Almost twice as many boys as girls routinely cycle in the UK, a pioneering report on young people’s active travel has found. The study, led by the charity Sustrans, also found strong support among children for measures to help them cycle and walk, such as dedicated bike lanes, slower traffic speeds and barring motor vehicles…
Donald Trump has said that Volodymyr Zelenskyy is likely to visit the White House on Friday to sign a rare earth minerals deal to pay for US military aid to defend against Russia’s full-scale invasion. The announcement followed days of tense negotiations between the US and Ukraine in which Zelenskyy alleged the US was pressuring…
New South Wales police are yet to speak to a second nurse involved in a viral video, despite his colleague being charged for allegedly threatened to kill Israeli patients. Sarah Abu Lebdeh, who worked at Bankstown-Lidcombe hospital in Sydney’s southwest, was charged with three offences including threatening violence, using a carriage service to threaten to…
More than 2,000 dolphins gathered off the California coast to form a “superpod”, gliding and breaching the clear, aquamarine waters off Monterey Bay. The superpod included Northern right whale dolphins and Pacific white-sided dolphins, as well as light grey baby calves. Evan Brodsky, a captain and videographer with the private boat tour company Monterey Bay…
A new search for Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 has been launched more than a decade after the plane went missing in one of aviation’s greatest enduring mysteries. Maritime exploration firm Ocean Infinity has resumed the hunt for the missing plane, Malaysian transport minister Anthony Loke said on Tuesday. Loke told reporters the contract details between…
Israeli warplanes have carried out several airstrikes on military targets outside Damascus and in southern Syria, as Israeli officials warned the country’s army not to move south of the capital city. Israeli jets struck military sites late on Tuesday in the town of Kiswah, south of Damascus, as well as in the southern province of…
Donald Trump on Tuesday opened yet another front in his assault on global trade norms, ordering a new investigation into possible tariffs on copper imports to rebuild US production of a metal critical to electric vehicles, military hardware, semiconductors and a wide range of consumer goods. Trump, looking to thwart what his advisers see as…
A sweeping blackout has hit Chile, stranding commuters, paralyzing countless businesses and leaving most of the South American country without electricity. The government did not immediately offer an explanation for the widespread power failures that left millions of people without electricity all the way from the northernmost Chilean port of Arica to the southern Los…
Key events Show key events only Please turn on JavaScript to use this feature Jim Chalmers was in Washington DC overnight. He was there for talks, and to hear US Treasury secretary Scott Bessent deliver his first major economic policy address since taking office. Reuters reports that in the wide-ranging speech at an investment conference…
TikTok star Go-Jo will represent Australia at Eurovision in May, the 10th musical act to head represent his country since Australia joined the annual European song contest a decade ago.. Marty Zambotto, a 29-year-old Sydney-based singer-songwriter, went viral in 2023 after he uploaded a clip to TikTok of himself performing his song Mrs Hollywood while…
