Politicians and media gather for Canberra’s Midwinter Ball– as it happened

This blog is now closed.Check out our Midwinter’s Ball gallery hereGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastAlbanese says charges against EY employees who accessed PM’s bank account details ‘appropriate’It’s not just KPMG in (boiling) hot water right now; EY is also in the spotlight, after two of its graduate employees on secondment at the Commonwealth Bank allegedly used the bank’s systems to access the personal details of Anthony Albanese. The two employees have been sacked.It’s before the courts and I’m not about to go into the detail of that. It’s appropriate that charges

La policía británica investiga por negligencia grave a dos de los agentes que arrestaron a Henry Nowak

El joven fue acuchillado mortalmente en Southampton por un hombre sij que le acusó falsamente de una agresión racista

Акционеры девелопера «Эталон» одобрили невыплату дивидендов за 2025 год

Salzburg bans tourists from driving into historic centre over summer

Day trippers face fines for entering Austrian city’s old town during July and August in action to curb ‘chaotic traffic situations’ Salzburg has begun enforcing a summer ban on visitors driving into its historic centre, picking up a policy modelled by other car-choked European cities plagued by overtourism.Authorities in Austria’s fourth largest municipal area said they hoped the “less traffic, more city” restrictions in July and August would reduce the number of vehicle entries by 1,000 a day. Continue reading...

PE-VC investments down 3% y-o-y in June quarter

Mega deals rise but volume falls as early-stage activity shows signs of revival

Новак: доля инвестиций в ВВП может вырасти до 28%

UN Human Rights Council to hold urgent meeting on Sudan crisis

The emergency session follows warnings that 500,000 civilians around el-Obeid are at risk of large-scale atrocities.

JSW Infrastructure raises ₹7,503 crore in landmark QIP, stock rises 2.7%

The first combined ‘primary and promoter OFS’ deal draws 6.7x subscription from global and domestic investors

Roche adds second digital tech hub in Hyderabad, India

New facility to boost data-driven innovations and IT solutions for patient care

US Supreme Court upholds birthright citizenship: Who wins, who loses?

Court struck down US President Trump's executive order abolishing it, but he has pledged to challenge the ruling.

Пьянов: контрольная доля государства в ВТБ не изменится в результате допэмиссии

Students should continuously adapt to emerging technologies: President Murmu

She advised the students to cultivate the courage to explore new ideas and acquire new knowledge

U.S. and Iran Set to Hold Indirect Talks After Trading Attacks: What to Know

With negotiators in Qatar, oil prices are easing as shipowners send more vessels through the Strait of Hormuz, unblocking energy flows.

Infra major MEIL forays into IT; forms JV with Analog

The companies plan $300-500 million investment and eyes cell, battery and electric vehicle manufacturing

Nifty snaps losing streak, reclaims 24,000 as Realty and FMCG lead; IT drags

Nifty 50 settled at 24,005.85, up 0.59%, while the Sensex advanced 0.58% to close at 76,922

Keir Starmer forced on back foot at PMQs over ‘weak’ defence plan

Prime minister says he will take no lectures from Tories after Kemi Badenoch says investment plan is insufficientUK politics live – latest updatesKeir Starmer was forced on the defensive in the Commons over his long-delayed defence investment plan announced this week, which critics argue leaves his successor as prime minister, expected to be Andy Burnham, with an extra £4.7bn to find in his first budget.Starmer defended his £298bn defence investment plan (Dip) at prime minister’s questions on Wednesday despite a growing backlash from insiders in Burnham’s team and from ministers and MPs resent

Новак: закрыть неэффективные компании физически невозможно

E Jean Carroll asks judge to order Donald Trump to pay $5m he owes her

Move follows supreme court refusal to hear Trump’s appeal of civil case verdict in sexual abuse and defamation caseThe New York journalist E Jean Carroll asked a judge on Tuesday to mandate that Donald Trump pay her the $5m she is owed from a jury verdict that found the US president liable for sexually abusing her in the 1990s and defaming her after she publicly described in 2019 being attacked by him in a city department store.Lawyers for Carroll filed papers in a federal court in Manhattan one day after the US supreme court refused to hear Trump’s appeal of the civil case verdict in 2023. Co

Who is Vadym Yermolaiev, the Ukrainian tycoon injured in Monaco blast?

Police in Monaco and France are hunting for a suspect seen leaving an explosive device at a residential building.

Two people onboard small plane die after it crashes in field in Essex

Two-seat Cessna aircraft was carrying out short flight experience when it crashed in Ongar on Tuesday, police sayTwo people have died after a light aircraft on a “short flight experience” crashed in a field near Ongar in Essex, police have said.The two-seat Cessna plane crashed in a field off Mill Lane, Ongar, on Tuesday after taking off from North Weald airfield about seven miles west, Essex police said. Continue reading...

Экспорт газа по «Турецкому потоку» в I полугодии вырос на 5%

Два предприятия в Пензе атакованы БПЛА

Alarm bells over conflict of interest as filing shows Trump raked in $2bn in 2025 | First Thing

President made more than $1bn from crypto businesses last year while federal government oversaw regulation. Plus, giant seal causes havoc in Tasmania – but locals love himGood morning. Donald Trump has raked in more than $1bn from his crypto businesses since returning to the White House, according to financial disclosures, making him substantially richer and ringing alarm bells over a conflict of interest.According to a 927-page document released on Tuesday by the US Office of Government Ethics, in all, Trump made more than $2.2bn last year, benefitting from a vast network of businesses and in

Duke of York’s theatre to be renamed after Tom Stoppard

New name recognises the playwright’s huge impact on British theatre with producer Sonia Friedman saying he would be ‘tickled pink’The Duke of York’s theatre in the West End is to become the Tom Stoppard theatre in honour of the playwright who died in November.The theatre is currently presenting Carrie Cracknell’s revival of Stoppard’s 1993 masterpiece Arcadia and the same play was produced there in 2009. The playwright’s wife, Sabrina Stoppard, said: “Tom was in his element whenever he had a play on in the West End, so I am thrilled to bits that this theatre will be named after him. It means t

46-річна Вітвіцька вперше розповіла, як несподівано дізналася про вагітність

Ведуча зізналася, що зробити тест на вагітність підказав чат GPT.

Перша постійна база на Місяці: NASA інвестувала у будівництво сотні мільйонів доларів

Кожна посадка стане полігоном для відпрацювання технологій майбутньої інфраструктури.

Israël veut rester « indéfiniment » dans les zones de sécurité au Liban, en Syrie et à Gaza, selon le ministre de la défense

L’annonce du ministre Israel Katz intervient alors que des délégations iraniennes et américaines sont réunies au Qatar pour discuter du protocole d’accord signé mi-juin visant à mettre fin à la guerre au Moyen-Orient.

Israël veut rester « pour une durée indéterminée » dans les « zones de sécurité » au Liban, en Syrie et à Gaza, selon le ministre de la défense

L’annonce d’Israel Katz survient alors que des délégations iraniennes et américaines sont réunies au Qatar pour discuter du protocole d’accord signé mi-juin visant à mettre fin à la guerre au Moyen-Orient.

Centre slashes 5 KG LPG cylinder prices; reduces Commercial LPG & domestic ATF rates

The price of a 19-kg commercial liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) cylinder was reduced by ₹183.50 per cylinder bringing down the cost in Delhi to ₹2,930 per cylinder

Fears of Catholic schism as defiant sect ordains ultra-conservative bishops

Consecrations by Society of Saint Pius X bring automatic excommunication for bishops – and crisis for Pope LeoA rebel group of ultra-conservative Catholics has defied Pope Leo by ordaining bishops without his consent, which they declared a “sacred duty” despite it causing their automatic excommunication.In a ritual-filled ceremony on Wednesday streamed live from the Swiss village of Ecône, the Society of Saint Pius X (SSPX) went ahead with the consecrations of four bishops, one from Switzerland, one from France and two from the US. Continue reading...

КАБи, які тепер є й в України, змінять наступний етап війни, – Forbes

Потужні плануючі бомби замінили артилерію, яку витіснили дрони.

Several people killed in fire at apartment block in Belgium’s Antwerp

Firefighters battle blaze that has also injured a number of people in Linkeroever area of Antwerp.

At least 6 killed in fire at apartment block in Belgium’s Antwerp

Firefighters battle blaze that has also injured a number of people in Linkeroever area of Antwerp.

Набиуллина: дефицит кадров является главным ограничителем роста экономики

New Orleans residents on warning to abandon sinking city: ‘Nobody wants to leave home’

After a recent study found New Orleans is at a ‘point of no return’ amid the climate crisis, some locals say they will ‘only leave if forced to’. But what would it take to stay?When a study in May concluded that New Orleans has hit a “point of no return” due to the climate crisis that will require people to eventually retreat from their storied yet ultimately doomed city, the local reaction was swift and fiery.The onward march of rising seas around a sinking city was unsettling, but the study is “more focused on generating publicity and clickbait headlines” than coming up with solutions, said

Kikkoman Hosts the 4th All-India Kikkoman Cooking Contest

Kikkoman Hosts the 4th All-India Kikkoman Cooking Contest

2nd Edition of Chandigarh University's 'Scholars' Summit 2026' Kicks Off; 3600 CUCET Toppers Across India Felicitated

2nd Edition of Chandigarh University's 'Scholars' Summit 2026' Kicks Off; 3600 CUCET Toppers Across India Felicitated

Україна зараз почувається на полі бою набагато краще, це визнав і Трамп, - Рютте

Генеральний секретар НАТО заявив, що Росія досі не дає йому спати ночами.

Пьянов: ВТБ стал ключевым кредитором АФК «Система», получив в залог акции Ozon

Пьянов: ВТБ получил от АФК «Система» в залог акции Ozon

Чому полуниця з магазину не така ароматна: пояснення Комаровського

Яскравий полуничний аромат, за словами лікаря, з’являється завдяки складній комбінації ароматичних сполук у плоді.

Проєкт ДТЕК і GE Vernova з будівництва газової електростанції є найбільшим подібним проєктом за 10 років, - експерт

фото ua.depositphotos.comСпільний проєкт компанії ДТЕК та світового лідера у галузі енергетичних технологій GE Vernova з будівництва газової електростанції в Україні є найбільшим проєктом паливної генерації...

Оголосили про підозру російському офіцеру, який командував "зачистками" у Бучі

У зоні відповідальності цього підрозділу загинули щонайменше 22 цивільних.

Минфин разместил ОФЗ на 10,36 млрд рублей при доходности 14,96%

General Dhiraj Seth charts Army’s future with ‘VIJAY’ framework

On assuming charge as Chief of Army Staff, General Dhiraj Seth vowed to make the Indian Army into a ‘technology-enabled’ and ‘future-ready’ fighting force

At least five killed in fire at Antwerp apartment building, say police

The fire broke out in the 10-storey block in the Linkeroever district of the Belgian city.

At least five killed in fire at Antwerp apartment block, say police

The fire broke out in the 10-storey block in the Linkeroever district of the Belgian city.

Al menos cinco muertos en el incendio de un bloque de viviendas en la ciudad belga de Amberes

Por el momento se desconoce el origen del fuego, que ha obligado a la evacuación del complejo residencial donde viven más de 200 personas

Al menos seis muertos en el incendio de un bloque de viviendas en la ciudad belga de Amberes

Por el momento se desconoce el origen del fuego, que ha obligado a la evacuación del complejo residencial donde viven más de 200 personas

Материнская компания CarMoney не будет выплачивать дивиденды за 2025 год

Люди падають від спеки, є загиблі: пасажири Укрзалізниці опинилися "в пастці" у потягах

УЗ порадила пасажирам повідомляти про непрацюючі кондиціонери та вікна, що не відриваються, провідників або начальників поїздів.

Люди падають від спеки, є загиблі: пасажири "Укрзалізниці" опинилися "в пастці" у потягах

УЗ порадила пасажирам повідомляти про непрацюючі кондиціонери та вікна, що не відриваються, провідників або начальників поїздів.

Monsoon readies to enter Delhi as IMD confirms watch for first ‘low’

Conditions are favourable for further advance to more parts of Gujarat; Madhya Pradesh; Uttar Pradesh; Haryana and Chandigarh, Punjab; and parts of Rajasthan

Badenoch urges Burnham to condemn defence investment plan as Starmer says black hole will be addressed – UK politics live

Minister and MPs have raised concerns that his ‘poisoned chalice’ plan will take cash from much-needed road projectsMinister and MP ‘furious’ over cuts to road projects to fund defence planDan Sabbagh is the Guardian’s defence and security editor.Andy Burnham is a “true patriot” who will provide the money needed to maintain Britain’s security when he becomes prime minister, the new defence secretary, Dan Jarvis, said on a visit to a factory in Cambridge today.I’ve known Andy Burnham for more than 15 years, he is a true patriot, and I absolutely believe that he will make sure that we have the r

Чи потрібно відключати техніку від мережі під час грози: експерти дали чітку відповідь

Якщо в будинок потрапить позитивний заряд блискавки, він просто спалить усю техніку.