Was Florentine friars’ fatigue-fighting elixir a precursor to Coca-Cola?
Document believed to be from 19th century details recipe using Bolivian coca leaves, kola nuts and wineAn Italian friar has unearthed a document from ...
Archibald prize 2026: portrait of Jewish leader after Bondi terror attack wins people’s choice award
Artist Michael Zavros says he was inspired by a deep respect for Alex Ryvchin’s leadership, as well as an uncanny likeness between the two menAn artis...
Campaigners rail against ‘plundering’ of ancient Kent woodland to make way for quarry expansion
Forty hectares of Oaken Wood could be razed after it was identified as potential site of expansion by Reform-run councilIt was at the confluence of se...
Polls open in Greater Manchester mayoral byelection overshadowed by new PM and Farage’s antics
Labour’s Bev Craig expected to win contest that lost column inches to Andy Burnham’s ascent and Reform UK leader’s self-imposed Clacton voteVoting has...
Judge orders Amy Winehouse’s father to pay nearly £1m to her friends
Mitch Winehouse ‘knowingly and deliberately’ made unfounded allegations against Naomi Parry and Catriona Gourlay, judge saysThe father of British musi...
NSW to send paramedics not police to some mental health emergencies after multiple deaths
Mental health experts to triage triple zero calls, but not all of the changes will be implemented 24/7 or statewideNew South Wales will send specialis...
‘Warring kingdoms’: cofounder of religious Reformers compares NSW Liberal party factionalism to Braveheart
Robert Assaf tells Icac that Angus Taylor wasn’t ‘that involved’ but the federal opposition leader ‘definitely wasn’t opposed’ to work of conservative...
UK government reviews why police ceding criminal cases to US military
Exclusive: ministers and police chiefs examining how cases involving US military personnel on UK soil are handled after Guardian revelationsThe UK gov...
‘Lenin was an enemy of humanity’: Why Kyiv wants to put Cossack chief statue in place of Soviet leader
Removal of Soviet-era statues sped up when Russia seized Crimea in 2014, and since Putin’s 2022 invasion has moved at pace as Ukrainians question thei...
A quarter of young Africans believe USAID cuts could be positive, survey finds
Losing funds should force leaders to confront their own challenges, they said, while many voiced concerns over increasing foreign influence A quarter ...
Anthony Fauci’s diaries take aim at News Corp journalist Sharri Markson’s ‘nonsense’ Covid-19 investigation
US former top health official, who was subpoenaed to appear at a Senate hearing into Covid-19, says Markson’s reporting about virus’s origin ‘does not...
Carmakers ‘delaying investment in UK factories until EV sales rules relaxed’
Industry wants mandate forcing manufacturers to sell increasing share of electric cars each year to be easedCarmakers are delaying final decisions to ...
US launches fresh strikes on Iran after days-long pause, amid fears the war is widening
Trump vowed to hit Iran ‘very hard’ after it targeted a base in Jordan that hosts US troops, a day after joint US-Saudi strikes on militants in IraqMi...
Deadly strikes on Kyiv after Zelenskyy warns of ‘massive’ Russian attack
Fires across the Ukrainian capital after ballistic missile attack, while Kyiv’s forces continue cross-border attacks with another Wildberries warehous...
Queensland MP pens ‘White Men Can Sprint’ social media post after Lachlan Kennedy takes silver in Glasgow
LNP member Llew O’Brien says ‘there is nothing wrong with being proud of your heritage’, leading Angus Taylor to state: ‘I congratulate all Australian...
Ben Carroll will not rule out redirecting Suburban Rail Loop funds to other projects
New Victorian premier also considering ‘sensible changes’ to laws that would enshrine right to work from home two days a weekFollow our Australia news...
Death toll in Japan earthquake rises to 17 as aftershock and heat complicate rescue efforts
Soldiers and emergency workers are combing through a badly damaged shopping mall and collapsed houses looking for trapped survivorsThe death toll from...
Federal Labor MP Luke Gosling arrested over alleged assault of NT administrator
Member for Solomon has previously denied alleged incident with administrator David ConnollyFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet o...
Bullets that killed two at Seattle food festival do not match teen shooter’s gun, police say
Police link shooting to gang violence but have not said who might have fired bullets that killed bystanders on SundayBullets that fatally struck two b...
Middle East crisis live: US launches fresh strikes on Iran after days-long pause in attacks
US announces attacks early on Thursday, as experts say strikes carried out by both sides in previous day increase risk of return to all-out war US-Sau...
Elon Musk’s xAI sues Minnesota over law banning ‘nudification’ technology
First-in-the-nation law sets up test on states’ power to regulate use of AI as it tries to outlaw fake nude images of real peopleElon Musk’s company x...
Gina Rinehart lobbied for controversial plan to move 2032 Olympic rowing to crocodile-inhabited river
Decision to host event on Fitzroy River at Rockhampton, 600km north of host city Brisbane, prompted significant backlashFollow our Australia news live...
Trident renewal central to defence spending, says Andy Burnham
Prime minister to highlight investment in communities as he launches next phase of nuclear submarine replacementAndy Burnham will place the renewal of...
Meta misses earnings forecasts after Zuckerberg media push to promote AI
Stock tumbles nearly 8% after weaker-than-expected results, despite CEO’s blitz to tout positive effects of AIMeta chief executive Mark Zuckerberg’s m...
Senate unanimously passes resolution opposing pardon for Ghislaine Maxwell
Longtime Epstein associate serving 20-year sentence for sex-trafficking crimes has exhausted series of appeals The US Senate on Wednesday unanimously ...
Australia news live: Jillian Segal returns to antisemitism royal commission; three dead in Sydney house fire
Government’s special envoy returns to the witness box again today; three victims found in burned-out house in Wiley Park. Follow updates liveGet our b...
Todd Blanche’s US attorney general prospects in question as vote looms
Republican John Cornyn says he will not back nomination without written confirmation $1.8bn slush fund is deadTodd Blanche’s hopes of becoming US atto...
Anthony Fauci’s high-profile Senate hearing: what we learned
Six years on from Covid crisis, Republicans still politicizing science – and Fauci remains a political punching bagA US Senate committee hearing featu...
Two people accuse Epstein of sexual conduct at Michigan fine arts school
Report on Interlochen Center for the Arts details sexual allegations against 47 faculty and staff members since 1950sTwo people who attended a prestig...
Hackers steal sensitive data from Department for Education and police
Details of parents and staff, including email addresses and phone numbers, are among data taken by cybercriminalsThe Department for Education and a po...
