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Sep 24, 2026 - World

Acting president says Venezuela returning strongly after ‘setbacks’. This blog is now closed – see our full reports:Trump greets Xi Jinping on arrival in rare move as US-China trade truce extendedIran’s president hits out at ‘bully’ Trump in UN speech but signals willingness to talkThese latest attacks come just hours before Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s address to the UN general assembly, so he is likely to reflect on them during his UN speech later.So far, we have had no public comment from Zelenskyy or Ukraine’s foreign minister Andrii Sybiha. Continue reading...

Sep 24, 2026 - World

‘Pubs have been pet friendly for years’ in other countries, premier says, as Labor moves to overturn ban on dogs in venuesFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our new political email, free app or daily news podcastFor Steph and her partner Paul, there’s something special about a pub in the British winter.“It’s really lovely – in wintertime, you go with your dog, there’s a fire, it’s really cozy,” she said.Sign up for Guardian Australia’s Politics, really newsletter here Continue reading...

Sep 24, 2026 - World

Anthropic said Claude analyzed large DNA databases and found an unusual system built around a reverse transcriptase (RT), an enzyme that copies RNA into DNA.

Sep 24, 2026 - World

OpenAI infiltrated an Australian government health website in June in an "unacceptable" breach, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said.

Sep 24, 2026 - World

IPPR finds failure to align testing standards has forced companies to abandon exporting to EU and is costing costing 0.18% of national incomeThe UK is losing out on annual exports to the EU that could be worth as much as £6.5bn without a deal with Brussels that allows manufacturers to jettison duplicate product testing.In the latest attempt to calculate the loss of trade with the EU after Brexit, the IPPR thinktank said many companies have given up selling goods to the EU or set up subsidiaries inside the trade bloc after successive governments failed to secure a mutual recognition agreement that would avoid the extra administration costs.Motor vehicle and part exports would have been between £2.48bn and £3.42bn higher each year.Electronic exports could have been between £1.17bn and £1.67bn higher.Pharmaceutical exports would have had an estimated annual uplift of between £740m and £820m. Continue reading...