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...
Brave New World or Groundhog Day? Burnham revisits old ground in speech on social care
Right-wing media hostility helped sink his reform plans in 2010, but the new PM’s passionate speech suggests there is now clear political will for cha...
Fed holds interest rates steady despite Trump’s renewed calls to lower them
Rates remain unchanged for fifth time since December as tenuous Iran peace deal pushes energy prices up againThe US Federal Reserve held interest rate...
Trump to announce $22bn plan to rebuild Dulles international airport
Planned overhaul forms part of president’s broader pattern of directing changes in Washington after arch and ballroomDonald Trump is due to announce a...
Lindsay Clancy’s ex-husband testifies about the day she killed their three children
Lawyers for Massachusetts mother say she was in the throes of postpartum psychosis amid January 2023 tragedyMore than three years after a Massachusett...
TfL brings case worth up to £1bn against carmakers over Ulez compliance
Transport for London claims polluting diesel vehicles had been able to enter clean air zone without having to payTransport for London is pursuing a po...
Staff at newest V&A site in London vote overwhelmingly for strike action
V&A Storehouse dispute centres on toilet and hydration breaks as employees across V&A in London also vote to strike in wider actionStaff at the V&A’s ...
Russia accuses Telegram founder of aiding terrorism in its latest online crackdown
FSB puts Pavel Durov on international wanted lists and says his messaging app is used for sabotage and murderRussian officials have charged Pavel Duro...
Comey alleges Trump pushed prosecution over ‘8647’ seashell post
Comey’s lawyers say Secret Service tracked him and investigators turned to AI and a mafia killer to bolster the caseLawyers for former FBI director Ja...
Revealed: George Cottrell transferred $2m to his mother days before her donations to Reform UK
Exclusive: Sources say Fiona Cottrell told bankers the transfers, received 24-72 hours before her donations to Reform, came from her sonThe convicted ...
Norwegian teenager guilty of travelling to UK to carry out contract killing
Johannes Kongsnes Natland was recruited to murder unknown person by international crime gang linked to IranA Norwegian teenager has been found guilty ...
