Electric vehicle leader announces fresh round of price cuts for its models

Waste from old landfill sites is spilling onto beaches as rising seas erode coastlines - and some of it is toxic

An analysis of the sloth family tree suggests three different groups of the animals evolved to gigantic sizes in response to cold and dry conditions

A New England environmentalist is working to create a “climate winners” consumer market for new fish and crab species migrating into local waters due to climate change.

The dismantling of foreign-assistance efforts has already had, and will continue to have, severe effects on vulnerable populations globally. But it also has implications for people in the United St...

Explore data from the United Nations World Population Prospects.

China’s Xi Jinping and the EU’s Ursula von der Leyen were among the leaders on a private video call organized by the United Nations.

Greater mouse-tailed bats crawl backwards over cave walls, and it seems they use their long tails to help feel their way

People flee to open spaces after 6.2-magnitude quake hits near Istanbul but there are no early reports of major damage A 6.2-magnitude earthquake hit below the Sea of Marmara near Istanbul, prompting widespread panic and scores of injuries in the Turkish city, although there were no immediate reports of serious damage. More than 150 people were hospitalised with injuries sustained while trying to jump from buildings, said the governor’s office in Istanbul, a city that is considered at high risk of a major quake. Continue reading...

A few months ago, Canada’s Pierre Poilievre seemed to be cruising toward victory in the next election. His Conservative Party was polling around 20 percentage points ahead of Justin Trudeau’s Liberals because of growing voter frustration around political scandals and rising housing costs.

An antibiotic that is commonly used for urinary tract infections effectively treated gonorrhoea, and may even work against drug-resistant cases

Two commercial telecommunications facilities have been connected by a secure quantum network that used existing fibre optic cables at room temperature – a key step towards a feasible quantum internet

The National Institutes of Health plans to pool information from private sources like pharmacies and smartwatches.

Fossil teeth show species of protemnodon that roamed Australia between 5m and 40,000 years ago lived and died near Queensland caves * Get our afternoon election email, free app or daily news podcast Despite their immense size, species of prehistoric giant kangaroos from a site in Queensland were probably homebodies with a surprisingly small range compared to other kangaroos, according to new Australian research. Protemnodon, which roamed the Australian continent between 5m and 40,000 years ago and is now extinct, was significantly larger than its modern relatives. Some species weighed up to 170kg, making them more than twice as heavy as the largest red kangaroo. Continue reading...

Colleges around the country, in the face of legal and political backlash to their diversity programs, are pivoting to an alternative framework known as pluralism, Emma Green reports.

The administration is quietly putting America’s children at risk by cutting funds and manpower for investigating child abuse, enforcing child support payments, providing child care and much more.

Virgin Atlantic founder says ‘erratic’ decisions from US president have been ‘awful for everyone’ Sir Richard Branson has attacked Donald Trump’s policies as “doing so much damage” to the world, adding that he did not believe the US president’s actions were backed by most Americans. The Virgin Atlantic founder warned that the “erratic and unpredictable” actions of the White House were undermining business, although he singled out Trump’s policy on Ukraine as the one that “should worry the world the most”. Continue reading...

The late political scientist enjoined readers to look for opposition to authoritarian states not in revolutionary vanguards but in acts of quiet disobedience.

From July 1 households and small businesses will see rebates automatically applied to their electricity bills. Follow today’s news live And welcome to the Sunday live news blog. Overnight, the Albanese government announced another $150 in energy bill relief before Tuesday’s budget, which is tipped to include more cost-of-living support for households. Continue reading...

The inspection comes after a ProPublica investigation revealed that drugs made at the Glenmark Pharmaceuticals plant accounted for an outsized share of U.S. recalls for pills that didn’t dissolve…

Keir Starmer has been dealt a fresh blow to his living standards pledge in advance of the spring statement Living standards for all UK families are set to fall by 2030, with those on the lowest incomes declining twice as fast as middle and high earners, according to new data that raises serious questions about Keir Starmer’s pledge to make working people better off. The grim economic analysis, produced by the respected Joseph Rowntree Foundation (JRF), comes before the chancellor, Rachel Reeves, makes her spring statement on Wednesday in which she will announce new cuts to public spending rather than increase borrowing or raise taxes, so as to keep within the government’s “iron clad” fiscal rules. Continue reading...

On both sides of Atlantic, most surveyed claim protectionist shift will overshadow benefits of other policies

The sector expects lighter regulation and wider adoption under the president-elect, but some worry about systemic risks

Following successful early demonstrations of linking two quantum computing chips, IBM is aiming to break records for the largest quantum computer yet by combining many of them in parallel

The U.S. has recorded over 32,000 whooping cough cases this year, compared with around 5,100 as of mid-December last year. Infants are most vulnerable to the bacterial infection.

A new multi-speleothem record from Guatemala demonstrates that Atlantic Ocean circulation and sea surface temperature controlled Central American monsoon convection during the last glacial cycle, with...

Fires burning in Grampians national park, Bullengarook, Creswick and at the Gurdies after residents of Bornes Hill, Moyston and Pomonal ordered to leave. Follow the latest updates live * Full report: Evacuations in Victoria under way amid extreme fire…

Bengal tiger, cougars, a lynx and bobcats dead as disease spreads rapidly among US poultry flocks and dairy herds Twenty big cats, including a Bengal tiger, four cougars, a lynx and four bobcats, have died after contracting bird flu at an animal…

Increase in cases ‘linked to Ascot Vale’ leads health officials to warn the disease is ‘spreading geographically’ * Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast Victoria has seen a surge of cases of a flesh-eating bacteria, prompting…

Loan approval by the International Monetary Fund will bolster Ukraine as it faces continued Russian attacks. What we know on day 1,032 * See all our Ukraine war coverage Continue reading...

Scientists surprised to find so many animals unknown to science in Alto Mayo, a well-populated region

This year, we learned that our Neanderthal cousins were a lot like us, despite treading their own path that ended in extinction.

Study on hydroxychloroquine by Didier Raoult and colleagues gets pulled on ethical and scientific grounds

Hundreds are feared dead and schools, hospitals and office buildings are in ruins in Mamoudzou, the capital of the French territory Satellite images have laid bare the scale of the damage to the Mayotte archipelago after Cyclone Chido made landfall on…