theguardian.comadded August 2026
World news | The Guardianby Anna Betts24d ago
The House oversight committee voted unanimously Tuesday to recommend that the House of Representatives hold Leon Black, the billionaire financier, in contempt of Congress, after he refused to...
World news | The Guardianby Joseph Gedeon and Andrew Roth in Washington24d ago
The war in Iran has cost the US at least $38bn and left its stockpile of defensive missiles so depleted it could take five years to rebuild, the non-partisan Congressional Budget Office (CBO) has...
World news | The Guardianby Anna Bawden Health and social affairs correspondent24d ago
Air pollution is associated with an increased risk of suicide and suicidal thoughts, according to research.
World news | The Guardianby Luca Ittimani and Caitlin Cassidy24d ago
The Albanese government is considering giving AI companies access to Australian creatives’ works by default as it pursues a compromise with American tech giants.
World news | The Guardianby Krishani Dhanji25d ago
Lambie pleads with voters to reject ‘dangerous’ and ‘delusional’ Hanson Sarah Basford Canales Jacqui Lambie has warned Australians not to support a “dangerous” and “delusional” Pauline Hanson...
World news | The Guardianby Danielle Abril25d ago
Anthropic’s CEO took to the stage at a conference in San Francisco on Tuesday to reiterate his call for a slowdown of AI development.
World news | The Guardianby David Smith in Washington25d ago
The progressive senator Bernie Sanders and rightwing strategist Steve Bannon have called for restrictions on artificial intelligence (AI) but offered competing visions for what they termed a “cold...
World news | The Guardianby Alexandra Topping Political correspondent25d ago
Company bosses will have to sit down with workers who request flexible working and justify their reasons for any refusals under new rights announced by Louise Haigh on Tuesday.
World news | The Guardianby Tom Phillips in Rio de Janeiro25d ago
Brazil’s supreme court has been thrust into what experts consider the greatest crisis since the return of democracy in the 1980s, as two rival judges lock horns on the eve of the presidential...
World news | The Guardianby Leyland Cecco in Toronto and Jennifer Rankin in Strasbourg25d ago
Mark Carney said Canada will pursue a “unique security and economic alliance” with Europe as he positions his country as a base to build in the “new global economic order”.
World news | The Guardianby Geneva Abdul25d ago
Many Britons feel inequality is worsening and that discrimination has become more common, according to a thinktank study.
World news | The Guardianby Jessica Glenza25d ago
Pennsylvania health officials said a fourth person had died of measles-associated illness in the worst year for the disease since 1992. All four US deaths have occurred in the state.
World news | The Guardianby David Conn25d ago
Just two months before Lady Justice Kathryn Thirlwall opened her inquiry into events at the Countess of Chester hospital and the crimes of Lucy Letby, a report by Chris Henley KC was published into...
World news | The Guardianby Rajeev Syal Home affairs editor25d ago
The government’s “one in, one out” deal is costing about £56,000 for every person sent back to France, Shabana Mahmood has told MPs.
World news | The Guardianby Richard Luscombe25d ago
A senior Republican has called a party colleague running for office in Texas “a bigot” over a racist social media post attacking college football fans – and said he is so outraged by the comments...
World news | The Guardianby Chris Stein in Washington25d ago
Republican congressman Thomas Massie on Tuesday proposed impeaching Pete Hegseth, saying the defense secretary had repeatedly violated the constitution through his handling of war with Iran and the...
World news | The Guardianby Maya Yang25d ago
City leaders in a suburb outside Atlanta have voted to remove the youngest mayor in their community’s history amid allegations of questionable spending of municipal funds and inappropriate...
World news | The Guardianby Alexandra Topping, Kiran Stacey,Dan Milmo and Robert Booth25d ago
Ministers must “heed the warnings” from industry leaders about the threat posed by AI, Louise Haigh has said, amid calls for Andy Burnham to use the G20 to drive global regulation.
World news | The Guardianby Esther Addley25d ago
An inquest into the death of a teenager whose body was found in a Belfast storm drain has found there is not enough evidence to explain the puzzling circumstances of how he died, partly due to...
World news | The Guardianby Patrick Wintour Diplomatic editor25d ago
Saudi cities faced the threat of a second day of Houthi attacks as fighting across Yemen led the UN to warn of a humanitarian crisis with 100,000 Yemenis already displaced.
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