Australians from hantavirus cruise ship to fly out of Netherlands in full PPE after plane and crew secured
Health minister Mark Butler says six passengers who have tested negative for hantavirus will land in Western Australia on FridayFour Australian citize...
The secret mission to rescue the UN’s vital Palestinian refugee archive
Millions of documents chronicling generations of trauma saved from Gaza and East Jerusalem in 10-month Unrwa operationEast Jerusalem to Amman should h...
Wife of Briton pleads for Saudi Arabia to release him from ‘arbitrary detention’
Ahmed al-Doush’s health said to be in sharp decline since his arrest in 2024 in relation to social media postsThe wife of a British national who has b...
Choughs reappear at Tintagel Castle in Cornwall after decades of absence
King Arthur is said to have transformed into a chough when he died, its red feet and beak representing his bloody endDecades after disappearing from t...
Who is Tammy Tyrrell, the former Jacqui Lambie senator who just defected to Labor?
Addition of Tasmanian crossbencher means Labor has gained a seat in the Australian senate – but still doesn’t have a majorityFollow our Australia news...
Rand Paul’s son apologizes for antisemitic and anti-gay rant after accosting lawmaker
In apology, William Paul said he had had ‘too much to drink’ and the things he said ‘don’t represent who I really am’Republican senator Rand Paul’s so...
‘Stunned and shocked’: Ingrid Horrocks wins top prize at New Zealand’s Ockham awards for her fiction debut
All Her Lives is only the fifth short story collection to win the prestigious NZ$65,000 prize in 58 yearsFirst-time fiction writer Ingrid Horrocks has...
Labor accused of ‘robbing Peter to pay Paul’ for axing $760m research program to fund other science measures
Researchers say budget decision to cut commercialisation program to fund the CSIRO and other science initiatives undermines the government’s own prior...
Nebraska Democratic Senate primary winner says she’ll drop out to support independent in general election
Cindy Burbank, who bested an alleged Republican plant, plans to step aside for Dan Osborn in general electionSign up for the Breaking News US newslett...
Court rules Coles misled shoppers with its ‘Down Down’ discount campaign
Landmark finding against supermarket giant after competition watchdog argued discounts did not represent genuine savingsColes misled Australian shoppe...
Trump-Xi summit live: US president preparing to meet China’s leader with trade, Taiwan and the Iran war set to dominate talks
Ahead of the crucial talks, security has been heightened in Beijing, with the US president set to meet Xi at the Great Hall of the PeopleThe Trump-Xi ...
New York man found guilty of acting as an unregistered agent of China
Lu Jianwang was accused of operating a ‘secret police station’ in Manhattan’s Chinatown at the behest of BeijingA New York man was found guilty on Wed...
Remains of second US soldier who went missing during military exercises in Morocco have been recovered
Mariyah Symone Collington and Kendrick Lamont Key Jr, who also died, had fallen off a cliff during an off-duty hikeThe remains of the second US army s...
NHS drugs go-ahead offers lifeline to children with rare muscle-wasting disease
Medicines watchdog approves two treatments for patients with spinal muscular atrophyHundreds of children with a rare muscle-wasting disease will be ab...
Typical English roast dinner potentially ‘drenched’ in 102 pesticides, says report
Greenpeace finds cocktail of pesticides including seven banned in EU may have been used on seven categories of vegetables and soft fruitIt is a beauti...
Housing market in England and Wales weakening due to Iran war, say estate agents
Homebuyers more cautious due to possible mortgage rate rises and higher inflation as sellers sit on propertiesFears of higher mortgage rates and risin...
Israel’s ruling coalition proposes early elections amid ultra-Orthodox anger at Netanyahu
Prime minister under pressure over failure to grant military service exemptions as multi-party government looks at risk of collapseIsrael’s ruling coa...
Howard Lutnick said he had three ‘meaningless and inconsequential’ meetings with Epstein
In House committee transcript, commerce secretary denied any further contact with disgraced financierSign up for the Breaking News US newsletter email...
Influencer detained in Tennessee over alleged confrontation involving gunfire
Dalton Eatherly, 28, known as Chud the Builder, accused of firing at another man outside courthouse in ClarksvilleAn influencer has been detained in T...
Cartel corruption claims push US-Mexico relations to breaking point
With Mexico under pressure from Trump to tackle drug trafficking groups, analysts say ‘it’s the most tense situation since the 1980s’Relations between...
JD Vance threatens health funding to states that don’t comply with White House anti-fraud effort
Medicare has already paused hospice and home healthcare agency signups as potential fraud is investigatedUS politics live – latest updatesJD Vance has...
Republican redistricting effort is ‘evil incarnate’, Stacey Abrams tells new Guardian podcast
In interview with Stateside with Kai and Carter, Abrams says Republicans have raised the stakes beyond party linesFormer Georgia gubernatorial candida...
Australia politics live: Albanese denies tax reforms aimed at courting votes from growing gen Z cohort
Angus Taylor to give budget reply speech tonight. Follow today’s news liveGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastGood morning and ...
Family of British couple jailed in Iran say they have lost contact
Lindsay and Craig Foreman were given 10-year sentences after entering the country on a motorcycling tripThe “terrified” family of a British couple jai...
US Senate rejects seventh war powers measure as more Republicans break rank
Resolution failed in a 49-50 vote, with Lisa Murkowski and fellow GOP members Rand Paul and Susan Collins voting in favorThe Senate on Wednesday rejec...
Missouri man charged for posting bomb-making tutorials that aided New Orleans attack
Jordan Derrick charged in connection with deadly attack in the French Quarter on New Year’s Day 2025US politics live – latest updatesFederal authoriti...
Valdo Calocane brother tells inquiry he felt powerless over killer’s mental ill health
Elias Calocane says he thought violent messages sent by brother related to suicidal thoughts not harming othersThe younger brother of Valdo Calocane, ...
Georgia’s Republican governor calls for special session to redraw electoral maps
Brian Kemp’s move makes Georgia latest southern state to initiate map-making after dismantling of Voting Rights ActThe Republican governor of Georgia ...
Wes Streeting prepares to launch leadership challenge against Keir Starmer
Health secretary’s move to force race sparks scramble on left of Labour for candidate to oppose himUK politics live – latest updatesWes Streeting is p...
Benjamin Netanyahu made secret trip to UAE at height of the Iran war
The covert meeting with the UAE’s president is the latest milestone in a rapidly developing Middle East allianceBenjamin Netanyahu has revealed he mad...
