theguardian.comadded August 2026
World news | The Guardianby Patrick Commins Economics editor28d ago
The International Monetary Fund has downgraded its forecast for Australia’s economic growth in 2027, warning that the Reserve Bank may have to hike interest rates further to get price pressures...
World news | The Guardianby Nick Visser28d ago
Two teenage boys have been charged with murder after the shooting death of a university student in Sydney this month, which police say was a case of mistaken identity.
World news | The Guardianby Andrew Roth28d ago
The US Congress has passed a sweeping bill allowing Donald Trump to raise tariffs on top buyers of Russian energy and issue other punishing sanctions against the Kremlin following a pitched battle...
World news | The Guardianby Maya Yang28d ago
The US government paid federal workers $9.5bn not to work in 2025 as part of the Trump administration’s attempts to shrink the federal workforce.
World news | The Guardianby Adrian Horton28d ago
Macklemore has announced that he will donate the $1m salary he was paid as an opening act for Ed Sheeran’s Loop tour to organizations working with Palestinian people and relief in Gaza, after being...
World news | The Guardianby Cecilia Nowell28d ago
Federal law enforcement officers have arrested two employees of California-based homelessness non-profits on corruption charges, alleging that they misappropriated millions in taxpayer dollars.
World news | The Guardianby Martin Farrer28d ago
Krishani Dhanji here with you for the final sitting day of the fortnight. Thanks to Martin Farrer for getting us started.
World news | The Guardianby Joseph Gedeon in Washington28d ago
The top Democrat on the House foreign affairs committee has thrown up a roadblock to one of the largest US arms transfers of Trump’s second term, refusing to clear a $2.8bn sale of 2,000lb bombs to...
World news | The Guardianby Associated Press28d ago
Charlie Kirk’s family blamed Utah officials for failing to prevent the conservative political activist’s fatal shooting at a state university, according to a wrongful death notice announced on...
World news | The Guardianby Lisa O’Carroll and Jessica Elgot29d ago
European legislation that threatens to lock British business out of EU industry could derail a planned reset summit between the bloc and the UK, government sources have said.
World news | The Guardianby Lisa O’Carroll Senior correspondent29d ago
Canada’s prime minister, Mark Carney, has been advocating closer alignment with “middle powers” since January in the face of recklessness in Washington.
World news | The Guardianby Dan Sabbagh29d ago
Nato needs “more UK and more Europe in the alliance” to deal with the most dangerous security environment faced by the west in a generation, the secretary general of the 32-country military...
World news | The Guardianby Rajeev Syal Home affairs editor29d ago
The Prison Service has drawn up plans to “double up” hundreds of prisoners in temporary prefabricated cells built for one person, at the request of the Ministry of Justice, leaked documents show.
World news | The Guardianby Gaya Gupta29d ago
The US Federal Reserve voted to raise interest rates on Wednesday for the first time since 2023 as the central bank continues to fight to tamp down inflation.
World news | The Guardianby Marina Dunbar29d ago
A wrongful death lawsuit filed on Tuesday accuses Ken Paxton, the Texas attorney general, doctors and state health officials of contributing to the death of a pregnant San Antonio woman whose...
World news | The Guardianby Jessica Glenza29d ago
Researchers filed a class action lawsuit against the National Institutes of Health (NIH) on Wednesday, arguing the Trump administration is blocking and cancelling scientific grants to censor topics...
World news | The Guardianby Kiran Stacey Policy editor29d ago
The Green party is just four points behind Labour in urban constituencies, putting them within touching distance of taking as many as 40 seats if the result was replicated at the next election...
World news | The Guardianby Vikram Dodd Police and crime correspondent29d ago
A senior city banker suspected of pushing a woman into the path of a moving bus in the “Putney pusher” case has been found dead.
World news | The Guardianby Lucy Campbell29d ago
The Fed has two mandates: price stability and supporting the job market. The jobs market has remained robust but spikes in energy prices have put the central bank under pressure to raise rates in...
World news | The Guardianby Robyn Vinter and agency29d ago
A rightwing extremist who discussed poisoning Jews and Muslims and called for the killing of migrants and minority communities has been jailed.
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