✓South Africa reels from spate of mass shootings that killed 38 people in a week
On Saturday night, there were separate mass shootings near South Africa's two largest cities
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Blanche defends Trump’s White House media ban: ‘It is a privilege, not a right’
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OpenAI hack on Australian government reveals anxiety at heart of global artificial intelligence dilemma
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Iranian minister says only negotiation can end conflict after Trump rejects Hormuz deal
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Thai downpours shift north-westwards after Bangkok declared a disaster zone
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✓US, China list goods recommended for tariff cuts following Trump-Xi summit
Washington and Beijing announce details of agreement to reduce tariffs on $60bn of trade
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High levels of 'forever chemical' causing cancer found in blood of residents living near factory
Dozens of residents living near a major chemical factory have discovered high levels of a cancer-causing "forever chemical" in their blood, according to lawyers
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Bill Gates warns AI global framework talks harder than Cold War-era nuclear negotiations
Microsoft founder Bill Gates has warned that getting countries to agree on a global framework for AI could be more difficult than Cold War-era negotiations to restrict nuclear…
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✓Hurricane Nolo still threatens Hawaii as Mexico's Baja braces for major Hurricane Polo
Hurricane Nolo is moving away from Hawaiian islands but threat of heavy rain, flash floods and strong winds persists. Hurricane Nolo was moving away from the Hawaiian islands on…
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✓Trump asked Xi Jinping if China would like to buy US weapons, American ambassador says
David Perdue’s remarks come after a Taiwanese minister spoke of the ‘severe’ military threat posed by Beijing to the self-ruled island. Donald Trump offered to sell weapons to…
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✓5 arrested near a U.K. air base used by U.S. on suspicion of preparing a terrorist act
Police evacuated homes Sunday near an air base in England used by the U.S. and arrested several men over suspected explosives offenses
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✓Pope Leo warns a 'paradise of machines' could undermine humanity on his France visit
Pope Leo XIV raised existential concerns about scientific progress, life and human rights during a speech on his first papal visit to France
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✓Burnham dodges questions on Heathrow third runway as project faces four-year delay
Airport chiefs say 2035 operations deadline unachievable as critics say new delay makes case for project ‘even more dubious’. Plans for a third runway at Heathrow are once again…
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✓Bill Gates says unchecked AI could ‘cause a billion deaths’ in call for regulation
Microsoft co-founder and philanthropist speaks with NBC’s Kristen Welker in interview airing on Sunday. Bill Gates has called on the US’s federal legislators and law enforcers to…
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✓EU says Trump’s plan to ban US diesel exports would ‘negatively impact both sides’
US president’s suggested 90-day export ban before midterm elections could bring even higher fuel prices across Europe. The EU has warned Donald Trump against plans to ban US…
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White House press ban set to continue for now after hearing ends without ruling
A judge on Wednesday appeared skeptical of Trump administration arguments justifying the White House barring CNN, MS NOW and Politico, but he did not immediately grant the news…
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✓Serbia’s populist president Aleksandar Vučić resigns to run for prime minister
Vučić not allowed to seek third presidential term and election will test his grip on rule after widespread protests. Serbia’s populist president, Aleksandar Vučić, has resigned to…
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✓Rogue OpenAI agent 'infiltrated' Australian government website in world first
Australia criticised OpenAI for taking "too long" to tell them about the breach which happened in June
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✓Mortgage rates have just surpassed 7% for the first time in well over a year
Rates have climbed more than a full percentage point since the U.S. war against Iran started
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✓Eviction of 87-year-old sparks protests in Madrid over housing crisis
Tens of thousands marched through Madrid on Saturday to protest Spain's housing crisis and the eviction of an 87-year-old woman, camping overnight in Madrid's historic Puerta del…
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✓Two bodies found after avalanche hits Himalayan climbing group
Rescuers are looking for at least 10 Nepalese people who were preparing to take climbers up the Himlung Himal peak
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✓France’s far-right National Rally gains ground in Senate vote
The vote marks the first time the far-right party gained enough seats to form its own caucus
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Beau Lamarre-Condon told friend if he killed anyone he’d dump belongings in bin and take bodies to bushland, court hears
Former police officer has pleaded not guilty to murdering Jesse Baird and Luke Davies in early 2024 – nine months after discussion with friend Georgia Cook. Follow our Australia…
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Warning Burnham’s social care plan could cost far more than he says, and take ‘decades’ to implement – UK politics live
Statistician Andrew Dilnot says that putting social care on the same footing as health care would cost ‘well in excess of £18bn’. Lisa O’Carroll is a senior Guardian…
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The Guardian view on a supersized El Niño: a natural phenomenon and human folly are a lethal combination | Editorial
Hundreds of thousands are expected to die, millions to go hungry. This is not just about weather patterns, but about injustice. Some warnings are so grave that it is almost…
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It’s going to take more than an email to a public inbox to protect Australians from potential AI doom | Tom McIlroy
OpenAI’s hack of Medicare suggests safeguarding civilisation is the task facing leaders in this extraordinary new era. Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news…
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‘It’s hard to sell a house when it’s covered in baboon faeces’: Cape Town divided over plan to remove its monkeys
Two troops of chacma baboons are breaking into homes and shops but animal rights activists insist coexistence is the answer. Cape Town’s city council has said it will “imminently”…
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One Nation senator pays back more than $3,300 in taxi expenses; Cleary tells fans ‘I’ll be back’ – as it happened
This blog is now closed. Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast. RBA expected to hike cash rate to 4.6%, its highest level since 2011. Australia’s key…
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The comedians turning AI anxiety into punchlines: ‘It’s so good, it’ll completely alter our grasp on reality’
Across videos, standup and cartoons, humorists are skewering big tech’s attempt to make AI ubiquitous and inevitable. “Best case scenario, we never have to do any admin again,”…
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‘We’re not going to back down’: tiny Dorset B&B stands up to Airbnb’s legal bid to ‘monopolise’ letters ‘bnb’
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…
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Lenore review – incel’s obsession with online influencer turns into anatomy of dislocated digital-age mindset
Digital-age Australian psychodrama tracks the shut-in mania of dangerously disaffected male fan, but doesn’t get inside his mind. If the parasocial phenomenon is a kind of hell,…
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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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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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RAF Fairford live updates: Streeting thanks farmer who alerted police but says she has ‘a partial picture’
Member of the public who contacted police after seeing ‘group of hooded and masked men’ near RAF base says she thinks ‘someone dropped the ball’ over incident. In Fairford, police…
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Australian backlash to datacentres is faux import from US, officials say: ‘We are not the United States’
Pro-datacentre officials argue scale of Australia’s buildout is smaller, more regulated and less damaging than in US. Australian politicians and business leaders are arguing that…
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When her ‘soul cat’ died, she was bereft. Now she designs memorial jewelry to help others with pet loss
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Sri Lanka Easter bombings: 15 sentenced to hundreds of years in prison each over deadly terror attacks
Islamic State-inspired bombings of churches and hotels in 2019 was one of the country’s worst ever attacks. A court in Sri Lanka has convicted 15 men on terrorist charges for…
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‘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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Mighty Sparrow, the Trinidad and Tobago singer known as the ‘calypso king of the world’, dies aged 91
Slinger Francisco, who performed as the Mighty Sparrow, died on Sunday surrounded by family in New York. Slinger Francisco, known on stage as the Mighty Sparrow and dubbed the…
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New Jersey datacenter fined $1.1m after visual investigation showed dozens of unpermitted generators
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