Orange Order march along Garvaghy Road could take place for first time in 28 years after injunction dismissed on appealA controversial loyalist parade along a nationalist street in the Northern Ireland town of Portadown has been permitted to go ahead for the first time in nearly 30 years, after a ban was overturned late on Saturday night.Amid fears the march could unleash fresh sectarian violence, the Orange Order parade down the Garvaghy Roadis due to take place at 8am on Sunday morning, and follows a legal back-and-forth in recent days. Continue reading...
After a series of court rulings the High Court ruled in the early hours of Sunday morning that the Parades Commission decision allowing a restricted parade should be respected
Follow live updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastDeaths in Queensland child protection system reach five-year highQueensland has recorded a five-year high of 92 deaths of children in the child protection system, according to new data.The real alarm bell that was set off this week is the fact that the only reason we knew about this breach of the Medicare archive or data system is because OpenAI told us there was a breach.If they hadn’t told us that there was a breach, would we have known about it at all? That demonstrates that our cyber defences, particularly for Services Australia, were woefully inadequate. Continue reading...
Decision follows disclosures that OpenAI agents searching government websites had acted in unexpected waysOpenAI said it has paused training of its latest artificial intelligence models as reports of AI agents going rogue mount.The decision to halt development came just hours after the company disclosed Friday that it was reviewing several incidents from the summer in which OpenAI agents searching federal government websites acted in unexpected ways beyond what was asked of them while gathering and distributing information. Continue reading...
Exclusive: Many applicants left feeling ‘used, lied to, misled and gaslit’, complaint letter seen by Guardian Australia saysListen to the Guardian podcast The Populist hereGet our new political email, free app or daily news podcastOne Nation could collect as much as $633,000 from people who have put their hand up to run in the Victorian state election, with potential candidates questioning whether the party is staging a “cash grab”.Guardian Australia has spoken to multiple former councillors, mayors and deputy mayors who expressed an interest in running for the party. They claim they went through what one called a “pay-to-play” application process, after which they were rejected.Sign up for Guardian Australia’s Politics, really newsletter here Continue reading...
A couple of the papers feature more reaction to the Manchester City drama, after the club was found guilty of breaking the Premier League's financial rules.
The 20th Asian Games are on in Japan’s Aichi Prefecture and the city of Nagoya, from 19 September to 4 October. About 11,000 athletes from 45 countries are competing across 43 sports Continue reading...
US president doubles down on criticism of CNN and MS Now as Akayla Gardner questions attempted White House banA day after the White House barred CNN from traveling aboard Air Force One to provide pool television coverage of the president’s trip to Tennessee, Donald Trump doubled down on his criticism of that broadcaster and another, MS Now, he has attempted to ban over coverage of him he calls overly negative.As he left the White House early on Saturday, Trump was asked by MS Now White House correspondent Akayla Gardner: “Do you only want outlets that support you to be a part of the press pool?” Continue reading...
Orange Order march along Garvaghy Road could take place for first time in 28 years after injunction dismissed on appealA controversial loyalist parade along a nationalist street in the Northern Ireland town of Portadown has been permitted to go ahead for the first time in nearly 30 years, after a ban was overturned late on Saturday night.Amid fears the march could unleash fresh sectarian violence, the Orange Order parade down the Garvaghy Roadis due to take place at 8am on Sunday morning, and follows a legal back-and-forth in recent days. Continue reading...
Decision follows disclosures that OpenAI agents searching government websites had acted in unexpected waysOpenAI said it has paused training of its latest artificial intelligence models as reports of AI agents going rogue mount.The decision to halt development came just hours after the company disclosed Friday that it was reviewing several incidents from the summer in which OpenAI agents searching federal government websites acted in unexpected ways beyond what was asked of them while gathering and distributing information. Continue reading...
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 datacentres. However, pro-datacentre officials and executives argue the scale of Australia’s buildout is smaller, more regulated and therefore less damaging than that in the US. They say the burgeoning negative reaction is being tainted and inflamed by a heated US debate that has arrived down under via social media feeds. Continue reading...
This pricey ebike is a gamechanger for going around town, getting groceries and hauling cargo with ease – without paying for gasSign up for the Filter US newsletter, your weekly guide to buying fewer, better thingsParking a car in an urban area can be stressful. Spaces are often hard to find, traffic congestion is a pain and it just takes extra time.An electric bike changes that paradigm – you can roll up on the curb, lock your bike, and walk to your destination. Recently, I tested the Lectric XPedition2, an electric cargo bike that not only made grocery shopping easier but helped me explore my city stress-free. Continue reading...
The tech giant has launched a cute ‘little guy’ that can answer emails, book travel or do your weekly food shopAfter the recent backlash against Meta’s so-called “pervert” smart glasses, this week Mark Zuckerberg launched a much cuter alternative: the Muse “charm” device.With a screen that shows a cutesy little avatar, it has drawn comparisons with Tamagotchis. “We’ve packed a lot of technology into this little guy,” the Meta founder told the San Francisco audience. Continue reading...
Sullenberger landed a disabled passenger plane safely in the Hudson River in 2009 without any loss of lifeCapt Chesley “Sully” Sullenberger III – the pilot known for safely landing a US Airways flight in New York City’s Hudson River during a 2009 emergency – has been inducted into the US’s National Aviation Hall of Fame, two months after he went public with an Alzheimer’s disease diagnosis.Sullenberger, 75, received the honor during a ceremony held in Washington DC on Thursday, 17 years after he engineered what has become widely known as the Miracle on the Hudson. Continue reading...
Less than 1% of infected have been vaccinated, with 173 people hospitalized and four deaths so farThe Pennsylvania department of health (DoH) announced on Friday that 55 new measles cases had been reported in the state since Wednesday, with officials continuing efforts to contain an outbreak of the disease that has spread across dozens of counties.In a news release, the DoH said that 890 measles cases had been confirmed across 39 counties in the state so far for the year. The outbreak had resulted in 173 hospitalizations in the state and four measles-associated deaths, the statement added. Continue reading...
While younger generations are drinking less, adults aged 50 to 64 are drinking more, causing a shift reshaping the US bar sceneAlcohol consumption has decreased across the United States in recent years, particularly among adults under age 40, but there is one older demographic in which more people are drinking than before the Covid-19 pandemic – and more are doing so heavily, according to a new study.For the first time since before the pandemic, the percentage of US adults who drink any alcohol decreased between 2022 and 2024, according to the report in the journal Annals of Internal Medicine. People from 50 to 64, which roughly corresponds with gen X, were the only age group in which drinking continued to increase. Continue reading...
Exclusive: Many applicants left feeling ‘used, lied to, misled and gaslit’, complaint letter seen by Guardian Australia saysListen to the Guardian podcast The Populist hereGet our new political email, free app or daily news podcastOne Nation could collect as much as $633,000 from people who have put their hand up to run in the Victorian state election, with potential candidates questioning whether the party is staging a “cash grab”.Guardian Australia has spoken to multiple former councillors, mayors and deputy mayors who expressed an interest in running for the party. They claim they went through what one called a “pay-to-play” application process, after which they were rejected.Sign up for Guardian Australia’s Politics, really newsletter here Continue reading...
US president doubles down on criticism of CNN and MS Now as Akayla Gardner questions attempted White House banA day after the White House barred CNN from traveling aboard Air Force One to provide pool television coverage of the president’s trip to Tennessee, Donald Trump doubled down on his criticism of that broadcaster and another, MS Now, he has attempted to ban over coverage of him he calls overly negative.As he left the White House early on Saturday, Trump was asked by MS Now White House correspondent Akayla Gardner: “Do you only want outlets that support you to be a part of the press pool?” Continue reading...
A couple of the papers feature more reaction to the Manchester City drama, after the club was found guilty of breaking the Premier League's financial rules.
The 20th Asian Games are on in Japan’s Aichi Prefecture and the city of Nagoya, from 19 September to 4 October. About 11,000 athletes from 45 countries are competing across 43 sports Continue reading...
The Internationals team could secure a first President's Cup in 28 years on Sunday after holding off a United States fightback on day three in Medinah.
British heavyweight Johnny Fisher wins his first fight under the Zuffa Boxing banner with a majority points victory over Michael Pirotton at the Copper Box Arena.
After a series of court rulings the High Court ruled in the early hours of Sunday morning that the Parades Commission decision allowing a restricted parade should be respected
Follow live updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastDeaths in Queensland child protection system reach five-year highQueensland has recorded a five-year high of 92 deaths of children in the child protection system, according to new data.The real alarm bell that was set off this week is the fact that the only reason we knew about this breach of the Medicare archive or data system is because OpenAI told us there was a breach.If they hadn’t told us that there was a breach, would we have known about it at all? That demonstrates that our cyber defences, particularly for Services Australia, were woefully inadequate. Continue reading...
Preparation begins for extreme conditions as Nolo bears down on areas still recovering from previous stormsHeavy rain and powerful winds are expected to bring flash floods and extreme surf to the Hawaiian islands over the weekend as Hurricane Nolo bears down on areas still recovering from previous storms.Nolo was churning slowly south of Hawaii’s Big Island on Saturday with maximum sustained winds of 105mph (165km/h). The storm’s center was about 145 miles (235km) south of Hawaii’s southern-most point and could strengthen into a potentially life-threatening and catastrophic storm through the weekend. Continue reading...
Residents across New Jersey, Massachusetts, Delaware and New York without electricity as storm hitsA slow-moving, powerful storm known as a nor’easter crept along the coast of the US north-east on Saturday, producing high winds that knocked out electricity to thousands of people while whipping up big waves and heavy rains that created dangerous conditions in some places.Tens of millions of people were in the path of the storm, which was forecast to affect the mid-Atlantic area and New England throughout the weekend. About 100,000 customers in the region were without electricity Saturday. Continue reading...
Alexander Millington-Cotes is concerned for welfare of the 82-year-old, who hasn’t been seen in public for two yearsThe stepson of Sir Ranulph Fiennes has launched a crowdfunder to pay for “specialist legal advice” in an attempt to locate the explorer, who hasn’t been seen in public for more than two years.Alexander Millington-Cotes, 31, has set a target of £55,000 for the fundraiser, to enable him to instruct lawyers to “locate and safeguard” Fiennes. Continue reading...
The Internationals team could secure a first President's Cup in 28 years on Sunday after holding off a United States fightback on day three in Medinah.
British heavyweight Johnny Fisher wins his first fight under the Zuffa Boxing banner with a majority points victory over Michael Pirotton at the Copper Box Arena.
Tuchel says England ‘will learn’ from 3-2 loss to SpainCity’s Nico O’Reilly and Marc Guehi at fault in defeatThomas Tuchel denied that Manchester City being found guilty of breaching the Premier League’s financial rules is a distraction for the club’s England representatives after Nico O’Reilly and Marc Guéhi made costly errors during the 3-2 defeat by Spain.News that City had been found guilty on all but one of the 115 charges against them broke on Friday afternoon, dragging the attention away from England’s preparations for their Nations League game against the world champions at Wembley a day later. It did not stop Tuchel from starting Guéhi, O’Reilly and Elliot Anderson against Spain but the topic was on the agenda after England’s first game since the World Cup ended in disappointment. Continue reading...
