Month: July 2024

Read More The 12-metre high machine has coke bottle eyes and a crude Wall-E-like head, as well as large arms that can be fitted with blades or paint brushes It resembles an enormous, malevolent robot from 1980s sci-fi but West Japan Railway’s new humanoid employee was designed with nothing more sinister than a spot of…

Read More Pippa White’s parents will ‘spend the rest of our lives advocating to stop this from ever happening again’, coroner’s court hears Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcast The parents of a two-year-old girl who died of septic shock…

Read More At least four protesters were seen on top of the building At least four protesters were seen on top of the building

Read More WA senator said earlier she had been ‘exiled’ after warning she was prepared to cross the floor again over Palestine statehood Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcast The outspoken Western Australian senator Fatima Payman has quit the Labor…

Read More Diplomats scrambling for calm in Lebanon as escalations risk all-out war Diplomats scrambling for calm in Lebanon as escalations risk all-out war

Read MoreAustralian police have located the remains of a 12-year-old last seen swimming in croc-inhabited waters.Australian police have located the remains of a 12-year-old last seen swimming in croc-inhabited waters.

Read More SUBSCRIBER+ EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW — Calls for war on Hezbollah, the Iranian proxy army that controls southern Lebanon, come almost daily from Israel’s right wing, as Hezbollah’s seemingly limitless supply of rockets and missiles turns Israel’s once-vibrant northern region into a wasteland.  Israel’s far-right nationalist Finance Minister, Bezalel Smotrich, said Sunday the country has…

Read More Children’s experiences form basis of play that weaves 150 years of care system history into narrative When theatre-makers Matt Woodhead and Helen Monks gathered with a small group of children in a theatre in Essex five years ago, the plan was simple: discuss the care system. Woodhead and Monks are co-directors of Lung…

Read More Exclusive: NHS Providers head says joining with private health firms and developers would help care backlog Could Labour use private-public projects to fix England’s hospitals? The NHS must be given the green light to partner with private health firms and property developers to build new hospitals to slash the care backlog, a health…

Read More National Trust ground-scanning technology maps new features close to site of Roman city of Wroxeter An archaeological survey of more than 1,000 hectares (2,471 acres) in Shropshire has identified a wealth of previously unknown features, including two grand Roman villas and multiple earlier iron age farmsteads. The geophysical survey, the largest ever conducted…

Read MoreBeryl brings heavy winds and rain, damaging buildings and felling trees on the Caribbean island.Beryl brings heavy winds and rain, damaging buildings and felling trees on the Caribbean island.

Read More New dating technique finds painting on island of Sulawesi is 6,000 years older than previous record holder The world’s oldest known picture story is a cave painting almost 6,000 years older than the previous record holder, found about 10km away on the same island in Indonesia, an international team of archaeologists has said.…

Read MoreEurope’s tallest active volcano roared as it spewed lava from one of its largest craters.Europe’s tallest active volcano roared as it spewed lava from one of its largest craters.

Read More Police say 7,500 charges laid, including against a man, 42, who allegedly stabbed a woman and assaulted a teenager in front of two younger children Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcast A man who allegedly stabbed a woman…

Read MoreThe protesters rolled out several banners, including one that said ‘From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free’.The protesters rolled out several banners, including one that said ‘From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free’.

Read More Call for investigation into security breach after parliament locked down as activists reveal banner declaring ‘war crimes … enabled here’ Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcast Some areas of Australia’s federal parliament were locked down as pro-Palestine protesters…

Read MoreThe painting was dated using a new technique and suggests Europe was not where cave art first emerged.The painting was dated using a new technique and suggests Europe was not where cave art first emerged.

Read More Jamaican PM says worst is yet to come as category 4 storm hits southern coast after causing at least seven deaths in region Why Hurricane Beryl foretells a scary storm season Hurricane Beryl has hit Jamaica after leaving an “Armageddon-like” trail of devastation in Grenada and St Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG) and…

Read More Greyhound Racing NSW allegedly breached licence that stipulates it must immediately disclose anything that brings industry into disrepute Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcast The New South Wales minister responsible for greyhound racing has threatened to sack the…

Read MoreMcDonald’s Australia serving its full breakfast menu only until 10:30am, instead of mid day.McDonald’s Australia serving its full breakfast menu only until 10:30am, instead of mid day.

Read MoreThe Brazilian leader cancels a visit to a southern region because Javier Milei plans to be there.The Brazilian leader cancels a visit to a southern region because Javier Milei plans to be there.

Read More ‘President Joe Biden is in it to win it, and all of us said we pledged our support to him.’ New York’s Kathy Hochul said ‘President Joe Biden is in it to win it, and all of us said we pledged our support to him.’ New York’s Kathy Hochul said

Read More President meets with Democratic governors for ‘candid’ talks as he seeks to reassure his party and the public A group of leading Democratic governors offered words of support for Joe Biden on Wednesday as pressure mounted on the president to leave the race. The governors, including Tim Walz of Minnesota, Wes Moore of…

Read More The key piece of evidence, according to Yuri Borisov, are the lunar soil samples shared with Soviet scientists The head of the Russian space agency has weighed in on the decades-long conspiracy debate, noting that there are no doubts that soil samples retrieved by Americans during their Apollo missions actually came from the…

Read More Police confirm drug’s presence after deaths of boy, 17, and three adults in Broadmeadows last week Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcast A synthetic opioid has been found in the bodies of four people found dead in a…

Read More Man, 28, charged with 15 assaults allegedly committed during 35km ride from city to Wantirna South Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcast A taxi driver has been charged with sexually assaulting a woman throughout a 45-minute trip taken…

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Read MoreAs the war enters its 860th day, these are the main developments.As the war enters its 860th day, these are the main developments.

Read More Embattled president has shrugged off calls for him to stand aside in wake of debate debacle against Donald Trump and insisted ‘I’m running’ Embattled president has shrugged off calls for him to stand aside in wake of debate debacle against Donald Trump and insisted ‘I’m running’

Read More Governors come out in support of president, with New York’s Kathy Hochul saying he is ‘in it to win it’ Biden says ‘I’m not leaving’ amid ongoing turmoilWho could replace Joe Biden? Here are six possibilities House Democrat Marie Gluesenkamp Perez of Washington said that Joe Biden “is going to lose to Trump”…

Read More Police said they were still running an active search but the NT police minister suggested it was in a ‘recovery’ stage Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcast Fears were growing for a 12-year-old girl more than 36 hours…

Read MorePresidents have used power overseas with few restraints, a trend experts worry could be strengthened under the ruling.Presidents have used power overseas with few restraints, a trend experts worry could be strengthened under the ruling.

Read More The Russian leader called Moscow’s strategic partnership with Beijing a global “stabilizing factor” Moscow and Beijing are acting in the interests of their people, and building their relations on the principles of equality and mutual respect, Russian President Vladimir Putin has said during a meeting with his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping. Putin and Xi…

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Read MoreHow endangered species are smuggled out of Africa and what is being done to prevent it.How endangered species are smuggled out of Africa and what is being done to prevent it.