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✓ Verified Live updates: Trump roasts Democrats, reporters at White House correspondents' dinner
President Trump spoke Friday evening at the rescheduled White House Correspondents' Association dinner, taking shots at Democrats, celebrities, members of the media and one of his…
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India's education minister resigns after mass protests led by 'Cockroach' movement
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'Cockroach' activist ends hunger strike as Indian youth movement vows to press on with protests
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India’s youth protesters are fighting Modi with irreverent humour and memes
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Thousands evacuated in south of France as wildfire rages across pine forest – video
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✓US trade chief defends tariffs as Democrats say Trump ‘in denial’ over price hikes
Jamieson Greer denies tariffs have pushed up prices during grilling from lawmakers over cost-of-living concerns. Donald Trump ’s chief trade official denied the president’s…
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✓OpenAI blamed a hacking event on its AI models gone rogue. Here is what to know
The incident is stirring debates over the need for stronger AI guardrails and the extent to which AI agents are capable of acting on their own
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✓As signals of a 'massive' US attack mount, experts skeptical it will break Iran
As President Trump threatens a major escalation in Iran, signs are mounting that the U.S. military is preparing for a potential return to major military operations. But experts…
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✓Trump threatens a major escalation in Iran after 13 straight nights of strikes
The U.S. continued airstrikes in Iran while Tehran launched retaliatory attacks on U.S. targets in the Gulf, as President Trump said he was close to deciding whether to launch "a…
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✓Sperm whales change ‘vowel’ sounds when boats are nearby, scientists discover
Researchers listening off the Caribbean island of Dominica found variations in the mammals’ audible clicks when marine traffic was close. Sperm whales produce a specific pattern…
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Trump says Saudi nuclear deal bars enrichment, requires Israel normalization
President Trump claimed Thursday the new nuclear deal the U.S. signed with Saudi Arabia will not include uranium enrichment and requires the kingdom normalize its relations with…
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✓Judge orders pause on Paramount-Warner merger after challenge from 12 states
$81bn merger halted for at least two weeks after US states sued to block deal, saying it would ‘extinguish competition’. A federal judge on Monday ordered Paramount and Warner…
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✓Law student charged after military-grade bomb intercepted near Irish border
Isobella Perrie Sullivan, 25, remanded in custody after intelligence-led operation against dissident republicans. A 25-year-old law student has been charged in relation to an…
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✓Trump orders disclaimers outside Smithsonian's Museum of American History
President Trump on Friday issued an executive order directing disclaimers be installed outside the Smithsonian's Museum of American history to warn passerby that some of the…
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✓Oil surges to $100 per barrel. And, Trump imposes a new round of tariffs
Oil surged to $100 per barrel after Iran-backed Houthi rebels attacked two Saudi tankers in the Red Sea. And, President Trump overnight replaced expiring tariffs with a slew of…
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✓Justice Dept. drops 'New York Times' subpoenas under pressure from judge
The Justice Department is dropping the subpoenas it filed demanding grand jury testimony and phone records from New York Times journalists after sharp questioning Thursday from a…
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✓OpenAI says its AI went rogue and launched 'unprecedented' cyber-attack
It is one of the first publicly disclosed cyber-attacks carried out by AI without direct human involvement
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✓Israel arrests dozens of Palestinians in West Bank amid settler attacks
Military crackdown follows a shooting that killed four Palestinians and two Israeli soldiers
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✓Families still search for bodies a month after Venezuela earthquakes
Officials say the death toll has surpassed 5,300, though estimates of the number still missing could be as high as 50,000
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✓EU fines Google €890m for competition breaches over search and apps
Firm told to treat third-party services that appear in its results in ‘fair and non-discriminatory manner’. Google has been fined a total of €890m (£760m) by the EU for breaches…
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✓A new threat in the Middle East sends oil over $100 a barrel again
The price of crude oil is rising again following Houthi claims of attacks on tankers in the Red Sea. What could it mean for gas prices, inflation and the global economy?
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✓Why Trump's new tariffs are less likely to lose a legal battle
President Trump’s new global tariffs based on forced-labor violations have already drawn a lawsuit and criticism from American allies, but experts say the legal basis may make…
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✓ICC top prosecutor removed over sexual misconduct allegations
Karim Khan denies allegations of engaging in an improper sexual relationship with a junior ICC staff member and seeking to stop her pursuing her complaint
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✓Trump to impose double-digit tariffs on dozens of countries
The United States will slap taxes of 10% to 12.5% on imports from 60 countries accounting for 99% of U.S. imports, charging that they have inadequately enforced bans on goods…
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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…
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Middle East crisis: US carries out strikes across Iran as Tehran targets American bases in region – as it happened
Latest attacks come after Trump vowed ‘major military punishment’ for Tehran and its Houthi allies. As we reported earlier, Iran ’s military said on Friday that it carried out…
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Green grant cancellations were 'based solely' on states' political affiliation, Trump administration says in court
Federal green grants canceled last year were selected “solely” based on a state’s political affiliation, the Trump administration said in a recent court filing. In the filing,…
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Australia to warn China it won’t be bullied by ‘provocative‘ actions as it builds military and nuclear arsenal
Foreign minister Penny Wong will deliver speech criticising China’s recent launch of a nuclear-capable submarine-launched missile. Get our breaking news email , free app or daily…
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The Guardian view on Britain’s uninhabitable homes: as temperatures rise, a new approach is needed | Editorial
Sadiq Khan’s heat-ready plan for London is a sensible strategy for adaptation that should provide a roadmap for other cities. “Our ability to trust that our homes will keep us…
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Former Trump food official calls for independent review of federal government response to Cyclospora outbreak
Former Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Deputy Commissioner Frank Yiannas, who served under both President Trump and former President Biden, criticized the federal government’s…
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AI job worries grow. But some human skills can’t be replaced by machines | Gaynor Parkin and Dave Winsborough
The fear of becoming obsolete is a rising source of anxiety as artificial intelligence emerges in the workplace. Staying strongly connected with others will help. The modern mind…
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Albanese’s AI speech was a good start. Now Australia must confront these bigger questions | Julianne Schultz
The PM’s vision must look beyond datacentres and copyright to questions of capability, security and public benefit. Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast.…
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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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‘I thought, I’ve tried everything else, why not give AI a shot?’: the long-lost family reunited by ChatGPT
Avtar spent decades wondering what happened to the mother he never got to know. Thousands of miles away, Nicci was haunted by the story of a half-brother given away before she was…
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Legal logging and soaring saplings: the ‘green islands’ bucking the deforestation trend in central America
In Guatemala’s Maya biosphere reserve local people are making a living from trees at the same time as increasing forest cover, showing nature is best protected by those who depend…
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There Are No Ghosts at the Grand – stripping back the physical and metaphorical layers of a haunted hotel
Renovate rooms, investigate the supernatural and watch people burst into song in this surreal British ghost story. A young American man arrives in a dilapidated British seaside…
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Besieged by lobbyists, will UK ministers protect our ecosystems? No, they’ll chicken out | George Monbiot
Industrial poultry farming is killing our rivers. But rather than stop it, the government has been facilitating it. Will Andy Burnham end this ecocide?. There’s a slightly mean…
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Masked men invading and taking Amazon communities ‘hostage’ in organised crime surge, say local leaders
Delegation sent to Brasília after gunmen from organised crime group enter homes in western Amazon. Indigenous leaders on the Brazilian-Peruvian border have said their communities…
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‘No time to waste’: Greece bids for Mount Olympus to be included on Unesco list of world heritage sites
Officials have long lobbied for peak that rises 2,918 metres above sea level to be given coveted designation. More than four decades have elapsed since Evangelos Geroliolios made…
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