Meta reaches $16.7bn settlement with US states over social media harms to children – business live

What a new round of U.S. sanctions could mean after nearly six months of war with Iran — and years of economic pressure on the country

The social media giant is being sued by four states who allege it designed Facebook and Instagram to hook kids — and lied to the public about the risks

Flash floods devastate Nepal's Himalayas, washing away villages and infrastructure along the Bhotekoshi river

UN chief Guterres said the attack underscores 'the alarming security situation in Haiti' due to gangs

A household using a typical amount of gas and electricity will pay £60 a year more, regulator Ofgem says

The measures come after President Trump imposed 50% tariffs on many Canadian goods and threatened more after trade talks broke down on Friday

Uefa has received guarantees after ill-fated Infantino plan. European sides likely to go to under-20 Women’s World Cup. Uefa is poised to drop its threatened boycott of Fifa…

The US has threatened to isolate nations that continue to do business with Tehran, which sells much of its oil to Beijing

The deal stems from a 2024 lawsuit alleging TikTok and its parent company ByteDance collected "vast amounts of data" on millions of users under the age of 13

Bills have jumped 42% in England over the past 10 years – and that excludes the cost of breakfast clubs and extracurricular activities. Parents of primary schoolchildren in…

Iran and Oman's foreign ministers on Tuesday said they are setting up the framework of a temporary corridor for commercial vessels to pass through the Strait of Hormuz, the key…

Unannounced trip reported by US media is said to be Ratcliffe’s first known visit to Russia as CIA chief. The CIA director, John Ratcliffe, has made an unannounced visit to…

Iran has closed the vital waterway since the beginning of the conflict causing wild fluctuations in oil prices worldwide

Anita Perrottet tells an inquiry hearing that hundreds of thousands of dollars in payments to her were for ‘strategic and marketing advice’. Get our breaking news email , free app…

This blog is now closed. Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast. Angela Jackson, the commissioner of the Productivity Commission, said the body stands by the…

Labor put ‘levy on all public transport fares in metropolitan Melbourne and regional Victoria’ since January 2025, auditor general finds, as questions raised over premier’s…

Asturias, Spain : Wild Finca is thrilling in its ecological abundance, and was created in just eight years despite countless obstacles. On a rocky 13-hectare pocket in the…

Listening to debate, you’d think bringing English water companies into public ownership was a radical socialist idea. Here, we call it common sense. Prof Devi Sridhar is chair of…

The gigantic aquatic acrobats are exciting Brazil’s tourists as numbers recover from whaling. But some marine biologists question how booming tourism and conservation can coexist.…

Trump administration had not formally announced John Ratcliffe’s trip, but various outlets captured the flight tracking data of the US jet and the Kremlin confirmed the meeting.…

Florida's new Democratic Senate nominee, Angie Nixon , and the state party's chair had a heated conversation Friday that included a yelling match about the impact of socialism and…

Lawyer Baltasar Garzón, representing Chambers, said case against his client is ‘very strange’ as US requests extradition. FBI agents raided the Ibiza, Spain, vacation rental of…

Robert Corrigan has been dealing with the ‘smart’ rodents all his life – and believes there are better solutions to deal with the growing infestation in the world’s cities. “The…

Although mobiles blared in public are nothing new, this crop of headphone-dodging irritants are truly maddening. It’s time to take them on. ‘Interesting cities can’t be quiet”,…

Crustaceans are the subject of tests to see if alkalis added to seawater, so it absorbs more CO2, harm marine life. But Trump’s halt to funding threatens to scupper the research.…

Prime minister spoke to press while on visit to a Sainsbury’s supermarket in London this morning. Over 40,000 more people died on the hottest days in England between 1988 and 2025…

On a panel show last week, everyone in the audience wanted to talk about the climate emergency, but the lines rolled out by a Tory MP simply dissolved on contact with reality. As…

Scientists surprised to find all but two of 12 grizzlies were dead within a year of ‘feelgood’ release, unable to sustain their high-calorie diet and inclined to approach humans.…

Prepare for autumn with our favorite end-of-season deals on staples including leaf blowers, blankets and bedding. College grads share the room essentials that weathered the dorm.…

Spectrum Building leaseholders awaiting payouts after freeholder, Arinium, went bankrupt shortly after 2024 blaze. Sarah Williams vividly remembers the night in 2016 when she…

Christian Castro is charged in Minnesota with assault and falsely reporting a crime by another. Sign up for the Breaking News US newsletter email. A US Immigration and Customs…

Ofgem and ministers should be transparent about why energy bills for households are expected to stay stubbornly high. Britons face highest price cap in three years as energy bills…

Novice gardeners James Reed McGuire and Crystal Fritz wanted to try something new when they moved out to the suburbs. Little did they know they were joining a nationwide movement.…

Companion bots are being regulated over worries they foster ‘emotional dependence’ and young people could stop marrying and having families. When law student Zhao Wei heard that…

‘We don’t want distraction, we want concentration’: many teachers and parent groups think its time for a ‘digital detox’. Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates.…