California confirms rare sighting of gray wolf in Mendocino national forest
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California confirms rare sighting of gray wolf in Mendocino national forest

Officials say sighting a sign species – driven to extinction in state before reintroduction in 2011 – expanding its rangeA gray wolf has recently been seen in California’s Mendocino national forest for the first time since the species returned to the state 15 years ago, state wildlife officials confirmed.Officials in Lake county, which is about two hours north of San Francisco, said last week the ...

Politics live: RBA concedes Australians ‘furious’ about cost of living; Victorian energy bills may rise by $100 a year under Coalition
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Politics live: RBA concedes Australians ‘furious’ about cost of living; Victorian energy bills may rise by $100 a year under Coalition

Follow the day’s news liveAlbanese dismisses concerns over powers in digital duty of care billAnthony Albanese says the Nationals leader, Matt Canavan, is being “disingenuous” over his criticisms that the communications minister, Anika Wells, will have too much power to broaden the content that platforms will have to protect users from under the new digital duty of care legislation.The eSafety com...

US supreme court blocks Missouri’s new congressional map backed by Trump

US supreme court blocks Missouri’s new congressional map backed by Trump

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Decision marks setback for president and Republicans, who set in motion national redistricting battle last yearThe US supreme court refused an emergency appeal by Missouri officials to use a newly drawn congressional map backed by Donald Trump in the November midterm election, letting stand a ruling by the state’s highest state court that blocked the new lines from taking effect.Last week the Mis...

How Japan is digging in to deter – and withstand – a conflict over Taiwan

How Japan is digging in to deter – and withstand – a conflict over Taiwan

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The risk of a conflict over Taiwan is shaping Japanese defence planning, with Tokyo shoring up security at home and abroad for a potentially prolonged fight. But there are economic, demographic and political constraints on how far its military transformation can go. In the second of a three-part series, Gabriel Dominguez examines how Tokyo is building military resilience within its territory. Japa...

Albania protests against Trump-linked development turn violent after 100th day

Albania protests against Trump-linked development turn violent after 100th day

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Police in Albania blocked protesters from reaching parliament on Tuesday as the latest rally against a luxury development linked to US President Donald Trump’s son-in-law, Jared Kushner, turned violent The march was staged as parliament resumed from a summer recess and after the demonstrations marked their 100th day on Monday. They challenged a police cordon in the centre of the capital, Tirana, p...

Two more people arrested over ‘mountain of illegal waste’ dumped in Oxfordshire

Two more people arrested over ‘mountain of illegal waste’ dumped in Oxfordshire

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A total of six people apprehended as clean-up of rubbish stacked 10 metres high cost about £6mTwo men have been arrested after fly-tippers dumped a “mountain of illegal waste”, stacked 10 metres high, in Oxfordshire.Hundreds of tonnes of rubbish appeared in a field between the River Cherwell and the A34 near Kidlington in November last year. The waste tip was so large that removing it could cost m...

US supreme court rejects Missouri Republicans’ appeal to use Trump-backed congressional map in midterms – live

US supreme court rejects Missouri Republicans’ appeal to use Trump-backed congressional map in midterms – live

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Last week the state’s supreme court ruled that the map must go before voters to approve or reject new districts, meaning it cannot be used in the November electionSign up for US Breaking News emailsFurther down the ballot in New Hampshire, the Democratic primary for Chris Pappas’s House seat has drawn eight candidates, with Stefany Shaheen – daughter of the outgoing senator – and Maura Sullivan, a...

Iran fires missiles at US targets in Jordan after 5 tankers destroyed

Iran fires missiles at US targets in Jordan after 5 tankers destroyed

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The US military said it destroyed five Iranian oil tankers on Tuesday in response to the latest attacks on its warships and Tehran hit back at American targets in Jordan, the latest burst of back-and-forth strikes that have lurched the sides back towards open hostilities in a more than six-month-old war. Following the American strikes, Iran launched missiles towards US targets in Jordan, Iranian s...

Iran fires missiles at US targets in Jordan following destruction of 5 oil tankers

Iran fires missiles at US targets in Jordan following destruction of 5 oil tankers

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The US military said it destroyed five Iranian oil tankers on Tuesday in response to the latest attacks on its warships and Tehran hit back at American targets in Jordan, the latest burst of back-and-forth strikes that have lurched the sides back towards open hostilities in a more than six-month-old war. Following the American strikes, Iran launched missiles towards US targets in Jordan, Iranian s...

US says it destroyed 5 Iranian oil tankers after missile attacks on warship

US says it destroyed 5 Iranian oil tankers after missile attacks on warship

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Iran has launched missiles towards US targets in Jordan, Iranian state-run media said, following the latest American strikes. It is the latest tit-for-tat retaliation after the US military said it destroyed five Iranian crude oil tankers following two attacks on a US warship by Iran’s Revolutionary Guard over the past two days. US Central Command, when asked about the strikes on the Jordanian airb...

US says it destroyed 5 Iranian oil tankers after missile attacks on Navy warship

US says it destroyed 5 Iranian oil tankers after missile attacks on Navy warship

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Iran has launched missiles towards US targets in Jordan, Iranian state-run media said, following the latest American strikes. It is the latest tit-for-tat retaliation after the US military said it destroyed five Iranian crude oil tankers following two attacks on a US warship by Iran’s Revolutionary Guard over the past two days. US Central Command, when asked about the strikes on the Jordanian airb...

US strikes Iranian tankers after more attempted missile attacks on Navy warship

US strikes Iranian tankers after more attempted missile attacks on Navy warship

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The US on Tuesday struck multiple Iranian tankers in response to more attempted missile attacks on a Navy warship, according to a US official, who spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss sensitive military operations. Iranian state television also is reporting that US forces attacked Iranian oil tankers near the southern port of Jask and near Kharg Island in the Persian Gulf. The latest tit-for...

Nicaragua hands gold concession to sister firm of US-sanctioned Chinese miner

Nicaragua hands gold concession to sister firm of US-sanctioned Chinese miner

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Nicaragua has granted a Chinese-owned company linked to one sanctioned by Washington the right to prospect and dig for gold across 262 sq km (101 sq miles) of rainforest, about a quarter the size of Hong Kong. The 25-year concession over the block, named Jade, went to Linze Excelente Mineria, a company that appeared in Nicaragua’s mining registry only last year. The block is in a corner of the cou...

California hails rare sighting of gray wolf in Mendocino national forest

California hails rare sighting of gray wolf in Mendocino national forest

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Officials say sighting a sign species – driven to extinction in state before reintroduction in 2011 – expanding its rangeA gray wolf has recently been seen in California’s Mendocino national forest for the first time since the species returned to the state 15 years ago, state wildlife officials confirmed.Officials in Lake county, which is about two hours north of San Francisco, said last week the ...

Trump’s Venezuela oil deal: why China can wait and watch

Trump’s Venezuela oil deal: why China can wait and watch

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When US President Donald Trump announced on August 28 that the United States had secured majority control over some 65 billion barrels of Venezuelan oil through a private company, the North American Blue Energy Partners (NABEP), he called it “the biggest oil deal in history”. The White House fact sheet provided the details: NABEP’s 100-year concessions on 17 oilfields with 65 billion barrels of pr...

Mourinho's Real Madrid edge Inter Milan in Champions League opener

Mourinho's Real Madrid edge Inter Milan in Champions League opener

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Jose Mourinho's Real Madrid began their Champions League campaign with a 2-1 win over his former side Inter Milan on Tuesday, taking a two-goal lead before Carlos Augusto pulled one back. Thibaut Courtois and Inter goalkeeper Josep Martinez both made crucial saves as Madrid held on for victory at the Santiago Bernabeu.