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Trump, again trying to curate museum, says exhibit would stay until 2032 for 300th anniversary of Washington’s birth Donald Trump asked the Smithsonian Institution to install a 30ft “Colossus statue” of George Washington outside the National Museum of American History, and a special exhibit honoring the nation’s first president, in a social media post late on Friday. The president requested that the exhibit continue through February 2032, the 300th anniversary of Washington’s birth. Continue reading...

Leading Palestinian writer Raja Shehadeh has documented Israel's occupation of the West Bank since day one. Fearing the occupation might consume his archive, he secretly moved it to Scotland

Many fear chancellor is wrong man for the job at a time when Germany’s defences against far right are crumbling A cataclysm. A 9.0 earthquake. A five-alarm fire. A bitter rejection of Germany ’s joyous reunification three decades ago, and a threat to the democratic postwar order. Sizing up the repercussions of last weekend’s win for the far-right Alternative für Deutschland party in the former communist state of Saxony-Anhalt, German commentators expressed a sense of doom, panic and helplessness in the political establishment. Continue reading...

In an interview with CBS News, Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei encouraged the artificial intelligence industry to come together in the pursuit of safeguards.

From meteor showers to a November supermoon, there are a number of impressive sights to behold in the autumn night sky.

Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei told CBS News that he didn't fully anticipate the effects of rapid artificial intelligence development, while also encouraging the public not to panic.

The BBC is cutting the show because of financial pressures, sparking discussion about LGBTQ+ representation on TV.

The energy minister says Australia has 41 days’ worth on petrol in strategic reserve. Follow today’s news live Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast Asked about Greens concerns that the penalties for breaching the bill are $100m for companies, which is not a lot for massive tech companies. Asked why the government won’t fine them a percentage of their global revenue like Europe does, she said: I think the Greens and I agree on the fact that this is about changing the behaviour of big tech, and ultimately this is about the social licence, and no particular figure that we mandate in Australia is going to be enough for the world’s richest companies. It’s got to be about what incentivises the change in behaviour and what gives them back the social licence that they are losing in Australia.” That’s a hypothetical, David, and I tell you what, I’m up to pussy’s bow delivering all the other parts of the portfolio. We just passed news media incentive, the gambling reforms, eight bills last fortnight. This week, we’ve passed the social media minimum age laws, and we’ve introduced the exposure draft for the digital duty of care.” Continue reading...

Millions of us do it, though few of us realise we do - but getting the right treatment can be life-changing.

Changes will spell out that governments can change rules and that career choices affect repayments.

The inquiry into the former nurse is expected to find failures by her hospital to ensure patient safety.

A photographer who documented the horror of 9/11 reflects on how he captured a defining image of the tragedy and the significance of the photo 25 years later. Bradley Blackburn reports.

As the nation marks 25 years since the 9/11 terror attacks, Jarred Hill takes a look at how the memorial in New York honors the lives of those who died year round through the birthday flowers program.

Meena Geltink and Minal Tijssen were adopted from orphanages in Mumbai in the 1980s and grew up in the Netherlands.

Russian President Vladimir Putin warned that sending European troops into Ukraine would amount to direct conflict with Russia.

The first naval battle between two Unmanned Surface Vessels (USVs) has taken place in the Black Sea.

Court cases involving Twin Cities churches and immigration enforcement highlight how the acrimonious debate continues to roil faith communities more than six months since the federal surge turned Minnesota into a symbol of defiance of the Trump administration's policies.

Nobody could have predicted that today's main global headline would be Trump's desire to see a unified Ireland.

The call comes amid growing concerns that AI models may become able to inflict serious damage worldwide.

In a blog post, Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei cautioned that swarms of rogue AI agents could take over the internet in as little as six months.

Exclusive: strategic rethink urges progressive activists to respectfully steer one-on-one conversations with One Nation supporters towards economic concerns Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast The message from strategists was blunt: do not, however tempting, personally attack Pauline Hanson or call her a racist. The request has been made to progressive campaigners and unionists who have been asked to start one-on-one conversations with One Nation supporters before the Victorian election in November. Continue reading...

Some buyers say they are ready to absorb the fallout of housing weakness if it means boosting home ownership across the board Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast Falling property prices have come at the worst possible time for Alex Hogan and his partner. They are now weighing up whether they can afford to have another child. Locked out of the established housing market, the Queensland couple resorted to buying a block of land to build a family home. Continue reading...

US President Donald Trump has said he would like to abolish the agency.

Iran tells Al Jazeera that Monday's meeting is a sign of 'good intentions' towards neighbouring countries.

During his 18 months as Army secretary, Dan Driscoll pushed the U.S. military to apply lessons from the war in Ukraine.

The plan — quickly challenged by a local court — came days after Colombia’s president and the U.S. secretary of state, Marco Rubio, discussed stronger measures against drug trafficking.

The United States has been officially neutral on an issue that was a source of decades of violence in Northern Ireland until a 1998 peace deal.

Jeffery Lee’s case has grappled with questions in Alabama about emerging execution methods and an abandoned sentencing practice that sent him and others to death row.

An organization allied with Senate G.O.P. leaders has booked more than $51 million in ads. Now, Ken Paxton has a financial edge after months of being outspent by his Democratic rival.

The Lebanese city of Tyre, one of the oldest metropolises in the world, has been left scarred.

The move is the latest salvo in a drive to shift the focus of historical exhibits.

Jury selection was underway Friday for the federal bribery trial against D.C. Councilmember Trayon White.

Christopher Nolan’s epic “The Odyssey” was shot on physical film, a resurgent medium that is manufactured entirely in one factory in western New York.

The artist, an enfant terrible of the 1990s, has embraced a quieter, more enigmatic style. Just don’t ask her what it all means.

In a new show at David Kordansky Gallery, the Iranian American painter Tala Madani plumbs the lives of her characters with absurd humor and a strange tenderness.

Heading west at 40 transformed his writing—and American literature.

Researchers at Binghamton University have developed a mathematical strategy that can solve Wordle with a 99% success rate. Instead of simply guessing words packed with common letters or choosing the most likely answer, the method uses Shannon entropy, a measure from information theory, to identify guesses that reveal the most useful information. Each guess is designed to rapidly shrink the pool of possible answers, even when the guessed word itself seems unlikely to be correct.

Saharan dust often reaches South Florida, but rarely this late in the year.