✓Ukraine dismisses Iranian threats as Caspian Sea strike directly links wars
Iran has reacted with fury to the assault on the vessel, with Tehran's foreign minister saying it "cannot go unanswered"
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Shots fired near US consulate in Canada for second time in four months
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Rand Paul releases Anthony Fauci's pandemic-era diary notes. Here's what they tell us
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Tadej Pogačar of Slovenia wins the 2026 Tour de France, his fifth victory in the race
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Poultry farming leads to 100-fold increase in food-poisoning bacteria, study finds
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✓Off-duty police officer detains man who attacked three women with knives in Paris
Two women severely wounded before bystanders intervened in incident near Porte de Clichy. A man attacked three women with knives in Paris before bystanders pinned him to the…
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✓'Do the right thing': Savannah Guthrie makes another plea to mother's kidnappers
The US journalist has made several social media pleas for the abductors of her mother Nancy to share where she is
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✓OpenAI blamed a hacking event on its AI models gone rogue. Here is what to know
The incident is stirring debates over the need for stronger AI guardrails and the extent to which AI agents are capable of acting on their own
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✓Chile captures fugitive convicted of singer Victor Jara's murder under Pinochet
Nelson Haase was one of those convicted over the kidnap and murder of folk singer Victor Jara after Chile's military coup in 1973
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✓Sperm whales change ‘vowel’ sounds when boats are nearby, scientists discover
Researchers listening off the Caribbean island of Dominica found variations in the mammals’ audible clicks when marine traffic was close. Sperm whales produce a specific pattern…
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✓Trump imposes fresh tariffs on UK, EU and dozens of other trading partners
New tariffs will replace 10% global duty and come after US supreme court declared many of the earlier levies illegal. Donald Trump has imposed a fresh round of tariffs on more…
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✓Trump warns of return to ‘strong military action’ if Iran diplomacy fails
Washington and Tehran issue conflicting messages over the status of talks to end Middle East crisis. Donald Trump has once again warned that the US will return to “strong military…
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✓U.S. pauses attacks on Iran for a second straight day and Tehran does too
The United States paused attacks on Iran for a second straight day Sunday and Tehran said it had done so too, as efforts continued to bring the countries back to negotiations on…
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Trump to Axios: I'm ready for "strong military action" if Iran talks fail
President Trump told Axios on Monday that he decided to pause U.S. strikes on Iran in order to give negotiations another chance, but stressed that he could order a return to…
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✓Number of suspects in fatal Seattle food festival shooting rises to three
One suspect is in custody, while a second is being sought and a third is thought to have died at the scene, court documents show
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✓Justice Dept. drops 'New York Times' subpoenas under pressure from judge
The Justice Department is dropping the subpoenas it filed demanding grand jury testimony and phone records from New York Times journalists after sharp questioning Thursday from a…
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✓Cracker Barrel CEO to step down after overseeing logo backlash last year
Julie Masino faced criticism as restaurant chain was called ‘woke’ and ‘soulless’ after unveiling modernized logo. Cracker Barrel’s CEO, Julie Masino, is stepping down, the…
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✓Johnson & Johnson offers up to $5.5bn to settle baby powder lawsuits
The proposed settlement aims to close a years-long legal battle over claims its talcs products cause cancer
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Australia news live: new Victorian premier Ben Carroll says ‘I will do things differently’; two pedestrians in critical condition after Sydney crash
Follow updates live. Jacinta Allan resigns as Victorian premier before leadership challenge by Ben Carroll. Who is Ben Carroll?. Get our breaking news email , free app or daily…
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Why does everything feel so joyless? Welcome to the age of decadence without pleasure | Michèle Mendelssohn and Charlie Tyson
Decadence in our era comes in technologically mediated forms, emptied of desire and obsessed with self-optimisation. Do you want to have a good time? You know, really enjoy…
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Federal panel votes to propose changes to historic preservation rules that Trump administration says holds up projects
A federal panel on Friday voted to advance a revamp of the nation’s historic preservation rules that Trump administration officials say slow down projects. The Advisory Council on…
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Chasing new skills, going back to basics and pushing for collective action: how software engineers are adapting to AI
Software engineering was one of the best-paying professions in the US in 2022, but the advent of AI has disrupted it, leading to several layoffs and underemployment. Every…
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Benedict Cumberbatch, Alan Cumming and Benedict Wong urge UK to take action against Paramount-Warner Bros. merger
Benedict Cumberbatch, Alan Cumming and Benedict Wong wrote an op-ed Monday citing the dangers to industry competition, jobs and a concentration of power if Paramount Skydance and…
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About 900,000 Origin Energy customers affected by hack as company admits it was warned weeks before public told
Chief executive, Frank Calabria, apologises and advises customers to look out for suspicious activity amid heightened scam risk. Origin Energy has admitted it was warned of the…
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Australia to warn China it won’t be bullied by ‘provocative‘ actions as it builds military and nuclear arsenal
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AI job worries grow. But some human skills can’t be replaced by machines | Gaynor Parkin and Dave Winsborough
The fear of becoming obsolete is a rising source of anxiety as artificial intelligence emerges in the workplace. Staying strongly connected with others will help. The modern mind…
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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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Top Democrat calls on Taylor Farms to provide information on Trump administration cyclospora communications
Rep. Robert Garcia (D-Calif.), the ranking member of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, on Monday called on Taylor Farms to provide information about its…
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AusAlert blared around parks, libraries and cinemas for a few seconds, but some didn’t get the alert at all
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Revealed: Mexico’s industrial boomtown is making goods for the US. Residents say they’re ‘breathing poison’
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Corporate America may be using AI to cut jobs, but small businesses are using it to keep them | Gene Marks
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Legal logging and soaring saplings: the ‘green islands’ bucking the deforestation trend in central America
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There Are No Ghosts at the Grand – stripping back the physical and metaphorical layers of a haunted hotel
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Trump says nearly 200 firms have signed pledge to protect Americans from costs arising from datacenters
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‘The silence was the worst part’: after culling his entire flock, US poultry farmer now fears bird flu
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Customers prefer AI chatbots, says British Gas owner as 1,300 call centre and back office jobs axed
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