Month: March 2024

Read More Shadow ministers step up preparations by holding informal meals to pick the brains of senior political figures Senior members of Keir Starmer’s shadow cabinet have been meeting with top Whitehall mandarins and former cabinet ministers as part of the party’s growing preparations for government, the Observer has learned. Patrick Vallance, the former chief scientific…

Read More Many cite difficulties of juggling a family with job demands and a lack of industry support A robot baby was an unlikely guest star on the catwalk at the Schiaparelli couture show in Paris earlier this year. Maggie Maurer, who had walked a few seasons previously while pregnant, and last year shared a…

Read More The ancient tradition of an Olympic Truce was originally implemented to ensure safe travel for pilgrims and athletes French President Emmanuel Macron has said he will ask Russia for a ceasefire in Ukraine during the Summer Olympics, set to take place in Paris between July 26 and August 11. In an interview with…

Read More Loss of once safe seat of Ipswich West would be Queensland’s biggest byelection swing in decades Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcast Queensland’s Labor government has taken a huge hit in two byelections, seeming likely to lose the…

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Read More Campaigners says ‘excited delirium’ and ‘acute behavioural disturbance’ play into racist stereotypes A controversial unproven medical condition which is rooted in pseudoscience and disputed by doctors is routinely being used in Britain to explain deaths after police restraint, the Observer has found. “Acute behavioural disturbance” (ABD) and “excited delirium” are used to describe…

Read More Shadow chancellor will tell high-profile financial audience that ‘mission-led’ governments must take a lead in turbulent times The shadow chancellor, Rachel Reeves, will pledge to embark on a “decade of renewal” if Labour is returned to power at the next election. Speaking at the annual Mais lecture in London on Tuesday, Reeves will…

Read More The community-owned car pools have been hailed as a greener alternative to full-time ownership, but insurers say driver risk is hard to measure Up to 40 community car clubs across the UK could be forced to close after the last insurance firm covering such groups announced it was pulling out of the sector.…

Read More Voters told to swamp polling stations all at once and spoil ballots, after two days of dye attacks, fires and Ukrainian cross-border strikes Critics of Vladimir Putin and his Kremlin regime have called for massive protests at Russian polling stations on Sunday, the final day of a presidential election that is guaranteed to…

Read More Steven Miles’s government is fighting battles on multiple fronts – and shifting right or left will only create new problems elsewhere Get our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcast Seven months before Campbell Newman was tossed from office by angry Queensland voters, he called a press conference, flanked…

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Read MoreDozens of drones were intercepted, Russia says, but one attack caused an oil refinery fire in Krasnodar.Dozens of drones were intercepted, Russia says, but one attack caused an oil refinery fire in Krasnodar.

Read More Wind gusts of up to 220km/h expected to bring heavy rain and flooding to coastal communities Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcast Top End communities are bracing for the crossing of Tropical Cyclone Megan, with destructive wind gusts…

Read More Long hours spent at desks and sofas leads to 21,000 deaths a year in the Netherlands from cardiovascular disease, diabetes and cancer The Dutch are perceived as a nation of healthy giants, leaping on their bikes to cycle energetically across flat lands. But new research suggests they are in fact the “sitting champions…

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Read MoreThe prison is being remade into a rehabilitation centre that will not include people sentenced to death.The prison is being remade into a rehabilitation centre that will not include people sentenced to death.

Read More Shadow home affairs spokesperson James Paterson labels social media platform a ‘bad faith actor’ Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcast The shadow home affairs spokesperson has labelled TikTok a “bad faith actor” and a “serious threat” to Australia’s…

Read MoreIn Vietnam, producers are on an urgent quest: To rehabilitate the widely grown, but much-maligned, Robusta coffee bean.In Vietnam, producers are on an urgent quest: To rehabilitate the widely grown, but much-maligned, Robusta coffee bean.

Read More Spokesman for coup government stops short of calling for American personnel to leave but says their presence violates sovereignty Niger’s ruling military junta says it has revoked with immediate effect a military accord that allows US military personnel and civilian staff on its soil. As of 2023 there were about 1,100 US troops…

Read MoreThe US plane giant is under pressure from regulators and airlines, and its reputation is badly damaged.The US plane giant is under pressure from regulators and airlines, and its reputation is badly damaged.

Read MorePublicly, it’s royal business as usual at Windsor Castle, where Catherine, Princess of Wales, is said to be recuperating from abdominal surgery. But two months on, her wellbeing is under its sharpest global scrutiny so far. Ramy Inocencio reports.Publicly, it’s royal business as usual at Windsor Castle, where Catherine, Princess of Wales, is said…

Read MoreThe Welsh countryside offers stunning vistas, with rugged peaks framing sweeping landscapes. But from the Deep Sleep Hotel, you’ll see none of that, but it’s no less spectacular, and getting there is half the adventure. Ian Lee reports.The Welsh countryside offers stunning vistas, with rugged peaks framing sweeping landscapes. But from the Deep Sleep…

Read MoreRussians took to the polls for a second day Saturday in a presidential election that is all but certain to extend Russian President Vladimir Putin’s rule.Russians took to the polls for a second day Saturday in a presidential election that is all but certain to extend Russian President Vladimir Putin’s rule.

Read MoreThe people of Gaza are contending with escalating war and hunger, as aid into the besieged enclave cannot arrive fast enough. For the first time since the war began, additional aid is arriving by sea. Chris Livesay has more.The people of Gaza are contending with escalating war and hunger, as aid into the besieged…

Read MoreThe actor aims to regenerate an island off Sierra Leone and start the country’s first wind farm.The actor aims to regenerate an island off Sierra Leone and start the country’s first wind farm.

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Read More SpaceX reportedly signed a $1.8 billion contract with US intelligence services back in 2021 Elon Musk’s secretive Starshield project will allow the US military and spies to track their targets and support American and allied ground forces in real time almost anywhere across the globe, Reuters has reported, sharing new details about the…

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Read MoreViolence grips the streets of Port-au-Prince as police try to arrest gang leader “Barbecue”.Violence grips the streets of Port-au-Prince as police try to arrest gang leader “Barbecue”.

Read More Dozens of Ukrainians have been killed in the Black Sea port city of Odessa during a month of Russian missile strikes Dozens of Ukrainians have been killed in the Black Sea port city of Odessa during a month of Russian missile strikes

Read More Destruction of buildings, too few ambulances and having to work in ‘red zones’ all adding to trauma There have been no medical evacuations from northern Gaza for more than a month so severely injured people are trapped in damaged hospitals where they cannot get adequate treatment, a leading medical charity has warned. Ambulances…

Read More Police declare state of emergency and evacuate local town of Grindavik following volcanic activity Icelandic police have declared a state of emergency as lava spewed from a new volcanic fissure on the Reykjanes peninsula, the fourth eruption to hit the area since December. A volcanic eruption “started between stora Skogfell and Hagafell on…

Read More Couple married in Adelaide after nearly two decades together, with prime minister Anthony Albanese in attendance Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcast Australia’s foreign affairs minister Penny Wong and Sophie Allouache have tied the knot after nearly two…