is defending itself
The UK has jammed satellites to defend itself from hostile threats, the BBC has been told
79% agreement · 2 independent sources
WorldTone Neutral2 min
Technology
Xi says China and US must ensure AI ‘is always under human control’ as Trump touts ‘great friendship’ before White House talks – live
Xi arrived at the White House on Thursday morning ahead of major talks, which are expected to cover trade, AI, Taiwan and more. In the first row in front of the leaders sit US…
Single source · not yet corroborated
TechnologyTone Neutral2 min
World
Londoners get £3bn a year subsidy because structure of council tax biased against north, says thinktank – UK politics live
Resolution Foundation says households outside London are paying hundreds of pounds a year more in council tax than they would be under a fair system. Tim Shipman has written about…
Single source · not yet corroborated
WorldTone Neutral2 min
Twenty years after An Inconvenient Truth, Al Gore still believes in the climate fight: ‘We are going to win this’
Former US vice-president still has optimism for climate advocacy two decades after groundbreaking documentary. Two decades after the release of his groundbreaking documentary An…
Single source · not yet corroborated
ClimateTone Neutral2 min
‘This gap opens up of doubt and scepticism about everything’: Jess and Morgs confront the politics of deepfakes
In the choreographers’ new work, virtuosic movement and some green-screen magic unfurl the theatricality of high-stakes television interviews. It appears the interviewer has got…
Single source · not yet corroborated
TechnologyTone Neutral2 min
Beau Lamarre-Condon sized up surfboard bag against friend before allegedly murdering Sydney couple, court told
Former NSW police officer has pleaded not guilty to murdering Jesse Baird and Luke Davies before concealing bodies in bags bought from sports store. Follow our Australia news live…
Single source · not yet corroborated
WorldTone Neutral2 min
‘We’re not going to back down’: tiny Dorset B&B stands up to Airbnb’s legal bid to ‘monopolise’ letters ‘bnb’
Three little letters - bnb-side’s name is a play on the local b-side arts festival, but Silicon Valley colossus sees threat to global brand. In one corner is bnb-side, a six-room…
Single source · not yet corroborated
TechnologyTone Neutral2 min
Lenore review – incel’s obsession with online influencer turns into anatomy of dislocated digital-age mindset
Digital-age Australian psychodrama tracks the shut-in mania of dangerously disaffected male fan, but doesn’t get inside his mind. If the parasocial phenomenon is a kind of hell,…
Single source · not yet corroborated
TechnologyTone Neutral2 min
‘Hanging on by a thread’: 11th hour decision to protect endangered birds from SA space project plans welcomed
The Eyre peninsula site is ‘precious and important’ habitats for southern emu-wren and home to 80% of the mallee whipbird population. Get our breaking news email , free app or…
Single source · not yet corroborated
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…
Single source · not yet corroborated
ClimateTone 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…
Single source · not yet corroborated
ClimateTone Neutral2 min
British people understand the climate crisis threat. Today I’m empowering them to tackle it | Andy Burnham
With nearly £30m of funding, I’m giving communities power over local energy. They know the gravity of global heating, and they want to be part of the solution. Andy Burnham: UK…
Single source · not yet corroborated
ClimateTone Serious2 min
Jamaica hails King’s decision to refer slavery reparations petition to privy council as ‘really big deal’
The move comes after Jamaica’s culture minister Olivia Grange travelled to the UK earlier this month to lodge the historic petition. King Charles has referred a landmark slavery…
Single source · not yet corroborated
WorldTone Neutral2 min
Australia’s newest chicken factory looks like a modern art gallery – but will it improve animal welfare?
Three million chickens a week will be processed at the state-of-the-art facility in Tamworth – a fifth of all those eaten nationwide. It is for birds? Is it for planes?. The…
Single source · not yet corroborated
WorldTone Neutral2 min
AI hack of Medicare exposes Australia’s vulnerabilities and experts warn ‘there is more of this to come’
Council on AI Strategy chief says incident unlikely to be isolated and country should enhance capability to detect and report incidents. Get our breaking news email , free app or…
Single source · not yet corroborated
TechnologyTone 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…
Single source · not yet corroborated
EconomyTone Neutral2 min
Hats, pencils and baby pacifiers: Yellowstone staffers retrieve record amount of trash from hot springs
The park is the most highly visited and strong winds make trash problem worse, with gusts blowing away items. Hold on to your hats – Yellowstone national park staffers have…
Single source · not yet corroborated
ClimateTone 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…
Single source · not yet corroborated
ClimateTone Neutral2 min
Using AI to ‘talk to animals’ might make us feel clever – but what, if anything, does it do for them?
As animal behaviorists increasingly use AI in their research, they grapple with how to wield the technology responsibly. I’m sitting in a small boat in Shark Bay, Australia,…
Single source · not yet corroborated
TechnologyTone Neutral2 min
World
House Democrat 'far less worried' about democratic socialists than Republicans 'complicit' with Trump
Rep. Madeleine Dean (D-Pa.) said Wednesday she is not as concerned over democratic socialists potentially entering the House than she is with Republican lawmakers she deemed…
Single source · not yet corroborated
WorldTone Neutral2 min
Boy, 16, held in ‘cramped’ prison cell alone for 22 hours a day for weeks, Victorian ombudsman finds
Ombudsman finds government breached teen’s human rights, saying the conditions ‘bordered on solitary confinement’. Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast. A…
Single source · not yet corroborated
WorldTone Neutral2 min
‘We have really cool sharks’: three-year project to lift lid on Britain’s little-understood species
Anglers will help scientists investigate the porbeagle, tope and blue shark to boost knowledge and conservation. ‘We have really cool sharks,” says Dr Lucy Hawkes. She is not…
Single source · not yet corroborated
ClimateTone Neutral2 min
Amid soaring living costs, America’s biggest convenience-store chains quietly overcharge consumers
Guardian investigation: 7-Eleven and Circle K stores often fail to honor advertised prices – charging more at pump and register for gas, snacks, and other items. Marco Cruz pulled…
Single source · not yet corroborated
EconomyTone Neutral2 min
Climate protesters say tech companies, not AI, are the real ‘danger to humankind’ – and the planet
Activists gathered outside the OpenAI offices on Monday during climate week in New York City. On Monday evening, protesters gathered outside the unmarked Manhattan offices of…
Single source · not yet corroborated
TechnologyTone Neutral2 min
Technology
Democracy v the machine: the birth of the digital age and the warnings that were ignored – podcast
Many hoped that the march of technology would usher in an egalitarian utopia – but some foresaw the threat it would pose to liberal society. Why did nobody listen?. By Jill…
Single source · not yet corroborated
TechnologyTone Neutral2 min
Racist abuse of French judo star Teddy Riner investigated after he spoke about rise of far right
Paris public prosecutor opens investigation into online harassment of Riner, one of France’s most popular sportspeople. Paris’s public prosecutor has opened an investigation into…
Single source · not yet corroborated
WorldTone Neutral2 min
The Route to Cappyness review – capybara boosterism is an ode to the internet’s favourite rodent
From a cappy-cafe owner in Japan to an escaped capybara in the UK, this homespun film takes the temperature of an international obsession. One of Midlands-based film-maker Sharon…
Single source · not yet corroborated
TechnologyTone Neutral2 min
‘Cash to trash’ levy on house developers too low to offset damage to Norfolk Broads, say critics
Exclusive: Levy that allows almost 16,000 houses to be built on Norfolk Broads will not cover cost of mitigating environmental damage, critics say. A new levy on developers to…
Single source · not yet corroborated
ClimateTone Neutral2 min
Healthcare in Africa ‘under growing strain’ after US withdrawal from aid programs, report warns
Accra Reset’s report states countries in the region and global south should take greater control of their health development after USAID debacle. The United States’ withdrawal…
Single source · not yet corroborated
WorldTone Neutral2 min
Big AI is trying to own the pathway to work. Universities shouldn’t play along | Ella Hafermalz
Universities need to protect their position in education so that students have an independent pathway to employment. AI companies like OpenAI are insinuating themselves into the…
Single source · not yet corroborated
TechnologyTone Neutral2 min
Most verified today
1Hurricane Polo, rapidly intensifying from strong El Niño patterns, rages off coast of Mexico
✓ 89% agree · 4 sources
News outlets banned from White House seek emergency hearing after being denied entry despite judge’s order – live
✓ 87% agree · 4 sources
Rogue OpenAI agent 'infiltrated' Australian government website in world first
✓ 87% agree · 4 sources
High levels of 'forever chemical' causing cancer found in blood of residents living near factory
✓ 81% agree · 2 sources
Quietest reads
1Rogue OpenAI agent 'infiltrated' Australian government website in world first
Mental load Light · Technology
High levels of 'forever chemical' causing cancer found in blood of residents living near factory
Mental load Light · Technology
Xi says China and US must ensure AI ‘is always under human control’ as Trump touts ‘great friendship’ before White House talks – live
Mental load Light · Technology
‘This gap opens up of doubt and scepticism about everything’: Jess and Morgs confront the politics of deepfakes
Mental load Light · Technology