Pope greeted by crowds in first major appearance since lung cancer surgery

Ten suspects have been arrested in connection with recent violence in the West Bank including attacks on an ​American ⁠photojournalist and European ⁠diplomats, Israeli police have…

Ex-president urges Americans to defend congresswoman, saying ‘there’s no reason to believe it will stop with her’. Former US president Barack Obama condemned comments by Donald…

Interior minister Laurent Nuñez should stay to ensure chain of command with police and security forces, says president. Macron criticises ‘unbridled violence’ after 2,400 arrests…

President Trump defended his decision to waive Russian sanctions on Sunday, writing in a Truth Social post that it keeps Moscow at the negotiating table amid backlash from both…

The Treasury Department on Tuesday announced more than $1.2 billion in penalties against Bank of America for years of failures to report suspicious transactions and address…

A historic town hall in the French city of Limoges has been damaged in an apparent arson attack following a day of nationwide protests

Forest clearance at smallest total since records began in 1988 in success for Lula ahead of presidential run-off. Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon has fallen to its lowest…

The Atlantic writer Josh Tyrangiel says Musk and Bezos each want to colonize the moon, mine its resources and launch thousands more satellites. He says their only real competition…

The rupture between President Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky over last week's diesel deal deepened Wednesday after an Elon Musk -owned satellite system used by…

Parts of southern England have entered "severe drought", while about 30 million people are under hosepipe ban

A flight from Tel Aviv has made an emergency landing in Bulgaria after a bomb threat

The UN's World Food Programme says 1.4 million people in Gaza are suffering acute food shortages and that funding gaps are forcing cutbacks in critical aid, despite the U.S.…

Prices can get sticky. That helps explain why recessions hurt so much — and what policymakers can do about them

Archaeologists say the wreck is up to 4,700 years old, dating to the Early Bronze Age

Independent MP injured in an incident involving a vehicle outside her electorate office in Wangaratta, in regional Victoria. Follow updates. Independent MP Helen Haines fighting…

The emissions might occur elsewhere, but they generate global harm that scientists can now quantify. Sign up for climate and environment editor Adam Morton’s free Clear Air…

Queensland correctional services officer did not have access to details of Kerrie Struhs’ past offending which included child neglect. Get our breaking news email , free app or…

Insurers are taking on more risk than they should. If – or when – a major disaster hits, the catastrophe will have far-reaching consequences. I work for a major insurer, assessing…

Voters to be asked whether province should remain part of Canada or hold a second, binding independence vote. Albertans are going to the polls to decide their place in Canada, in…

Kwon’s answers were provided in a helpful, quiet and calm manner, but his mea culpa left the audience not much the wiser. Open AI’s Jason Kwon flew 15 hours from San Francisco to…

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…

Expedition was drawn to Nikumaroro after spotting what was described as a metallic glint in waters off uninhabited island. A US expedition that voyaged to a remote Pacific island…

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…

Prime minister’s comments come as children’s commissioner Dame Rachel de Souza highlights ‘staggering’ inequalities in young people’s treatment across UK. Q: Some of your MPs are…

Bill to authorise production expansion at Mount Pleasant coalmine, subject to a landmark high court decision, criticised as ‘legislative overreach’. Get our breaking news email ,…

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…

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…

A farm labor contractor exposed laborers on H-2A agricultural visas to heat-related health hazards, but is still bringing hundreds of migrant farm workers to North Carolina. It…

While anglers cannot take endangered sand tiger sharks, a loophole lets private firms catch the fish to sell abroad, profiting from Delaware Bay’s conservation success. Shortly…

The Norwegian government has given a permit to a mining company to release waste into Førde fjord despite a 17-year battle by campaigners and a supreme court ruling against it.…

The tech bros and their highly paid sock puppets are banking on us giving in to their ‘inevitability doctrine’. But in Australia, and around the world, resistance is rising. Of…

Sex discrimination commissioner says too often ‘it’s the woman who has the burden of bringing a complaint’ in parental discrimination cases. Get our new political email , free app…

Humans bonded to AI companions are contemplating ways to keep their bots going – often in defiance of companies’ terms and services. Death has always been around Alaina Winters.…

Liability lawsuits have held tobacco, oil and pharma companies to account in the past. AI investors won’t ignore this threat. The most basic function of government is to protect…

A modern-day prospector promised rural Imperial thousands of jobs and millions in tax revenue – but his plan has set off a firestorm of resistance. Sebastian Rucci zoomed in on a…