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Trump praises Lindsey Graham as ‘one of the greatest people I have ever known’ after senator dies of sudden illness – live U.S. launches fresh strikes on Iran as Tehran says it has closed Strait of Hormuz Trump administration subpoenas New York Times journalists over Air Force One reporting US congressman says he was detained by armed Israeli settlers in occupied West Bank Meta ditches Muse Image AI feature because it ‘misses the mark’ on users’ privacy Iran attacks Gulf countries following fresh US strikes – Middle East crisis live Toronto shooting: two dead and four injured at Salsa on St Clair street festival Apple sues OpenAI, alleging artificial intelligence company stole trade secrets What Peter Falconio's killer told police when asked to reveal location of backpacker's body US and Iran trade escalating strikes as supreme leader is buried after days-long funeral Watch: Typhoon Bavi forecast to bring heavy rains and floods to Taiwan, Japan and China U.S.-Iran fighting appears to pause. And, life inside Israel's military zones in Gaza Largest housing affordability bill in decades becomes law without Trump's signature South Korea chip maker SK hynix rides AI boom raising $26.5bn in huge US listing China evacuates nearly two million people as powerful typhoon makes landfall US chemical accidents rising as Trump rolls back protections, report finds US launches third round of strikes after Iran announces strait closure Vapes to have less enticing names and flavours to protect children In my years of spearfishing, I’ve never encountered more sharks than now. But I know where I stand in the underwater pecking order | Clarke Gayford I asked AI for help with DIY. It told me to build a subfloor on rotting stumps, but also taught me valuable lessons | Myke Bartlett Trump praises Lindsey Graham as ‘one of the greatest people I have ever known’ after senator dies of sudden illness – live U.S. launches fresh strikes on Iran as Tehran says it has closed Strait of Hormuz Trump administration subpoenas New York Times journalists over Air Force One reporting US congressman says he was detained by armed Israeli settlers in occupied West Bank Meta ditches Muse Image AI feature because it ‘misses the mark’ on users’ privacy Iran attacks Gulf countries following fresh US strikes – Middle East crisis live Toronto shooting: two dead and four injured at Salsa on St Clair street festival Apple sues OpenAI, alleging artificial intelligence company stole trade secrets What Peter Falconio's killer told police when asked to reveal location of backpacker's body US and Iran trade escalating strikes as supreme leader is buried after days-long funeral Watch: Typhoon Bavi forecast to bring heavy rains and floods to Taiwan, Japan and China U.S.-Iran fighting appears to pause. And, life inside Israel's military zones in Gaza Largest housing affordability bill in decades becomes law without Trump's signature South Korea chip maker SK hynix rides AI boom raising $26.5bn in huge US listing China evacuates nearly two million people as powerful typhoon makes landfall US chemical accidents rising as Trump rolls back protections, report finds US launches third round of strikes after Iran announces strait closure Vapes to have less enticing names and flavours to protect children In my years of spearfishing, I’ve never encountered more sharks than now. But I know where I stand in the underwater pecking order | Clarke Gayford I asked AI for help with DIY. It told me to build a subfloor on rotting stumps, but also taught me valuable lessons | Myke Bartlett
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Trump praises Lindsey Graham as ‘one of the greatest people I have ever known’ after senator dies of sudden illness – live

Graham’s abrupt death will send shock waves through Washington and the Republican party. Lindsey Graham, key ally of Donald Trump, has died after sudden illness, his office says.…
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Iran attacks Gulf countries following fresh US strikes – Middle East crisis live

Jordan, Bahrain, Qatar, Oman and the UAE reportedly came under attack as Tehran says it is closing Strait of Hormuz. There has been almost no visible traffic in the strait of…
79% agreement · 3 independent sources
WorldTone Serious2 min
Toronto shooting: two dead and four injured at Salsa on St Clair street festival

Toronto shooting: two dead and four injured at Salsa on St Clair street festival

Police say two people exchanged gunfire in shooting that mayor called an ‘irresponsible act of violence’ in festival attended by families. A shooting near a Toronto street…
83% agreement · 3 independent sources
WorldTone Serious2 min
Apple sues OpenAI, alleging artificial intelligence company stole trade secrets

Apple sues OpenAI, alleging artificial intelligence company stole trade secrets

Suit claims OpenAI poached Apple workers, coaxing them to share confidential material in bid to create hardware. Apple filed a lawsuit against OpenAI on Friday alleging the…
80% agreement · 3 independent sources
TechnologyTone Neutral2 min
World

What Peter Falconio's killer told police when asked to reveal location of backpacker's body

New footage has emerged showing the man who murdered British backpacker Peter Falconio repeatedly denying that he knew where his victim's body was
79% agreement · 2 independent sources
WorldTone Neutral2 min
US and Iran trade escalating strikes as supreme leader is buried after days-long funeral

US and Iran trade escalating strikes as supreme leader is buried after days-long funeral

Renewed attacks the largest since an interim memorandum was signed this June, with Trump saying fragile truce is ‘over’. The US and Iran traded retaliatory strikes on Thursday as…
73% agreement · 2 independent sources
WorldTone Neutral2 min
Climate

Watch: Typhoon Bavi forecast to bring heavy rains and floods to Taiwan, Japan and China

See how the powerful storm is expected to move across east Asia on Saturday
80% agreement · 2 independent sources
ClimateTone Neutral2 min
U.S.-Iran fighting appears to pause. And, life inside Israel's military zones in Gaza

U.S.-Iran fighting appears to pause. And, life inside Israel's military zones in Gaza

Fighting between the U.S. and Iran appears to have paused after two days of clashing amid a shaky ceasefire. And, a look at what life is like inside Israel's expanding zone of…
72% agreement · 2 independent sources
WorldTone Neutral2 min
Largest housing affordability bill in decades becomes law without Trump's signature

Largest housing affordability bill in decades becomes law without Trump's signature

President Trump refused to sign the bill without Congress first passing his sweeping voter ID bill
73% agreement · 2 independent sources
EconomyTone Neutral2 min
South Korea chip maker SK hynix rides AI boom raising $26.5bn in huge US listing

South Korea chip maker SK hynix rides AI boom raising $26.5bn in huge US listing

SK hynix, a supplier of advanced memory chips, has seen profits skyrocket thanks to the global race to build AI datacentres. South Korean chip maker SK hynix set pricing for its…
74% agreement · 2 independent sources
TechnologyTone Neutral2 min
China evacuates nearly two million people as powerful typhoon makes landfall

China evacuates nearly two million people as powerful typhoon makes landfall

Schools, work and outdoor activities have been suspended in Zhejiang province and many transport services cancelled
73% agreement · 2 independent sources
ClimateTone Neutral2 min
US chemical accidents rising as Trump rolls back protections, report finds

US chemical accidents rising as Trump rolls back protections, report finds

Deaths and injuries up as critics condemn administration’s ‘appalling’ plan to gut federal disaster management system. The number of US chemical accidents is rising just as the…
73% agreement · 2 independent sources
EconomyTone Neutral2 min
US launches third round of strikes after Iran announces strait closure

US launches third round of strikes after Iran announces strait closure

The U.S. military launched a third round of strikes against Iran on Saturday in response to an Iranian attack on a container ship in the Strait of Hormuz, according to U.S.…
75% agreement · 2 independent sources
WorldTone Serious2 min
Vapes to have less enticing names and flavours to protect children

Vapes to have less enticing names and flavours to protect children

People are being consulted about plans to stop vape companies using enticing flavour descriptions that "attract" children into experimenting
79% agreement · 2 independent sources
EconomyTone Neutral2 min
In my years of spearfishing, I’ve never encountered more sharks than now. But I know where I stand in the underwater pecking order | Clarke Gayford

In my years of spearfishing, I’ve never encountered more sharks than now. But I know where I stand in the underwater pecking order | Clarke Gayford

Below the surface is one of the only places I can switch my brain off. Coming face to face with a shark comes with the territory – and we all have to adapt to this new normal. The…
Single source · not yet corroborated
ClimateTone Neutral2 min
I asked AI for help with DIY. It told me to build a subfloor on rotting stumps, but also taught me valuable lessons | Myke Bartlett

I asked AI for help with DIY. It told me to build a subfloor on rotting stumps, but also taught me valuable lessons | Myke Bartlett

Nothing does more for your ego than realising you can make a better decision than a bot with all of human knowledge at its digital fingertips. I am not, by nature, an early…
Single source · not yet corroborated
TechnologyTone Neutral2 min
‘It can flip quickly from being idyllic’: the reality of life for young van dwellers priced out of Cornwall’s housing market

‘It can flip quickly from being idyllic’: the reality of life for young van dwellers priced out of Cornwall’s housing market

With tourists buying up property and landlords opting for lucrative Airbnb rentals, young Cornish people are turning to old campervans to provide a roof over their heads. Skye has…
Single source · not yet corroborated
ClimateTone Neutral2 min
The Guardian view on the flamingo revolution: Albanians are standing up for their rights, as well as for nature | Editorial

The Guardian view on the flamingo revolution: Albanians are standing up for their rights, as well as for nature | Editorial

Plans for a mega-resort, backed by Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner, have spurred broader questions about who politics is serving. For more than a month, thousands have taken to the…
Single source · not yet corroborated
ClimateTone Neutral2 min
Chasing new skills, going back to basics and pushing for collective action: how software engineers are adapting to AI

Chasing new skills, going back to basics and pushing for collective action: how software engineers are adapting to AI

Software engineering was one of the best-paying professions in the US in 2022, but the advent of AI has disrupted it, leading to several layoffs and underemployment. Every…
Single source · not yet corroborated
TechnologyTone Neutral2 min
The fight against AI data centers is important – but it’s just a starting point | Bruce Schneier and Nathan E Sanders

The fight against AI data centers is important – but it’s just a starting point | Bruce Schneier and Nathan E Sanders

AI companies want to capture the value created by entire industries. That concentration of wealth and power is society’s greatest risk. Opposition to AI datacenters has emerged as…
Single source · not yet corroborated
ClimateTone Neutral2 min
‘We’re up against forces that have all the money in the world’: Erin Brockovich on her battle against AI datacentres

‘We’re up against forces that have all the money in the world’: Erin Brockovich on her battle against AI datacentres

In 1993, she squeezed a $333m settlement from a Californian energy company in a scandal over contaminated water. Three decades later, she has a new target in her sights – and it’s…
Single source · not yet corroborated
EconomyTone Neutral2 min
‘A lot of red flags’: plans for New Zealand’s first datacentre spark concern as locals demand greater transparency

‘A lot of red flags’: plans for New Zealand’s first datacentre spark concern as locals demand greater transparency

Plans to build a NZ$3.5bn datacentre in Makarewa in the country’s south has drawn concern about electricity and water use, and potential noise pollution. People living near the…
Single source · not yet corroborated
WorldTone Neutral2 min
Doubt that Elon Musk ‘earned’ his trillion? Rightwing media says you’re in an ‘impotent envy cult’ | Arwa Mahdawi

Doubt that Elon Musk ‘earned’ his trillion? Rightwing media says you’re in an ‘impotent envy cult’ | Arwa Mahdawi

The lovefest from Musk’s conservative fans completely overlooks the unscrupulous tactics behind his immense wealth. For 12 glorious days in June, Elon Musk experienced something…
Single source · not yet corroborated
TechnologyTone Neutral2 min
AI models already ‘doing things their creators never intended’, Australia’s assistant technology minister warns

AI models already ‘doing things their creators never intended’, Australia’s assistant technology minister warns

Andrew Charlton says artificial intelligence ‘cheating, deceiving, going their own way’ – and time to get ahead of it is during testing. Follow our Australia news live blog for…
Single source · not yet corroborated
EconomyTone Neutral2 min
New anti-racism standard will force Australian universities to use definitions of antisemitism and Islamophobia

New anti-racism standard will force Australian universities to use definitions of antisemitism and Islamophobia

Higher education chiefs, academics and students to give evidence this week at royal commission. Australian universities will be required to adopt definitions on antisemitism,…
Single source · not yet corroborated
WorldTone Neutral2 min
Trump’s consumer protection head has earned grudging respect – but does he have the authority to do his job?

Trump’s consumer protection head has earned grudging respect – but does he have the authority to do his job?

Chris Mufarrige has taken aim at Facebook scams and junk fees, but consumer advocates say he has an uphill climb. As the director of the Federal Trade Commission’s consumer…
Single source · not yet corroborated
EconomyTone Neutral2 min
‘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
Assassin’s Creed Black Flag Resynced review – bootyful high seas adventure, now with 20% more swashbuckling

Assassin’s Creed Black Flag Resynced review – bootyful high seas adventure, now with 20% more swashbuckling

PS5, PC, Xbox Series X/S; Ubisoft Singapore/Ubisoft Ubisoft has removed all the boring parts of pirate life from its fantasy RPG, creating something more focused and fun. Edward…
Single source · not yet corroborated
TechnologyTone Neutral2 min
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…
Single source · not yet corroborated
ClimateTone Neutral2 min
Fastest spider in the world? This huge, hairy-legged Australian arachnid may be the quickest on the planet

Fastest spider in the world? This huge, hairy-legged Australian arachnid may be the quickest on the planet

A brown huntsman is the quickest of more than 250 species analysed by scientists in the UK and Germany. If arachnophobes were not frightened enough by the horrific ability of…
Single source · not yet corroborated
ClimateTone Neutral2 min
Wallabies’ pop-gun revival under Joe Schmidt blown apart as France unload heavy artillery | Daniel Gallan

Wallabies’ pop-gun revival under Joe Schmidt blown apart as France unload heavy artillery | Daniel Gallan

Plucky defeats decorated with patches of excellence will not cut it for Australia with a home World Cup now looming large. The camera found Joe Schmidt shortly after France had…
Single source · not yet corroborated
WorldTone Neutral2 min
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…
Single source · not yet corroborated
EconomyTone Neutral2 min
World

Victorian crossbench MP warns voting system overhaul must be backed by broader reform – as it happened

This blog is now closed. Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast. Victorian Animal Justice party MP Georgie Purcell says abolishing the state’s group voting…
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WorldTone Neutral2 min
I tested 53 water bottles to find the best for leaks, looks and sustainability: here are my favourites

I tested 53 water bottles to find the best for leaks, looks and sustainability: here are my favourites

Ditched single-use plastic bottles but can’t find a good reusable one? I spent months putting dozens through their paces – these are the ones worth buying. • The best travel mugs…
Single source · not yet corroborated
TechnologyTone Neutral2 min
‘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…
Single source · not yet corroborated
ClimateTone Neutral2 min
The rise of blue-space therapy: how the sea is helping people deal with trauma, anxiety and addiction

The rise of blue-space therapy: how the sea is helping people deal with trauma, anxiety and addiction

‘Sea cures’ are not new but the idea that exposure to oceans, rivers and lakes can be medicine for the brain is gaining traction. Watching the waves break across the vast, roaring…
Single source · not yet corroborated
ClimateTone Neutral2 min

Most verified today

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Trump praises Lindsey Graham as ‘one of the greatest people I have ever known’ after senator dies of sudden illness – live

✓ 97% agree · 6 sources
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U.S. launches fresh strikes on Iran as Tehran says it has closed Strait of Hormuz

✓ 86% agree · 4 sources
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Trump administration subpoenas New York Times journalists over Air Force One reporting

✓ 86% agree · 3 sources
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US congressman says he was detained by armed Israeli settlers in occupied West Bank

✓ 83% agree · 3 sources

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Meta ditches Muse Image AI feature because it ‘misses the mark’ on users’ privacy

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South Korea chip maker SK hynix rides AI boom raising $26.5bn in huge US listing

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I asked AI for help with DIY. It told me to build a subfloor on rotting stumps, but also taught me valuable lessons | Myke Bartlett

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