Sweden’s extremely close election could see far right enter government
Latest poll shows 0.3-point gap between left and right blocs, with country’s reputation as global champion of human ri…
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From black-clad agitators to an appeal for ‘Tommo’s Mum’: an unsettling week with the Patriot Platform
A militaristic operation with features of influencer culture, the new anti-migrant movement seems to show a shift in t…
Can chatbots feel – or even dream? Meet the man leading the fight for AI rights
Cattle rancher and tech CEO Michael Samadi is convinced these artificial minds are far from just tools. Has he glimpse…
Artist delights in beautiful ‘mess’ and dead trees of England’s rewilding sites
Rebecca Howard spent two years visiting projects and painting landscapes that feature in West Sussex exhibitionRewildi…
Death toll from Philippines ferry fire rises to 35, as officials warn toll will grow
The deadly fire had begun in the ferry’s cargo hold, then tore through the ship within secondsThe bodies of passengers…
‘The family paid the price’: India’s deadly online gambling crisis
Debts and deaths are mounting, as a soaring online gambling industry adapts to evade an Indian government ban.
Saudi Arabia shuts key oil pipeline after drone attack launched from Iraq
Iraq removes a military commander and opens investigations into the attack that came from an area bordering Iran.
Alleged drone operator charged with murder after mistaken identity shooting in Sydney
NSW police say 18-year-old was operating drone when arrested and likely ‘conducting surveillance on someone or some pr…
China’s Xi heads to India for BRICS summit overshadowed by wars
Wars in the Middle East and Ukraine, along with global energy security, are expected to dominate the summit.
Nearly 50,000 Yemeni civilians flee as Houthis advance along Red Sea coast
Global struggle for control of Bab al-Mandab strait threatens to turn Yemen’s on-off conflict into a forever warViolen…
Firewall compromised: has Friedrich Merz blown ‘democracy’s last shot’?
Many fear chancellor is wrong man for the job at a time when Germany’s defences against far right are crumblingA catac…
A stable Afghanistan post 9/11 is in US interests says former US diplomat
Former US diplomat Zalmay Khalilzad says Washington wants to prevent Afghanistan becoming a hub for anti-US groups.