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Darline Graham wins South Carolina GOP nomination to replace her late brother in US Senate – US politics live Trump calls leaders to isolate Iran. And, SCOTUS backs Trump for now on mail-in voting Canada announces 'dollar-for-dollar' retaliatory tariffs on US as high as 50% At least 14 newborn babies die in fire at Pakistan hospital’s maternity ward China hits out at 'illegal' new US sanctions on Iran and trading partners Haiti gang raid death toll rises to 47 as more than 50 kidnapped, says UN Canadian politician threatens to cut off electricity to the US - as Trump issues 'fall in line' warning Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent unveils new U.S. economic sanctions to isolate Iran Can Trump's economic war against Iran do what airstrikes and negotiations couldn't? Instagram head Adam Mosseri testifies in defense of Meta in child safety trial ‘No more!!!’: Trump lashes out after US-Canada talks devolve into trade war US threatens severe sanctions against countries with economic ties to Iran TikTok to pay $400m to US in one of largest child privacy settlements The Memo: Canada’s Carney gets under Trump’s skin amid trade dispute CIA director John Ratcliffe reportedly on Moscow visit Trump says all mines cleared from Strait of Hormuz NSW’s koala national park will protect threatened species and cap logging across the state. Could the Greens really block it? | Adam Morton Dominic Perrottet’s sister-in-law denies lying under oath to protect husband over allegedly illegal donations, Icac hears Transport regulator investigating two more incidents at Sydney airport, taking tally to six in a month – as it happened ‘Small changes can make a big difference’: how getting farmers, fishers and beavers together could save a Cornish river Darline Graham wins South Carolina GOP nomination to replace her late brother in US Senate – US politics live Trump calls leaders to isolate Iran. And, SCOTUS backs Trump for now on mail-in voting Canada announces 'dollar-for-dollar' retaliatory tariffs on US as high as 50% At least 14 newborn babies die in fire at Pakistan hospital’s maternity ward China hits out at 'illegal' new US sanctions on Iran and trading partners Haiti gang raid death toll rises to 47 as more than 50 kidnapped, says UN Canadian politician threatens to cut off electricity to the US - as Trump issues 'fall in line' warning Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent unveils new U.S. economic sanctions to isolate Iran Can Trump's economic war against Iran do what airstrikes and negotiations couldn't? Instagram head Adam Mosseri testifies in defense of Meta in child safety trial ‘No more!!!’: Trump lashes out after US-Canada talks devolve into trade war US threatens severe sanctions against countries with economic ties to Iran TikTok to pay $400m to US in one of largest child privacy settlements The Memo: Canada’s Carney gets under Trump’s skin amid trade dispute CIA director John Ratcliffe reportedly on Moscow visit Trump says all mines cleared from Strait of Hormuz NSW’s koala national park will protect threatened species and cap logging across the state. Could the Greens really block it? | Adam Morton Dominic Perrottet’s sister-in-law denies lying under oath to protect husband over allegedly illegal donations, Icac hears Transport regulator investigating two more incidents at Sydney airport, taking tally to six in a month – as it happened ‘Small changes can make a big difference’: how getting farmers, fishers and beavers together could save a Cornish river
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Darline Graham wins South Carolina GOP nomination to replace her late brother in US Senate – US politics live

Sister of late Lindsey Graham, who has been backed by Trump, overcomes concern about lack of experience to win place on November ballot. South Carolina chooses Darline Graham as…
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Haiti gang raid death toll rises to 47 as more than 50 kidnapped, says UN

Haiti gang raid death toll rises to 47 as more than 50 kidnapped, says UN

UN chief Guterres said the attack underscores 'the alarming security situation in Haiti' due to gangs
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Canadian politician threatens to cut off electricity to the US - as Trump issues 'fall in line' warning

A Canadian politician has threatened to cut off electricity and mineral supplies to the US after President Trump raised tariffs on some goods to 50%
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Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent unveils new U.S. economic sanctions to isolate Iran

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent unveils new U.S. economic sanctions to isolate Iran

The Trump administration calls this an "economic D-Day" on Iran. Iran vows to respond to fresh sanctions in a "seismic manner."
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Can Trump's economic war against Iran do what airstrikes and negotiations couldn't?

Can Trump's economic war against Iran do what airstrikes and negotiations couldn't?

What a new round of U.S. sanctions could mean after nearly six months of war with Iran — and years of economic pressure on the country
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Instagram head Adam Mosseri testifies in defense of Meta in child safety trial

Instagram head Adam Mosseri testifies in defense of Meta in child safety trial

The social media giant is being sued by four states who allege it designed Facebook and Instagram to hook kids — and lied to the public about the risks
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‘No more!!!’: Trump lashes out after US-Canada talks devolve into trade war

‘No more!!!’: Trump lashes out after US-Canada talks devolve into trade war

PM Mark Carney says ‘we got attacked’ as tariffs come into force on items from hockey sticks to tongue depressors. The lesson from Canada’s collapsed trade talks with the US:…
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US threatens severe sanctions against countries with economic ties to Iran

US threatens severe sanctions against countries with economic ties to Iran

Washington launches campaign to isolate Tehran but it is unclear whether it will apply measures to China. The US has threatened to impose severe sanctions against any country or…
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TikTok to pay $400m to US in one of largest child privacy settlements

TikTok to pay $400m to US in one of largest child privacy settlements

The deal stems from a 2024 lawsuit alleging TikTok and its parent company ByteDance collected "vast amounts of data" on millions of users under the age of 13
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The Memo: Canada’s Carney gets under Trump’s skin amid trade dispute

The personal is political, it’s said — and it certainly seems to have become so between President Trump and Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney. The two men are at odds as a trade…
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CIA director John Ratcliffe reportedly on Moscow visit

CIA director John Ratcliffe reportedly on Moscow visit

Unannounced trip reported by US media is said to be Ratcliffe’s first known visit to Russia as CIA chief. The CIA director, John Ratcliffe, has made an unannounced visit to…
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Trump says all mines cleared from Strait of Hormuz

Trump says all mines cleared from Strait of Hormuz

Iran has closed the vital waterway since the beginning of the conflict causing wild fluctuations in oil prices worldwide
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NSW’s koala national park will protect threatened species and cap logging across the state. Could the Greens really block it? | Adam Morton

NSW’s koala national park will protect threatened species and cap logging across the state. Could the Greens really block it? | Adam Morton

The Albanese government approved a proposal allowing the park to create carbon credits worth hundreds of millions of dollars, sparking a schism among environmentalists. What…
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Dominic Perrottet’s sister-in-law denies lying under oath to protect husband over allegedly illegal donations, Icac hears

Dominic Perrottet’s sister-in-law denies lying under oath to protect husband over allegedly illegal donations, Icac hears

Anita Perrottet tells an inquiry hearing that hundreds of thousands of dollars in payments to her were for ‘strategic and marketing advice’. Get our breaking news email , free app…
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Transport regulator investigating two more incidents at Sydney airport, taking tally to six in a month – as it happened

This blog is now closed. Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast. Angela Jackson, the commissioner of the Productivity Commission, said the body stands by the…
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‘Small changes can make a big difference’: how getting farmers, fishers and beavers together could save a Cornish river

‘Small changes can make a big difference’: how getting farmers, fishers and beavers together could save a Cornish river

A local initiative is testing simple ways to stop algal blooms in the River Fal threatening some of England’s most biodiverse marine habitats. On a rocky beach in Cornwall, a…
Single source · not yet corroborated
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Suburban Rail Loop: Victorian government secretly increased public transport fares to help pay for controversial SRL

Suburban Rail Loop: Victorian government secretly increased public transport fares to help pay for controversial SRL

Labor put ‘levy on all public transport fares in metropolitan Melbourne and regional Victoria’ since January 2025, auditor general finds, as questions raised over premier’s…
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From Scotland, I look at England’s water privatisation disaster. I wish you had done what we did | Devi Sridhar

From Scotland, I look at England’s water privatisation disaster. I wish you had done what we did | Devi Sridhar

Listening to debate, you’d think bringing English water companies into public ownership was a radical socialist idea. Here, we call it common sense. Prof Devi Sridhar is chair of…
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‘The day I disclose, my career is over’: the journalist facing an $800 daily fine to keep her sources secret

‘The day I disclose, my career is over’: the journalist facing an $800 daily fine to keep her sources secret

If Catherine Herridge’s petition to the US supreme court fails, she’ll be on the hook for a daily fine until she discloses her sources – a case unsettling press freedom…
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‘Huge wave’ of carbon storage projects causes alarm in small-town USA as oil firms eye billions in subsidies

‘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…
Single source · not yet corroborated
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One of science fiction’s greatest writers warned us about a AI. Does he also hold the remedy? | Alan Finkel

One of science fiction’s greatest writers warned us about a AI. Does he also hold the remedy? | Alan Finkel

What might a modern day equivalent of Isaac Asimov’s laws of robotics look like? Guided by the author, I propose the three laws of AI. Tesla and SpaceX founder Elon Musk predicted…
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Revealed: Mexico’s industrial boomtown is making goods for the US. Residents say they’re ‘breathing poison’

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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"Stop gaslighting me!": Florida Democrats' Senate nominee and party chair have heated call over socialism

Florida's new Democratic Senate nominee, Angie Nixon , and the state party's chair had a heated conversation Friday that included a yelling match about the impact of socialism and…
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‘Environmental violence’: inside the fight to save indigenous land from becoming a nuclear dumping ground

‘Environmental violence’: inside the fight to save indigenous land from becoming a nuclear dumping ground

New documentary To Use a Mountain spotlights the pain and triumph of resisting government efforts to turn parts of rural US into disposal sites. Nuclear energy was supposed to be…
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When her ‘soul cat’ died, she was bereft. Now she designs memorial jewelry to help others with pet loss

When her ‘soul cat’ died, she was bereft. Now she designs memorial jewelry to help others with pet loss

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…
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Diamonds for sale: lab-grown gem auctions are all over TikTok right now, but some aren’t happy about it

Diamonds for sale: lab-grown gem auctions are all over TikTok right now, but some aren’t happy about it

Streamed auctions offer a cheap way to buy the precious gems, but experts warn that quality is not guaranteed. The first time Andrea Greenhill came across a livestream auction for…
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FBI raided Spanish vacation rental of wealthy leftwing funder James ‘Fergie’ Chambers after his arrest

FBI raided Spanish vacation rental of wealthy leftwing funder James ‘Fergie’ Chambers after his arrest

Lawyer Baltasar Garzón, representing Chambers, said case against his client is ‘very strange’ as US requests extradition. FBI agents raided the Ibiza, Spain, vacation rental of…
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‘The silence was the worst part’: after culling his entire flock, US poultry farmer now fears bird flu

‘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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The war on ‘loudcasting’ phones can be won, but it will take some very British nudging | Dan Hancox

The war on ‘loudcasting’ phones can be won, but it will take some very British nudging | Dan Hancox

Although mobiles blared in public are nothing new, this crop of headphone-dodging irritants are truly maddening. It’s time to take them on. ‘Interesting cities can’t be quiet”,…
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Lobsters and acidic seas: can shellfish help neutralise one of the greatest threats to the ocean?

Lobsters and acidic seas: can shellfish help neutralise one of the greatest threats to the ocean?

Crustaceans are the subject of tests to see if alkalis added to seawater, so it absorbs more CO2, harm marine life. But Trump’s halt to funding threatens to scupper the research.…
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Hospital nursery fire kills 14 newborns in Pakistan's capital, officials order immediate inquiry

Hospital nursery fire kills 14 newborns in Pakistan's capital, officials order immediate inquiry

A fire erupted early Wednesday in a nursery for newborns at a major government hospital in Pakistan's capital, killing 14 babies, according to hospital officials and the government
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Burnham announces plan for 10,000 work experience placements for young people – UK politics live

Prime minister spoke to press while on visit to a Sainsbury’s supermarket in London this morning. Over 40,000 more people died on the hottest days in England between 1988 and 2025…
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I dug through hundreds of Labor Day sales to find real deals on high-quality products that last

I dug through hundreds of Labor Day sales to find real deals on high-quality products that last

Prepare for autumn with our favorite end-of-season deals on staples including leaf blowers, blankets and bedding. College grads share the room essentials that weathered the dorm.…
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‘We humans are inept at taking care of baby animals’: why well-fed orphan bears die in the wild

‘We humans are inept at taking care of baby animals’: why well-fed orphan bears die in the wild

Scientists surprised to find all but two of 12 grizzlies were dead within a year of ‘feelgood’ release, unable to sustain their high-calorie diet and inclined to approach humans.…
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Our climate is changing rapidly – and our politicians sound increasingly surreal | Zoe Williams

Our climate is changing rapidly – and our politicians sound increasingly surreal | Zoe Williams

On a panel show last week, everyone in the audience wanted to talk about the climate emergency, but the lines rolled out by a Tory MP simply dissolved on contact with reality. As…
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‘I ain’t goin nowhere’: Gullah Geechee people fight off developers with a historic referendum

‘I ain’t goin nowhere’: Gullah Geechee people fight off developers with a historic referendum

A citizen referendum, only the second of its kind in Georgia history, seeks to block a zoning amendment. Ire Gene Grovner stood behind his house on a recent morning, between…
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At least 14 newborn babies die in fire at Pakistan hospital’s maternity ward

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Haiti gang raid death toll rises to 47 as more than 50 kidnapped, says UN

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Canada announces 'dollar-for-dollar' retaliatory tariffs on US as high as 50%

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China hits out at 'illegal' new US sanctions on Iran and trading partners

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TikTok to pay $400m to US in one of largest child privacy settlements

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One of science fiction’s greatest writers warned us about a AI. Does he also hold the remedy? | Alan Finkel

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Diamonds for sale: lab-grown gem auctions are all over TikTok right now, but some aren’t happy about it

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I dug through hundreds of Labor Day sales to find real deals on high-quality products that last

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