‘They came to kill us’: royal commission hears horrific accounts of antisemitism faced by Jewish children in Australia
Jewish children face antisemitic abuse, swastikas etched on school walls and other students performing Nazi salutes, hearing toldJewish children in Au...
Canadian fiddler sues Google after AI Overview wrongly claimed he was a sex offender
Ashley MacIsaac, who is seeking $1.5m in civil lawsuit, says inaccurate information led to concert cancellationAn acclaimed Canadian fiddle player has...
US supreme court expedites Voting Rights Act ruling so Louisiana can redraw its maps for midterms
Ketanji Brown Jackson blasted the decision, saying the court has hastened it ruling only twice before in 25 yearsThe US supreme court went out of its ...
Trump’s World Liberty Financial venture sues crypto entrepreneur for defamation
Suit alleges that Hong Kong-based Justin Sun engaged in a campaign to ‘torch’ the company’s reputationSign up for the Breaking News US newsletter emai...
Modern slavery at record levels in UK and expected to worsen, report warns
Government’s anti-slavery commissioner says traffickers are exploiting a growing pipeline of vulnerabilitySlavery in the UK is at record levels and is...
California seeks millions in penalties from State Farm over alleged claims violations after LA wildfires
State’s top insurance regulator says insurance company violated law while handling claims from 2025 wildfiresCalifornia is seeking millions of dollars...
Norwegian fish farms polluting fjords with waste likened to ‘raw sewage of millions of people’
Exclusive: ‘Fish sludge’ in coastal waters now has nutrient levels equivalent to those in untreated effluent of country the size of Australia, report ...
Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni settle lawsuit over acrimonious It Ends With Us production
Settlement details were not revealed in the agreement that put an end to a highly anticipated trial before it beganSign up for the Breaking News US ne...
GameStop shares fall 10% after CEO skirts questions over eBay acquisition details
Ryan Cohen said he didn’t understand questions about how the video games retailer could afford its $55.5bn bidSign up for the Breaking News US newslet...
‘A test of our values’: Starmer to call for whole-society response to rising antisemitism
PM will say responsibility to stand with Jewish communities lies with ‘every one of us’ at event on TuesdayKeir Starmer will call for a whole-of-socie...
Zohran Mamdani condemns ICE after police and protesters clash in Brooklyn
Police forcibly broke up protest outside hospital where federal immigration agents took detainee for evaluationSign up for the Breaking News US newsle...
Three die in boating tragedy off NSW coast after rescue boat rolls while trying to help sinking yacht
Three people confirmed dead but four made it to shore after rescue went wrong in rough seasThree people are dead after a marine rescue turned deadly.N...
Trump threatens to blow Iran ‘off the face of the earth’ if it attacks US vessels
US launched an operation on Monday in the Gulf, dragging the region back to the brink of full-scale warSign up for the Breaking News US newsletter ema...
Person shot by law enforcement near Washington monument, Secret Service says
The person’s condition and the circumstances surrounding the shooting were not immediately knownAn individual was shot by law enforcement on Monday ne...
Feminism play Liberation and first world war novel Angel Down among Pulitzer winners
This year’s winners also include Jill Lepore’s book on the constitution and Brian Goldstone’s on housing insecuritySign up for the Breaking News US ne...
Australia news live: four Australians among passengers on luxury cruise ship hit by deadly suspected hantavirus outbreak
MV Hondius remains off the coast of Cape Verde after a suspected respiratory virus outbreak killed three people and left three more seriously ill. Fol...
Met Museum show at new Costume Institute puts fashion in same spotlight as Egyptian artefacts
Costume Art pairs couture pieces with items from its collection in exploration of many kinds of human bodiesSpeaking at the opening of the Metropolita...
Dolly Parton cancels Las Vegas residency over health issues: ‘I’ve still got some healing to do’
The 80-year-old singer will not be performing rescheduled dates in September but assured fans she is receiving treatment and ‘improving every day’Doll...
Victoria state budget 2026: state back in black forecasting two back-to-back surpluses
Labor’s 2026-27 budget shows state has recorded $700m surplus this financial year, first of its kind since before the Covid-19 pandemicGet our breakin...
Cabinet ministers warn mutinous MPs over ousting Keir Starmer
Labour leadership challenge in wake of disastrous local poll results could unleash chaos in party, MPs warnedCabinet ministers have warned mutinous La...
Florida’s Republican governor signs state’s new congressional map into law
Ron DeSantis approves maps that give Republicans an advantage in four more races in November’s midtermsUS politics live – latest updatesFlorida govern...
Fire causes ‘substantial damage’ to Book of Mormon theater in New York
‘Deep-seated fire’ forces temporary closure of Eugene O’Neill Theatre, which is home to the long-running musicalSign up for the Breaking News US newsl...
Rapper Kid Cudi fires MIA from tour after ‘offensive’ Republican rant
The British artist was booed after identifying as a Republican voter while on stage in DallasRapper Kid Cudi has fired MIA from his tour after the Bri...
Several New York City synagogues and homes vandalized with swastikas
Police are searching for at least four individuals responsible for ‘terrifying signals of hatred and threats of violence’Sign up for the Breaking News...
Rudy Giuliani breathing on his own after being hospitalized for pneumonia
Former New York City mayor, who was placed on ventilator, is also being monitored, a spokesperson saidRudy Giuliani, a former New York City mayor, is ...
Narendra Modi’s BJP win election in West Bengal for first time
A key Indian state, the result is set to have significant implications for the country’s political landscapeIndian prime minister Narendra Modi’s part...
Page of Theodore Roosevelt speech hit by bullet in 1912 assassination attempt uncovered
The 26th president was wounded in the attack but the thick manuscript in his breast pocket helped save his lifeThe first page of a thick manuscript th...
‘Project Freedom’ marks a classic Trump flip from warmonger to humanitarian
After banging the battle drum, the US president is now in Nobel Peace Prize mode, promising to free marooned ships“Project Freedom” has all the trappi...
Britney Spears pleads guilty to reckless driving charge in DUI case
Pop star did not appear in court after being arrested in March for allegedly driving erraticallyBritney Spears pleaded guilty Monday to a charge of re...
Car runs into crowd in German city of Leipzig, with fatalities reported
Damaged Volkswagen SUV with a person on top of the vehicle was seen speeding through pedestrian zone, local broadcaster saysTwo people have been kille...
