Category: Politics

Opening summary Arab leaders have endorsed a plan to rebuild the Gaza Strip under the future administration of the Palestinian Authority (PA), presenting an alternative to US president Donald Trump’s widely condemned proposal to take over the territory and displace its people. The prospect of the PA governing Gaza remains far from certain, however, reports […]

Key events Show key events only Please turn on JavaScript to use this feature Some big news this morning! One of the greats, Steve Smith as retired from ODI cricket. He’s doing this to prolong his Test career. He’s calling time at 170 ODI matches where he plundered 5,800 runs at an average of 43.28. […]

The first time I went to Hanau, I was creeped out by how ordinary it was. This mid-sized city of 100,000 people right in the geographical centre of Germany, looked and felt like many other places in western Germany I had been to: built around a bombed and reconstructed old town, expanded by a soulless […]

Some companies are “stuck in neutral” in their approach to artificial intelligence, according to Microsoft’s UK boss, who said a significant number of private and public sector organisations lack any formal AI strategy. A Microsoft survey of nearly 1,500 UK senior leaders across public and private sectors, as well as 1,440 employees, found that more […]

Half of the world’s climate-heating carbon emissions come from the fossil fuels produced by just 36 companies, analysis has revealed. The researchers said the 2023 data strengthened the case for holding fossil fuel companies to account for their contribution to global heating. Previous versions of the annual report have been used in legal cases against […]

Wearing pink and holding signs that read ‘Protect Medicaid’ and ‘Musk steals’, Democrats protested and heckled as Donald Trump gave an address to Congress laying out his vision for his second term Ashley Chervinski Main image: Democratic representative Jill Tokuda wears a jacket quoting the US constitution on the House floor during Trump’s address. Photograph: […]

On Monday, Donald Trump’s administration suspended all US military aid to Ukraine, in an attempt to pressure Ukraine’s president, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, to agree to a ceasefire deal on US terms. It comes after an explosive meeting between the leaders in the Oval Office on Friday. “Donald Trump is such a singular political force right now […]

Queensland authorities are advising some residents to leave coastal properties in the path of Tropical Cyclone Alfred, amid warnings that a storm surge of up to 1 metre higher than typical tides could inundate communities. The prime minister, Anthony Albanese, said Australian Defence Force assets have been placed on standby to respond to the looming […]

Trump to lay out second-term vision in address to Congress Donald Trump will deliver his first address to Congress since returning to the White House, where he is expected to lay out his second-term vision after a radical start that has dramatically reshaped both domestic and foreign policy. Trump’s address, which will begin at 9pm […]

Sperm may be the canaries in the coalmine for male health, according to research that reveals men with higher-quality semen live longer. Danish scientists analysed samples from nearly 80,000 men and found that those who produced more than 120 million swimming sperm per ejaculate lived two to three years longer than those who produced fewer […]