Sri Lanka Easter bombings: 15 sentenced to hundreds of years in prison each over deadly terror attacks

At least 11 people have been killed in a mass shooting at a house party in South Africa

Agreement signed at the UN general assembly in New York. Nordic correspondent. Emotions among Greenlanders are a mixture of hope, scepticism and fear ahead of the signing of a new…

Sinkevičius told BBC Newsnight Lithuanians feel "constantly threatened" by Moscow, but the nation was prepared to "fight back" if attacked

The deal includes an agreement to produce 30 films a year, or Paramount will be forced to sell off parts of its company

Donald Trump wrote in ‌a social media post on Saturday that he is creating an "AI Force" to ‌oversee regulation of AI and will announce an AI "czar" in the near future

Rescuers search for missing in collapsed homes after storm causes landslides, travel chaos and power outages. Typhoon Dujuan has killed at least four people and injured 22 in…

Surrogate who rejected abortion request had asked justices to halt court order recognizing LA couple as legal parents. The supreme court has refused to get involved with a custody…

Canadian province alleges deadly attack could have been prevented if company had warned police of shooter’s ChatGPT use. British Columbia has sued OpenAI , saying a mass shooting…

Police close major highways into Islamabad as supporters of jailed former prime minister plan to march into the capital

US president calls UK prime minister ‘a natural businessperson’ as leaders meet at UN assembly in New York. Donald Trump has asserted his relationship with the UK is “more up”…

Lian Yunzhi solves 3x3 puzzle on several occasions in average time of under 4.5 seconds, according to state media. A six-year-old Chinese girl has set a new women’s world record…

Alisher Usmanov and Mikhail Fridman delisted in what Ireland’s EU presidency calls ‘a difficult compromise’ for the bloc. The EU has agreed to remove two Russian billionaires,…

Google says its Gemini AI hacked three other companies during a test of its cybersecurity capabilities – in the first known example of the system autonomously committing such an…

Top US and Chinese officials held talks in New York on Sunday ahead of a Trump-Xi summit this week

Republicans lawmakers have put pressure on the president to curb exports as diesel prices soar to record highs in the US

This live blog is now closed. Sign up for US Breaking News emails. Trump is arriving at the UN HQ right now. After very brief doorstep comments – almost exclusively mocking CNN -…

Tories say deal should be fully scrapped after it was criticised by Donald Trump during his meeting with Andy Burnham. Chagos Islands deal ‘can’t go ahead’ without US support,…

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…

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,…

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…

With nearly £30m of funding, I’m giving communities power over local energy. They know the gravity of global heating, and they want to be part of the solution. Andy Burnham: UK…

The move comes after Jamaica’s culture minister Olivia Grange travelled to the UK earlier this month to lodge the historic petition. King Charles has referred a landmark slavery…

Congress has so far done little to rein in the AI industry even as some of its most prominent leaders warn about potentially catastrophic risks. Sign up for US Breaking News…

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…

The park is the most highly visited and strong winds make trash problem worse, with gusts blowing away items. Hold on to your hats – Yellowstone national park staffers have…

New report shows key indicators of Earth’s health are ‘outside the safe operating space’ as climate disaster looms. The planetary life support systems relied upon by humans have…

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…

As animal behaviorists increasingly use AI in their research, they grapple with how to wield the technology responsibly. I’m sitting in a small boat in Shark Bay, Australia,…

This blog is now closed. Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast. Andrew Bragg , the shadow housing minister, said he believes in “big debates” about housing…

Anglers will help scientists investigate the porbeagle, tope and blue shark to boost knowledge and conservation. ‘We have really cool sharks,” says Dr Lucy Hawkes. She is not…

No trace of Gus has been found since he went missing from his family’s South Australian farm on 27 September last year. The parents of missing four-year-old Gus Lamont have made…

Independent outlets are leaning on social media, chat and other nontraditional methods to fight disinformation. When Allan Marrero, an asylum seeker from the Cayman Islands , was…

Many hoped that the march of technology would usher in an egalitarian utopia – but some foresaw the threat it would pose to liberal society. Why did nobody listen?. By Jill…

The race to study the North Water between Canada and Greenland before it changes has led to a bold plan for an Inuit-run protected area. Electric-blue meltwater sprays up under…