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Missing boy Gus Lamont’s grandmother fined for firearms offence unrelated to his disappearance

Missing boy Gus Lamont’s grandmother fined for firearms offence unrelated to his disappearance

Josie Murray fined $10,500 and disqualified from gun ownership for five years after pleading guilty to possessing a gun silencerGet our breaking news …
Jemma Stapleton, Australian sprinter and Stawell Gift finalist, dies aged 25 on family holiday

Jemma Stapleton, Australian sprinter and Stawell Gift finalist, dies aged 25 on family holiday

Flood of tributes for Victorian athlete, who died while overseasFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, fre…
Musk’s Grok accused of violating Canadian privacy laws on deepfakes

Musk’s Grok accused of violating Canadian privacy laws on deepfakes

Privacy watchdog finds xAI's Grok lacks safeguards for sexualised deepfake image sharing, amid growing global scrutiny.…
Canadian mother sues OpenAI, alleging ChatGPT led her daughter to kill herself

Canadian mother sues OpenAI, alleging ChatGPT led her daughter to kill herself

Suit filed in US alleges chatbot told Alice Carrier, 24, ‘maybe this is just the end’ as she struggled with suicidal thoughtsA Canadian mother sued Op…
Video shows angler freeing great white shark after surprise catch at Nantucket

Video shows angler freeing great white shark after surprise catch at Nantucket

Footage shows Elliot Sudal hauling the shark from the surf before releasing it within seconds, sparking online reactionAn angler who reeled in a rare …
Musk’s xAI fired engineer for raising concerns about Grok chatbot, lawsuit claims

Musk’s xAI fired engineer for raising concerns about Grok chatbot, lawsuit claims

Former xAI engineer Devin Kim alleges he was illegally fired for trying to implement safety mechanisms for the chatbotA former engineer at Elon Musk’s…
Japan reactor restart sparks fresh fears over nuclear waste storage

Japan reactor restart sparks fresh fears over nuclear waste storage

The reboot highlights a dire problem for the country's nuclear program. Japan is running out of space to store spent nuclear fuel and lacks plans for …
'Hidden house' farmer slams contempt conviction

'Hidden house' farmer slams contempt conviction

Helen Lowe was found in contempt of court for failing to remove a house she built inside a barn.…
Met police chief calls for law to make stolen phones ‘unusable bricks’

Met police chief calls for law to make stolen phones ‘unusable bricks’

Home secretary also urged to force tech firms into sharing data on stolen devices and if they are reactivatedThe Metropolitan police commissioner, Sir…
How much heat does an AI data centre produce, and where are they located?

How much heat does an AI data centre produce, and where are they located?

Data centres don't just use large amounts of water and electricity, they're heating the environment too, study finds.…
World Cup 2026: Full match schedule, groups, teams and start times

World Cup 2026: Full match schedule, groups, teams and start times

Al Jazeera's teams, groups, key dates and kickoff times list for World Cup 2026 in Canada, Mexico and the United States.…
Ryanair investigated over charging parents to sit with children

Ryanair investigated over charging parents to sit with children

The UK's competition regulator is investigating the airline over charges it imposes on parents to sit next to their child.…
How the Belfast stabbing was the spark to a fuse loaded with grievance and provocation

How the Belfast stabbing was the spark to a fuse loaded with grievance and provocation

Politicians, social media and far-right agitators convinced people that migrant-targeting violence would solve all their problemsWithin minutes of the…
Escaped prisoner who fled brother’s funeral believed to be in Melbourne, police say

Escaped prisoner who fled brother’s funeral believed to be in Melbourne, police say

Orijol Rukaj was on pallbearer duties when he evaded corrections staff – and has been on the run for the six weeks sinceFollow our Australia news live…
Peter Weir receives inaugural AFTRS lifetime achievement award

Peter Weir receives inaugural AFTRS lifetime achievement award

Director of Picnic at Hanging Rock and Gallipoli celebrated for defining Australian culture and ‘global influence on craft, form and storytelling’Foll…
Convicted gang rapist Mohammed Skaf hit with two dozen drug charges in Sydney

Convicted gang rapist Mohammed Skaf hit with two dozen drug charges in Sydney

NSW police say two men and a woman will face court on Thursday over alleged involvement in large-scale drug supply schemeFollow our Australia news liv…
Bill Gates says Epstein wanted personal relationship, but he 'never reciprocated'

Bill Gates says Epstein wanted personal relationship, but he 'never reciprocated'

The Microsoft co-founder spent hours talking to lawmakers behind closed doors, where he also said Epstein used his marital infidelities to pressure hi…
Florida lawsuit alleges wrongful arrest after police AI facial recognition error

Florida lawsuit alleges wrongful arrest after police AI facial recognition error

Robert Dillon was arrested at home in Florida despite living 300 miles away, and charges were later droppedSign up for the Breaking News US newsletter…
One Nation’s ‘incredibly sloppy’ financial reports reveal more than $1m in missing or worthless assets

One Nation’s ‘incredibly sloppy’ financial reports reveal more than $1m in missing or worthless assets

Exclusive: Financial returns, obtained by the Guardian, are ‘very poor and unprofessional’ and call into question party’s fitness to govern, expert sa…
China’s BYD aims to be world’s biggest car firm within five years

China’s BYD aims to be world’s biggest car firm within five years

EV maker aims to overtake Toyota, as it plans to spend £1.8bn to build five-minute flash chargers in EuropeBusiness live – latest updatesThe Chinese c…
Bill Gates to face questions from House committee over links to Jeffrey Epstein

Bill Gates to face questions from House committee over links to Jeffrey Epstein

Microsoft co-founder to appear in closed-door session as part of lawmakers’ investigation into convicted sex offenderBill Gates is set to testify in f…
Chinese activist in UK told by X that abusive deepfakes do not breach rules

Chinese activist in UK told by X that abusive deepfakes do not breach rules

Apple Peiqing Ni targeted by account portraying her as promiscuous drug addict after posting about Tiananmen SquareA high-profile Chinese activist in …
Beauty Pie LED mask ad banned over misleading anti-wrinkle claim

Beauty Pie LED mask ad banned over misleading anti-wrinkle claim

The mask is not "clinically proven to reduce wrinkles in four weeks", the advertising watchdog finds.…
Advanced radiotherapy for prostate cancer to cut sessions from 20 to five

Advanced radiotherapy for prostate cancer to cut sessions from 20 to five

Some men in England with the disease will now be offered an advanced form of treatment on the NHS.…
Brazil intercepts 108 Cuban immigrants amid growing asylum applications

Brazil intercepts 108 Cuban immigrants amid growing asylum applications

Last year, for the first time in a decade, Cuban asylum applications exceeded Venezuelan ones in sign of growing strain.…
Prisoners in Western Australia are living in ‘cruel, inhuman or degrading’ conditions, report warns

Prisoners in Western Australia are living in ‘cruel, inhuman or degrading’ conditions, report warns

Inspector of custodial services says inmates are sleeping on the floor and denied basic entitlements due to ‘a systemic failure across multiple prison…
World's largest chipmaker does not rule out price rises as costs increase

World's largest chipmaker does not rule out price rises as costs increase

In a rare interview, a senior executive at TSMC discusses the AI boom, the geopolitics of chips and what it means for the price of electronics.…
Mississippi residents sue Musk’s xAI and SpaceX over data centre ‘nuisance’

Mississippi residents sue Musk’s xAI and SpaceX over data centre ‘nuisance’

Three residents filed the case on behalf of a class estimated at more than 10,000 members.…
Anthropic releases ‘safe’ version of Claude Mythos AI model to public

Anthropic releases ‘safe’ version of Claude Mythos AI model to public

AI company restricted access to Fable 5, its most powerful Mythos model, for months over cybersecurity concernsAnthropic, the maker of the Claude arti…
Karmelo Anthony, 19, found guilty of murder of Austin Metcalf in one-week trial

Karmelo Anthony, 19, found guilty of murder of Austin Metcalf in one-week trial

Texas trial drew national attention due to race, as Karmelo Anthony is Black and Austin Metcalf was whiteFollowing a trial that lasted just one week f…