Kratom, found during an investigation into the deaths of two college students, has been sold in the US for around a decade.

Changes in guidance and science seem to have little impact on millions of devastated lives. It’s a social crisis playing out behind closed doors, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

“This is the last time you will see me. … They brought me here to kill me.” Palestinian doctor and former Kamal Adwan Hospital director Hussam Abu Safia make...

A prominent Gazan doctor detained and tortured by Israel has told his lawyers he believes he is about to be killed. Dr Hussam Abu Safiya’s lawyer, Nasser Ode...

A prominent Gazan doctor detained and tortured by Israel has told his lawyers he believes he is about to be killed. Dr Hussam Abu Safiya’s lawyer, Nasser Ode...

As Americans celebrate their 250th anniversary, Australians are dramatically rethinking how they feel about the United States.

Youth homelessness rates remain stubbornly high in Central Australia and advocates are renewing calls for a transitional housing model for young people to be established to tackle the issue.

Exclusive: Government advisors describe the tool as ‘hideously flawed’ amid concern facial age estimation has ‘baked-in racial bias’ — and can wrongly identify a 14-year-old as an adult

The Reserve Bank governor has made clear the cash rate has been increased not to reduce inflation but to make it harder to bargain for higher wages

What’s frustrating about Labor’s budget cuts is that they imply disabled people are to blame for cost blowouts

We searched Google for information on some of the world's biggest tobacco companies. The results raised questions about how much of the AI overview was coming from the brands themselves.

Given the scale of its contribution to global heating, the world’s biggest miner has a duty to invest heavily in solutions that could have a global impact

Outrage as leaked documents reveal mining giant’s backsliding on commitments to slash emissions

More people regret knee surgery than abortion. So why is the patriarchy still scaring us with lifelong torment, asks Irish writer Roe McDermott

Kyle Hudson joined a betting app on his 18th birthday, and lost his final, $1,300 bet on the morning of his 2021 death. A coroner wants to know if anything can be done to stop it from happening again

On January 6th, 2021, when Trump incited an insurrection, America's corporate leaders rushed to distance themselves from

Australia's fossil fuel lobby dramatically amped up its online propaganda after David Pocock exposed how little PRRT the gas industry pays. It's part of a pattern.

The German domestic intelligence agency chose French software provider ChapsVision over the American data broker Palantir to signal the country’s efforts to reduce its digital dependence on US tech.

The VRA’s demise could result in a hollowing out of Black political representation and influence, not only in Washington and in state capitals.

Knox County Schools recently took Alex Haley's influential novel, "Roots," off library shelves under the Age-Appropriate Materials Act.

Millions of documents chronicling generations of trauma saved from Gaza and East Jerusalem in 10-month Unrwa operation

Facility would require more power than entire state uses and suck up vast amount of water in drought-stricken area

What today's generation of best-selling artists refuses to do

The Rabbits of Ravensbrück

The CGT discount not only increased the benefit to non-wage earners, it did so in a way that incentivised investing in rental properties rather than shares