The death of an employee at a Russian plague research institute has triggered conflicting official accounts.

A look at what officials are saying in the wake of a lab worker's death

Christa Pike has woken up and is speaking almost a week after a botched execution attempt at a Tennessee prison.

Police have fired tear gas at protesters blockading French high schools as students, teachers and parents take to the streets over school conditions.

Suspect allegedly tried to convince, then blackmail, right-wing politician Moshe Feiglin into helping to find recruits for mass simultaneous attacks supported by 'subversive elements' in IDF

Nonpartisan Cook Political Report revises analyses in Kansas, New Hampshire and North Carolina, forecasting Democrats have stronger odds than previously estimated * Sign up for Breaking News US email Two media giants, Paramount and Warner Bros Discovery, have completed their $110bn merger, creating a new entertainment powerhouse, Skydance. The deal, fiercely contested by several state attorneys general over potential antitrust concerns, formally closed on Tuesday. Continue reading...

Gaza's redevelopment has completely stalled, as some residents face a third winter in tents.

A Crikey investigation shows the Health Department fell well short of its obligations concerning the release of documents related to a controversial assessment tool.

As rallies, vigils and marches mark three years of devastation in Gaza, civil society is continuing to show the solidarity and moral clarity that governments, including Australia’s, have failed to pro...

The shock gloves immigration agents could soon use to control detainees worked so powerfully during a military exercise that participants felt intense pain, stopped fighting and feared additional exposures.

The government doesn’t track how often immigration officers detain U.S. citizens. So ProPublica did. We’ve found more th

The carriage of history through song is not unique to Aboriginal people. It is a record of events, as important as Homer, that must be read in context.

Service to be tested in Spain and Portugal this year, with a UK rollout if successful, as pre-loved markets boom Ikea is to test an online version of its buy-back service where the retailer offers vouchers for unwanted secondhand furniture. The service will be tested in Spain and Portugal before the end of December and will be launched in the UK if it proves successful. Ikea already offers buy-back in stores, including in the UK. The online version will extend it to a much wider audience, with Ikea predicting pre-owned goods are likely to grab 16% of the UK homewares market by next year Continue reading...

The 1970s fear that UBI breaks up families came from a statistical error. Finland, Canada, Kenya, and Alaska show no rise in divorce, and instead better relationships with less domestic violence.

A Crikey investigation shows the federal Department of Health fell well short of its obligations concerning the release of documents related to a controversial assessment tool.

OpenAI says it held off on sharing details about a Medicare breach until it had more information, but admits the move was a mistake which has eroded trust.

The National Party has claimed the “major party model” is “broken” and is being “replaced” — raising speculation it is preparing to merge with Gina Rinehart’s One Nation.

The Bureau of Meteorology is also predicting warmer than average temperatures across large parts of the state, as well as below average rainfall until December.