Alberta voters reject a move toward independence in referendum backing Canadian unity

Paul Mackenzie and his church set up sect that ordered followers to starve themselves and their children, say prosecutors. A Kenyan court has found the starvation cult leader Paul…

Japan launched a spacecraft towards Mars in a ground-breaking mission to bring back samples from the largest of the planet's two moons

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…

A former OpenAI engineer charged with secretly installing a recording device at its offices was "mere days" away from fleeing to Saudi Arabia before his arrest, prosecutors allege

Independent MP is in critical yet stable condition after man allegedly did U-turn to strike her twice with his car. Brendan Nugent’s family say Helen Haines has been their friend…

President Trump's top aides offered sharply different explanations this weekend of his Russian diesel deal amid a barrage of bipartisan criticism calling the move a gift to…

Two-thirds of population face crisis levels of food insecurity and 200,000 people are in danger of famine. This winter is likely to deepen hunger for Palestinians in Gaza, after…

More than 200 mostly young people said to be injured after ballistic missile attack on training camp for government forces. At least 53 people have been killed in a Houthi…

President Trump's up and down relationship with Russia is back on as he presses to find an end to the war in Ukraine amid high energy costs ahead of the U.S. midterms

In attempting to turn a public space in DC into an enclave for elites, Trump is moving the US capital closer to Graceland. When is a tree not a tree? When it’s an obstacle to a…

Prime minister Mark Carney describes blaze as ‘one of the worst tragedies for the forces on Canadian soil in peacetime’. Four people have been killed and dozens more seriously…

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…

The rupture between President Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky over last week's diesel deal deepened Wednesday after an Elon Musk -owned satellite system used by…

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

Ministry of Defence says warplanes will operate in 'defensive role' and not be used to attack Yemeni group

Third-quarter GDP up by 4.5% compared with last year as industrial output is buoyed by electronics demand. Roaring exports lifted China’s economic growth in the third quarter of…

Sitting presidents usually see a dip in approval ratings before midterms, but Trump's ratings are at a historic low

The Pope's first event since his lung cancer diagnosis and surgery saw him recite the traditional Angelus prayer from the balcony of the Apostolic Palace

The first named storm of the season - Austen - will bring damaging winds and heavy rain to parts of the UK on Friday

NPR's Steve Inskeep speaks with former U.S. Ambassador to Russia Michael McFaul about President Trump's latest embrace of Russia and what it means for Ukraine and any hopes of…

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…

Google apologises after suffering a major Cloud outage in its London region. The pound has rallied after Britain’s unemployment rate fell unexpectedly this morning to 4.7%.…

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…

In 2022, I helped push through the international agreement to protect biodiversity. Wars and economic pressures can make nature seem like a ‘nice-to-have’. But it is a critical…

Voters to be asked whether province should remain part of Canada or hold a second, binding independence vote. Albertans are going to the polls to decide their place in Canada, in…

Of the dozens of countries approached to water down their laws, Australia appears to be the only one considering it, publishers’ group says. Get our new political email , free app…

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…

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…

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…

Online betting was the ‘direct and paramount’ cause behind Kyle Hudson’s decision to take his own life, inquest finds. Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news…

This blog is now closed. ‘Deeply appalled’: politicians condemn alleged attack after Helen Haines critically injured. Helen Haines, the principled MP respected across parliament.…

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…