US president makes surprise election day announcement, saying country does not ‘need’ $4bn annual paymentDonald Trump has said that the US will end military aid to Israel at the end of this year in a surprise election day announcement that appeared to be targeted at voters scepti...
Person arrested after fire broke out at police department where officer who shot and killed one-year-old Kohen Wiley previously workedIn the early hours of 31 October, a fire broke out at the Senatobia police department in Mississippi, which has been embroiled in controversy rece...
Retailer acquires robot-assisted warehouse and intends to have UK service up and running before end of 2027Primark is to begin making home deliveries by the end of next year as it aims to win new shoppers after a slide in profits.George Weston, the boss of the cut-price fashion c...
Kellogg’s substitutes ingredient with rice flour, as climate crisis affects availability of some grainsThey will snap and they will crackle, but they may no longer pop, as Kellogg’s has removed rice from its Rice Krispies and Coco Pops cereals due to “changing weather conditions”...
Judge tells jurors he will be able to accept only a unanimous decision on seven charges against the comedianThe jury in Russell Brand’s rape and sexual assault trial has retired to consider its verdicts.Brand, 51, has been described as a ruthless, calculated and manipulative sexu...
British Veterinary Association president tells MPs surge in cases putting farmers under severe pressure and stressThe worst bluetongue season on record has been a major animal welfare crisis in Great Britain, MPs have been told, putting farmers under “severe emotional stress”.Blu...
A previously unseen family archive offers a glimpse into the Indian Nobel prize winner’s artistic process and personal relationships in his final yearsDon’t get This is India delivered to your inbox? Sign up hereIt’s easy to run out of words to describe Rabindranath Tagore. The f...
Experts say ‘very dangerous’ move diverts attention from violence driven by far-right extremist ideologiesThe US Department of Justice is funding research aimed at exploring whether there is a link between gender dysphoria and violent crime.Last month, the National Institute of J...
Person’s anonymity remains in place subject to any appeal against high court decisionA “well-known individual” has failed in his bid to stop two media organisations from publishing allegations of inappropriate sexual activities, the high court has ruled.The legal team for the ano...
Philippe Jaenada wins Prix Goncourt with novel that seeks to solve 77-year-old case and which ends up rehabilitating reputation of its victim A literary true-crime investigation that tries to solve a 77-year-old cold case and ends up rehabilitating the reputation of its life mode...
George Madgwick of Hampshire county council has been charged with a total of 35 offencesA Reform UK councillor has been charged with 12 counts of rape, the Crown Prosecution Service has said.George Madgwick, a councillor on Hampshire county council, has been charged with a total ...
Flights from London, Manchester, Copenhagen and Israel affected but no explosives found after touchdownEurope live – latest updatesFour planes have landed safely after bomb threats were made across Europe, including for two flights that departed from the UK, according to reports....
Cybersecurity experts say incidents had minimal effect but may represent the ‘foothills’ of a wider threatMeat processing firms in the UK have been hit by cyber-attacks after hackers raised the temperatures of supermarket freezers across Europe.The UK’s National Cyber Security Ce...
A decision could reshape the relationship between religious freedom and nondiscrimination laws in the USThe US supreme court will hear arguments on Tuesday over a challenge brought by two Catholic preschools in Colorado, arguing that they should be admitted to the state’s free ed...
Exclusive: Community and Public Sector Union denounces ‘privatisation by stealth’, joining growing number of unions turning on Carroll governmentGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastVictoria’s public servants union says it will not support Labor at this mont...
Annual reports show NSW renewable company’s CEO opted out of cash bonus, while CSIRO’s chief received an extra $200,000Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastExecutives at the troubled Snowy Hydro company collectively banked bonuses worth a combined $751,925 i...
Bank to make ‘early settlement’ offers before outcome of legal battle, with those who accept likely to get money before ChristmasBusiness live – latest updatesBarclays will this month start offering compensation to tens of thousands of people who claim they were mis-sold car loan...
Demand for individual applicant records as part of purported civil rights review fails on procedural groundsA federal district court judge dismissed a lawsuit on Monday filed by the Trump administration seeking individual applicant records from Harvard, finding the government fai...