Donald Trump has warned that if all the Israeli hostages held in Gaza are not returned by Saturday at noon he would propose canceling the Israel-Hamas ceasefire and letting “all hell break loose”. Speaking to reporters in the Oval Office on Monday, Trump also said he might withhold aid to Jordan and Egypt if those…
Tech companies are putting pressure on the UK government to encourage an AI datacentre boom in remote areas of Great Britain by offering some of the cheapest electricity prices in Europe. A report paid for by the tech companies Amazon and OpenAI has called on ministers to overhaul the UK’s electricity market by splitting it…
Flood-hit communities may be isolated for more than a week in northern Australia after more rain was forecast for an already sodden region. Heavy rainfall that has lashed the north Queensland coast for days has spread west, cutting off towns near the Gulf of Carpentaria. At least six communities have been isolated by flood waters…
Former executives at embattled casino operator The Star put profit above risk when they failed to take action as junket operators potentially linked to crime gangs flaunted wads of cash and money in eskies, a judge has heard. Lawyers for a slew of ex-heads from the embattled Star Entertainment Group appeared at the federal court…
A group of climate activists have been fined over a foiled protest at the Woodside Energy boss’s family home. About 10 counter-terrorism police were waiting for Jesse Noakes, 36, and Matilda Lane-Rose, 20, when they arrived at the Perth home of Woodside chief executive, Meg O’Neill, in August 2023 with paint, water balloons and a…
More than 1,100 dead olive ridley sea turtles have washed ashore on the beaches of Tamil Nadu state in southern India this January. “I never heard [of] such large numbers of turtles stranded at any beaches of Tamil Nadu at least in the last three decades,” Kuppusamy Sivakumar, an ecology professor at Pondicherry University said.…
Thunderstorms across New South Wales and eastern Victoria on Monday could bring flash flooding, destructive winds and even giant-sized hail in parts, the Bureau of Meteorology has warned. A major storm rolled across the Sydney CBD around midday on Monday, bringing dark skies and heavy rainfall. The city had recorded 40.6mm of rain at Observatory…
Yrjö Kukkapuro, a renowned Finnish designer whose postmodern style of chairs graced waiting rooms, offices and living rooms across Finland as well as collections in the Museum of Modern Art in New York and the Victoria and Albert Museum in London, has died aged 91. Kukkapuro died on Saturday at his home outside Helsinki, his…
Donald Trump said on Sunday that he will announce on Monday new 25% tariffs on all steel and aluminum imports into the US, which would come on top of existing metals duties in another major escalation of his trade policy overhaul. The US president, speaking to reporters on Air Force One, also said he will…
Keir Starmer has taken a public HIV test in an effort to destigmatise testing for the virus and to highlight HIV Testing Week. The prime minister took a home test at 10 Downing Street alongside the soul singer Beverley Knight. “It’s really important to do it and I’m really pleased to be able to do…
