Iran war live: Tehran awaits official response as Trump rejects Hormuz plan
US president rejects Iran's seven-day plan to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, saying the deal is not 'acceptable'.
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Pezeshkian says Iran ‘no longer trusts talks with Washington’
Iran’s Pezeshkian says Tehran no longer trusts US talks, shortly before Trump rejected its Hormuz proposal.
Australia news live: Marles said OpenAI CEO didn’t tell him about hack at meeting; flight cancellation heartbreak for AFL fans
Follow live updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastTrump White House wants Iran war to end: MarlesThe defence minister, Richard Marles, is on News 24 this morning and has been asked about the ongoing economic and geopolitical damage being caused by Donald Trump’s war in Iran.Clearly, the United States wants to see an end to the conflict. That’s to state the obvious, but ...
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Four American tourists among 6 killed in suspected gas leak blast in Athens
Two women reportedly injured after building collapse in Athens' historic Plaka district.
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Why Xi Jinping skipped the UN after his Trump summit
Han Zheng, China’s vice-president, called on “major countries” to respect the sovereignty and security of Middle Eastern nations and bring about a two-state solution for the “Palestinian question” on Saturday at the UN General Assembly (UNGA) in an implicit dig at the US and Israel. This came as some analysts questioned why Chinese President Xi Jinping opted not to address the global body given hi...
Killer Christa Pike to be executed within days - but her defence say she's a victim too
Lawyers for Pike, who killed a fellow student in 1995, say she should get clemency and would not be sentenced to death if the crime happened today.
Killer Christa Pike is to be executed within days, but her defence say she's a victim too
Lawyers for Pike, who killed a fellow student in 1995, say she should get clemency and would not be sentenced to death if the crime happened today.
Killer Christa Pike is to be executed within days but her defence say she's a victim too
Lawyers for Pike, who killed a fellow student in 1995, say she should get clemency and would not be sentenced to death if the crime happened today.
Killer Christa Pike is to be executed within days - but her defence say she's a victim too
Lawyers for Pike, who killed a fellow student in 1995, say she should get clemency and would not be sentenced to death if the crime happened today.
Christa Pike to be first woman executed in Tennessee in 200 years - but her defence say she's a victim too
Lawyers for Pike, who killed a fellow student in 1995, say she should get clemency and would not be sentenced to death if the crime happened today.
87-year-old's eviction becomes a rallying cry for protest of Spain's housing crisis
Tens of thousands of people have marched in Madrid to protest against Spain’s housing crisis and ask for protective measures for tenants, anti-fraud measures, and a ban on evictions without alternative housing
Australia news live: Albanese says announcement of Medicare breach ‘purely in national interest’
Follow live updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastGood morningWelcome to our Sunday live blog. Flight delays and cancellations caused frustration and heartache for some footy fans racing to make it to Saturday’s AFL grand final before the first bounce. And the PM says the timing of his announcement of OpenAI’s Medicare hack was made “purely in the national interest”. Mo...
One dead as powerful storm brings flooding, power cuts to northeastern US
Nor'easter leads to the cancellation of more than 400 flights and power outages affecting 73,000 homes and businesses.
Powerful storm brings flooding, power outages to northeastern United States
Authorities warn residents that extreme conditions in the region could pose risks.
Deadly shooting hits Caribbean islands of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Four people were killed and four wounded near the capital of Kingstown on the islands, known as a tourism destination.
Dale Earnhardt Jr. has a private graveyard with more than 75 wrecked race cars
Dale Earnhardt Jr. has more than 75 wrecked race cars scattered across his North Carolina estate. The collection began with damaged JR Motorsports cars and later expanded to vehicles linked to notable NASCAR moments. Known as the “Racecar Graveyard”, it became so large that Earnhardt once spent about a year trying to find one of the cars on his own property.
Powerful storm pummels northeast US with rain and high winds
Heavy rain and strong winds battered the northeastern US on Saturday as an unusually powerful autumn storm intensified, forcing the cancellation of hundreds of flights and leaving tens of thousands of people without power. New York, Boston and Philadelphia were all in the firing line of the “nor'easter” – so labelled for its northeasterly winds – as authorities warned of potential major flooding a...
Helicopter crash near Canadian city of Montreal leaves 4 dead, police say
Police say a helicopter has crashed southeast of the Canadian city of Montreal, killing all four people on board
Amid many thorny issues with China, Trump pushes to rename AI as superintelligence
US President Donald Trump is pushing for a rebrand of artificial intelligence (AI) — and looking to get the world’s other AI superpower, China, on board. All US government documents, and “hopefully the world’s”, will use the term “superintelligence”, or SI, to refer to the fast-evolving technology, Trump said at the United Nations General Assembly on Tuesday. The same day, the US State Department ...
Student protesters disrupt NVIDIA AI climate panel
Student protesters have interrupted an NVIDIA panel during NYC Climate Week.
Nor'easter brings flooding as New York and New Jersey declare emergency
Tens of millions of people from Maine to Virginia are in the path of the powerful storm.
Young people in China are fangirling over a professor who gets their anxiety
China's economy and tech have developed at breakneck speed, but there is plenty worrying its Gen Z.
Australian backlash to datacentres is faux import from US, officials say: ‘We are not the United States’
Pro-datacentre officials argue scale of Australia’s buildout is smaller, more regulated and less damaging than in USAustralian politicians and business leaders are arguing that their populace’s growing resentment of AI datacentres is an inauthentic import from the United States.Like the US, Australia is seeing community resentment grow in response to a surge in the construction of massive AI datac...
Why claims that China’s BeiDou satellite was refuelled in orbit could change space race
Chinese researchers appear to have revealed a previously unknown satellite-to-satellite refuelling operation in high Earth orbit, putting the country at the forefront of a technology that could reshape the space race. In a paper undergoing peer review for the Journal of Deep Space Exploration, the team said China had “successfully provided room-temperature propellant refuelling for a high-orbit Be...
Claims China’s BeiDou satellite was refuelled in orbit could change space race
Chinese researchers appear to have revealed a previously unknown satellite-to-satellite refuelling operation in high Earth orbit, putting the country at the forefront of a technology that could reshape the space race. In a paper undergoing peer review for the Journal of Deep Space Exploration, the team said China had “successfully provided room-temperature propellant refuelling for a high-orbit Be...
Trump says he is rolling back Biden-era US fuel economy rules for cars
The US president said he would end a so-called 'EV mandate' that steered consumers to electric vehicles.
Pope Leo XIV draws 800,000 faithful to Paris before emotional Lourdes pilgrimage
Pope Leo XIV celebrated a huge outdoor Mass in Paris, then travelled to Lourdes to pray at the grotto, greet pilgrims and continue his French pilgrimage.
Shooting leaves 4 dead in Caribbean luxury tourism destination
A manhunt is underway in St. Vincent and the Grenadines after a shooting.
How China is seeking to transform the meaning of great power
As China has emerged as a peer competitor to the United States in many areas, an increasingly familiar question is whether it has become a superpower. The question, however, may rest on a definition of power that belongs to another era. China possesses many attributes traditionally associated with great powers: a large population, vast territory, a major economy, advanced technological capabilitie...