✓What to know about Germany’s drone attack accusations against Russia
German intelligence has concluded that an explosive-laden drone was linked to Russia. Officials promise consequences
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SCOTUS allows Trump's ballroom project to continue. And, the Army secretary resigns
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MapQuest app reaches No 1 on US Apple list after defying Trump’s Lake Ontario order
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Nepal's hesitance to accept foreign help for flood relief comes under scrutiny
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What could Meta’s US settlement mean around the world – and what now for other claims against firm?
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✓Days after Trump announces Venezuela oil deal, White House fills in some of the details
As part of the deal, the U.S. is creating a private company as a joint venture with North American Blue Energy Partners, owned by Venezuelan businessman Alejandro Betancourt
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✓Iran retaliates after US strikes kill four at wedding party, state media reports
Iranian news agencies said retaliatory missile and drone attacks on US targets had begun
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✓One still missing after Grand Canyon floods kill two and prompt rescue efforts
Almost everyone is now accounted for after dozens of hikers were airlifted to safety, an official says
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✓Jurors in Lindsay Clancy trial deadlocked but judge asks them to keep trying
The Massachusetts mother is facing murder charges for killing her three children at their family home in 2023
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✓Canada’s Carney says US must ‘start being serious’ to resolve trade dispute
Carney and Trump continue to trade barbs amid ongoing threats against Canadian sovereignty and economic disputes
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✓AI could cause global economic downturn, Bank of England governor tells G20
Andrew Bailey, in role as financial stability watchdog chief, warns advanced models risk destabilising system. The Bank of England’s governor, Andrew Bailey, has joined the throng…
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✓'A glorious dawn launch': NASA's newest space telescope has left the Earth
The tour-bus-sized telescope aims to unravel cosmic mysteries and identify more than 100,000 planets beyond our solar system
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✓US officials defend Venezuela oil deal amid questions over rebuilding plan
Government talks up pact but Venezuelan opposition alarmed that democracy yet to return after Maduro exit. Trump administration officials on Tuesday defended a highly contentious…
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✓Meta to pay up to $18bn to settle claims its platforms harm children
The deal has been reached during a California federal court trial over claims brought by US states
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✓Woman killed in Times Square stabbing, suspect shot dead by police
Police say the double stabbing, which injured another person, was random and the suspect had a mental health history
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Jared Kushner's brother breaks silence on World Cup sell-off plans
The brother of Donald Trump's son-in-law has expressed regret at becoming involved in Gianni Infantino's World Cup sell-off plans, saying his investment group failed to…
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Markey defeats Moulton in Massachusetts Democratic Senate primary
Sen. Ed Markey has fended off a challenge from Rep. Seth Moulton in the Massachusetts Democratic primary for Senate, Decision Desk HQ projects. Moulton, a 47-year-old who’s served…
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✓Shein shares slide on fast-fashion retailer’s stock market debut
Hong Kong flotation at $26bn by firm once valued at $100bn follows failure to list in US and UK. Shares in the fast-fashion brand Shein slumped by as much as 10% as the…
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✓Trump nominates loyalist Hung Cao to be permanent navy secretary
Acting secretary picked for top role as critics accuse president of overworking sailors during war with Iran. Donald Trump said Tuesday that he is nominating acting navy secretary…
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Tech giants warn time is running out to prepare for AI threats
OpenAI, Anthropic, Amazon Web Services, Microsoft and more than 100 other companies warned Thursday that the organizations now only have months to prepare for AI-enabled…
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New storm names revealed - but how are they chosen, and why?
Storm names for the year ahead are released by the Met Office every September after input from the public
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Summer 2026 was UK's hottest on record, Met Office says
Summer 2026 has been declared the hottest since records began in 1884, according to provisional statistics
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Australia news live: economy grows by 2.1% in year to June; Telstra outage driven by lack of oversight and expertise, investigation finds
Follow the day’s news live. Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast. Ride share driver charged on allegations of committing sexual acts during booking. A ride…
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The datacentre power spat highlights a hidden truth: we’re not building renewables fast enough to meet our needs | Alison Reeve
A battle over datacentre power sources is only part of the picture. Australia needs a much bigger electricity system to meet all future demand. Anthony Albanese has been clear…
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Cities sweltering and the smell of the middle ages: has the climate crisis killed Instagram’s Euro summer? | Brigid Delaney
Who dreams of having a Euro summer now when staying in an ancient, uncooled building in the Old Town is like trying to sleep in a wood-fired pizza oven?. This week the Euro summer…
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‘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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The Nepal and Tibet flood is a warning: melting snow and ice will bring more disasters around the world | Bill McGuire
In Alaska, the Himalayas, the Andes, Greenland, and perhaps also the Alps, deadly chain reactions are just waiting to be triggered. You may not have felt it, but the earth beneath…
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‘If you build something vastly smarter than you, it better be on your side’: can we stop AI from deceiving us?
We are used to the idea that our fellow humans might intentionally mislead or manipulate us, but the idea that machines can now do the same is deeply unsettling. Researchers are…
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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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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 datacenter backlash is bringing the entire political spectrum together – against big tech billionaires
The movement against datacenters is uniting Americans because they perfectly illustrate how a few individuals hold all the power to control decisions that affect our lives. Bryce…
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‘Not perfectly aligned’ with human values: Anthropic admits security failures behind AI hacking incidents
US owner of Claude chatbot previously said its models had hacked three organisations during testing. The US startup behind the Claude chatbot has admitted a series of hacking…
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Trump attacks datacenter backlash, claiming communities pushing back risk becoming ‘backwards and poor’
Three-quarters of Americans said in a recent poll that they oppose datacenters being built next to their homes. Donald Trump has criticized communities pushing back against…
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Diamonds for sale: lab-grown gem auctions are all over TikTok right now, but some aren’t happy about it
Streamed auctions offer a cheap way to buy the precious gems, but experts warn that quality is not guaranteed. The first time Andrea Greenhill came across a livestream auction for…
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When her ‘soul cat’ died, she was bereft. Now she designs memorial jewelry to help others with pet loss
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‘The silence was the worst part’: after culling his entire flock, US poultry farmer now fears bird flu
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More than a third of prenatal reports to NSW protective services not investigated, ombudsman finds
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House censures North Carolina Republican over allegations of inappropriate behavior with staffers
House lawmakers in both parties came together on Tuesday to censure Rep. Chuck Edwards (R-N.C.) over allegations of inappropriate behavior with female staffers in his office,…
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‘Dangerous power grab’: top Democrats decry USPS system that could thwart mail-in voting – live
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