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The US president’s eldest daughter Ivanka Trump had a front-row seat at a White House welcome ceremony for President Xi Jinping and his wife Peng Liyuan on Thursday, wearing a dress by Chinese fashion designer Guo Pei. Trump, in a robin’s egg blue dress and matching jacket, and her 15-year-old daughter Arabella Kushner occupied a prominent position at the ceremony, alongside Vice-President J.D. Va...
Rights groups accuse UN of hosting a 'war criminal' as delegations walk out during Israeli prime minister's speech.
Argentina’s poverty rate rose to 32.3% in the first half of 2026 from 28.2% in the previous six months, official data showed on Thursday, as incomes lagged rising prices. Extreme poverty climbed to 7.5% from 6.3%. Among children aged 14 and under, 44.5% were poor.
The Singapore Food Agency (SFA) is looking into a social media allegation that dog meat was being sold illegally in Singapore. The screengrabs shared on the Facebook group Dogs Singapore appeared to show an advertisement in Vietnamese offering various cuts of dog meat. A check on Friday morning found that the post containing the screengrab had been deleted. SFA has not approved any source of dog m...
Israel’s Prime Minister addressed the UN General Assembly in person, despite having an ICC arrest warrant.
Demonstrators blocked streets and marched towards UN headquarters as the Israeli PM addressed world leaders at UNGA.
A 17-year-old girl experienced a disturbing incident on her birthday inside Aastha Kunj Park. After visiting Kalkaji Mandir, she and her friend were approached by three men claiming to be police officers. The men allegedly assaulted the girl at knife point in various locations within the park. After the attacks, they threatened her and her friend to remain silent about the incident.
Email to members says One Nation has loaned funds to a company linked to the party in order to build the structure and establish a micro distillery One Nation has admitted using party funds to build a $56,000 shed on James Ashby’s private property.The Guardian revealed on Monday that a company linked to One Nation - Small Batch Brewing Pty Ltd - was the purchaser of the shed on Ashby’s property de...
The marked police car was travelling with its sirens on when it hit a tree in inner-city Sydney about 1.30am on FridayFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastA police officer has been killed on duty when the car she was travelling in crashed into a tree.NSW Police said the marked police car was travelling under lights and sir...
Donald Trump asserted that CNN and MSNBC neglected to cover the significant visit of Chinese President Xi Jinping. He highlighted that these outlets face declining ratings due to their lack of credibility. Trump's comments were made regarding a ban on specific media organizations from White House grounds. A federal judge ruled that the ban was likely unconstitutional, reinforcing press freedoms.
A young seal gained widespread attention on social media in China after swimming 200km to return to an island where it had lived for months following its release into the wild. This two-year-old seal marks its second return to a human-inhabited area after being freed into open seas. Internet users were touched by videos showcasing the seal, affectionately named Nana, as it returned to the shores o...
Italy is a front-line country for migration, with integration a hot campaign issue ahead of its 2027 election.
Former NSW police officer, 31, has pleaded not guilty to murdering Jesse Baird and Luke Davies in Paddington terrace in early 2024Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastBeau Lamarre-Condon “guilt-tripped” a friend into helping him fake a cancer diagnosis in the hope of explaining his erratic behaviour, months before the poli...
Riddhima Sharma, a 25-year-old woman, filed an FIR alleging her image was manipulated and used during a protest. She claimed unauthorized use of her photograph happened at a Jantar Mantar demonstration. The protest was held by the Cockroach Janta Party, where derogatory slogans were reportedly directed at her. Sharma identified several individuals linked to the protest but the FIR lists them as un...
Chinese researchers have showed a handheld quantum magnetometer built for hunting submarines in a striking real-world test: it tracked a subway train rumbling beneath a city street. The device, developed by Peng Xinhua and colleagues at the University of Science and Technology of China, is described in a study published on September 14 in Acta Physica Sinica. Though it is scarcely larger than a pe...
The two superpowers seek greater dialogue despite differences over issues such as Iran, Taiwan, AI and trade.
This live blog is now closed.CNN and MS Now journalists denied access to White House state dinner despite court rulingSign up for US Breaking News emailsLawyers for the news outlets President Trump banned from the White House have requested an emergency hearing after several journalists were turned away from the building Thursday morning, in apparent defiance of a federal judge’s order to restore ...
Pope Leo XIV denounced assisted-dying laws and urged the world to reconsider the development of artificial intelligence on Friday as he opened his four-day visit to France with a fervent warning that AI could create a future where "a paradise of machines" takes control of the Earth. Follow our liveblog for the latest updates on the pontiff's state visit.
French President Emmanuel Macron on Friday welcomed Pope Leo XIV for the pontiff's first state visit to the European nation in 18 years, with artificial intelligence and young believers near the top of his agenda. Follow our liveblog for the latest updates and watch their address at the Élysée presidential palace in Paris.
French President Emmanuel Macron on Friday welcomed Pope Leo XIV for the pontiff's first state visit to the European nation in 18 years, with artificial intelligence and young believers near the top of his agenda. Follow our liveblog for the latest updates and watch their address at the Élysée presidential palace in Paris.
French President Emmanuel Macron on Friday welcomed Pope Leo XIV for the pontiff's first state visit to the European nation in 18 years, with artificial intelligence and young believers near the top of his agenda. Follow our liveblog for all the latest updates.
Pope Leo XIV arrived in France on Friday for the Vatican's first state visit to the European nation in 18 years, with artificial intelligence and young believers near the top of his agenda. President Emmanuel Macron and his wife Brigitte were on the tarmac to greet the 71-year-old pope. Follow our liveblog for all the latest updates.
Pope Leo XIV arrived in France on Friday for the Vatican's first state visit to the European nation in 18 years, with artificial intelligence and young believers near the top of his agenda. President Emmanuel Macron and his wife Brigitte were on the tarmac to greet the 71-year-old pope. Follow our liveblog for all the latest updates.
Pope Leo XIV flies to France on Friday for the Vatican's first state visit to the European nation in 18 years, with artificial intelligence and young believers near the top of his agenda. President Emmanuel Macron and his wife Brigitte will be on the tarmac to greet the 71-year-old pope.
Nepal’s Prime Minister Balendra Shah said on Thursday that last month’s catastrophic floods were a “warning to the world” of growing climate risks in the Himalayas. He said warming was melting glaciers and permafrost and urged international support to help Nepal adapt to threats it could not face alone.
Nepal’s Prime Minister Balendra Shah said on Thursday that last month’s catastrophic floods were a “warning to the world” of growing climate risks in the Himalayas. He said warming was melting glaciers and permafrost and urged international support to help Nepal adapt to threats it could not face alone.
Follow the day’s news liveGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastAI hack of Medicare exposes Australia’s vulnerabilitiesTechnology experts have warned revelations an artificial intelligence agent hacked Medicare’s internal systems will not be the only dangerous breach of government data and have called for Australia to boost its protections against the growing risk.Frontier AI ...
Mikie Sherrill says Dale Caldwell ‘engaged in serious, repeated violations’ involving staffers and giftsNew Jersey’s governor on Thursday called on the state’s lieutenant governor, Dale Caldwell, to resign by Friday after a law firm hired by her office concluded he violated the state’s ethics and discrimination rules.The report published Wednesday found that Caldwell violated the state’s policy pr...
Before setting off for Washington on Wednesday, Chinese President Xi Jinping had some correspondence to attend to. Dozens of students from 10 US universities, including Harvard, had written to Xi about their experiences on an exchange trip to China this year. According to the State Council, Xi responded with a call to the students to advance cooperation between the two countries. The gesture exten...
Hong Kong’s first five-year plan marks an unprecedented milestone not only for its economic and social development, but also for how it governs itself. The plan, which drew on 16,000 public submissions – roughly 80 per cent from ordinary citizens – is a testament to the government’s commitment to long-term development, which shows an unusual convergence of public consensus and political will. For ...
