World - Thursday, May 28, 2026

This blog is now closed Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast Who’s leading the fight against Labor’s CGT reform – and what’s in it for them? People with direct personal financial stakes in Labor’s tax reforms are among the loudest voices opposing the changes. Continue reading...

French students are taking their exams in baking schools, while red alerts are issued in Italy.

President Trump has not signed off on the emerging framework, according to U.S. officials. But it could set the table for extending the cease-fire and more substantive negotiations.

This live blog is now closed. Sign up to the Breaking News US email In one of the opinions shared by the Supreme Court Thursday morning, the Court has ruled in favor of a Black man who claims that there was racial bias in the make up of the jury that convicted him . In Pitchford v Cain , five of the Court’s justices sided with Terry Pitchford , a man sentenced to death for his part in killing a grocery story owner in Mississippi, over 20 years ago, reported AP. Trump v Cook: Donald Trump’s case for firing Federal Reserve governor Lisa Cook, as he continues to exert greater control over the US central bank. Trump v Slaughter: A case which examines the legality of Trump’s firing of a Federal Trade Commission (FTC) member, Rebecca Slaughter. Trump v Barbara: In which the court will decide if the administration’s attempts to restrict birthright citizenship are unconstitutional. Continue reading...

Taiwan Travelogue is the first novel translated from Mandarin Chinese to win the prestigious award.

Putin and Tokayev signed a landmark $16.5 billion nuclear power plant deal, marking Russia's geopolitical victory in Central Asia, reports say.

President Trump has yet to sign off on an extension of the cease-fire that would allow the two sides to negotiate nuclear and other issues.

Rising heat in Saudi Arabia threatens millions of Muslim pilgrims – but cutting fossil fuels would keep it safer Global heating has “fundamentally altered” the climate of Mecca and is exposing millions of hajj pilgrims to extreme and dangerous heat even in months outside summer, new analysis has found. Carbon dioxide emissions from fossil fuels means scorching temperatures of 40C (104F) are now regularly experienced in May, the study showed. In past decades, such peaks would only have occurred in summer. The researchers said that hajj, the annual Islamic pilgrimage to Mecca, would take place amid dangerous heat almost all year round by the end of the century without a rapid transition away from fossil fuels. Continue reading...

Speaking in New York, the Canadian prime minister called for a new relationship between Canada and United States.

Israeli officials blast the U.N. after accusing the body of placing Israel on a sexual violence blacklist that also includes Hamas and other terrorist groups.