✓Pauline Hanson and Malcolm Roberts deride family law system, calling DV a ‘weapon’ and court a ‘slaughterhouse’
Exclusive: Resurfaced comments by the One Nation leader underline her criticism of paid family violence leave and domestic violence support groups. Pauline Hanson told a podcast…
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Tadej Pogačar of Slovenia wins the 2026 Tour de France, his fifth victory in the race
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Paramount says it will pause its Warner acquisition while legal challenges play out
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Police still searching for second suspect in fatal Seattle food festival shooting
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✓Chile captures fugitive convicted of singer Victor Jara's murder under Pinochet
Nelson Haase was one of those convicted over the kidnap and murder of folk singer Victor Jara after Chile's military coup in 1973
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✓Sperm whales change ‘vowel’ sounds when boats are nearby, scientists discover
Researchers listening off the Caribbean island of Dominica found variations in the mammals’ audible clicks when marine traffic was close. Sperm whales produce a specific pattern…
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✓Netanyahu accuses NYC Mayor Mamdani of 'fomenting hate' after arrest threat
Mamdani walked back his threat last week, acknowledging he lacked the legal power to arrest Netanyahu on a warrant issued by the International Criminal Court
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✓Trump imposes fresh tariffs on UK, EU and dozens of other trading partners
New tariffs will replace 10% global duty and come after US supreme court declared many of the earlier levies illegal. Donald Trump has imposed a fresh round of tariffs on more…
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✓U.S. pauses attacks on Iran for a second straight day and Tehran does too
The United States paused attacks on Iran for a second straight day Sunday and Tehran said it had done so too, as efforts continued to bring the countries back to negotiations on…
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✓Trump warns of return to ‘strong military action’ if Iran diplomacy fails
Washington and Tehran issue conflicting messages over the status of talks to end Middle East crisis. Donald Trump has once again warned that the US will return to “strong military…
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✓Justice Dept. drops 'New York Times' subpoenas under pressure from judge
The Justice Department is dropping the subpoenas it filed demanding grand jury testimony and phone records from New York Times journalists after sharp questioning Thursday from a…
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✓Cracker Barrel CEO to step down after overseeing logo backlash last year
Julie Masino faced criticism as restaurant chain was called ‘woke’ and ‘soulless’ after unveiling modernized logo. Cracker Barrel’s CEO, Julie Masino, is stepping down, the…
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✓Zelensky visit sends clear message of support for Ukraine, Burnham says
The Ukrainian president became the new prime minister's first international visitor since taking office
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✓OpenAI says its AI went rogue and launched 'unprecedented' cyber-attack
It is one of the first publicly disclosed cyber-attacks carried out by AI without direct human involvement
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✓Shots fired near US consulate in Canada for second time in four months
No one was injured and no suspects have been identified in connection to shooting near Toronto compound, police say. Shots were fired near the US consulate in Toronto early on…
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Watch: At the scene of Berlin Pride attack as manhunt continues
A 21-year-old suspect has been identified by police, but he has not been found
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Why does everything feel so joyless? Welcome to the age of decadence without pleasure | Michèle Mendelssohn and Charlie Tyson
Decadence in our era comes in technologically mediated forms, emptied of desire and obsessed with self-optimisation. Do you want to have a good time? You know, really enjoy…
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Chasing new skills, going back to basics and pushing for collective action: how software engineers are adapting to AI
Software engineering was one of the best-paying professions in the US in 2022, but the advent of AI has disrupted it, leading to several layoffs and underemployment. Every…
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Australia to warn China it won’t be bullied by ‘provocative‘ actions as it builds military and nuclear arsenal
Foreign minister Penny Wong will deliver speech criticising China’s recent launch of a nuclear-capable submarine-launched missile. Get our breaking news email , free app or daily…
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Potential for first Australian oil refinery in 60 years as treasurer braces for inflation from Middle East war
Commonwealth and Western Australia to fund study into construction of large-scale petrol refinery as buffer against fuel vulnerability. Get our breaking news email , free app or…
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AI job worries grow. But some human skills can’t be replaced by machines | Gaynor Parkin and Dave Winsborough
The fear of becoming obsolete is a rising source of anxiety as artificial intelligence emerges in the workplace. Staying strongly connected with others will help. The modern mind…
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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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AusAlert blared around parks, libraries and cinemas for a few seconds, but some didn’t get the alert at all
Federal government touts emergency warning alert test as a success and says no approach works 100% of the time. Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates. Get our…
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British YouTuber Yung Filly describes night he met fan in Australian nightclub before allegedly raping her
Performer on trial on six charges of sexually penetrating a 20-year-old woman without consent. A British YouTuber and musician accused of violently raping a fan after a gig never…
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Corporate America may be using AI to cut jobs, but small businesses are using it to keep them | Gene Marks
Reports of wide-scale replacement of workers by AI are overblown. Small businesses use it to help workers. I recently met the owner of a company that sells windows and doors. He…
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Legal logging and soaring saplings: the ‘green islands’ bucking the deforestation trend in central America
In Guatemala’s Maya biosphere reserve local people are making a living from trees at the same time as increasing forest cover, showing nature is best protected by those who depend…
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‘I thought, I’ve tried everything else, why not give AI a shot?’: the long-lost family reunited by ChatGPT
Avtar spent decades wondering what happened to the mother he never got to know. Thousands of miles away, Nicci was haunted by the story of a half-brother given away before she was…
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There Are No Ghosts at the Grand – stripping back the physical and metaphorical layers of a haunted hotel
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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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Trump says nearly 200 firms have signed pledge to protect Americans from costs arising from datacenters
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‘I knew what he had done to those boys’: murderer to stay in jail after journalist’s fight for justice
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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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‘It felt like being in a disaster movie’: uncertainty after evacuation from France’s Gironde wildfire
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The New York nurses replaced by AI: ‘It should concern every patient who cares about quality of care’
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‘It came out of real frustration’: the 90s activist network that set fires to save a burning planet
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