The United States Coast Guard has suspended a huge search for four boaters who went missing in northern California after their boat capsized over the weekend when search crews found an 11-year-old boy alive and recovered the body of a teenager, officials said on Monday. Crews began searching by land, sea and air on Saturday…
Key events Show key events only Please turn on JavaScript to use this feature A cash bonus scheme to keep people in the military will be expanded as part of a $600m workforce strategy. The Albanese government is due to announce a recruitment and retention package, in addition to releasing the 2024 defence workforce plan….
On 5 November 2024, millions of Americans will head to the polls to choose between Kamala Harris and Donald Trump for president of the United States. The two candidates have offered starkly different visions for the future of the nation. As the election enters the final stretch, the Guardian US is averaging national and state…
The New York Times Tech Guild, which represents hundreds of the outlet’s tech staff workers, went on strike Monday morning – one day before the US presidential election. The threat of a strike has existed within the company for months, raising questions over a potential disruption of election coverage. The newspaper giant confirmed in a…
Donald Trump suggested vaccines could be banned if he becomes president, in the clearest sign yet of a radical shake-up in public health policy should he put his ally Robert F Kennedy Jr in charge of it. Trump on Sunday told NBC that Kennedy, the anti-vaccine conspiracy theorist and former independent candidate who dropped out…
The far-right political influencer James O’Keefe, founder of Project Veritas, has reportedly assembled a group of election personnel and monitors in the US to secretly film voting and ballot counting procedures on election day. According to documents given by a whistleblower to the New York Times, the people involved would use hidden cameras “to record…
Konnie Huq, Jamie Oliver, David Baddiel, Adam Kay, Mary Portas and Joseph Coelho are among those collaborating on an ebook about the climate crisis which will be free to access for every UK primary school. The ebook, Children for Change, is edited by Huq and features contributions from more than 80 writers, illustrators, environmentalists and…
Ryanair’s profits have dropped by nearly a fifth, as lower peak-season fares met higher costs that the airline blamed partly on problems at Boeing. Summer fares were down by an average 7% as Ryanair cut prices to keep its planes full, carrying 9% more passengers from April to September this year than last. However, delays…
Across the US, a combination of weeks of dry conditions and record-breaking temperatures has led to the emergence of “flash droughts”. A persistent area of high pressure over North America has limited rainfall across much of the country, with 100 weather stations across 26 states marking their driest October on record. This is despite high…
The Fire Brigades Union has barred a former member of its governing executive for allegedly making racist posts online and promoting material in support of a far-right party. Grant Mayos – who resigned from the FBU before a disciplinary committee last week made the findings against him – had been chair of a group that…
