Politics
View all →Ex-FBI chief James Comey faces federal charges for third time
Federal prosecutors have filed charges against ex-FBI Director James Comey for allegedly leaking classified information, marking the third criminal at…
Healey to shield low-income pensioners from income tax in the Budget
Chancellor John Healey will introduce a new tax allowance for low-income pensioners in his first Budget on Wednesday, shielding them from income tax d…
One Nation proposes $2,000 baby subsidy in Victoria but says it won’t touch state abortion laws
One Nation proposed a $2,000 baby subsidy for new parents in Victoria, announced by the party's Victorian deputy leader Colleen Harkin on Friday. The…
Business
View all →Healey pledges cheaper marmalade and gherkins in pre-Budget package of 'everyday fixes'
Chancellor John Healey will remove import tariffs on marmalade, gherkins and more than 100 other products ahead of Wednesday's Budget, aiming to reduc…
Data centre debate heats up ahead of US midterms - here's what you need to know
Data centre expansion has emerged as an unexpected political flashpoint in the US midterm elections scheduled for November 3, with both Republicans an…
From agriculture to AI-griculture: How tech is changing farming
George McMaster once relied on his eyes to spot illness in his eight cows. Now he watches his 300-head herd through an AI camera in the milking parlou…
Technology
View all →Anthropic’s IPO filing shows explosive growth, risks and staggering costs
Anthropic filed papers Monday for what could become the largest initial public offering in history, potentially surpassing SpaceX's $86 billion IPO fr…
AFL tells Sportsbet to stop using players in AI generated content
The Australian Football League has instructed its official gambling partner Sportsbet to cease creating and posting AI-generated content featuring lea…
Google told to halt work on datacentres in Finland over environmental concerns
Google has been ordered to halt construction on two datacentres in Finland after failing to complete required environmental impact assessments, accord…
Science
View all →AI makes discoveries in mathematics, computer science, physics, OpenAI says
OpenAI announced on Monday that its AI models have proved the local smoothing conjecture in all spatial dimensions for the first time, a result that h…
Astronomers detect mysterious burst of energy from a galaxy far, far away
Astronomers have detected what they believe to be the most distant fast radio burst (FRB) ever recorded. The burst consists of radio waves that travel…
World
View all →UK sanctions Sudanese military leaders implicated in El Fasher ‘campaign of rape’
The UK has imposed travel bans and asset freezes on senior Sudanese military commanders accused of orchestrating sexual violence during the siege of E…
Lula wins fourth term in dramatic Brazil election comeback
Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva won Brazil's presidential runoff with 51.79 percent of votes, securing a fourth term and becoming the first Brazilian presid…
Sudan paramilitary drone strikes cause mass power cuts in eastern states
Sudan's paramilitary Rapid Support Forces launched coordinated drone strikes on five power stations across three eastern states on October 30, causing…
Health
View all →Ethnic minorities in England less likely to get breast cancer diagnosis from routine screening
Ethnic minority women in England receive breast cancer diagnoses through routine screening at rates up to one-third lower than their white counterpart…
India slashes cost of cancer drugs after court rules mark-ups are ‘extortion’
India's government will cap prices on 137 cancer drugs starting next month, following a supreme court ruling that found pharmaceutical markups amounte…
Mystery over source of Ebola infection in Nigeria fuels concern about spread of virus
Nigeria's first confirmed Ebola case in more than a decade has heightened alarm across Africa about the virus spreading beyond its current footprint. …
Environment
View all →One dead and 82,000 properties without power as Storm Boelo batters UK
Storm Boelo brought severe winds across northern Britain on Saturday evening, killing a 60-year-old man and cutting power to over 82,000 properties. T…
Typhoon Champi kills one and injures more than 500 in Taiwan as it heads to China
Typhoon Champi swept across Taiwan on Saturday, killing one person and injuring more than 500, according to The Guardian. The storm uprooted trees, se…
Almost every shallow-water coral reef on the planet faces ecosystem collapse by 2075, UN advisors say
United Nations nature advisers warn that nearly all shallow-water coral reefs on Earth face ecosystem collapse by 2075 due to global heating. The asse…
Entertainment
View all →Dónal Lunny, ‘colossus of Irish music’, dies aged 79
Dónal Lunny, an Irish traditional musician who shaped the sound of Irish folk music across five decades, has died at age 79 from cancer. Lunny first …
Lewis Hamilton aims to extend career till early 2030s so he can race in African Grand Prix
Lewis Hamilton, the 41-year-old seven-time Formula One world champion, said he plans to extend his racing career into the early 2030s to compete in th…
Canadian publisher Boréal ends relationship with novelist Thélyson Orélien over alleged use of AI
Canadian publisher Les Éditions du Boréal has ended its relationship with novelist Thélyson Orélien after confirming he used artificial intelligence t…