✓OpenAI hack on Australian government reveals anxiety at heart of global artificial intelligence dilemma
As the UN warns traditional safeguards are ‘unravelling’, Donald Trump says he will encourage, not restrain, the AI race. When the Australian prime minister, Anthony Albanese, sat…
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Mexico's Baja California braces for Hurricane Polo as Hurricane Nolo threatens Hawaii
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Pope says concerns about AI going rogue are not 'fake news' after Trump 'hoax' claims
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Bangkok declared a ‘disaster zone’ after flooding, as rainstorms shift direction
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OpenAI scraps release of new model over safety concerns in internal testing
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‘Friendship pandas’ arrive in Atlanta, marking US-China relations moment
Two giant pandas from China have landed in the United States and are heading to Zoo Atlanta
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Trump offers Iran economic relief for concrete nuclear concessions
President Trump is willing to give Iran sanctions relief and release Iranian frozen funds in return for concrete Iranian steps regarding the nuclear program, U.S. officials say.…
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Trump doubles down on claims US will win war with Iran ‘one way or another’ as talks are in doubt – as it happened
This live blog is now closed. Sign up for the Breaking News US email. While the lawmakers in the US House have already left Washington to get a head start on midterm campaigning,…
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✓Twelve women have been killed in one part of South Africa since July. Here's what we know so far
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa says the murders are a "stain on our national conscience"
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✓In-laws arrested on suspicion of murder after New York Times engineer shot dead in California
Police arrest couple in their 70s after Jonathan McKinsey, 40, found dead in park in Bay Area city of Dublin. A married couple in their 70s have been arrested for allegedly…
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✓Tennessee to execute a woman for first time in 200 years after governor denies clemency
Lawyers for Christa Pike, 50, convicted of killing classmate in Knoxville in 1995, ask supreme court to grant stay. Christa Pike, a woman who was convicted of murder 30 years ago,…
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✓Trump asked Xi Jinping if China would like to buy US weapons, American ambassador says
David Perdue’s remarks come after a Taiwanese minister spoke of the ‘severe’ military threat posed by Beijing to the self-ruled island. Donald Trump offered to sell weapons to…
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✓Investigation of alleged gang-rape at Cornell University fraternity house reopened
Outrage over treatment of alleged offenders, members of Chi Phi fraternity, has grown since lawsuit was made public. Sign up for the Breaking News US newsletter email. Prosecutors…
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✓EU says Trump’s plan to ban US diesel exports would ‘negatively impact both sides’
US president’s suggested 90-day export ban before midterm elections could bring even higher fuel prices across Europe. The EU has warned Donald Trump against plans to ban US…
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White House press ban set to continue for now after hearing ends without ruling
A judge on Wednesday appeared skeptical of Trump administration arguments justifying the White House barring CNN, MS NOW and Politico, but he did not immediately grant the news…
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✓Watch: From launch to fiery splashdown, SpaceX's Starship completes orbit test
A thunderous lift off, rapid satellite deployments and a fiery ending. That's how SpaceX's 14th launch of its Starship rocket panned out today
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✓Mortgage rates have just surpassed 7% for the first time in well over a year
Rates have climbed more than a full percentage point since the U.S. war against Iran started
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Senate defeats proposal to limit ticket price increases for college sports
The Senate voted Monday evening to defeat an amendment sponsored by Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.) to cap ticket price increases for college sporting events to four percent a year,…
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✓Russia pounds Ukraine’s Kyiv after deadly strike on Academy of Sciences
Footage of attack on Academy shows people leaning out of windows as bright flames engulf part of the historic building
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✓Eviction of 87-year-old sparks protests in Madrid over housing crisis
Tens of thousands marched through Madrid on Saturday to protest Spain's housing crisis and the eviction of an 87-year-old woman, camping overnight in Madrid's historic Puerta del…
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✓At least 27 dead after two mass shootings in South Africa, police say
Seventeen people killed near Johannesburg in suspected ‘illegal goldmining turf war’, as 10 killed in separate incident at barbecue venue near Cape Town. Two separate mass…
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✓NFL asks US Homeland Security to remove video with former star player
Agency used video of Hall of Fame player Brian Dawkins to show readiness for border protection
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✓Apple ordered to pay $5.7bn after losing vibration tech patent suit
Audio firm Taction Technology claimed Apple infringed its patents for tech used to power device vibrations
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✓SpaceX's Starship launches on first orbital mission from Texas
Starship is key to SpaceX's commercial success and NASA's plans to land humans on the moon. This is the 14th flight of the uncrewed Starship, but the first time it reached orbit
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Australia news live: Shoebridge doesn’t rule himself out of Greens leadership race; RBA interest rates decision expected
Follow the day’s news live. Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast. New South Wales police say they are investigating the suspicious deaths of two men in the…
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The Guardian view on a supersized El Niño: a natural phenomenon and human folly are a lethal combination | Editorial
Hundreds of thousands are expected to die, millions to go hungry. This is not just about weather patterns, but about injustice. Some warnings are so grave that it is almost…
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It’s going to take more than an email to a public inbox to protect Australians from potential AI doom | Tom McIlroy
OpenAI’s hack of Medicare suggests safeguarding civilisation is the task facing leaders in this extraordinary new era. Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news…
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‘It’s hard to sell a house when it’s covered in baboon faeces’: Cape Town divided over plan to remove its monkeys
Two troops of chacma baboons are breaking into homes and shops but animal rights activists insist coexistence is the answer. Cape Town’s city council has said it will “imminently”…
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Corporations claim their fossil fuel emissions are a drop in the ocean. But what if we could count the real cost?
A new tool called Carbon Impacts Tracer can be used to estimate climate impact from emissions across eight metrics, including lost food production. The biggest coal project before…
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The comedians turning AI anxiety into punchlines: ‘It’s so good, it’ll completely alter our grasp on reality’
Across videos, standup and cartoons, humorists are skewering big tech’s attempt to make AI ubiquitous and inevitable. “Best case scenario, we never have to do any admin again,”…
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‘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…
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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,…
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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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Gisèle Pelicot’s daughter launches awareness campaign for potential victims of drugging and sexual assault
Campaign broadcast across France encourages people to come forward even if they have little to no memory of attack. Gisèle Pelicot is the figurehead of a new campaign run by her…
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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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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…
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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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Mighty Sparrow, the Trinidad and Tobago singer known as the ‘calypso king of the world’, dies aged 91
Slinger Francisco, who performed as the Mighty Sparrow, died on Sunday surrounded by family in New York. Slinger Francisco, known on stage as the Mighty Sparrow and dubbed the…
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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,…
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