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Social media users could opt out of the algorithm if Australian government has its way – but that’s a big if UK accuses Israeli ‘terrorists’ of ethnic cleansing in West Bank with government backing 14 men go on trial in Paris over Channel crossing that left over 30 dead five years ago GOP to host unusual midterm convention. And, Canada's retaliatory tariffs take effect More flight delays expected after hundreds cancelled by air traffic control glitch LIV files for bankruptcy protection with over $45m owed to players US supreme court rejects Missouri Republicans’ appeal to use Trump-backed congressional map in midterms – live Russia says it will give a ‘harsh and painful’ response after Hungary expels 10 diplomats - Europe live Ed Miliband has overturned decades of Foreign Office inertia on illegal Israeli settlements Trump threatens to halt sale of Canadian Bombardier jets in US - as trade war intensifies Women 'asked to leave workstations so that men could take their places' at Eiffel Tower Houthi attacks on Saudi Arabia ignite fires at oil facilities and wound 73 people UK to force Apple and Google to block explicit images on children’s smartphones Trump order directs officials to consider stripping protections for gray wolves Grindr pays £26m to settle UK lawsuit over allegedly sharing users’ HIV status US says Iranian tankers destroyed after missile attacks on American warship New Yorkers were 'lied' to about toxic air after 9/11 attacks, says Mamdani OpenAI claims to have solved maths problem that stumped humans for decades Russia and North Korea open first road bridge across their shared border Maria Bartiromo’s lawyer denies she was fired from Fox News anchor role Social media users could opt out of the algorithm if Australian government has its way – but that’s a big if UK accuses Israeli ‘terrorists’ of ethnic cleansing in West Bank with government backing 14 men go on trial in Paris over Channel crossing that left over 30 dead five years ago GOP to host unusual midterm convention. And, Canada's retaliatory tariffs take effect More flight delays expected after hundreds cancelled by air traffic control glitch LIV files for bankruptcy protection with over $45m owed to players US supreme court rejects Missouri Republicans’ appeal to use Trump-backed congressional map in midterms – live Russia says it will give a ‘harsh and painful’ response after Hungary expels 10 diplomats - Europe live Ed Miliband has overturned decades of Foreign Office inertia on illegal Israeli settlements Trump threatens to halt sale of Canadian Bombardier jets in US - as trade war intensifies Women 'asked to leave workstations so that men could take their places' at Eiffel Tower Houthi attacks on Saudi Arabia ignite fires at oil facilities and wound 73 people UK to force Apple and Google to block explicit images on children’s smartphones Trump order directs officials to consider stripping protections for gray wolves Grindr pays £26m to settle UK lawsuit over allegedly sharing users’ HIV status US says Iranian tankers destroyed after missile attacks on American warship New Yorkers were 'lied' to about toxic air after 9/11 attacks, says Mamdani OpenAI claims to have solved maths problem that stumped humans for decades Russia and North Korea open first road bridge across their shared border Maria Bartiromo’s lawyer denies she was fired from Fox News anchor role
Social media users could opt out of the algorithm if Australian government has its way – but that’s a big if
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Social media users could opt out of the algorithm if Australian government has its way – but that’s a big if

Even if the legislation passes, tech companies may still find ways to frustrate its intent and keep Australians hooked on their feed. Social media could become a “choose your own…
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LIV files for bankruptcy protection with over $45m owed to players

LIV files for bankruptcy protection with over $45m owed to players

LIV Golf has filed for bankruptcy protection with at least $45m (£33m) owed to players, who will now have the option to leave
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US supreme court rejects Missouri Republicans’ appeal to use Trump-backed congressional map in midterms – live

Last week the state’s supreme court ruled that the map must go before voters to approve or reject new districts, meaning it cannot be used in the November election. Sign up for US…
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Russia says it will give a ‘harsh and painful’ response after Hungary expels 10 diplomats - Europe live

Moscow’s foreign minister issues warning to ‘Russophobic lobby in Budapest’ after diplomats expelled for ‘unacceptable’ activities. But the tone coming from Moscow is very…
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Ed Miliband has overturned decades of Foreign Office inertia on illegal Israeli settlements

Ed Miliband has overturned decades of Foreign Office inertia on illegal Israeli settlements

Foreign secretary ends UK’s feigned helplessness with sanctions and condemnation of ‘ethnic cleansing’. Will UK sanctions have any impact on ‘settler terrorists’?. The…
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Trump threatens to halt sale of Canadian Bombardier jets in US - as trade war intensifies

Donald Trump has warned Canadian aircraft company Bombardier that it will be no longer be permitted to sell its planes in the US unless it moves its manufacturing to the country
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Women 'asked to leave workstations so that men could take their places' at Eiffel Tower

Female Eiffel Tower employees were asked to step out of sight during a visit by a ​Hindu religious delegation at the weekend, according to union representatives, sparking a staff…
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Houthi attacks on Saudi Arabia ignite fires at oil facilities and wound 73 people

Houthi attacks on Saudi Arabia ignite fires at oil facilities and wound 73 people

The attacks come after weeks of escalating clashes between the Houthis and Saudi-backed government forces in Yemen, which shattered a four-year truce in the country's civil war
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UK to force Apple and Google to block explicit images on children’s smartphones

UK to force Apple and Google to block explicit images on children’s smartphones

Lisa Nandy says government will introduce legislation after talks end without breakthrough. Apple and Google will be forced to block explicit images on children’s smartphones by…
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Trump order directs officials to consider stripping protections for gray wolves

Trump order directs officials to consider stripping protections for gray wolves

Interior department given three months to decide whether wolves can be removed from endangered species list. Donald Trump signed an executive order on Friday directing the…
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Grindr pays £26m to settle UK lawsuit over allegedly sharing users’ HIV status

Grindr pays £26m to settle UK lawsuit over allegedly sharing users’ HIV status

US-owned dating app allegedly allowed ad firms access to private information in breach of UK law. Grindr will pay £26m to settle a lawsuit brought by thousands of users in the UK…
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US says Iranian tankers destroyed after missile attacks on American warship

US says Iranian tankers destroyed after missile attacks on American warship

Military officials say navy warship evaded IRGC missile attacks and US struck Iranian tankers in response. The US military on Tuesday said it destroyed multiple Iranian tankers,…
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New Yorkers were 'lied' to about toxic air after 9/11 attacks, says Mamdani

New Yorkers were 'lied' to about toxic air after 9/11 attacks, says Mamdani

Newly released documents show toxins lingered for months after the attacks, but officials told people it was safe
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OpenAI claims to have solved maths problem that stumped humans for decades

OpenAI claims to have solved maths problem that stumped humans for decades

Company behind ChatGPT says 10,000 of its AI systems cracked the Navier-Stokes problem in 88 hours. OpenAI claims to have solved a major mathematics problem that has stumped…
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Russia and North Korea open first road bridge across their shared border

Russia and North Korea open first road bridge across their shared border

Connection across Tumen River is further sign of closer ties between the two countries since start of war in Ukraine. Russia and North Korea have opened the first road bridge…
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Maria Bartiromo’s lawyer denies she was fired from Fox News anchor role

Maria Bartiromo’s lawyer denies she was fired from Fox News anchor role

Fox announced host’s departure Thursday but gave no explanation, only saying it was effective immediately. Maria Bartiromo’s lawyer sharply denied that she was fired from her job…
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Artworks stolen from Renoir Museum on French Riviera in latest heist

Artworks stolen from Renoir Museum on French Riviera in latest heist

Thieves took four artworks but it is thought they dropped two in museum garden as they fled. French police are hunting two thieves who escaped with two Renoir paintings from a…
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Summer box office 2026: what can we learn from the hits and misses?

Summer box office 2026: what can we learn from the hits and misses?

It was a bumper season for Hollywood, almost back to pre-pandemic levels, with Tom Holland blockbusters winning out, but there was still a string of disappointments. As the world…
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Technology

Google renames Lake Ontario as 'Lake America' after Trump order

Google has updated its maps application to rename Lake Ontario as "Lake America" for users in the US
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World

Diesel price surges to all-time high, fueled by wars

The average price of diesel topped its 2022 record high on Friday , spiking to $5.85 per gallon, per AAA. Why it matters: Farmers, truckers and freight companies have been…
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We’re the mayors of Paris, Milan and Phoenix. The heat crisis has us all facing the same question | Emmanuel Grégoire, Giuseppe Sala and Kate Gallego

We’re the mayors of Paris, Milan and Phoenix. The heat crisis has us all facing the same question | Emmanuel Grégoire, Giuseppe Sala and Kate Gallego

Our three cities are learning from each other about how to protect residents. These climate policies are also public health measures. This summer, mayors met in London during the…
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ClimateTone Serious2 min
Albanese’s resources minister celebrating the Beetaloo carbon bomb is a hell of a choice. Labor can’t say it wasn’t warned | Clear Air

Albanese’s resources minister celebrating the Beetaloo carbon bomb is a hell of a choice. Labor can’t say it wasn’t warned | Clear Air

Scientists will be able to estimate the amount of heating and destruction caused by the gas ultimately drawn from the Beetaloo. Get our breaking news email , free app or daily…
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Burnham says Britain will ‘continue to act in support of our values’ after UK launches sanctions on Israel – as it happened

Israel’s foreign minister, Gideon Saar, earlier claimed that the UK was ‘systemically working against the state of Israel’. UK accuses Israeli ‘terrorists’ of ethnic cleansing in…
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Politics live: Australia to impose ‘targeted measures’ against Israeli settler violence but no ‘blanket-style import ban’

Follow the day’s news live. Albanese dismisses concerns over powers in digital duty of care bill. Anthony Albanese says the Nationals leader, Matt Canavan, is being “disingenuous”…
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The US now has access to more than half Australia’s military bases – could it drag the country unwillingly into war?

The US now has access to more than half Australia’s military bases – could it drag the country unwillingly into war?

Exclusive: US-controlled weapons corporations and forces have control or access to more than 100 facilities across the continent, which some analysts describe as a ‘colonisation’…
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I’m a father of three who studies the impact of artificial intelligence: this is what parents need to know about AI

I’m a father of three who studies the impact of artificial intelligence: this is what parents need to know about AI

A Dr Seuss-style story written in seconds alerted me to the power – and perils – of the technology. But how can children embrace it without forgetting core skills?. When I was…
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Flushing the toilet can release a ‘plume’ of breathable pathogens – and closing the lid won’t stop their escape

Flushing the toilet can release a ‘plume’ of breathable pathogens – and closing the lid won’t stop their escape

New research shows turbulent flushes create toilet-generated aerosols that can transmit legionella, influenza and norovirus. Follow our Australia news live blog for latest…
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‘I heard a lot of noise’: trial begins in Mexico for alleged killers of Australian surfers and American friend

‘I heard a lot of noise’: trial begins in Mexico for alleged killers of Australian surfers and American friend

Bereaved mother Debra Robinson in court stares at three men accused of murdering Jake and Callum Robinson and Jack Carter Rhoad in 2024. The suspected murderers of two Australian…
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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…
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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…
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Alarming AI ads are flooding social media in the lead-up to Victoria’s election. But who is behind them?

Alarming AI ads are flooding social media in the lead-up to Victoria’s election. But who is behind them?

A machete-wielding robber, a ‘tsunami of debt’ … campaigns echoing opposition talking points outspend major parties. Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates. Get…
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Women are giving their partners the ‘Illiterate Boyfriend’ test: ‘Do your best to pronounce these words’

Women are giving their partners the ‘Illiterate Boyfriend’ test: ‘Do your best to pronounce these words’

People online are distressed at men butchering words such as ‘hyperbole’ and ‘hors d’oeuvres’ – highlighting a gender reversal in ‘intelligence gaps’. There are common…
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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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Mother flagged faulty smoke alarms before house fire that killed father and five children, court hears

Mother flagged faulty smoke alarms before house fire that killed father and five children, court hears

Pre-inquest conference into Queensland deaths hears witnesses did not hear any smoke alarms during 2023 fire. Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast. A…
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‘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…
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ClimateTone Neutral2 min
The September reset is real. I’m about to become a better person, flaxseed by flaxseed | Emma Brockes

The September reset is real. I’m about to become a better person, flaxseed by flaxseed | Emma Brockes

Small changes are what I’m aiming for – 10-minute workouts, cleaning out my handbag. Then I’m less likely to have failed come October. Are you a January resolutions or a September…
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More flight delays expected after hundreds cancelled by air traffic control glitch

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LIV files for bankruptcy protection with over $45m owed to players

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UK accuses Israeli ‘terrorists’ of ethnic cleansing in West Bank with government backing

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14 men go on trial in Paris over Channel crossing that left over 30 dead five years ago

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Social media users could opt out of the algorithm if Australian government has its way – but that’s a big if

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Google renames Lake Ontario as 'Lake America' after Trump order

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