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Molly the border collie rescued after a week waiting for injured owner in New Zealand’s remote backcountry

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-04-01T03:23:43+00:00

A rescue mission involving volunteer helicopter crew and public donations ended in joy after Molly was located and brought home A spot of furry black and white appears among the jagged rocks of New Zealand’s alpine backcountry. It is Molly the border collie, sitting near the foot of a waterfall where she had been separated from her owner one week earlier.Molly was rescued on Tuesday after an avalanche of donations from the public funded a volunteer team made up of former helicopter pilots and crew to mount a search in the wilderness. Continue reading...

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Australia politics live: Taylor asks Albanese ‘what has changed since yesterday?’ in question time as PM prepares to address nation on Iran and fuel crisis

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-04-01T03:19:47+00:00

Prime minister’s address to the nation will be broadcast across all TV and radio networks simultaneously at 7pm AEDT. Follow today’s news liveGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe makers of Claude.ai will become the first company to sign on to Australia’s national AI plan after a meeting with Anthony Albanese this morning.Anthropic, one of the world’s largest AI companies, will meet with the prime minister, science minister, Tim Ayres, and assistant science minister, Andrew Charlton, to sign a memorandum of understanding.The Australian government and Anthropic are work

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Pétrole, histoire d’une dépendance mondiale

Source: Le Monde - International · Published: 2026-04-01T03:15:03+00:00

L’envolée des cours des hydrocarbures observée depuis le début de la guerre au Moyen-Orient rappelle les chocs pétroliers passés, ceux de 1973, de 1979 et de 2008. A trois reprises, les prix mondiaux du pétrole ont flambé, provoquant récession et promesses de sobriété énergétique. Une fois la crise passée, la consommation mondiale est à chaque fois repartie à la hausse.

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Sydney playground at centre of asbestos mulch scandal closed again after timber found ‘bleeding black tar-like substance’

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-04-01T03:12:06+00:00

Salvaged railway timber removed for testing from Rozelle parklands, which was previously closed in 2024 when asbestos was found in garden mulchGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastParts of a Sydney children’s playground where asbestos was found in garden mulch in 2024 has been closed again, with authorities removing salvaged railway timber for testing.Areas of Rozelle parklands in Sydney’s inner west were fenced off on Monday, with a council notice advising: “Thank you for your patience while we work with the NSW government to carry out works.” Continue reading...

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Comment un traitement révolutionnaire contre le sida est déployé en Eswatini, le pays le plus touché au monde

Source: Le Monde - International · Published: 2026-04-01T03:00:28+00:00

Le petit pays d’Afrique australe, où un quart des adultes sont contaminés par le VIH, est le premier à déployer à grande échelle le médicament préventif lénacapavir. Pionnier dans la lutte contre le virus, il ambitionne d’en finir avec l’épidémie d’ici à 2028.

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Guerre en Ukraine : « Les enfants volés resteront-ils ukrainiens après avoir passé tant de temps en Russie où on les force à oublier ? »

Source: Le Monde - International · Published: 2026-04-01T03:00:22+00:00

Olga et Sasha Kurovska sont deux sœurs ukrainiennes. L’une vit à Paris, l’autre à Kiev. Sasha évoque les troubles psychiques dont elle et nombre de ses compatriotes souffrent. Olga se préoccupe des enfants enlevés à leur pays par la Russie.

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La Fondation contre le terrorisme, tenace officine de l’intimidation et de la corruption au Guatemala

Source: Le Monde - International · Published: 2026-04-01T03:00:12+00:00

A coups de procédures et de campagnes calomnieuses, la Fondation contre le terrorisme défend depuis 2013, au Guatemala, les intérêts de l’extrême droite et d’une élite véreuse, liée aux réseaux criminels. Elle a pour bras armé l’actuelle procureure générale du pays, pourtant passé à gauche.

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FY27 to start on positive note for Indian stocks, Gift Nifty signals gains

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-04-01T02:42:23+00:00

Global markets rallied strongly, with the Dow Jones surging over 1,100 points, as reports indicated that Iranian leadership may be open to ending hostilities, subject to certain assurances

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FY27 to start on positive note for Indian stocks, says Gift Nifty

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-04-01T02:13:08+00:00

Global markets rallied strongly, with the Dow Jones surging over 1,100 points, as reports indicated that Iranian leadership may be open to ending hostilities, subject to certain assurances

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Middle East crisis live: war will end in ‘two or three weeks’ claims Trump; Rubio says US will ‘reexamine’ relationship with Nato

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-04-01T02:04:18+00:00

US president reiterates that responsibility for reopening strait of Hormuz rests on the countries who rely on it‘Get your own oil’: Trump launches tirade against Europe for not joining Iran warSaudi Arabia’s defence ministry has said it has intercepted and destroyed ten drones over the past hours, and eight missiles launched towards the Riyadh area and the country’s eastern region.Early this morning Kuwait said its air defences were responding to hostile missile and drone attacks. Neither Saudi Arabia nor Kuwait said where the drones or missiles came from.Iran attacked and set ablaze a fully l

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Trump’s order to limit mail-in voting: does he have the authority?

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-04-01T01:59:47+00:00

Critics say ‘election integrity’ plan to compile national voter list is unconstitutional and will be blocked by the courtsDonald Trump on Tuesday signed an executive order seeking to restrict mail-in voting and compile a national voter list in a move that is unprecedented and likely unconstitutional.The order directs the administration to establish a federal list of confirmed citizens that can legally vote in each state, and orders the postal service to send mail-in ballots only to those on the list. During a press conference at the White House, Trump said the administration would like to requ

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Democrats and voting rights advocates vow to fight Trump’s latest order: ‘massive and unconstitutional suppression effort’ – as it happened

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-04-01T01:56:32+00:00

This live blog is now closed.Sign up for the Breaking News US emailDonald Trump confirmed that King Charles and Queen Camilla, will travel to the US for a state visit from 27 to 30 April.The president said that the trip will include a banquet dinner at the White House on 28 April. “I look forward to spending time with the King, whom I greatly respect. It will be TERRIFIC!,” Trump wrote on Truth Social. Continue reading...

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Stephen Lewis, Canadian politician and social activist, dies aged 88

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-04-01T01:31:04+00:00

Lewis was the father of Avi Lewis, who was elected leader of the progressive New Democratic party one day before his father diedStephen Lewis, the Canadian diplomat, politician and human rights advocate, who spent decades tirelessly working to focus global attention on the HIV/Aids epidemic, has died of cancer.Lewis, who served as the Canadian ambassador to the United Nations, as well as the head of Ontario’s New Democratic party (NDP), was 88. Continue reading...

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US Forest Service to move headquarters from Washington DC to Salt Lake City

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-04-01T01:16:38+00:00

Announcement part of controversial shakeup described by critics as administration attack on ‘science and scientists’The Trump administration will move the US Forest Service headquarters from Washington DC to Salt Lake City and shut down its regional offices, the agriculture department has announced. The announcement sets in motion a controversial reorganization for the country’s second-largest federal land management agency that Trump officials have planned since last year.The move, which the USDA touted as a “commonsense approach”, recalls the first Trump administration’s chaotic attempt to r

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Australia politics live: PM to address nation tonight on Iran and fuel crisis; new traffic data shows cars deserting city streets

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-04-01T01:15:22+00:00

Prime minister’s address to the nation will be broadcast across all TV and radio networks simultaneously at 7pm AEDT. Follow today’s news liveGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe makers of Claude.ai will become the first company to sign on to Australia’s national AI plan after a meeting with Anthony Albanese this morning.Anthropic, one of the world’s largest AI companies, will meet with the prime minister, science minister, Tim Ayres, and assistant science minister, Andrew Charlton, to sign a memorandum of understanding.The Australian government and Anthropic are work

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Chalmers says small business ‘paying the price’ for Middle East conflict as he unveils support measures

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-04-01T01:04:52+00:00

Australian treasurer says Iran war having ‘extreme impact on global economy’ as Albanese to address nation about fuel crisis Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastJim Chalmers has unveiled a suite of Covid-era support measures including tax deferrals for businesses struggling with soaring fuel prices, in the latest sign the government is preparing for a more severe economic downturn from the US-Israel war on Iran.Addressing the media on Wednesday morning, the treasurer said “the war in the Middle East is having an extre

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Anthony Albanese to address nation on Wednesday night as treasurer announces Covid-era support measures

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-04-01T01:04:52+00:00

Treasurer says Iran war having ‘extreme impact on global economy’ Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastJim Chalmers has unveiled a suite of Covid-era support measures for businesses struggling with soaring fuel prices and the prime minister is set to address the nation in the latest sign the government is preparing for a more severe economic downturn from the US-Israel war on Iran.“The war in the Middle East is having an extreme impact on the global economy. Australians and Australian small businesses are paying the pr

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Lo scudo delle Under

Source: Repubblica Homepage · Published: 2026-04-01T00:59:27+00:00

Speriamo che Gravina non impugni le Under per difendere la sua posizione, perché questo lungo elenco di adolescenti sono la prova di un doppio fallimento

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‘A law of death that only applies to Palestinians’

Source: Al Jazeera - World · Published: 2026-04-01T00:56:02+00:00

Protesters demanded UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer act, not just condemn, Israel’s death penalty law for Palestinians.

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Trump Seeks to Redefine ‘Regime Change’ in Iran War

Source: New York Times - World · Published: 2026-04-01T00:51:10+00:00

President Trump and his aides have made contradictory statements on whether the United States and Israel have transformed the Iranian government through violence.

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Politics live: Anthony Albanese to address nation tonight to outline Australia’s response to Middle East crisis; Chalmers announces support package for businesses

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-04-01T00:49:59+00:00

Prime minister’s address to the nation will be broadcast across all TV and radio networks simultaneously at 7pm AEDT. Follow today’s news liveGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe makers of Claude.ai will become the first company to sign on to Australia’s national AI plan after a meeting with Anthony Albanese this morning.Anthropic, one of the world’s largest AI companies, will meet with the prime minister, science minister, Tim Ayres, and assistant science minister, Andrew Charlton, to sign a memorandum of understanding.The Australian government and Anthropic are work

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Australia politics live: Anthony Albanese to address nation tonight to outline Australia’s response to Middle East crisis; Chalmers announces support package for businesses

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-04-01T00:19:16+00:00

Prime minister’s address to the nation will be broadcast across all TV and radio networks simultaneously at 7pm. Follow today’s news liveGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe makers of Claude.ai will become the first company to sign on to Australia’s national AI plan after a meeting with Anthony Albanese this morning.Anthropic, one of the world’s largest AI companies, will meet with the prime minister, science minister, Tim Ayres, and assistant science minister, Andrew Charlton, to sign a memorandum of understanding.The Australian government and Anthropic are working t

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