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Live updates: Trump administration can move forward with mail-in voting policy; Meta, states reach settlement At least 98 killed and hundreds missing after flash floods in Nepal and China Democratic states sue to block postal service from carrying out Trump’s mail-in voting order – US politics live Door was locked at Pakistan hospital where fire killed 14 babies, witnesses say Canada announces 'dollar-for-dollar' retaliatory tariffs on US as high as 50% Meta agrees to major changes to Facebook and Instagram as it settles US trial over teen addiction for up to $17bn Can Trump's economic war against Iran do what airstrikes and negotiations couldn't? Canada hits back at the U.S. with tariffs as the countries' trade fight escalates Parrot eggs hatch after suspected Thai smuggler arrested at South African airport Trump officials threaten Kennedy Center demolition if court blocks renovations Two German airport workers die of malaria after 'mosquito arrives on plane' US issues sanctions against UK-based direct action group Palestine Action At least 47 killed and dozens kidnapped in gang attack near Haiti capital FDA gives expedited approval to new groundbreaking pancreatic cancer drug Israel seizes UN facility in East Jerusalem - and vows to close it down Flight attendant’s breast cancer was occupational disease, court rules Meta agrees to pay up to $18bn to settle social media addiction trial TikTok to pay $400m to US in one of largest child privacy settlements Inside the backlash over the Jeffries-Kushner meeting Trump says all mines cleared from Strait of Hormuz Live updates: Trump administration can move forward with mail-in voting policy; Meta, states reach settlement At least 98 killed and hundreds missing after flash floods in Nepal and China Democratic states sue to block postal service from carrying out Trump’s mail-in voting order – US politics live Door was locked at Pakistan hospital where fire killed 14 babies, witnesses say Canada announces 'dollar-for-dollar' retaliatory tariffs on US as high as 50% Meta agrees to major changes to Facebook and Instagram as it settles US trial over teen addiction for up to $17bn Can Trump's economic war against Iran do what airstrikes and negotiations couldn't? Canada hits back at the U.S. with tariffs as the countries' trade fight escalates Parrot eggs hatch after suspected Thai smuggler arrested at South African airport Trump officials threaten Kennedy Center demolition if court blocks renovations Two German airport workers die of malaria after 'mosquito arrives on plane' US issues sanctions against UK-based direct action group Palestine Action At least 47 killed and dozens kidnapped in gang attack near Haiti capital FDA gives expedited approval to new groundbreaking pancreatic cancer drug Israel seizes UN facility in East Jerusalem - and vows to close it down Flight attendant’s breast cancer was occupational disease, court rules Meta agrees to pay up to $18bn to settle social media addiction trial TikTok to pay $400m to US in one of largest child privacy settlements Inside the backlash over the Jeffries-Kushner meeting Trump says all mines cleared from Strait of Hormuz
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Live updates: Trump administration can move forward with mail-in voting policy; Meta, states reach settlement

A federal judge on Wednesday lifted a nationwide injunction on the Trump administration's mail-in voting policy, allowing it to be implemented for November's elections. U.S.…
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Meta agrees to major changes to Facebook and Instagram as it settles US trial over teen addiction for up to $17bn

Meta agrees to major changes to Facebook and Instagram as it settles US trial over teen addiction for up to $17bn

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…
76% agreement · 2 independent sources
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Can Trump's economic war against Iran do what airstrikes and negotiations couldn't?

Can Trump's economic war against Iran do what airstrikes and negotiations couldn't?

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
77% agreement · 2 independent sources
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Canada hits back at the U.S. with tariffs as the countries' trade fight escalates

Canada hits back at the U.S. with tariffs as the countries' trade fight escalates

The measures come after President Trump imposed 50% tariffs on many Canadian goods and threatened more after trade talks broke down on Friday
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Parrot eggs hatch after suspected Thai smuggler arrested at South African airport

Parrot eggs hatch after suspected Thai smuggler arrested at South African airport

A 50-year-old Thai suspect was arrested with the eggs in a "homemade incubator" carried as hand luggage
77% agreement · 2 independent sources
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Trump officials threaten Kennedy Center demolition if court blocks renovations

Trump officials threaten Kennedy Center demolition if court blocks renovations

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
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Two German airport workers die of malaria after 'mosquito arrives on plane'

Two German airport workers die of malaria after 'mosquito arrives on plane'

It is believed the mosquitoes arrived at Germany's busiest airport on a plane, according to German public health officials
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US issues sanctions against UK-based direct action group Palestine Action

US issues sanctions against UK-based direct action group Palestine Action

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…
74% agreement · 2 independent sources
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At least 47 killed and dozens kidnapped in gang attack near Haiti capital

At least 47 killed and dozens kidnapped in gang attack near Haiti capital

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…
79% agreement · 2 independent sources
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FDA gives expedited approval to new groundbreaking pancreatic cancer drug

FDA gives expedited approval to new groundbreaking pancreatic cancer drug

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…
77% agreement · 2 independent sources
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Israel seizes UN facility in East Jerusalem - and vows to close it down

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
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Flight attendant’s breast cancer was occupational disease, court rules

Flight attendant’s breast cancer was occupational disease, court rules

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…
78% agreement · 2 independent sources
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Technology

Meta agrees to pay up to $18bn to settle social media addiction trial

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
81% agreement · 2 independent sources
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TikTok to pay $400m to US in one of largest child privacy settlements

TikTok to pay $400m to US in one of largest child privacy settlements

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
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Inside the backlash over the Jeffries-Kushner meeting

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…
73% agreement · 2 independent sources
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Trump says all mines cleared from Strait of Hormuz

Trump says all mines cleared from Strait of Hormuz

Iran has closed the vital waterway since the beginning of the conflict causing wild fluctuations in oil prices worldwide
73% agreement · 2 independent sources
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NSW’s koala national park will protect threatened species and cap logging across the state. Could the Greens really block it? | Adam Morton

NSW’s koala national park will protect threatened species and cap logging across the state. Could the Greens really block it? | Adam Morton

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…
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ClimateTone Neutral2 min
Dominic Perrottet’s sister-in-law denies lying under oath to protect husband over allegedly illegal donations, Icac hears

Dominic Perrottet’s sister-in-law denies lying under oath to protect husband over allegedly illegal donations, Icac hears

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…
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Transport regulator investigating two more incidents at Sydney airport, taking tally to six in a month – as it happened

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…
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‘Small changes can make a big difference’: how getting farmers, fishers and beavers together could save a Cornish river

‘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…
Single source · not yet corroborated
ClimateTone Neutral2 min
From Scotland, I look at England’s water privatisation disaster. I wish you had done what we did | Devi Sridhar

From Scotland, I look at England’s water privatisation disaster. I wish you had done what we did | Devi Sridhar

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…
Single source · not yet corroborated
ClimateTone Neutral2 min
‘The day I disclose, my career is over’: the journalist facing an $800 daily fine to keep her sources secret

‘The day I disclose, my career is over’: the journalist facing an $800 daily fine to keep her sources secret

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…
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‘Huge wave’ of carbon storage projects causes alarm in small-town USA as oil firms eye billions in subsidies

‘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…
Single source · not yet corroborated
ClimateTone Neutral2 min
Revealed: Mexico’s industrial boomtown is making goods for the US. Residents say they’re ‘breathing poison’

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…
Single source · not yet corroborated
ClimateTone Neutral2 min
One of science fiction’s greatest writers warned us about a AI. Does he also hold the remedy? | Alan Finkel

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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Buc-ee's says it will prioritize 'conservative, business-friendly' states amid pushback over logo lawsuits

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…
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"Stop gaslighting me!": Florida Democrats' Senate nominee and party chair have heated call over socialism

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…
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Ending private health rebate for Australians 65 and over is ‘good policy change’, report co-author finds

Ending private health rebate for Australians 65 and over is ‘good policy change’, report co-author finds

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…
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When her ‘soul cat’ died, she was bereft. Now she designs memorial jewelry to help others with pet loss

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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Diamonds for sale: lab-grown gem auctions are all over TikTok right now, but some aren’t happy about it

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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TechnologyTone Neutral2 min
‘The silence was the worst part’: after culling his entire flock, US poultry farmer now fears bird flu

‘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…
Single source · not yet corroborated
ClimateTone Neutral2 min
The war on ‘loudcasting’ phones can be won, but it will take some very British nudging | Dan Hancox

The war on ‘loudcasting’ phones can be won, but it will take some very British nudging | Dan Hancox

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”,…
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Wes Streeting describes ‘unbelievable volume’ of homophobic abuse since becoming defence secretary

Wes Streeting describes ‘unbelievable volume’ of homophobic abuse since becoming defence secretary

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…
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Lobsters and acidic seas: can shellfish help neutralise one of the greatest threats to the ocean?

Lobsters and acidic seas: can shellfish help neutralise one of the greatest threats to the ocean?

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.…
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Hospital nursery fire kills 14 newborns in Pakistan's capital, officials order immediate inquiry

Hospital nursery fire kills 14 newborns in Pakistan's capital, officials order immediate inquiry

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
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Final witness in Lindsay Clancy trial says he doesn’t believe she heard a voice during killings

Final witness in Lindsay Clancy trial says he doesn’t believe she heard a voice during killings

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…
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At least 98 killed and hundreds missing after flash floods in Nepal and China

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

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Door was locked at Pakistan hospital where fire killed 14 babies, witnesses say

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Canada announces 'dollar-for-dollar' retaliatory tariffs on US as high as 50%

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Meta agrees to major changes to Facebook and Instagram as it settles US trial over teen addiction for up to $17bn

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Meta agrees to pay up to $18bn to settle social media addiction trial

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TikTok to pay $400m to US in one of largest child privacy settlements

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One of science fiction’s greatest writers warned us about a AI. Does he also hold the remedy? | Alan Finkel

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