Top World News

May 9, 2025 - World

Healesville sanctuary releases 21 critically endangered birds in hopes a new wild population will thriveSign up for climate and environment editor Adam Morton’s free Clear Air newsletter hereFor the first time in 42 years, critically endangered helmeted honeyeaters have returned to Cardinia in south-east Victoria, where they were found until the Ash Wednesday bushfires in 1983.Helmeted honeyeaters are charismatic, energetic and curious, according to Dr Kim Miller, the manager of threatened species at Healesville sanctuary.Sign up to get climate and environment editor Adam Morton’s Clear Air column as a free newsletter Continue reading...

May 9, 2025 - World

This blog is now closed. You can read our latest story hereThe winners and losers of Trump’s first tariff war strongly suggest that bankruptcies and farm consolidation could surge during his second term, with major corporations best placed to benefit from his polices at the expense of independent farmers.New analysis by the non-profit research advocacy group Food and Water Watch (FWW), shared exclusively with the Guardian, shows that Trump’s first-term tariffs were particularly devastating for farmers in the Maga rural heartlands. Continue reading...

May 9, 2025 - World

Melbourne was barely on the ALP’s radar as a seat it could win – but a sparsely funded campaign proved powerfulAustralia news live: latest politics and federal election updatesFull federal election results: live Australian Senate seat countSee our full coverage of the Australian electionGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastLabor could hardly be considered a metaphorical David in most federal election contests. But in the progressive seat of Melbourne, where the now-beaten Greens leader Adam Bandt had reigned for 15 years, there are similarities to the oft-told biblical story.On 28 March, when Anthony Albanese called an election date for May, Melbourne appeared on no one’s list as a battle to watch.Sign up for Guardian Australia’s breaking news email Continue reading...

May 9, 2025 - World

The United States and Britain announced a deal to lower tariffs on some goods on Thursday, with U.S. levies on cars and steel being cut and both sides gaining better access to agriculture markets.

May 9, 2025 - World

Pentagon will give other trans service members 30 days to self-identify while it enforces recently approved banThe Pentagon is removing the 1,000 members of the military who openly identify as trans, and giving those who have yet to openly-identify as transgender 30 days to remove themselves, according to a new directive issued Thursday.The memo is fueled by Tuesday’s supreme court decision allowing the Trump administration to enforce a ban on trans military members. The defense department has said it will follow up by going through medical records to identify others who haven’t come forward. Continue reading...