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Australia news live: KPMG boss resigns over whistleblower scandal; Angus Taylor challenged on ‘arrogant prick’ comment about PM

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-05-29T02:01:24+00:00

Follow today’s news liveGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastWho’s leading the fight against Labor’s CGT reform – and what’s in it for them?People with direct personal financial stakes in Labor’s tax reforms are among the loudest voices opposing the changes. Continue reading...

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US imposes fresh sanctions on Iran’s military oil sales

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-05-29T02:00:04+00:00

“We will not allow the Iranian government to increase its oil revenue for the purpose ​of reconstituting its armed ‌forces and military capabilities,” Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said in a release

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US Treasury prepares mock-up of $250 note with Trump portrait

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-05-29T01:50:04+00:00

Congressional approval would be needed to change current US currency laws barring living individuals from appearing on notes.

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Three dead after gas explosion causes fire in Dallas apartment building

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-05-29T01:44:51+00:00

Officials say bodies of two adult women and one child found in rubble and four other people taken to hospitalSign up for the Breaking News US newsletter emailThree people died after an apparent explosion led to a major fire at a Dallas apartment complex on Thursday.Nearly 100 firefighters battled the flames that left the collapsed building heaped on the ground as black smoke billowed into the sky. The bodies of two adult women and one child were found in the rubble, Dallas Fire and Rescue said, according ABC News affiliate WFAA. Four additional people were hospitalized with injuries. Continue

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Crude oil falls slightly on reports of potential US-Iran ceasefire deal

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-05-29T01:40:04+00:00

Brent crude futures for July, which expire on Friday’s settlement, was down 35 cents, or 0.37%, at $93.36 a barrel ‌at 0105 GMT. U.S. oil futures fell 63 cents, or 0.71%, to $88.27 a barrel.

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Death toll in Washington tank rupture rises to eight as recovery progresses

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-05-29T01:39:52+00:00

Three more people remain missing and are presumed dead, after tank containing chemical mixture collapsedThe confirmed death toll in the chemical tank explosion at a Washington state paper mill rose to eight on Thursday after crews recovered the remains of six workers, officials said.Three more individuals remain missing and are presumed dead. Eight other people were injured, including a firefighter responding to the incident. Continue reading...

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Aux Etats-Unis, deux familles afro-américaines portent plainte contre le gouvernement près de soixante ans après la mort de leurs bébés ayant reçu une dose d’un vaccin expérimental

Source: Le Monde - International · Published: 2026-05-29T01:30:39+00:00

Les deux nourrissons s’étaient vus administrer à l’hiver 1965-1966, sans le consentement des parents, une version ultra-concentrée d’un essai de vaccin contre le virus respiratoire syncytial, à l’origine de la grande majorité des bronchiolites. Ils étaient morts un an plus tard.

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JD Vance says US ‘not there yet’ on an Iran deal – as it happened

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-05-29T01:30:35+00:00

This live blog is now closed, you can read our latest report from the Middle East hereDonald Trump shares draft Iran peace agreement with Israel and other alliesHezbollah has claimed dozens of drone and rocket attacks that it said targeted Israeli troops in southern Lebanon and northern Israel.The group said it launched several attacks on Israeli soldiers and tanks that crossed the Litani river into the town of Zawtar al-Sharqiyah near Nabatieh, as close-range fighting continues. Continue reading...

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Aux Etats-Unis, deux familles afro-américaines portent plainte contre le gouvernement près de soixante ans après la mort de leurs bébés ayant reçu une dose d’un vaccin expérimental

Source: Le Monde - International · Published: 2026-05-29T01:30:33+00:00

Les deux nourrissons s’étaient vu administrer à l’hiver 1965-1966, sans le consentement des parents, une version ultraconcentrée d’un essai de vaccin contre le virus respiratoire syncytial, à l’origine de la grande majorité des bronchiolites. Ils étaient morts un an plus tard.

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California’s ‘Los Gatos party mom’ sentenced to 35 years in prison

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-05-29T01:05:14+00:00

Shannon O’Connor, 52, was convicted of charges including child endangerment and facilitating forcible sexual assaultA judge has sentenced a San Francisco Bay Area mother to 35 years in prison after her conviction for a slew of crimes resulting from hosting drunken sex parties for young teenagers.Widely known as the “Los Gatos party mom”, a nickname that references her hometown, 52-year-old Shannon O’Connor was convicted of four dozen crimes in March, including child endangerment, dissuading witnesses from reporting a crime and facilitating forcible sexual assault. Her sentence was the maximum

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Federal jury finds army veteran and two other ICE protesters guilty of conspiracy

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-05-29T00:58:04+00:00

Case involving June 2025 protest is escalation in Trump officials’ attack on first amendment rights, say expertsA federal jury has found three protesters, including a US military veteran of the war in Afghanistan, guilty on felony conspiracy charges on Thursday for their part in a June 2025 protest against US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).Legal experts have said the Spokane, Washington, case marked a serious escalation in the Trump administration’s attack on first amendment rights. The demonstrators now face potential sentences of up to six years in prison and a $250,000 fine. Cont

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Australia news live: Australia’s greenhouse gas emissions fall 2%; consumer watchdog sues Amazon over ‘hazardous’ pink toddler unicorn backpack

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-05-29T00:48:32+00:00

Government data says rise of renewable energy displacing some coal and gas electricity. Follow today’s news liveGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastWho’s leading the fight against Labor’s CGT reform – and what’s in it for them?People with direct personal financial stakes in Labor’s tax reforms are among the loudest voices opposing the changes. Continue reading...

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Italian Police Uncover Dead Mob Boss’s $230 Million Business Empire

Source: New York Times - World · Published: 2026-05-29T00:23:56+00:00

When Matteo Messina Denaro died in 2023, many of his secrets died with him. That began to change with a tip about a wealthy Sicilian woman’s significant assets in a tiny European principality.

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Italian Police Uncover Dead Mob Boss’ $230 Million Business Empire

Source: New York Times - World · Published: 2026-05-29T00:13:01+00:00

When Matteo Messina Denaro died in 2023, many of his secrets died with him. That began to change with a tip about a wealthy Sicilian woman’s significant assets in a tiny European principality.

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Musical acts back out of performing at Trump-affiliated concert series

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-05-29T00:05:50+00:00

Morris Day, Young MC and others balk at appearing at US’s 250th anniversary events organized by administrationAt least five of the nine featured musical acts set to play in a concert series organized by the Trump administration to mark the United States’ 250th anniversary have dropped out, just one day after the lineup was announced.The first to drop out, hours after Wednesday’s announcement, was Morris Day, who called his scheduled participation in the summer concert series on Washington DC’s National Mall a baseless “rumor”. Continue reading...

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Australia news live: consumer watchdog sues Amazon over ‘hazardous’ pink toddler unicorn backpack; concert to celebrate John Farnham

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-05-29T00:04:07+00:00

ACCC says backpacks for sale in online marketplace failed to comply with mandatory warnings for button batteries. Follow today’s news liveGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastWho’s leading the fight against Labor’s CGT reform – and what’s in it for them?People with direct personal financial stakes in Labor’s tax reforms are among the loudest voices opposing the changes. Continue reading...

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EN DIRECT, guerre en Ukraine : Un immeuble en Roumanie frappé par un drone russe selon le ministère de l’intérieur

Source: Le Monde - International · Published: 2026-05-28T23:38:55+00:00

Le ministère de l’intérieur du pays membre de l’Otan a annoncé qu’un drone russe s’était « écrasé sur le toit d’un immeuble d’habitation, provoquant un incendie lors de l’impact » dans le sud de la ville de Galati proche de la frontière avec l’Ukraine.

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Global heating is making hajj ever more dangerous, report finds

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-05-28T23:01:34+00:00

Rising heat in Saudi Arabia threatens millions of Muslim pilgrims – but cutting fossil fuels would keep it saferGlobal heating has “fundamentally altered” the climate of Mecca and is exposing millions of hajj pilgrims to extreme and dangerous heat even in months outside summer, new analysis has found.Carbon dioxide emissions from fossil fuels means scorching temperatures of 40C (104F) are now regularly experienced in May, the study showed. In past decades, such peaks would only have occurred in summer. The researchers said that hajj, the annual Islamic pilgrimage to Mecca, would take place ami

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Afghan president voiced concern over civilians killed by SAS troops, inquiry told

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-05-28T23:01:33+00:00

Newly released evidence from inquiry into 80 deaths shows Afghan partner forces no longer willing to work alongside British by 2011Concerns about the number of Afghan civilians being killed by British special forces in the early part of the last decade prompted the country’s then president to make a “muscular” complaint to Nato commanders fighting the Taliban.Newly released evidence from a public inquiry into the deaths of up to 80 people during an SAS deployment also showed that Afghan partner military forces were no longer willing to work alongside the British by the spring of 2011. Continue

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Repubblica delle Idee. Appuntamento a Bologna siete invitati alla festa

Source: Repubblica Homepage · Published: 2026-05-28T23:00:00+00:00

Dal 12 al 14 giugno torna il nostro festival che quest’anno coincidecon il cinquantenario del giornale. Sarà l’occasione per riscoprirele radici di una storia. Costruendo insieme una nuova idea di futuro

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La Ue: “Fondi di coesione contro il caro energia”. La rivolta delle Regioni

Source: Repubblica Homepage · Published: 2026-05-28T23:00:00+00:00

Il commissario Raffaele Fitto: “Ampliare le misure esistenti a sostegno di famiglie e imprese, migliorare l’efficienza energetica degli edifici pubblici, ridurre i consumi”. La replica: solo un bancomat d’emergenza

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Stupri di guerra, Israele e Russia nella black list dell’Onu

Source: Repubblica Homepage · Published: 2026-05-28T23:00:00+00:00

L’ambasciatore dello Stato ebraico alle Nazioni Unite Danny Danon accusa: “Una decisione scollegata dalla realtà. Con Guterres abbiamo chiuso”

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Sinner, la nobiltà di una sconfitta in una trappola annunciata

Source: Repubblica Homepage · Published: 2026-05-28T23:00:00+00:00

Il grande merito di Jannik è stato quello di aver abbracciato la sconfitta, di essersi concesso al sacrificio e averlo sperimentato per arrivare ai propri limiti

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“Sinner, come un guasto al motore di una F1: mai visto nulla di simile, va studiato”

Source: Repubblica Homepage · Published: 2026-05-28T23:00:00+00:00

Gianni Daniele, presidente della commissione medica della federtennis ed ex team manager in Davis e Billie Jean King Cup: "Va analizzato il metabolismo di Jannik, all’improvviso sembrava avere uno sguardo meno sereno. Forse andava preparato diversamente”

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