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✓ Verified 'America has changed': Canada to match Trump's tariffs 'dollar for dollar' after trade talks collapse
The United States has imposed a 50% tariff on $20bn (£14.6bn) worth of goods from Canada, which has vowed to retaliate against its historic ally
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Chinese court sentences founder of property developer Evergrande to life in prison
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TikTok to pay $400m to US in one of largest child privacy settlements
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Seventeen-year-old girl killed in sword attack at school in Sweden
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Johnson says Kushner 'not directly involved' in Trump administration after reported meeting with Jeffries
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✓US states call for big changes to Instagram and Facebook as Meta child privacy trial begins
US states are suing the social media giant to force an overhaul of its platforms for young users
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✓CrossCountry cancels almost all rail services after power cut hits control centre
Transport secretary asks ‘publicly owned operators to lay on extra services where possible’. CrossCountry has cancelled almost all of its train services in Great Britain after a…
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✓Trump pauses Canada tariffs threat, and hints at revival of Keystone XL pipeline
US president delays 50% tariffs by three days, and says contentious oil project ‘may be awoken from the grave’. Canada has temporarily avoided a bruising 50% US tariff, reaching a…
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✓Iran-linked hackers behind cyber attack that shut down power plant, reports say
The government says at no point was there a risk to the UK's energy system during the attack in July
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Congressional Democrats plan Oman war powers push after Trump threatens bombing
Congressional Democrats are planning a new push to constrain President Trump 's war powers after he threatened Monday to "bomb the shit" out of Oman. Why it matters: War powers…
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✓Tim Scott defends Darline Graham’s ‘national security is not my thing’ comment
Republican senator tries to assuage concerns but does not offer details of Graham’s national security experience. Tim Scott defended fellow US South Carolina Republican senator…
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✓Sydney Marathon organisers not running away from ‘unfortunate’ medal error
The medal features the Allianz Arena in Munich, instead of Sydney's Allianz Stadium, as one of the city's landmarks
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✓Holding election in wartime would risk destroying Ukraine, says Zelenskyy
President sharply criticises proposal, saying ‘elections right now are a tsunami for the state that will split Ukraine’. Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said holding elections in Ukraine…
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✓Man leaves young son on Mount Fuji before ascending Japan’s highest peak
Boy, seven, had complained of feeling tired so father left him with snacks and a soft drink and continued his climb. A man who abandoned his seven-year-old son on Mount Fuji in…
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✓Nordic nations ‘have lost confidence in Infantino’, demand FIFA reforms
Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, Sweden and the Faroe Islands back calls for Infantino's resignation amid FIFA crisis
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✓UK cinemas look at banning Meta smart glasses over piracy fears
Trade body says local chains would have to balance concerns with potential benefits of AI-enabled technology. Cinemas across the UK are considering banning customers from wearing…
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✓Dozens of co-ordinated arson attacks hit southern Thailand
No group has claimed responsibility for the attacks, which the military said "aimed at creating unrest"
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Would even an AI disaster on the scale of Hiroshima be enough to make humankind protect itself? I fear not | Timothy Garton Ash
It’s clear here in Silicon Valley that AI is advancing faster than humans’ ability to control it. That means even sober prophecies seem optimistic. Here in Silicon Valley, the…
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Why am I called The Black Farmer? Because there are so few of us in Britain. I’d like that to change | Wilfred Emmanuel-Jones
Running a farm is tough – TV’s Clarkson’s Farm shows that – but I know many minorities would love the chance. And we would all benefit. Who’d be a farmer? Clarkson’s Farm on…
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Illicit deeds have just gotten a new Halloween video game banned in Australia – and it’s not because of the violence
Academics – and a former director of Australia’s Classification Board – say Halloween: The Game’s ban due to ‘incentivised drug use’ highlights an incoherent set of standards. Get…
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Humans have learned to fear ‘bugs’, but we shouldn’t – life as we know it hinges on invertebrates | Chris Packham
At this point of the crisis in our relations with the natural world, we’ve got to protect these creatures – and we are running out of time. Read more from the Guardian’s…
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‘Absurd’: children to see gambling logos on sports jerseys until 2032 in transition period condemned by Pocock
Government says it hopes clubs will end jersey deals with wagering companies earlier, but calls it a commercial decision. Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news…
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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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Humpbacks return to Rio: the whales are back from the brink of extinction – but will tourism help or hinder?
The gigantic aquatic acrobats are exciting Brazil’s tourists as numbers recover from whaling. But some marine biologists question how booming tourism and conservation can coexist.…
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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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Australia’s marine parks protect ‘places no one goes’ rather than fragile coastal zones, scientists say
Hundreds of experts write to environment minister calling for stronger protections for ‘unique and distinct’ marine ecosystems. Get our breaking news email , free app or daily…
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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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London’s low emission zone is working – so why are cities around the world so cautious about clean air?
Similar initiatives have been launched from Barcelona to Bogotá, but they have misinformation, political pressure and vested interests stacked against them. Ten years ago,…
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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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Pine-cone grenades and planet-baking carbon: the French fires 170 years in the making – a visual guide
An 1857 decree to drain swamps and plant a monoculture, detritus from the trees and global heating combined to produce the conditions for the Gironde inferno. The ruinous fires…
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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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‘We are hitting a different chapter’: OpenAI leader warns of threat of ‘persistent’ AI cyber-attacks
Chris Lehane tells Guardian of need to implement new safety standards as critics say AI firms acting ‘recklessly’. A senior leader at OpenAI has said people should prepare to…
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One seemingly ordinary job has gotten much more deadly over the past 10 years, federal data shows
Logging, hunting and mining are all dangerous jobs (at least relatively speaking), and the reasons may seem obvious. But what about landscaping?
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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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From bone-dry to soaked to the bone, welcome to the age of climate whiplash | Aditya Chakrabortty
This punishingly hot and dry summer will probably be followed by another wet winter. But it’s nothing compared with what Britain will endure in years to come. This summer could be…
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Burnham to face pressure at Labour conference to recognise Israel’s actions in Gaza as genocide
Grassroots groups to urge PM to break with Starmer policy and impose full arms embargo on Israel. Grassroots Labour groups are gearing up for a conference showdown with Andy…
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'I've caught one fish all season' - how a polluted river could end 300 years of coracle fishing
The tradition on a Carmarthenshire river once fished by US President Jimmy Carter could be coming to an end
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The US has a plan to save the Colorado River. Experts say it won’t be enough to stop the crisis
The 10-year blueprint mandates water cuts of up to 40% for California, Arizona and Nevada. It’s official: after years of tense negotiations and missed deadlines, there is finally…
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