Chalmers says global economic turmoil will drive budget cuts, but Australia should avoid recession
World news | The Guardianby Sarah Basford Canales·5d ago
Jim Chalmers has warned of “very substantial and intensifying” economic pressures on the horizon but insists he’s not planning for a recession, as he prepares to find new ways to cut the budget...
Flydubai co-pilot’s time in Australia being investigated by security agencies after alleged cockpit attack
World news | The Guardianby Adeshola Ore and Sarah Basford Canales·5d ago
Australian security agencies have launched an investigation after it emerged that the flydubai co-pilot who allegedly tried to hijack an Israel-bound flight spent about two years in the country as...
Tories would expand free childcare to high earners, Badenoch says
World news | The Guardianby Peter Walker Senior political correspondent·5d ago
The Conservatives have unveiled a proposed £700m childcare giveaway for high earners ahead of their annual conference, saying they would end the “cliff edge” where free entitlement ends at salaries...
Trump urges calls to Arkansas senator in push for permanent daylight saving time
World news | The Guardianby Associated Press and Guardian staff·5d ago
Donald Trump on Saturday put pressure on the US senator Tom Cotton of Arkansas to support a bill to make daylight saving time permanent, urging Americans to call what appeared to be the personal...
Tennessee’s top prison official resigning after botched execution of Christa Pike
World news | The Guardianby Marina Dunbar and agencies·5d ago
Tennessee’s top prison official is stepping down in the aftermath of the failed execution of death row prisoner Christa Pike, the state’s governor Bill Lee announced Saturday.
US Coast Guard searches for missing air ambulance off coast of Massachusetts
World news | The Guardianby Keely Aouga·5d ago
The US Coast Guard is searching for an air ambulance jet with six people onboard that lost contact with the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) during a flight from Bermuda to Boston early on...
Florida jury finds ex-sheriff’s deputy not guilty in shooting death of Black air force airman
World news | The Guardianby Marina Dunbar·5d ago
A Florida jury recently found former sheriff’s deputy Eddie Duran not guilty of manslaughter with a firearm in the fatal shooting of Roger Fortson, a Black US air force airman who was killed inside...
Shop clerk and son charged with selling illegal kratom after two Ole Miss students die from suspected overdoses
World news | The Guardianby Associated Press·5d ago
Federal authorities investigating the recent deaths of two University of Mississippi students have charged a store clerk and his son with selling an illegal kratom product, prosecutors announced on...
TSA to prohibit airport security officers from sitting down while checking travelers’ IDs
World news | The Guardianby Keely Aouga·5d ago
US airport security officers who verify boarding passes and IDs ahead of security checkpoints will no longer be allowed to sit down while working.
Gypsy Rose Blanchard’s former husband says he was ‘shocked’ by death of her ex-partner
World news | The Guardianby Ramon Antonio Vargas·5d ago
The ex-husband of Gypsy Rose Blanchard has said he was “shocked” by the recent death in Louisiana of her former partner Ken Urker – and that he would be there for Blanchard and her daughter “if she...
Women given free cycling shorts to prevent upskirting on Oktoberfest amusement ride
World news | The Guardianby Jessie Williams·5d ago
Women have been given free cycling shorts to prevent upskirting on a famous amusement ride at the Oktoberfest in Munich, after an investigation revealed tens of thousands of voyeuristic videos...
California’s new laws target workers’ biggest fear of AI taking their jobs
World news | The Guardianby Danielle Abril·5d ago
California’s laws aimed at protecting workers from the impacts of artificial intelligence could pave the way for broader workplace safeguards across the US as calls for regulating the technology...
Southern California swelters as late-season heatwave smothers region
World news | The Guardianby Roque Planas·5d ago
Southern California faced scorching heatwaves this summer that made locals wonder what happened to their famed Mediterranean climate. Now, the fall is bringing heatwaves too.
Badenoch returns to Conservative conference much stronger than a year ago
World news | The Guardianby Rowena Mason Whitehall editor·5d ago
A year ago, Tory MPs were braced for the prospect of yet another leadership battle to topple Kemi Badenoch as the party sunk to historic lows of 14-16% in the polls.
Two Iranian men identified Manchester synagogue as site for alleged bomb plot, court hears
World news | The Guardianby Sammy Gecsoyler·5d ago
Two Iranian men identified a Manchester synagogue previously subjected to a fatal terrorist attack as a target for an alleged homemade bomb plot, a court has heard.
Soaring diesel prices take their toll on US farmers in midwest corn belt
World news | The Guardianby Stephen Starr in Dayton, Ohio·5d ago
Joe Hamilton farms corn and soybeans on 2,500 acres in Indiana’s Delaware county. Next week, when his soybean harvest kicks off, four tractors, two combine harvesters and five semi-trucks will roar...
Nitrite-free bacon sales boom in UK amid fears over curing chemicals
World news | The Guardianby Sarah Marsh Consumer affairs correspondent·5d ago
Bacon has long been a favourite of carnivores, but there is growing consumer concern about the health risks posed by nitrites, chemicals used to cure meats.
‘He feels more relatable’: Burnham’s conference speech wins praise from drifting Labour voters
World news | The Guardianby Luke Tryl·5d ago
“He’s offering what no other politician has offered for a long, long time. He actually feels like he’s one of us,” was how Neil, a geography teacher, described Andy Burnham in our focus group on...
UAE may halt UK investments after Manchester City guilty verdict
World news | The Guardianby Daniel Lavelle·5d ago
The United Arab Emirates have reportedly warned the government it could cancel big investments in the UK after Manchester City were found guilty by an independent commission.
‘It’s enraging’: lawmakers call for action after Guardian investigation into convenience store overcharges
World news | The Guardianby Byard Duncan, Sophie Sullivan, Michael Hudson, Barry Yeoman and Jocelyn Zuckerman·5d ago
Five US House members have called out pricing practices at the US’s two largest convenience store chains in response to an investigation by the Guardian.
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