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A Russian scientist from Harvard Medical School has been detained by US Immigration and Customs Enforcement, according to her friends and colleagues. On Wednesday, Cora Anderson, a friend and colleague of Kseniya Petrova, shared the news of Petrova’s detention on Facebook, saying the Russian scientist arrived at Boston Logan international airport on 16 February from … Read more

The Kyle & Jackie O Show has once again breached decency rules by broadcasting explicit sexual content on their KISS breakfast show, but ARN Media has pushed back saying the material is suitable for its “broad-minded adult demographic”. The Australian Communications and Media Authority (Acma) found two segments, on Melbourne’s KISS 1011 and Sydney’s KISS … Read more

Donald Trump is unlikely to fire his national security adviser, Mike Waltz, or anyone else involved in the now infamous Signal group chat because doing so would be a tacit admission of fault and seen as handing victory to the Atlantic, according to two officials close to the president. Trump repeated his public support for … Read more

Australians will head to the polls on 3 May after Anthony Albanese fired the starter’s gun on the federal election campaign. The prime minister visited the governor general, Sam Mostyn, on Friday morning to dissolve the 47th parliament, triggering a five-week race to form the next government. Announcing the election date back at Parliament House, … Read more

King Charles went into hospital today after experiencing “temporary side effects” as part of his continuing medical treatment for cancer, Buckingham Palace has said. The monarch underwent scheduled treatment for cancer this morning, which required “a short period of observation in hospital”, according to a palace statement. “His Majesty’s afternoon engagements were therefore postponed,” a … Read more

A 60-year-old woman has been charged as part of an investigation into the alleged stalking of Madeleine McCann’s family. Karen Spragg, of Caerau, Cardiff, has been charged with one count of stalking involving serious alarm or distress between 3 May 2024 and 21 February this year, Leicestershire police said. She will appear at Leicester magistrates … Read more

Donald Trump’s administration has offered fossil fuel companies an extraordinary opportunity to evade air pollution rules by simply emailing the US president to ask him to exempt them. Trump’s Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has set up a new email address where what it calls the “regulated community” can request a presidential exemption from their requirements … Read more

The University of Sussex is taking legal action to overturn a record fine levied by England’s higher education regulator, accusing the regulator of seeking to “persecute” it rather than solve problems. This week the Office for Students (OfS) said it would fine Sussex £585,000 for two “historic” breaches of its regulations related to freedom of … Read more

Governments from Tokyo to Berlin and Ottawa to Paris have voiced sharp criticism of Donald Trump’s sweeping tariffs on car imports, with several of the US’s staunchest long-term allies threatening retaliatory action. Trump announced on Wednesday that he would impose a 25% tariff on cars and car parts shipped to the US from 3 April … Read more

Ministers may have to target pensioners and wealthier taxpayers at the autumn budget, as senior government figures voiced fears brutal welfare reforms would still not go far enough to tackle rising costs. The Institute for Fiscal Studies warned the chancellor may be forced to consider a freeze on tax thresholds, hikes to capital gains and … Read more