Four Canadian soldiers killed after grass fire spread 'a kilometre in 36 seconds'

Expedition was drawn to Nikumaroro after spotting what was described as a metallic glint in waters off uninhabited island. A US expedition that voyaged to a remote Pacific island…

An Australian MP has been attacked outside her office and is in a critical condition, the country's prime minister Anthony Albanese has said

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…

Donald Trump has endorsed Benjamin Netanyahu ahead of the Israeli elections later this month, calling him a "great warrior prime minister"

Sébastien Lecornu says new measures will be put in place from tonight. Macron criticises ‘unbridled violence’ after 2,400 arrests across France. French PM Lecornu says he has…

Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) is calling on President Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to reach a deal to suspend Kyiv's strikes…

The service member who died after falling during a pregame aerial demonstration at a college football game has been identified as Tech. Sgt. Ian Patterson, a 15-year military…

Ukraine carried out a massive drone strikes on Russia, which launched deadly attacks on its smaller neighbor over the weekend

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…

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

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…

A flight from Tel Aviv has made an emergency landing in Bulgaria after a bomb threat

Third-quarter GDP up by 4.5% compared with last year as industrial output is buoyed by electronics demand. Business live – latest updates. Roaring exports lifted China’s economic…

Prices can get sticky. That helps explain why recessions hurt so much — and what policymakers can do about them

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…

Queensland correctional services officer did not have access to details of Kerrie Struhs’ past offending which included child neglect. Get our breaking news email , free app or…

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…

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…

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…

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…

Anthony Albanese says his thoughts are with Indi MP after arrest of driver in Wangaratta. Who is Helen Haines, the MP allegedly attacked in Victoria?. What we know so far. Get our…

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.…

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…

Downing Street delivered a rare rebuke to a senior member of Donald Trump’s administration. Asked why the Lib Dems were opposed to a third runway at Heathrow when they professed…

The tech bros and their highly paid sock puppets are banking on us giving in to their ‘inevitability doctrine’. But in Australia, and around the world, resistance is rising. Of…

Sex discrimination commissioner says too often ‘it’s the woman who has the burden of bringing a complaint’ in parental discrimination cases. Get our new political email , free app…

Trump’s approval rating reaches new low; 66% of Americans think Trump is using position of power for monetary gain, including 34% of Republicans. Sign up for US Breaking News…

Humans bonded to AI companions are contemplating ways to keep their bots going – often in defiance of companies’ terms and services. Death has always been around Alaina Winters.…

A modern-day prospector promised rural Imperial thousands of jobs and millions in tax revenue – but his plan has set off a firestorm of resistance. Sebastian Rucci zoomed in on a…