Live updates: Trump administration can move forward with mail-in voting policy; Meta, states reach settlement

US tech giant agrees to establish further protections for teens such as daily usage limits and blocks on nighttime use. Meta agreed to significant changes to its Instagram and…

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

A 50-year-old Thai suspect was arrested with the eggs in a "homemade incubator" carried as hand luggage

The justice department has also asked for Trump's name to be put back on the building after it was removed in June following a court order

It is believed the mosquitoes arrived at Germany's busiest airport on a plane, according to German public health officials

US labels group ‘global terrorist’ as Palestine Action challenge against proscription in UK nears supreme court hearing. The US ⁠has ​issued sanctions against ⁠the UK-based direct…

Gang leader threatens to kill hostages after attack in Kenscoff in which homes were also set alight. ‘A massacre’: Haiti gangs carrying out mass killings. At least 47 people were…

FDA officials approve first-of-a-kind pill called daraxonrasib to fight one of the deadliest types of cancer. The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved a groundbreaking…

Israeli authorities have sparked another confrontation with the United Nations after seizing a UN facility in East Jerusalem and promising to close it down permanently

Sophie Lainault, who worked for Air France, wins legal case linking illness to more than 12,600 hours on flights. A flight attendant in France has succeeded in having her breast…

Meta has agreed to pay up to $18bn (£13.2bn) to dozens of US states to settle claims that its social media platforms harmed children

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

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries ' long-standing tensions with his party's left flank resurfaced this week after news broke of his meeting with President Trump's son-in-law…

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

The Albanese government approved a proposal allowing the park to create carbon credits worth hundreds of millions of dollars, sparking a schism among environmentalists. What…

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…

A local initiative is testing simple ways to stop algal blooms in the River Fal threatening some of England’s most biodiverse marine habitats. On a rocky beach in Cornwall, a…

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…

If Catherine Herridge’s petition to the US supreme court fails, she’ll be on the hook for a daily fine until she discloses her sources – a case unsettling press freedom…

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…

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…

What might a modern day equivalent of Isaac Asimov’s laws of robotics look like? Guided by the author, I propose the three laws of AI. Tesla and SpaceX founder Elon Musk predicted…

Gas station and travel center chain Buc-ee's said it will seek out “conservative, business friendly” states for new locations after receiving pushback over its decision to go…

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…

Research finds just 0.1-0.4% of the total insured population will ditch insurance, while the government will save as much as $940m a year. Get our breaking news email , free app…

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…

Streamed auctions offer a cheap way to buy the precious gems, but experts warn that quality is not guaranteed. The first time Andrea Greenhill came across a livestream auction for…

As bird flu reshapes agriculture, small farms operate under strict rules. Just a single case could tank their business. Joshua Beebe often starts his day by cleaning the tires of…

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”,…

Streeting says role is chance to show strength and challenge stereotype that ‘persists in dark corners of internet’. Wes Streeting has described receiving a mass of homophobic…

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.…

A fire erupted early Wednesday in a nursery for newborns at a major government hospital in Pakistan's capital, killing 14 babies, according to hospital officials and the government

FBI psychiatrist Gregory Saathoff says he’s treated only two women with postpartum psychosis, both decades earlier. The Lindsay Clancy trial was heading for closing arguments…