Saturday, 26 September 2026
222 articles · times in UTC
The Guardian World · 00:12
Free the Strip! Melburnians fight back against outlawing of much-loved picnic spot ↗A council ban on drinking on the median strip in Canning Street, Carlton, sparks a peaceful protest featuring punch bowls, chips and laughter Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast It looked like a typical spring evening on Melbourne’s Canning Street when a few dozen picnickers gathered on…
The Guardian World · 02:02
British climber, 28, dies in fall in northern Spain ↗Mountaineer’s body recovered about 20 metres below the summit of Torrecerredo, the highest peak of the Picos de Europa range A British man has died after falling about 61 metres (200ft) while descending from the summit of a mountain in northern Spain, according to local law enforcement. The 28-year-old mountaine…
The Guardian World · 05:00
Drones could speed up getting defibrillators to people having cardiac arrests, study suggests ↗New research suggests the technology could be used to increase out-of-hospital access to life-saving devices Drones could help cut the time it takes to get a defibrillator to people experiencing cardiac arrests when not in hospital, researchers have suggested. In the UK alone, there are more than 30,000 out-of-h…
The Guardian World · 07:58
Lula bans fixed-odds sports betting a week before Brazilian elections ↗President’s ‘hard, drastic and necessary measure’, likely to attract widespread public support, polls suggest Brazilian president, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, has signed an order banning fixed-odds sports betting just over a week before the first round of the presidential election, in a move he said was designed to…
The Guardian World · 15:50
Pope Leo celebrates open-air mass before 700,000 people in Paris ↗Crowds line Place de la Concorde on second day of pontiff’s first official papal visit to France in 18 years Hundreds of thousands of people lined the Avenue des Champs-Élysées in Paris on Saturday to attend an open-air mass with Pope Leo, on the second day of his visit to France. The Vatican estimated 700,00…
The Guardian World · 16:00
US strikes on Ecuadorian fishing boats raise humanitarian concerns but Trump admin not wavering ↗Attorney says fishers ‘losing their livelihoods’, but Marco Rubio maintains US still willing to ‘blow up ships if need be’ While the US secretary of state, Marco Rubio , was being decorated in Quito by Ecuador’s president for “helping to promote peace in the region”, 10 Ecuadorian fishers whose boat had been blown…
The Guardian World · 16:54
Greek authorities seek answers after six killed in Athens apartment block explosion ↗Emergency teams discovered victims after two-storey building in historic Plaka district collapsed ‘in seconds’ Greek authorities say they are trying to discover what caused a two-storey apartment block in the heart of ancient Athens to collapse “in a matter of seconds”, killing six people. Emergency teams found…
The Guardian World · 20:00
Private colleges around Australia offering last-minute discounts for diploma allegedly ‘misused by shonks’ ↗Federal government to deregister graduate diploma of management in October over fears it was being used by ‘non-genuine’ students to remain in country Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast Private colleges are offering discounts to rush students into a diploma the federal government is ca…
The Guardian World · 20:00
Palestinian careers adviser who was allegedly told to stop wearing keffiyeh at Sydney school sues for racial discrimination ↗Wasim El-Haj alleges NSW government school ordered him to stop wearing symbolic garment as it ‘may cause discord’ Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast A Palestinian careers adviser who was allegedly directed to stop wearing a keffiyeh at a Sydney government school because it was a symbol…
The Guardian World · 22:00
Australian backlash to datacentres is faux import from US, officials say: ‘We are not the United States’ ↗Pro-datacentre officials argue scale of Australia’s buildout is smaller, more regulated and less damaging than in US Australian 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…
The Guardian World · 23:19
Australia news live: Albanese says announcement of Medicare breach ‘purely in national interest’ ↗Follow live updates Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast Flight cancellations cause heartache for interstate footy fans Interstate footy fans grappled with flight delays and cancellations on Saturday as they raced to reach Melbourne in time for the AFL Grand Final. What this does is…