One dead and more than 30 missing after ferry sinks off Vanuatu coast in rough seas

Apple showed off at an event the first major design change to the iPhone in almost 20 years

Vandals spray red paint on Charlie Kirk statue days after its unveiling to mark one year since his death

Police in Bali believe the two young children died as a result of violence, while a 57-year-old man is believed to have taken his own life. Indonesian police are investigating the…

Miki Zohar accuses Oscar-winning directors Yuval Abraham and Rachel Szor of ‘treason against the state’. ‘They know the house they are bombing is full of children’: NAZA’s…

The former UK PM said: "I don't know what warped logic drove Putin to blow up a stationary Ukrainian locomotive on the Polish border this morning"

Anthropic says it has blocked efforts to use its artificial intelligence models to carry out cyber attacks and research which could have led to the creation of biological weapons

Rolling coverage of the latest economic and financial news. AI-linked stocks fall after tech bosses call for slowdown in ‘reckless’ development. AI CEOs say they need to slow the…

A Russian drone struck a train near the Ukraine-Poland border shortly after senior visiting officials, including the former prime ministers of the U.K. and Sweden, passed through

Shares in tech firms tumble across Asia with Nasdaq also likely to dip later after Anthropic, OpenAI and SpaceX leaders back call. Business news – live updates. AI-linked stocks…

Pennsylvania has announced its third measles-related death in less than three weeks. A local coroner says the 40-year-old woman was unvaccinated

Human rights groups in Turkey have accused the government of using a family- values campaign to target the LGBTQ+ community

Price spike comes as rebel Houthis in Yemen target oil infrastructure and capture strategic island in Bab al-Mandab strait. Business news – live updates. Oil prices have climbed…

Crude jumps above $107 a barrel amid concerns over Middle East conflict and out-of-control government borrowing. Nervous investors across big economies have been dumping…

Annualized inflation rate was 3.4%, same as July, and core inflation, which omits energy and food prices, rose to 2.4%. US consumer prices remained stubbornly high in August as…

Climate change and the rising influence of El Niño saw August reach the record for warmest month

Whiskey distilled in the Republic of Ireland faces the standard 15% tariff which applies to EU goods entering the US

An Afghan national who was the first-ever case before the federal Alien Terrorist Removal Court has been deported, the Justice Department announced Friday. The big picture: The…

Yemeni government forces have advanced in western Taiz after successfully repelling a Houthi offensive

August was the world's joint hottest month ever recorded - at 1.65C above pre-industrial times, according to scientists

The US president said "negative forces" were airing concerns about "things that won't happen"

This blog is now closed. Get our new political email , free app or daily news podcast. Hanson’s comments on Albanese’s mother ‘gratuitous and unnecessary’: Hume. Jane Hume has…

The complacency is staggering: just another hot summer, a flooded street, a crop failure. We are accepting this extraordinary deterioration as normal. Recently, I overheard a…

Labour MPs and unions are pressuring the government to legislate for a stricter cap on political party donations. Richard Tice , Reform UK’s deputy leader, has declined to say…

There are several answers, and none of them will be provided by tech. One thing we must do is identify the ingredients for human flourishing. To imagine the future as being almost…

Climate catastrophe is on our doorstep – yet Labour’s impending approval of further drilling will bring more pain for negligible gains. Pinch yourself, it’s happening again. Here…

Southbank Centre, London Wang’s avatar performs music from Ravel and Debussy to Prokofiev and Liszt while dizzying virtual worlds take shape around her in this virtual reality…

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…

The Syrian rock hyrax depends on the fragile landscapes of the border region. Alongside other environmentalists, I have been documenting the destruction of its habitat. Wars are…

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…

The former New York Times columnist is taking a step away from politics to focus on moral and humanistic concerns the media rarely cover. David Brooks knows there are plenty of…

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…

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…

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…

Three men are on trial over the death of brothers Jake and Callum Robinson and their friend, US citizen Jack Carter Rhoad, in Ensenada. The father of two Australian surfers killed…

US officials reportedly raided envoy’s London home and took him to American airbase without warning Met police. UK politics live – latest updates. British ministers face calls to…