✓ICJ judge Navi Pillay wins Nobel peace prize for promoting international law
Committee recognises work of South African who chaired UN commission that concluded Israel was guilty of genocide in Gaza. Nobel peace prize – latest updates. The Nobel Peace…
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New U.S. indictment charges former Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro with torture
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Trump says U.S. won't attack Iran before midterms. And, ICE agent shoots man in NYC
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British consulate in East Jerusalem will stay open as UK mission, says Ed Miliband
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Pentagon plan to livestream execution of Fort Hood shooter prompts fierce political backlash – US politics live
Lawmakers branded the move as ‘disturbing’ and compared it to the actions of some terror groups and oppressive governments. Pete Hegseth has said the execution of Nidal Hasan, the…
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✓Adidas accuses Australian label White Fox of ‘trading off its reputation’ with use of four-stripe branding
Global sportswear brand is suing online retailer in the federal court for selling clothes featuring ‘deceptively similar’ design. Get our breaking news email , free app or daily…
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✓Syrian general accused of atrocities is protected by U.S. and Lebanon, NPR and BBC find
A former Syrian general wanted for crimes against humanity is living quietly in Lebanon, bankrolled and protected by American and Lebanese authorities, a BBC/NPR investigation has…
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Water companies failed to report more than 50,000 sewage spills in time, charity claims
Water companies in England failed to report more than 50,000 sewage spills within the time required by law in the first half of the year, an environmental charity has claimed
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✓Disney accuses Trump officials of ‘blatant violations’ of constitution amid FCC battle
Lawyers tell judge ABC being unfairly targeted as US regulator seeks review of network’s local TV station licenses. Lawyers for Disney accused the Trump administration of “blatant…
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✓Japan beer giants raided over suspicions they colluded to set the price of beverages
Investigators probe Asahi, Kirin, Suntory and Sapporo breweries – which together control more than 90% of Japan’s beer market. Japanese authorities have raided the country’s four…
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✓Isaias strengthens into Category 2 hurricane on collision course with the Gulf Coast
The first hurricane of the Atlantic season was forecast to intensify rapidly and cause dangerous conditions in the Florida Panhandle, southern Alabama and southern Mississippi…
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✓New Hollywood era begins with an epic mega merger between Paramount and Warner Bros.
The Paramount and Warner Bros. merger has survived court challenges, public protests and regulatory scrutiny. Now, the Hollywood heavyweight, named Skydance, begins operating
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✓Russian strikes on Ukraine's public buses leave 30 dead as blackouts worsen in Kyiv
Russia and Ukraine are locked in a long-range aerial war while their armies remain largely deadlocked on the front line, more than 4 1/2 years since Moscow's full-scale invasion
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✓Christa Pike has 'profound' health turnaround after botched execution, lawyers say
Pike's lawyers say her recovery is "remarkable" as they give an update on her condition after she survived an execution attempt by lethal injection
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✓Hurricane Isaias forecast to strengthen to category three before landfall in US
El Niño has led to a quiet season so far but the first Atlantic hurricane of the year is set to make landfall later on Friday into Saturday across the US Gulf Coast
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✓Google told to halt work on datacentres in Finland over environmental concerns
Order on two construction sites comes after Google failed to carry out environmental impact assessments. Google has been ordered to temporarily stop work on two datacentres in…
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✓South Korea to recall its ambassador to Ukraine over North Korean POW dispute
The South Korean announcement on Thursday came days after its President Lee Jae Myung threatened unspecified punitive steps if Ukraine refuses to apologize over the revelation
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Trump: U.S. willing to help Russia with potential pneumonic plague outbreak
President Trump said Monday that the United States will help Russia amid a potential case of pneumonic plague , though he hasn't spoken with Russian President Vladimir Putin about…
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✓Everton’s US owners seek sale of controlling stake in Premier League club
Premier League club Everton open to selling controlling stake after 'safely' balancing historical financial troubles
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✓Fired OpenAI researchers say they were let go for 'prioritising safety'
The AI firm instead claims the researchers were fired for mishandling sensitive information
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Trump's foreign worker crackdown comes for Microsoft, Adobe, IT firms
Vice President JD Vance said Thursday that the Trump administration is suspending Microsoft , Adobe and several other IT firms' ability to hire foreign-born workers for permanent…
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✓World's largest penguin colony hit by 'alarming' decline in numbers
Climate change is blamed for dramatic decline of chinstrap penguins living on a remote volcanic island
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✓Three Saudi nationals killed in Houthi attacks on Riyadh airport
The missile attacks come amid an escalation in fighting between the Iran-backed group and Saudi Arabia, which backs Yemen's government
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The expansion of Heathrow would be an expensive disaster for Britain and the world. Burnham needs to block it | George Monbiot
A third runway would fly in the face of reason. If we are to prioritise human life over short-term ‘growth’, we need to use planes less, not more. If a third runway is built at…
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Polanski defends leadership of Greens and says he will not step down after byelection defeat by Labour – UK politics live
Sagal Abdi-Wali defeats Green party leader Zack Polanski to retain the Holborn and St Pancras seat for Labour. Report: Labour wins Holborn and St Pancras byelection. Analysis:…
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‘The violence is off the scale’: staff and passengers at risk as assaults on trains in Great Britain soar to record high
Cases of abuse, spitting, head-butting and sexual harassment, have spiked as transport police numbers have dwindled. When a train was halted outside Exeter St Davids station on…
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Stockpile food – and wash your hands: is that really how to prepare for environmental catastrophe? | George Monbiot
The UK state is dumping its responsibilities on our doorsteps, while green-lighting policies that lead us closer to crisis. Would you mind fixing the NHS? And while you’re at it,…
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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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Men accused of shooting Australian surfer brothers and US friend dead in Mexico to learn fate as trial concludes
The brothers’ parents, Martin and Debra Robinson, to address court before a Mexican judge hands down verdict. A Mexican judge is expected to hand down his verdict in the…
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OpenAI’s Jason Kwon gave even-toned, reassuring answers to the Australian government. Did … ChatGPT write this?
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…
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'Every day there is killing': Palestinians in Gaza face Israeli strikes despite ceasefire as peace deal stalls
Many Palestinians are still living in cramped tent cities, with the US plan to end the war largely stalled
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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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‘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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Can hope save the planet? An endangered parrot that is beating the odds can help us find out | Helen Pilcher
A new global biodiversity report strikes an encouraging note. But we cannot rest on our laurels – and resilience is key. The new Living Planet Report is out. Published every two…
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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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Heatstroke ruined his health. Years before, it took the life of another farm worker at the same company
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…
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Veteran conservative lawyer quits Trump’s interior department and warns of ‘assault on the rule of law’
John Murdock had been working for the agency for 18 years and his resignation comes during an exodus of longtime federal workers and scientists. An 18-year veteran of the US…
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This is one of Norway’s most pristine fjords. So why is it being used as a dumping site for mine waste?
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.…
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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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1ICJ judge Navi Pillay wins Nobel peace prize for promoting international law
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New U.S. indictment charges former Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro with torture
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Navi Pillay named winner of 2026 Nobel peace prize for efforts to promote international law - live
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