Emergency downgraded but RFS warns residents not to be complacent amid fire across more than 5,000 hectares Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcast The prime minister, Anthony Albanese, has warned Australia is in for a challenging summer ahead of […]
It started out with high hopes and a higher budget. Helen Pidd explains why the government has lost faith in the ambitious – and controversial – rail project It’s been more than a decade in the making – and was supposed to help connect English cities like never before. Now, delayed, over budget and more […]
Attorney general Jaclyn Symes confirms guard’s keys were allegedly stolen in ‘incident’ at Malmsbury youth justice centre Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcast Two children remain in hospital after an “incident” at a Victorian youth detention centre in which […]
An inside look at the House chamber during the unprecedented, bipartisan vote to remove the speaker A grim-faced Kevin McCarthy clenched the armrest of his seat in the House chamber as he was ousted from the speakership on Tuesday, the knuckles of his right hand turning whiter with every vote that assured he would lose […]
Warning to shelter in place and avoid Maryland campus as officers attend ‘active shooter situation’ Multiple people were shot at Morgan State University in Baltimore on Tuesday, police said. Baltimore police said officers were on the scene for an “active shooter situation” on the campus of the historically Black university. The address given for the […]
Back in January, when Kevin McCarthy started moving his stuff into the House speaker’s office before colleagues had actually voted him into the job, Matt Gaetz accused him of being “a squatter.” That is the kind of raucous insult for which Gaetz has demonstrated special fluency. But give the Florida Republican his due: Squatter turned […]
BALTIMORE — Multiple people were shot at Morgan State University in Baltimore on Tuesday, police said. The Baltimore Police Department said officers were on scene for an “active shooter situation” on the campus of the historically Black university. The address given for the shooting appeared to match a residential building. “We’re asking everyone to shelter […]
Meeting is a rare sign of diplomacy on a high-level security topic between Putin and the West, while regular ties have been upended by war.
A vow by mainstream parties not to cooperate with Alternative for Germany is under pressure as the party surges in the polls.
The AL Wild Card Series opener between the Rangers and Rays drew just 19,704 fans to Tropicana Field on Tuesday, the lowest for a postseason game since the 1919 World Series other than during the COVID-19 pandemic.