Bachelor star Sam Wood denied bail as police allege he choked woman until she ‘thought she would die’
World news | The Guardianby Ben Smee·14h ago
A woman who was allegedly choked and assaulted by the former Bachelor star Sam Wood told police she “thought she was going to die”, a Queensland court heard on Thursday.
Thursday briefing: Why young people are taking to the streets across France
World news | The Guardianby Libby Brooks·14h ago
Good morning. In my experience, at any protest, the most memorable and encapsulating slogans are always the ones written by hand with marker pen on cardboard placards.
NSW police commissioner made last-minute bid to hold closed-door hearings into Sydney anti-Herzog protest
World news | The Guardianby Penry Buckley and Jordyn Beazley·14h ago
The New South Wales police commissioner made a last-minute bid to hold hearings into Sydney’s anti-Herzog protest behind closed doors, delaying the inquiry, the police watchdog has revealed.
UK motorists can now see live fuel prices on Google Maps
World news | The Guardianby Jillian Ambrose Energy correspondent·15h ago
Drivers will be able to see live petrol prices on Google Maps for the first time from Thursday, in a move that will help motorists shop around for the cheapest fuel.
‘That is a lie’: alleged Alan Jones victim denies family tried to get money out of broadcaster, court hears
World news | The Guardianby Amanda Meade·15h ago
An alleged teenage victim of Alan Jones has denied his family tried to deceive the broadcaster and get as much money out of him as they could during a tense cross-examination in a Sydney court.
South Korea threatens legal action if fuel shipments to Russia found to have broken law
World news | The Guardianby Raphael Rashid in Seoul·15h ago
South Korea will take legal action if it finds that shipments of fuel from its ports to Russia broke domestic law, the government has said, responding to a Guardian report on the trade.
Jurors in Beau Lamarre-Condon murder trial shown photo of alleged ‘execution-style’ gunshot wound
World news | The Guardianby Australian Associated Press·15h ago
Marks made by a gun at close proximity were found on Jesse Baird after his decomposing body was discovered, a jury has heard.
Teenager becomes first person to have testicular tissue transplant in UK
World news | The Guardianby Andrew Gregory Health editor·16h ago
Surgeons have performed the first testicular tissue transplant on a teenager in the UK, offering hope that boys left infertile by chemotherapy could one day have biological children.
Sardinian village where more women reach 100 may be new centenarian ‘blue zone’
World news | The Guardianby Angela Giuffrida in Rome·16h ago
The secret to longevity is being a woman – specifically, a woman in one part of Sardinia. At least, that is the conclusion of a study on centenarians in a tiny mountain village on the Italian...
Japan beer giants raided over suspicions they colluded to set the price of beverages
World news | The Guardianby Justin McCurry in Tokyo·16h ago
Japanese authorities have raided the country’s four biggest breweries over suspicions they colluded to set the price of beer and other beverages – a practice media reports said could have forced...
Indonesia accused of ‘gross negligence’ in wildfires lawsuit as haze tests region
World news | The Guardianby Oliver Holmes in Bangkok and agencies·16h ago
The Indonesian government has been accused of “gross negligence” in a class action lawsuit over its handling of wildfires that have cloaked large parts of South-east Asia in a toxic haze, shuttered...
Donald Trump’s Texas rally rocked by repeated protests
World news | The Guardianby David Smith in Washington·17h ago
Donald Trump’s latest campaign rally was rocked by repeated protests on Wednesday as the US president urged Texas voters to back embattled Senate candidate Ken Paxton.
OpenAI used AI to help write email warning Australian government AI had hacked its websites
World news | The Guardianby Josh Butler·18h ago
OpenAI used AI to help write the email to the Australian government advising that its AI agent had hacked into key departmental websites, Guardian Australia can reveal.
Datacentre company Firmus’s high flying valuation may be coming back down to earth ahead of expected ASX debut
World news | The Guardianby Jonathan Barrett·19h ago
The momentum behind Firmus Technologies’ high-flying valuation is showing severe cracks just weeks out from its anticipated ASX debut.
Margaret Hamilton, trailblazer whose software powered Apollo 11 moon landing, dies at 90
World news | The Guardianby Uwa Ede-Osifo·19h ago
Margaret Hamilton, the computer pioneer whose software powered the first moon landing, has died, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) announced on Wednesday. She was 90.
Democrats sue to stop Trump from using taxpayer funds for self-promoting ads
World news | The Guardianby Robert Mackey·21h ago
The Democratic National Committee sued the Trump administration in federal court on Wednesday, asking a judge in Washington to stop the president from using taxpayer funds to air a series of ads...
Rubio in Greece digs into past to tout Trump’s ‘America first’ approach
World news | The Guardianby Andrew Roth, global affairs correspondent·22h ago
The US secretary of state, Marco Rubio, delivered a classically inspired apologia for Donald Trump’s “America first” foreign policy on Wednesday, giving a sweeping speech to the backdrop of the...
Family of student who took his own life say university ‘will be held to account’
World news | The Guardianby Nadeem Badshah·22h ago
The family of a student who took his own life after being wrongly told he would not be eligible to graduate have said the University of Glasgow “will be held to account”.
‘Neither war nor peace’: Palestinians in Gaza on existing amid disease, despair and ruins
World news | The Guardianby Seham Tantesh in Gaza and Jason Burke·23h ago
Ahmed Ishtaiwi has six chairs. They are cheap and plastic and battered, but they are among the 43-year-old driver and mechanic’s most valuable possessions.
Labour Send changes at risk as parents rush to secure support, say experts
World news | The Guardianby Richard Adams Education editor·23h ago
Labour’s flagship changes to special education in England are at risk of unravelling because parents are rushing to secure support for their children before the system changes, new analysis has...
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