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Australia warns H5N1 likely to spread after first mass mortality episode 

03 August 2026

News|Health Australia has warned that H5N1 bird flu is likely to spread further, after the country’s first mass mortal...

‘He had a lot of profiles’: The rise of online drug-facilitated rape gangs 

03 August 2026

Warning: This story includes descriptions of sexual assault that some readers will find disturbing. Zoe Watts’s 16-yea...

Grid failure plunges Cuba into nationwide blackout 

03 August 2026

Cuba’s national electricity grid has collapsed, plunging the island into a widespread blackout. The state-run Electric...

Fires in Spokane, Washington, burn 600 structures, force 60,000 evacuations 

02 August 2026

News|Climate Wildfires in eastern Washington state have forced the evacuation of 60,000 people in the Spokane area and d...

Iran war live: Trump says talks to resume; Tehran urges US to honour MOU 

02 August 2026

Video Duration 05 minutes 24 seconds play-arrow05:24 Trump says US-Iran talks to begin Monday after planned strikes call...

Brazil’s Lula launches fourth-term bid, focuses on national sovereignty 

02 August 2026

Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has formally launched his campaign for a fourth term. On Sunday, Workers�...

Trump says new round of Iran talks will begin Monday 

02 August 2026

United States President Donald Trump has said that negotiations with Tehran are set to begin on Monday after he decided ...

Sudan army drone attack on Darfur kills 35, rights group says 

02 August 2026

News|Drone Strikes At least 35 people were killed, and several others wounded, when Sudanese army drones struck a tradit...

Venezuela and the Dominican Republic say they will work to restore ties 

02 August 2026

News|Government Venezuela and the Dominican Republic have agreed to work towards restoring relations, which were severed...

Most Americans say Trump has gone too far on US immigration: Poll 

02 August 2026

Despite an overall decline in public opinion on immigration, the issue remains stronger for US President Donald Trump th...