Europe must build own AI or risk getting cut off by US or China, says ECB’s Lagarde
Central bank chief says continent’s AI dependency could give trade partners unprecedented leverage in negotiationsEurope must develop its own AI techn...
States and cities sue Trump administration over policy restricting green card benefits
The policy allows immigration officers the authority to deny green cards to those using public benefits A coalition of 22 states and the District of ...
Microsoft proposes limits on its AI with code of conduct amid safety debate
Firm publishes AI guidelines with Microsoft AI CEO saying: ‘AI must be subordinate and always in service of people’Microsoft published a provisional “...
Russian oligarch close to Putin reportedly paid for part of Donald Trump Jr’s lavish wedding
US president’s eldest child married Palm Beach socialite Bettina Anderson in three-day celebration across two exclusive private islandsUS politics liv...
Alligator Alcatraz held detainees in cages the size of phone booths, DHS watchdog says
Office of inspector general’s report says practice at Florida immigration jail is not aligned with ‘humane treatment’Before the facility was shuttered...
Andrew Davies admits to drawing on ‘stimulating’ Made in Chelsea for Jane Austen adaptation
Screenwriter points to parallels between two worlds while academic says some of author’s characters ‘would make perfect reality show contestants’If Ja...
Maryland boy recovering from surgeries after rabid beaver attack at state park
Teen was swimming at a popular spot at the time of the attack, the latest in a string that have occurred in the stateA 13-year-old Maryland boy is rep...
Bolsonaro 2.0: Brazil braces for the return of the far right
With Lula mired in scandal, Flávio Bolsonaro is firing up his base in the bellwether state of Minas Gerais – starting at the scene of his father’s sta...
Ex-CIA director John Brennan subpoenaed in Trump ‘grand conspiracy’ investigation
Subpoena is part of DoJ investigation into whether former intelligence officials conspired against Trump, lawyer saysThe former CIA director John Bren...
Texas Democrat Jasmine Crockett under fire for honoring Chris Brown at concert
Congresswoman awarded the convicted abuser and musician a congressional record recognition in ArlingtonDemocratic US representative Jasmine Crockett i...
Sweden’s political parties launch coalition talks as both blocs try to secure power
Centre-left bloc led by Social Democrats has narrow lead with 95% of vote counted, but faces internal policy battleSweden’s political parties have lau...
British man accused of drugging and raping wife over two decades admits 60 offences
Man, who cannot be named to protect anonymity of his victim, admits scores of criminal offencesA man has pleaded guilty to drugging and sexually assau...
British man accused of drugging and raping wife over two decades admits 60 offences
Man, who cannot be named to protect anonymity of his victim, admits scores of criminal offencesA man has pleaded guilty to drugging and sexually assau...
Government moves to nationalise Speciality Steel UK to protect 1,300 jobs
Firm, once part of Sanjeev Gupta’s empire, fell into administration last year but has failed to find buyerBusiness news – live updatesOne of Britain’s...
Ministry of Defence says person died in road incident understood not to be result of hostile actionA member of the UK armed forces has been killed in ...
Trump says he will consider releasing more 9/11 records after families’ request
Families have asked Trump to declassify records that could shed light on Saudi Arabia’s alleged role in the 2001 attacksDonald Trump said Sunday that ...
Macklemore dropped from Ed Sheeran’s US tour after ‘free Palestine’ speech
The American rapper will no longer support Sheeran’s US leg of Loop tour after comments at MetLife Stadium showMacklemore has been dropped from the re...
Crispin Odey loses appeal against lifetime ban from UK financial services industry
Judges uphold ruling that financier tried to ‘frustrate’ investigations into harassment claims against himThe former hedge fund boss Crispin Odey has ...
Uganda reverses Invictus Games withdrawal after reassurance from King Charles
Military chief had pulled country out over ‘Harry-Meghan nonsense’ but U-turned after clarification from the palaceUganda has U-turned on its decision...
Oasis announce 2027 tour, including return to Knebworth 30 years after historic concerts
After 2025’s wildly lucrative reunion, the Gallagher brothers will tour the UK, Ireland and US, and revisit the Hertfordshire site of their greatest l...
Cloudy with a chance of rainbow: iridescent clouds brighten the sky over parts of Victoria
Rainbow clouds are not uncommon in Australia but rarely photographed, and experts say they get their colours when light is diffracted around ice cryst...
Australia’s dependence on gas generation during evening energy peak falls by almost 70%
Batteries now meet almost half of the grid’s dispatchable power needs during hours of highest demand Get our breaking news email, free app or daily ne...
Gonorrhoea and syphilis rise by more than 50% in Australia with ‘concerning’ rise in cases in women
Newly collated data also shows Indigenous Australians experiencing disproportionally high rates of infectionGet our breaking news email, free app or d...
Queensland homeless man shot with Taser after being given move-on order to make way for kite festival
Exclusive: Advocate says homeless clearances should be halted after man is hospitalised during confrontation in Brisbane parkGet our breaking news ema...
One Nation under fire for abandoning gas reservation plan in favour of policy benefiting Gina Rinehart
Pauline Hanson’s gas policy and the party’s relationship with Rinehart is examined in a new Guardian podcast series, The PopulistListen: The Populist:...
Experts quit Lucy Letby’s defence team over ‘scientific credibility’ concerns
Some of the arguments inconsistent with ‘available evidence, science and established physiology’, say pairTwo leading experts have withdrawn from Lucy...
Many asylum seekers removed from UK to France arrive injured, charity health service finds
Samusocial de Paris documents signs of violence after detention and transfer under ‘one in one out’ schemeMultiple injuries including bruising and fra...
Trump’s EPA reportedly poised to axe carbon pollution rules for power plants
Advocates and experts describe the Trump administration’s climate rollbacks as gifts to polluters at expense of planetThe US Environmental Protection ...
CBS’s 60 Minutes accused of peddling pro-Iran war propaganda in segment
Critics say segment on US rescue operation in Iran was made to boost public perception of Trump’s unpopular warA US airman has spoken of climbing a 7,...
Four victims identified in Louisiana stabbing spree after suspect detained
Woman, her daughter, her son and his girlfriend identified as victims in incident that also critically wounded a childA Louisiana woman, her daughter,...
