✓Trump-backed Ken Paxton unveils ‘Texas first’ datacenter plan aimed at ‘negative impact’
The Republican Senate candidate announced the plan with a graphic flagged as ‘Made with AI’. US politics live – latest updates. Ken Paxton , a Republican candidate for the US…
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Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent unveils new U.S. economic sanctions to isolate Iran
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Can Trump's economic war against Iran do what airstrikes and negotiations couldn't?
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Canada hits back at the U.S. with tariffs as the countries' trade fight escalates
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✓Canada announces 'dollar-for-dollar' retaliatory tariffs on US as high as 50%
The latest escalation in an ongoing trade war between the US and Canada will see new levies on goods from steel to furniture, fresh tuna and makeup
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✓At least 14 newborn babies die in fire at Pakistan hospital’s maternity ward
Authorities at biggest state hospital in Islamabad say 15 babies were in the ward when fire broke out. At least 14 newborn babies have died in a fire that broke out in the…
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✓China hits out at 'illegal' new US sanctions on Iran and trading partners
The US has threatened to isolate nations that continue to do business with Tehran, which sells much of its oil to Beijing
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✓At least 47 killed and dozens kidnapped in gang attack near Haiti capital
Gang leader threatens to kill hostages after attack in Kenscoff in which homes were also set alight. ‘A massacre’: Haiti gangs carrying out mass killings. At least 47 people were…
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✓US strikes a vessel in the eastern Pacific, killing 2 people in first attack in months
US Southern Command has struck another vessel in the eastern Pacific, killing two accused of trafficking drugs. The US military has launched a deadly strike on a vessel in the…
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Graham wins GOP nod in South Carolina Senate primary runoff for late brother’s seat
Sen. Darline Graham (R-S.C.) is projected to win the South Carolina Republican primary runoff to replace her brother, the late Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), on the November…
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✓Prince Harry quits board of wildlife charity after rangers’ human rights abuses
Spokesperson for Duke of Sussex says he remains an ‘active and avid supporter’ of African Parks’ mission. The Duke of Sussex has stepped down from the board of a major African…
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Trump nabs crucial primary wins in South Carolina, Oklahoma: 4 takeaways
President Trump notched two critical wins in South Carolina and Oklahoma on Tuesday, with Sen. Darline Graham (S.C.) and former state Sen. Mike Mazzei (Okla.) clinching the GOP…
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Scoop: DOJ, TikTok settle for $400 million in children's privacy suit
The Justice Department and TikTok , along with parent company ByteDance , have reached a $400 million settlement to resolve allegations of violating children's online privacy…
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✓Landslide at waste mound in Guinea capital kills 30, government says
Dump site in Conakry, which minister had just promised to move, collapsed after heavy rain in west African state. A landslide at a huge waste dump in Guinea’s capital has killed…
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✓Two unvaccinated people die of measles in Pennsylvania
Cases in the US have hit the highest point since the virus was eliminated, as vaccination rates decline
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✓CIA director John Ratcliffe reportedly on Moscow visit
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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
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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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
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…
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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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Albanese seeks to quell datacentre disquiet as climate expert warns ‘we’ve got one shot to get the rules right’
Prime minister will use national cabinet meeting to assuage premiers over new AI law as Aemo forecasts seven-fold rise in datacentre power use. Follow our Australia news live blog…
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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
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
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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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’
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
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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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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Diamonds for sale: lab-grown gem auctions are all over TikTok right now, but some aren’t happy about it
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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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FBI raided Spanish vacation rental of wealthy leftwing funder James ‘Fergie’ Chambers after his arrest
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‘The silence was the worst part’: after culling his entire flock, US poultry farmer now fears bird flu
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The war on ‘loudcasting’ phones can be won, but it will take some very British nudging | Dan Hancox
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Lobsters and acidic seas: can shellfish help neutralise one of the greatest threats to the ocean?
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Burnham announces plan for 10,000 work experience placements for young people – UK politics live
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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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I dug through hundreds of Labor Day sales to find real deals on high-quality products that last
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‘We humans are inept at taking care of baby animals’: why well-fed orphan bears die in the wild
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