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An ambitious €350m (£300m) plan to connect electricity grids across the island of Ireland is heading for the high court after a challenge brought by campaigners claiming Northern Ireland was being used as a “whipping boy” to feed the republic’s energy-hungry datacentres. An estimated 150 landowners representing 6,500 residents have called on the Northern Ireland … Read more

(1) Waqf Amendment Bill passes Parliament A Bill to improve the functioning of the Waqf Board and streamline the process of donating waqf properties passed both Houses of the Parliament on Saturday (April 5, 2025) after several hours of debate in the Lok Sabha. The controversial Bill was accused of allowing the government to interfere … Read more

Orhan Karakaya has been in and out of hospital his entire adult life living with ulcerative colitis. Never in that time has he seen doctors in the state take strike action, but with a drip in his arm, Karakaya came out to support the rally outside Westmead Hospital. Tuesday is the first of three days … Read more

A Belgian prince has lost a legal battle to claim social security benefits on top of his royal allowance, with a court ruling his claim – the first of its kind in the country’s nearly 200-year history – “unfounded”. Prince Laurent, the youngest of three children of the former king and queen, had argued that … Read more

Key events Show key events only Please turn on JavaScript to use this feature Trump rejects EU ‘zero-zero’ tariff proposal The European Union said on Monday it had offered “zero-for-zero” tariffs to the US weeks before Trump’s tariff announcement and was in negotiations with the administration. But Donald Trump didn’t appear keen on the offer, … Read more

Robert F Kennedy Jr, the US health secretary, said he plans to tell the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to stop recommending fluoridation in communities nationwide. Kennedy also said he’s assembling a taskforce to focus on the issue. Also on Monday, the Environmental Protection Agency announced it was reviewing “new scientific information” on potential … Read more

A mother and her three children who were taken into custody by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (Ice) agents as part of a sweep in the tiny hometown of the Trump administration’s “border czar”, Tom Homan, have been released following days of outcry from community figures and protesters calling for their freedom. Over the weekend, about … Read more

The Israeli prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, met with Donald Trump Monday for the second time since the US president’s return to office, marking the first effort by a foreign leader to negotiate a deal after Trump announced sweeping tariffs last week. Speaking alongside Trump in the Oval Office, Netanyahu said Israel will eliminate the trade … Read more

Key events Show key events only Please turn on JavaScript to use this feature Health minister Mark Butler is out doing the media rounds this morning, to sell the $1bn mental health package the government is announcing this morning. Josh Butler has the details for you below, which Butler tells ABC News Breakfast, is to … Read more

The home of the Summer of Love will soon house the first undergraduate program in psychedelic studies. The California Institute of Integral Studies – a non-profit university founded in 1968 and located in San Francisco’s SoMa neighborhood – will welcome its first class of undergrads to its Bachelor of Science in Psychedelic Studies program this … Read more