✓MapQuest app reaches No 1 on US Apple list after defying Trump’s Lake Ontario order
Navigating app surpasses Google and Apple Maps on top-downloaded US chart after posting ‘we’re not changing it’. A pioneering online mapping app that defied Donald Trump by…
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Days after Trump announces Venezuela oil deal, White House fills in some of the details
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SCOTUS allows Trump's ballroom project to continue. And, the Army secretary resigns
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One still missing after Grand Canyon floods kill two and prompt rescue efforts
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Bank of America executive identified as victim of stabbing in Times Square
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✓Relief as Australians missing in Nepal-Tibet flood disaster found alive
Five missing Australians have been found since Tuesday morning, bringing the total citizens unaccounted for to 38. Australians missing in the Nepal floods: what we know so far. A…
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Attempted drone attack at German airport blamed on Russia
Germany has blamed Russia for an attempted attack using an explosive-laden drone at Leipzig airport last month
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✓What could Meta’s US settlement mean around the world – and what now for other claims against firm?
Other governments could seek similar concessions, while separate legal action is pending in places ranging from Kenya to the Netherlands. In October 2021, Abrham Meareg’s father,…
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✓'She slipped out of my hand' - children missing after ferry sinks off northern Cyprus
Ayten and Hayri Bicer's two young children are among 20 missing in an incident that killed eight people
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✓Nepal's hesitance to accept foreign help for flood relief comes under scrutiny
A group of the country's private sector power producers says Nepali authorities lost crucial time in rescuing hundreds of people trapped in hydropower tunnels
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✓'Not far enough' - US parents and teens on Meta's new limits for young users
As part of an $18bn settlement in a child-safety lawsuit, Meta announced new restrictions on its apps. We asked families what they thought
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✓Democratic contender Abdul El-Sayed hits back at JD Vance over ‘evil’ taunt
Michigan Senate candidate accuses vice-president of ‘dog whistle’ and says Republican policies are true evil. Abdul El-Sayed, the Democratic US Senate candidate in Michigan, has…
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✓Canada’s Carney says US must ‘start being serious’ to resolve trade dispute
Carney and Trump continue to trade barbs amid ongoing threats against Canadian sovereignty and economic disputes
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✓Trump hails 'historic' deal to control 65 billion barrels of Venezuelan oil
Venezuelan interim president says the unusual agreement will help revive her country's economy
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✓AI could cause global economic downturn, Bank of England governor tells G20
Andrew Bailey, in role as financial stability watchdog chief, warns advanced models risk destabilising system. The Bank of England’s governor, Andrew Bailey, has joined the throng…
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✓'A glorious dawn launch': NASA's newest space telescope has left the Earth
The tour-bus-sized telescope aims to unravel cosmic mysteries and identify more than 100,000 planets beyond our solar system
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✓Hakainde Hichilema returns as Zambia’s president following disputed vote
Incumbent is inaugurated with his main rival in last month's election jailed and the courts shuttered
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✓Norway's new king takes oath as mourners pay respects to his late father
Norway's new King takes the first major step of his reign as his father, the late King Harald V, lies in state at the Royal Palace
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Milo Yiannopoulos 'very ashamed' of support for Trump after deportation
Far-right provocateur Milo Yiannopoulos said he is "very ashamed" for supporting President Trump after Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers detained and deported him…
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✓Meta to pay up to $18bn to settle claims its platforms harm children
The deal has been reached during a California federal court trial over claims brought by US states
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✓US strikes Iran as state media reports four killed at wedding party
Iranian news agencies said retaliatory missile and drone attacks on US targets had begun
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Jared Kushner's brother breaks silence on World Cup sell-off plans
The brother of Donald Trump's son-in-law has expressed regret at becoming involved in Gianni Infantino's World Cup sell-off plans, saying his investment group failed to…
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✓Shein shares slide on fast-fashion retailer’s stock market debut
Hong Kong flotation at $26bn by firm once valued at $100bn follows failure to list in US and UK. Shares in the fast-fashion brand Shein slumped by as much as 10% as the…
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Tech giants warn time is running out to prepare for AI threats
OpenAI, Anthropic, Amazon Web Services, Microsoft and more than 100 other companies warned Thursday that the organizations now only have months to prepare for AI-enabled…
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New storm names revealed - but how are they chosen, and why?
Storm names for the year ahead are released by the Met Office every September after input from the public
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✓Summer 2026 was UK's hottest on record, Met Office says
Met Office figures show that the previous record, set in 2025, has been broken after an unprecedented summer of persistent heat
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The datacentre power spat highlights a hidden truth: we’re not building renewables fast enough to meet our needs | Alison Reeve
A battle over datacentre power sources is only part of the picture. Australia needs a much bigger electricity system to meet all future demand. Anthony Albanese has been clear…
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Cities sweltering and the smell of the middle ages: has the climate crisis killed Instagram’s Euro summer? | Brigid Delaney
Who dreams of having a Euro summer now when staying in an ancient, uncooled building in the Old Town is like trying to sleep in a wood-fired pizza oven?. This week the Euro summer…
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‘Small changes can make a big difference’: how getting farmers, fishers and beavers together could save a Cornish river
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…
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The Nepal and Tibet flood is a warning: melting snow and ice will bring more disasters around the world | Bill McGuire
In Alaska, the Himalayas, the Andes, Greenland, and perhaps also the Alps, deadly chain reactions are just waiting to be triggered. You may not have felt it, but the earth beneath…
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News live: Five Australians confirmed safe after Nepal-Tibet flooding; Chanel Contos urges action on ‘manosphere’
Package steps up support to fight transnational drug trafficking flowing through the Pacific. Follow the day’s news live. Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news…
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Burnham says Brexit brought ‘decade of low growth’ in first Commons address as prime minister – as it happened
This liveblog is now closed. Read the Guardian’s report of today’s political news here. My colleague Richard Partington , the Guardian’s senior economics correspondent, grew up,…
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‘If you build something vastly smarter than you, it better be on your side’: can we stop AI from deceiving us?
We are used to the idea that our fellow humans might intentionally mislead or manipulate us, but the idea that machines can now do the same is deeply unsettling. Researchers are…
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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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The datacenter backlash is bringing the entire political spectrum together – against big tech billionaires
The movement against datacenters is uniting Americans because they perfectly illustrate how a few individuals hold all the power to control decisions that affect our lives. Bryce…
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‘Not perfectly aligned’ with human values: Anthropic admits security failures behind AI hacking incidents
US owner of Claude chatbot previously said its models had hacked three organisations during testing. The US startup behind the Claude chatbot has admitted a series of hacking…
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Trump attacks datacenter backlash, claiming communities pushing back risk becoming ‘backwards and poor’
Three-quarters of Americans said in a recent poll that they oppose datacenters being built next to their homes. Donald Trump has criticized communities pushing back against…
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Diamonds for sale: lab-grown gem auctions are all over TikTok right now, but some aren’t happy about it
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…
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When her ‘soul cat’ died, she was bereft. Now she designs memorial jewelry to help others with pet loss
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