Thursday, 27 August 2026
327 articles · times in UTC
The Guardian World · 00:12
Queensland woman gave birth to twins with different parents after surrogacy coincides with natural pregnancy ↗Both children were born on same day in November 2025 in situation so rare it had not been contemplated by state surrogacy laws Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast A Queensland woman gave birth to twin children with separate sets…
The Guardian World · 01:15
Australia’s refugee intake to be slashed as Labor works to reduce migration amid One Nation pressure ↗Quota to fall by a third to Coalition-era levels in move that the Greens say makes Australia ‘meaner and weaker’ Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast Australia’s annual refugee intake will fall by a third next financial year, as L…
The Guardian World · 01:16
Cyborg cockroaches with tiny syringes could soon join search and rescue teams in major disasters ↗Giant burrowing cockroaches with added cameras and medical injectors are being tested as potential ‘first responders’ in earthquakes Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast For people trapped under rubble in an earthquake or similar…
The Guardian World · 01:31
Police investigate death of teenage girl, 16, two days after alleged ‘sexual choking’ act in Sydney ↗Officers called to northern beaches home on Sunday evening before girl dies in hospital on Tuesday night after what source says was sexual strangulation act Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast New South Wales police are investiga…
The Guardian World · 01:38
‘No transparency’: Labor to scrap levy secretly placed on Victorian public transport fares ↗Premier confirms levy, which was intended to help pay for the multibillion-dollar Suburban Rail Loop and other Big Build projects, will be abolished Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast A levy secretly slapped on Victorian public…
The Guardian World · 01:58
Nepal floods: Children as young as 11 among Australian tour group missing after flash flooding ↗Nepali tour operator fears 15 Australians who had been on a trekking tour near border with China have died after devastating flooding A Nepali tour operator says he fears that 15 Australians trekking with his company in a valley ravaged by flash flooding have died. Sagar Pandey, the founder and chief executive o…
The Guardian World · 02:17
Yayoi Kusama, Japanese artist who became a global superstar, dies aged 97 ↗From the 1950s to the 2020s, Kusama produced vivid paintings, sculptures and vast installations that often drew on her experience of hallucinations Yayoi Kusama, the Japanese outsider artist who reached superstar status after decades living in a psychiatric hospital, has died aged 97. Kusama died in a Tokyo hosp…
The Guardian World · 04:00
France to relax cheese production rules after drought takes toll on grazing land ↗Comté, beaufort and abondance makers can temporarily supplement cows’ diets as there is ‘no grass left to eat’ Strict production rules will be loosened for some of France’s most famous cheeses after drought and repeated heatwaves dried out grazing pastures, threatening the livelihoods of traditional dairy workers.…
The Guardian World · 05:00
Ghent professors challenged expertise of Jason Arday’s plagiarism accuser ↗Allegations Nathan Cofnas was unqualified for Ghent role and would cause ‘negative impact’ made to senior leaders months ago Nathan Cofnas, the academic who accused Jason Arday of plagiarism , has been accused of having “very limited expertise” for his academic role by professors also working at Ghent University,…
The Guardian World · 05:03
Qantas may hike fares and expand Jetstar add-on fees as profits dip to four-year low ↗Airline declines to predict impact of new carry-on luggage charge on Jetstar revenue or ticket sales, saying it is offering customers ‘choice’ Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast Qantas could increase ticket prices and plans to e…
The Guardian World · 06:51
Nepal flash flood: more than 1,500 missing, mostly tourists, after disaster kills at least 165 at Tibet border ↗Entire populated areas swept away after glacial collapse causes catastrophic flood in mountainous region popular with trekkers and pilgrims Nepal-Tibet flash flood – latest updates What we know so far Have you been affected by the flash floods? Nearly 1,500 people are missing, the majority of whom are tou…
The Guardian World · 07:50
‘If you harm my project, I’ll harm you’: former NSW official tells Icac about fugitive developer’s call ↗Former building commissioner David Chandler told inquiry of clashes with ‘loud and overbearing’ developer Jean Nassif Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast A fugitive Sydney developer allegedly warned the then-New South Wales building commissioner that he would “harm” him if he got in the…
The Guardian World · 08:00
Ukraine’s drone attacks have left Russia desperately scrambling for oil imports ↗The once world-leading producer of crude oil has plunged into an energy crisis as Kyiv targets its refineries A sanctioned shadow fleet tanker carries oil from Nato member Turkey to a Russian Baltic port. A deal is signed for Russian oil to be processed in Kazakhstan. Fuel cargoes arrive from India via Egypt. The…
The Guardian World · 08:00
UK urged to help free British-Egyptian ‘arrested in Cairo over sister’s activism’ ↗Lawyers claim Eman el-Shazly, from Birmingham, was detained in effort to silence her sister, a critic of Sisi regime The UK Foreign Office has been asked to intervene to secure the release of a British-Egyptian woman who it is claimed has been arrested in Cairo because of her sister’s political activism. Eman el…
The Guardian World · 09:00
Queensland concedes law imposing mandatory jail on some offenders as young as 10 breaches human rights ↗State government concedes ‘breach bail, go to jail’ laws risks overcrowding in jails, while one expert warns they may lead to ‘cruel outcomes’ The Queensland government’s latest law and order crackdown – subjecting some children as young as 10 to a mandatory sentence of a year behind bars – could lead to “cruel ou…
The Guardian World · 11:34
Russia warns Britain is ‘playing with fire’ over its support of Ukraine ↗Kremlin threatens retaliation after Burnham says UK will help Ukraine start producing long-range missiles Russia has said it could retaliate against the UK for its support of Kyiv by striking military targets inside and outside Ukraine, amid reports that the director of the CIA warned the Kremlin against attacking…
The Guardian World · 12:59
Thieves steal bronze age treasure in four-minute museum heist in Spain ↗Gold collection known as Treasure of Villena, worth at least €1.7m, is latest target of ‘very well planned’ raid Thieves in Spain have raided the Treasure of Villena – a stunning collection of bronze age gold artefacts that has been described as the most important prehistoric trove in Europe – in the latest high-p…
The Guardian World · 14:00
Hiker reunited with backpack 60 years after he fell into a glacier in Austria ↗Bag, camera and pipe belonging to 86-year-old are latest relics uncovered as glaciers melt due to global heating An 86-year-old mountaineer has been reunited with his backpack and climbing equipment after the kit emerged from a melting glacier in Austria – more than 60 years after he was forced to leave them there…
The Guardian World · 14:21
Ratko Mladić, the ‘Butcher of Bosnia’, dies aged 84 ↗Bosnian Serb commander responsible for Srebrenica massacre dies in prison while serving life sentence for genocide Ratko Mladić, the infamous Serbian general who was serving a life sentence for genocide committed during the Bosnian war, has died in prison in the Hague, a UN official and his lawyer confirmed. Mla…
The Guardian World · 15:00
One Nation’s immigration policy is clear as mud – but that ambiguity could be a secret weapon for Pauline Hanson ↗The party’s key figures are either unable or unwilling to neatly articulate their migration targets, contradicting one another – and themselves Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast One Nation has experienced a swell in popular support in the past year, and has primarily done so off the b…
The Guardian World · 15:05
USS Abraham Lincoln to visit port in Thailand after more than 250 days at sea ↗Thai navy says ‘routine’ visit’ will allow personnel to rest and recuperate amid reports of poor conditions onboard The USS Abraham Lincoln aircraft carrier is set to make a temporary stop in Thailand next week as it heads back to the United States, Thai navy officials said, after spending more than 250 consecutiv…
The Guardian World · 15:23
Officials urge calm after malaria outbreak kills two staff at Frankfurt airport ↗Mosquito traps are set up at Germany’s biggest airport and doctors are asked to look out for symptoms of disease German health officials are seeking to reassure the public after two workers at the country’s biggest airport died of malaria. Mosquito traps have been set up at Frankfurt airport and a mosquito monit…
The Guardian World · 16:50
Greek Orthodox priest and cult musician clarifies views on homosexuality ↗Father Dionysios Tabakis says his views are those of the Orthodox church ‘nothing more, nothing less’ A Greek Orthodox priest whose home-recorded album of drone metal and religious dubstep has made him a cult figure in experimental music circles has issued a statement in which he has clarified his stance on homose…
The Guardian World · 17:58
Trump signs executive order to rename Lake Ontario as Lake America ↗Symbolic move to rename lake bordering New York and Canada comes amid escalating trade war with northern neighbor US politics live – latest updates Donald Trump signed an executive order on Thursday directing the federal government to rename Lake Ontario, making it Lake America. The largely symbolic move come…
The Guardian World · 20:40
Australia news live: number of Australians missing in Nepal increases to 39; voluntary assisted dying now legal nation-wide ↗Foreign affairs minister Penny Wong confirms increase to number of Australians missing Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast Voluntary assisted dying laws have been passed in the Northern Territory jurisdiction following debate over a gag clause barring doctors from raising end-of-life op…
The Guardian World · 23:55
One Nation’s new NSW leader Mike Newman is an investment banker who wants to ‘get rid of wokery’ ↗Son of former ABC chair will contest seat of Cessnock in March state election and says ‘my wife’s Japanese’ so he doesn’t believe party is racist Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast One Nation has named investment banker Mike New…