Mexican judge sentences three men to 158 years in prison for murders of Australian and US surfers​

Forest clearance at smallest total since records began in 1988 in success for Lula ahead of presidential run-off. Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon has fallen to its lowest…

Katie Zacharia issued her first public statement Friday night after a White House official announced she'd be "transitioning out" of the press secretary post after just five days…

The kingdom of Hyrule has been prettified, the soundtrack is newly orchestrated and our hero feels strikingly different under the thumbs … we play a hands-on demo of Nintendo’s…

Hot, windy weather stokes fires in southern California with mandatory evacuation orders in place for many. A fast-moving fire spread into neighborhoods in southern California on…

Apple and Meta, whose leaders have spent years trading barbs over privacy and the future of computing, are joining forces to bring one of America's most powerful open-weight AI…

District court judge Timothy Kelly was ruling after Trump administration blocked access to three outlets last month. A federal judge ordered the White House on Tuesday to continue…

Kremlin turning to punishment of Ukraine’s population in major cities as frontlines remain frozen. As Russian missiles and drones have systematically slammed into power plants in…

Committee recognises work of South African who chaired UN commission that concluded Israel was guilty of genocide in Gaza. The Nobel peace prize has been awarded to Navi Pillay,…

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Three children aged 5, 8 and 11 and a teacher were killed after a 16-year-old suspect opened fire in the city of Bend, local police say

The Atlantic writer Josh Tyrangiel says Musk and Bezos each want to colonize the moon, mine its resources and launch thousands more satellites. He says their only real competition…

Ana Reyes demands Trump officials explain East Potomac tree cutting saying it will probably cause ‘irreparable harm’. US district judge Ana Reyes on Monday ordered a 24-hour halt…

Parts of southern England have entered "severe drought", while about 30 million people are under hosepipe ban

Prosecution did not act in fair and impartial way in grand jury proceedings, judge rules, after West Wing actor charged with groping young boy on TV set. A state court ⁠judge in…

Abhijeet Dipke was detained before planned anti-government demonstrations in Delhi. The leader of the Cockroach Janta party (CJP) youth movement, Abhijeet Dipke, was detained by…

Residents have been told to avoid leaving their homes unless absolutely necessary

Ousted Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro has rejected newly unsealed torture allegations against him and his wife as "false accusations"

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Firefighters are battling fast-moving wildfires in Orange County as Santa Ana winds fan the flames

Archaeologists say the wreck is up to 4,700 years old, dating to the Early Bronze Age

The emissions might occur elsewhere, but they generate global harm that scientists can now quantify. Sign up for climate and environment editor Adam Morton’s free Clear Air…

For more than three decades, Michael Gove has been a leading figure in British Conservatism. As a journalist, government minister and now editor of the Tory bible, the Spectator,…

Insurers are taking on more risk than they should. If – or when – a major disaster hits, the catastrophe will have far-reaching consequences. I work for a major insurer, assessing…

Kwon’s answers were provided in a helpful, quiet and calm manner, but his mea culpa left the audience not much the wiser. Open AI’s Jason Kwon flew 15 hours from San Francisco to…

David Shoebridge says 47-page document not ‘made by, used by, or seen by’ his office as matter referred to parliamentary standards commission. Get our new political email , free…

This blog is now closed. Several leaders offered Zelenskyy very friendly welcome or, in some cases, simply a big hug as he walked into the room before the formal part of the…

Three little letters - bnb-side’s name is a play on the local b-side arts festival, but Silicon Valley colossus sees threat to global brand. In one corner is bnb-side, a six-room…

This liveblog is now closed. Read the full story here. Key things to know about Hurricane Isaias. Sign up for the US Breaking News email. Florida’s governor, Ron DeSantis , said…

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…

As violent spirits are unleashed in Sky’s Possession, observers see confident creatives reclaiming the island’s narratives in a form of ‘cultural reparation’. A woman opens 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…

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…

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…

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…

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.…