Firewall compromised: has Friedrich Merz blown ‘democracy’s last shot’?
Many fear chancellor is wrong man for the job at a time when Germany’s defences against far right are crumblingA cataclysm. A 9.0 earthquake. A five-a...
Court case brought by Zionist federation against journalist Mary Kostakidis ended ‘by consent’
Former SBS newsreader had been accused by Zionist Federation of Australia of breaching Racial Discrimination Act when sharing X postsFederal court pro...
US rapper Lil Durk found not guilty of murder-for-hire scheme
Prosecutors accused musician, born Durk Banks, of putting bounty on fellow rapper in retaliation for friend’s killingChicago rapper Lil Durk has been ...
NSW police seize 36 illegal ebikes on northern beaches that are now destined for the crusher
Officers found one 14-year-old’s ebike was capable of hitting 90km/h. Owners have two weeks to appeal the seizure before the bikes will be crushedDoze...
California woman charged with murder after allegedly killing husband with flagpole
SF Gate reports bond for Vicky Kyung Mi Kim, 65, set at $10m after man found dead at couple’s Palm Desert homeA 65-year-old California woman has been ...
Man arrested over death of Mississippi woman found hanging from a tree
Police have arrested Jacques Ratliff and ruled the death of Tasia Fortune, a 29-year-old Black woman, as a homocidePolice in Jackson, Mississippi, hav...
As China rises, Australia is increasingly enmeshed in the US war machine. Is the alliance still worth the risk?
Australia is being exploited by an ally that could draw it, however unwillingly, into war with China, experts warnGet our new political email, free ap...
AI agents OpenAI was testing uploaded malicious software to another service, say researchers
Two months before hacking Hugging Face, malicious packages authored by internal OpenAI agents were uploaded to RubyGemsAI agents being tested by Open...
Republican senator fires aide who used Nazi soldiers as Facebook profile picture
Washington Post report also reveals Jon Husted staffer Stephen Woytek created pro-Rhodesia playlist on Spotify The Republican senator for Ohio, Jon Hu...
Military aircraft reportedly blamed for UK air traffic control outage
Meltdown that grounded thousands of flights caused by ‘spurious’ flight data being entered into system, report saysThe air traffic control outage that...
David Rush accused of stealing hundreds of gold bars worth over $40m and hiding them in his basementFederal prosecutors have reached a tentative plea ...
CIA releases dozens of presidential daily briefs on Bin Laden and al-Qaida from before 9/11
The presidential briefing documents were declassified on the 25th anniversary of the September 11 attacksSeveral dozen presidential briefing documents...
Legionnaires’ disease outbreak kills one and infects others in the South Bronx
The disease is a form of pneumonia caused by Legionella bacteria, which can grow in warm water and spread through mist produced by cooling towersOne p...
California petition worker arrested for allegedly paying people to forge voter signs
Prosecutors say James Brass orchestrated scheme to pay people on LA’s Skid Row to duplicate registered voters’ signaturesA California ballot petition ...
Reform UK given record £36m donation by British crypto billionaire
Ben Delo was convicted in US for failing to implement adequate anti-money laundering controls but pardoned by TrumpReform has been given a record £36m...
North Carolina state trooper charged with murder of police captain
Nekime Matu Oxendine accused of first-degree murder of Adam Bean, shot and killed in apparent domestic disputeA North Carolina state highway patrol tr...
Los Angeles to memorialize late mountain lion P-22 with sculpture in Griffith Park
The wild feline made its home in the park before being euthanized in 2022 after showing signs of declining healthThe city of Los Angeles will memorial...
Company hired for Trump’s reflecting pool makeover reportedly admits flaws in plan
Atlantic Industrial Coatings was given $14.7m no-bid contract and its findings contradict president’s claims of vandalismThe company hired to renovate...
Arizona accuses L’Oréal of concealing cancer risks linked to hair relaxers
Democratic attorney general seeks damages and penalties in legal action that echoes thousands of similar suitsArizona has sued L’Oréal that the French...
Federal court rejects Trump order keeping Michigan coal plant open
A federal court is declaring that the energy department exceeded its authority when it forced a Michigan power plant to stay open past its scheduled r...
US officials declare multi-state cyclospora outbreak over
Outbreak was linked to iceberg lettuce from Taylor Farms, which infected 12,882 people and led to two deathsThe US’s largest recorded multi-state outb...
Man sacked by Grand Theft Auto maker believes employees were put on ‘watch list’
UK employment tribunal examines whether Rockstar Games unlawfully fired 31 staff for trade union activityA worker fired by the makers of Grand Theft A...
New Mexico lawyer fined for using AI-generated brief containing fabricated police testimony
Stephen Aarons said he tried to use ChatGPT to create a ‘bulletproof summary’ during a murder conviction appealA defense lawyer appealing his client’s...
Northern Ireland schools must give girls option to wear trousers from next year
DUP education minister accused of dragging feet before revising guidelines that also apply to PE and gamesSchools in Northern Ireland must give girls ...
Why did the assisted dying bill fail in the Commons? | Rowena Mason
MPs quietly withdrew support when it became clear it was not a priority of Andy Burnham’s governmentAfter two years of impassioned arguments, tearful ...
‘Absurd, hardline calls’: questions over Sweden’s post-Brexit migration policy
Sweden has ordered more Britons, including vulnerable people, to leave post-Brexit than any other EU countryHe arrived with nothing other than the clo...
Teen boy who clung to overturned boat for days rescued in Bering Sea
Teen and his brother and cousin, who both drowned, were fishing off Alaska’s St Lawrence Island when boat capsizedA teen boy was rescued while clingin...
‘World’s most profitable football business’: Abramovich’s frozen Chelsea cash earns £175m
Proceeds are in a UK account amid a dispute about how the money should be used and a separate criminal investigationFunds from Roman Abramovich’s sale...
Trump and Hegseth use 9/11 memorial remarks at Pentagon to defend war on Iran
The president and the defense secretary tried to link the worst terrorist attack in US history to the unpopular warUS politics live – latest updatesDo...
Self-driving cars should be taxed to offset job losses, thinktank urges
Report warns widespread autonomous vehicle adoption would put hundreds of thousands of private hire jobs at riskTaxes on self-driving cars should be i...
