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
A major new report on New Zealand’s environment has revealed a worrying outlook for its unique species and highlighted declining water health, while also noting some improvements in air quality. The ministry of the environment’s three-yearly update, Our Environment 2025, collates statistics, data and research across five domains – air, atmosphere and climate, freshwater, land, … Read more
Surgeons are hailing an “astonishing” medical breakthrough as a woman became the first in the UK to give birth after a womb transplant. Grace Davidson, 36, who was a teenager when diagnosed with a rare condition that meant she did not have a uterus, said she and her husband, Angus, 37, had been given “the … Read more