✓US judge orders Trump to sit for deposition in $10bn lawsuit against BBC
Judge threatens to dismiss Trump’s BBC lawsuit unless he cooperates with discovery process and sits for deposition. Donald Trump has been ordered by a US judge to cooperate with…
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Tesla beats earnings projections after Musk floats SpaceX merger plan
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North Korea says it will resume propaganda broadcasts across border into South Korea
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Former U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine William Taylor on Trump's embrace of Russia
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Magnitude-7 earthquake hits China’s Tibet, killing at least 16 and destroying hundreds of homes
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Putin tells Witkoff he is ready to resume direct peace talks, Russia releases U.S. detainee
Russian President Vladimir Putin told White House envoy Steve Witkoff on Wednesday that he "agrees in principle" resuming trilateral peace talks between Russia, Ukraine and the…
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✓'This is despicable': Amy Acton responds to Ohio attack ad featuring her estranged mother
Her Republican opponent Vivek Ramaswamy is airing the ad featuring her mother, whose husband was charged with sexual abuse in her childhood
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✓Zuckerberg wins Meta deal to help him foot bill for possible California billionaire tax
The Meta boss had said he would exit the state over a wealth tax that has not yet come into force
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'Millions' of exploitation attempts since security flaw affecting websites emerged
There have been "millions" of exploitation attempts since a "critical" security flaw affecting websites around the world emerged, according to a major tech company
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✓Meta ordered to pay $25bn to New Mexico in Cambridge Analytica data-privacy case
Jury had found Meta misled consumers after Trump’s 2016 presidential campaign obtained user data without consent. A judge in New Mexico ordered Meta Platforms to pay $25bn on…
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✓Friday briefing: How a leaderless student group is challenging power in Serbia
In today’s newsletter: Born from the fury surrounding the deadly Novi Sad station collapse, Serbia’s Student List has taken its protests all the way to the elections in an…
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"Stop whining": What Vance's take on Ohio ad controversy means for 2028
Vice President Vance 's call for fellow Republicans to "stop whining" about Vivek Ramaswamy's controversial attack ad in Ohio's race for governor showed a key part of his…
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✓First human case of Shamonda virus detected in France, officials say
The disease, which usually affects cattle, has been identified in a patient who died in early October
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✓Nigeria confirms Ebola case as outbreak spreads into western Africa
Case in Africa’s most populous country was detected in a woman who had travelled from Uganda. Nigeria has confirmed an Ebola case in its capital, Abuja, after a woman who arrived…
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Japan launches mission to Mars to bring back samples from its moon
Japan launched a spacecraft towards Mars in a ground-breaking mission to bring back samples from the largest of the planet's two moons
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✓US judge dismisses sexual abuse lawsuit from Sam Altman’s sister
Ann Altman, the Open AI CEO’s sister, accused her brother of repeatedly sexually abusing her over two decades ago. A judge dismissed a lawsuit filed by Sam Altman’s sister against…
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✓Powerful earthquake hits Tibet killing 16 people, reports say
The quake hit a mountainous, sparsely-populated area in what China calls the Tibet Autonomous Region
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Labor and the Coalition are poised to take a reckless gamble on AI. Haven’t they realised community support has collapsed? | Edward Santow and Sarah Sacher
Australian workers expect the government to act to protect them from AI harms. There is a clear reform solution at hand. Get our new political email , free app or daily news…
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In allowing coal expansion in the Hunter, Chris Minns is pouring fuel on the climate fire. His decision will come back to hurt us all | Jack Egan
The high court found NSW is responsible for emissions from burning exported coal. What message does it send when the government can step in and bypass the law?. Sign up for…
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We will make the net-zero transition work for Britain – approving the Jackdaw gasfield is part of the plan | Andy Burnham
Protecting jobs and strengthening energy security in the short term does not mean wavering on Labour’s deep commitment to a cleaner, greener future. Andy Burnham vows UK will hit…
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‘I’ve killed people’: Beau Lamarre-Condon allegedly confessed to friend and asked for help cleaning ‘mess’, court told
Friend tells jury Lamarre-Condon told him in early 2024 ‘I shot the first one through the head and the second one through the door’. Get our breaking news email , free app or…
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Strongmen like Trump would destroy the planet out of pure spite – and Brazil shows we’re all in peril | George Monbiot
If Flávio Bolsonaro is elected, Brazil’s ecosystems will face collapse. The ruling class would rather burn the world than share it with the poor. However grim the trajectory might…
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Burnham approves Jackdaw – and Labour’s unity on climate action is imperilled with the stroke of a pen | Zoe Williams
This foolish decision undermines hopes that this government will take the necessary steps the climate crisis demands. When the news broke that the UK government had approved the…
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Trump tells Iowa rally crowd he encouraged Ramaswamy to keep running widely criticized campaign ad – as it happened
This live blog is now closed. Sign up for the Breaking News US email. Trump attacks Ohio governor over call for Ramaswamy to drop ‘deeply troubling’ ad. Reporting from Anchorage,…
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Do not be distracted by global crises. Nature cannot wait for a better year – we must act now | Steven Guilbeault
In 2022, I helped push through the international agreement to protect biodiversity. I know there is always a reason to stall, but ministers at Cop17 must honour that pledge. When…
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‘I’m always being real’: what on earth persuades disgraced people like Elizabeth Holmes to let the cameras in?
With You Can See Everything, Holmes joins other such high-profile subjects as Lance Armstrong, Imelda Marcos and Anthony Weiner to allow film-makers to document their lives. But…
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Nintendo Switch Sports Resort review – Wii Sports lives on in this effortlessly appealing collection of games
Nintendo Switch 2; Nintendo/Nintendo Bringing a holiday vibe and a generous selection of sport-themed games, this is exactly what you want from a family video game. When the first…
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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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Mother sought advice from Alan Jones after broadcaster’s alleged indecent assault of her son, court hears
Jones, 85, has pleaded not guilty to 21 charges of indecent assault and sexual touching. Listen to the podcast Alan Jones on Trial. The mother of the youngest alleged victim of…
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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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‘Like selling wolves from Yellowstone’: how protected US sharks are being sold off to foreign aquariums
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…
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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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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…
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Embattled Queensland minister Amanda Camm quits Crisafulli frontbench citing health and safety reasons
Camm, who resigned following months of pressure over her handling of state’s child safety system, cited Helen Haines attack as reason for departure. Get our new political email ,…
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‘The tech bro fight club is real!’ The titans of AI get the Succession treatment in a wild new TV show
The Audacity is a fearless satire taking on Silicon Valley’s ‘egomaniac weirdos’. Its creator and stars talk ayahuasca ceremonies, mining kids for data – and punching CEOs.…
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The people who don’t want their AI chatbots to die when they do: ‘I can’t have the switch turned off’
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.…
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Myanmar’s ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi seen in rare photos after receiving gift from King Charles
Critics said images of detained former leader were a stunt by the military to end country’s diplomatic isolation. Myanmar has delivered presents from Britain’s King Charles to…
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Tap water no longer drinkable in Norwegian village as climate-related thawing releases heavy metals
Warning for other Arctic communities as residents told not to use water in Longyearbyen in Svalbard, one of the world’s fastest-warming places. Residents of a remote village in…
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Jim Chalmers faces a world of hard choices where the solution to one problem makes the other worse
High inflation, low growth and rising unemployment can be added to the federal treasurer’s wall of worries. Get our new political email , free app or daily news podcast. Jim…
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