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✓ Verified Trump’s press secretary Karoline Leavitt leaving role, president says – US politics live
Donald Trump says Leavitt is leaving to spend more time with her family and would become one of his ‘top outside advisors’. Karoline Leavitt will step down as White House press…
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Cruise ships, quiet towns and an all-day festival: millions flock to eclipse viewing spots across Europe
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At least 44 dead after overcrowded ferry capsizes on Lake Kariba in Zimbabwe
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ICE plans to equip agents with gloves that can deliver electric shocks
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✓Travis Kelce says wedding to Taylor Swift was 'the best night of my life' in first official comments
Kelce’s remarks on his marriage to Swift at Madison Square Garden comes weeks after the event, which remains shrouded in mystery. American football star Travis Kelce has described…
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✓Delivery drivers to be paid minimum $31.30 an hour across Australia in ‘world-leading’ decision
Fair Work Commission issues a new minimum standards order for gig workers to come into effect 17 August. Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast. Delivery…
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The 1999 solar eclipse in pictures - and why you should probably get new glasses this time
More than 90% of the sun will be obscured by the moon between 6.17pm and 8.06pm on Wednesday
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✓Bernie Sanders calls on Silicon Valley to ‘pause AI development’ in interest of humanity
Progressive US senator urges Meta, OpenAI and Anthropic to ‘stop building machines that humans cannot control’. Senator Bernie Sanders has called on Meta, OpenAI and Anthropic…
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Takeaways from Tuesday primaries. And, Iran threat prompted Trump's secret plane swap
Yesterday's primaries provided more insight into what voters in both parties want from their new leaders. And, Trump secretly switched planes in Turkey last month amid a foreign…
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✓Spotify to add label for AI-generated artists and remove them from recommendations
The new feature, starting from mid-September, will tell listeners if an artist is AI-generated
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Trump's secret plane switch: How Air Force One protects the president from threats
President Trump's secret plane switch in Turkey is putting Air Force One's security protocols and defensive capabilities in the spotlight. Why it matters: Air Force One is the…
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✓Israeli militants besiege two Palestinian families in their West Bank homes
Settlers and soldiers cut off water and electricity to homes, and block medical care in campaign of terror. Israeli militants have besieged two Palestinian families in their homes…
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✓Syrian court sentences Bashar al-Assad to death in absentia for war crimes
Verdict relates to atrocities committed during the country’s 14-year civil war in which about 500,000 people died. A Syrian court has sentenced the country’s former president…
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White House revives unprecedented effort to remove Fed governor Lisa Cook
The Trump administration has launched a new effort to remove Federal Reserve Gov. Lisa Cook , notifying her that President Trump is considering her removal and giving her 21 days…
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✓US inflation cooled slightly to 3.4% in July but prices still elevated
Energy is cheaper than at its peak in late April, but gas is still nearly $1 a gallon more expensive than before the Iran war. US consumer prices cooled slightly in July as the…
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Food safety crisis deepens for Taylor Farms with salmonella outbreak
Taylor Farms , a major produce supplier and producer of finished food products in North America, is engulfed in a food safety crisis that's ensnaring some of the biggest consumer…
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✓Wall Street giants hand Nvidia $500bn to fund boom in AI projects
The money will be used to develop new data centres to house, operate, and cool miles of stacked computer chips that process AI data and actions
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✓Brazil orders Discord to suspend livestreams after teen’s death
Regulator says Discord failed to protect minors from violence, self-harm, and suicide content
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British driver who broke sound barrier in a car sets new record
A British driver, who remains the only person to break the sound barrier in a car, has set another world record, this time in a hydrogen-powered vehicle
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Australia politics live: Angus Taylor rebukes Andrew Bragg for expressing ‘personal views’ on migration numbers; Chris Minns steps in to deflect melon-gate question to PM
Opposition leader says he has ‘made clear’ to Bragg that his job is to express the views of the Coalition. Follow today’s news live. Get our breaking news email , free app or…
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North Korea launches missile amid declaration it must possess capability to counter strikes that would make enemy 'survival impossible'
North Korea has declared it must possess the capability to counter any potential enemy moves with retaliatory strikes that would make their "survival and recovery impossible",…
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The great British switch-off: how floating retreats, mobile-free pubs and sauna book groups are freeing people from their smartphones
Sick of doomscrolling? From venues with smartphone swear jars to cabins with absolutely no signal, here are the fun and freeing ways to ditch your device. There’s a ritual at the…
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UK politics: Burnham urges retailers to stop selling disposable barbecues after emergency Cobra meeting – as it happened
PM warns extreme heat conditions ‘could be with us fo some time yet’. Just 20 staff are working on climate adaptation within the Department for Environment, Food and Rural…
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‘More than just objects’: Australian booksellers raise alarm over ‘horrific’ destruction of rare titles to feed AI
Secondhand booksellers believe they may have been caught up in the AI supply chain that sees old books scanned then destroyed. Follow our Australia news live blog for latest…
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‘If we don’t fight back, we don’t have a future’: the journalist taking on the ‘tech fascists’ of Silicon Valley
As Elon Musk, Peter Thiel and their peers have grown richer and more influential, Gil Durán argues they have all but abandoned democracy – and found the perfect government to…
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‘People in Japan thought we made footy up’: Pro Jank Footy, the video game taking Australian rules to the world
Game developer David Ashby and Aunty Donna’s Broden Kelly talk about their chaotic and silly sport game – involving meat pies with legs and Ford Falcons on the oval. Try…
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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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Humpbacks return to Rio: the whales are back from the brink of extinction – but will tourism help or hinder?
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.…
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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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One of science fiction’s greatest writers warned us about a AI. Does he also hold the remedy? | Alan Finkel
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…
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Passenger jet billed as China’s answer to Boeing and Airbus prepares to make first international flight
The Comac C919 will fly from Beijing to Ulaanbaatar in Mongolia, although experts say it could take generations for it to challenge the west’s dominance of the industry. China…
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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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‘The silence was the worst part’: after culling his entire flock, US poultry farmer now fears bird flu
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…
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The ornithological artist drawing 1,000 birds by hand – all for an app that wants you off your phone
The mission of the Flock app is quietly subversive: to encourage users to ditch their screens and explore the wonderful world of birding. On a brilliantly bright afternoon in his…
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Samuel Alito gained up to $2.9m from oil and gas assets since joining supreme court, analysis shows
Critics argue US high court justice should recuse himself from upcoming fossil fuel firms’ climate accountability case. The supreme court justice Samuel Alito gained up to $2.9m…
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Gen Z calls it ‘loud budgeting’ – small business owners have been doing it for decades | Gene Marks
The practice of openly proclaiming to the world what you can’t afford can lead to lower fees, reduced prices and better deals. Ask any small business owner what has challenged…
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Avoid rare species and only take what you need: how to forage and save money on your food shopping
While there are fears that people harvesting their food could put pressure on habitats, some ecologists suggest responsible foraging can boost conservation and biodiversity. Angus…
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The Guardian view on Japan’s yen: Trump wants to keep the easy-money machine running | Editorial
A cheap currency helps finance the US tech boom. Washington is intervening because allies matter only when they are useful. Japan’s yen has slid back towards 160 to the dollar,…
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‘I’ve definitely lost followers’: influencers face backlash over Meta ‘pervert glasses’ content
Using ‘spy glasses’ made by Facebook owner leads to floods of negative comments, say content creators. It was hardly an offensive video. Amid the buzz of the Tour de France…
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Bernie Sanders calls on Silicon Valley to ‘pause AI development’ in interest of humanity
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