Malta’s contestant at this year’s Eurovision contest will have to change the title and lyrics of her song owing to the phonetic resemblance between the Maltese word for “singing” and the c-word, the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) has ruled. Miriana Conte, 23, will represent Malta at the five-day music event in Basel, Switzerland, on 13…
Donald Trump is weighing plans to water down sweeping US tariffs on goods from Canada and Mexico, according to a senior official, one day after an economic strike on the US’s two biggest trading partners sparked warnings of price increases and disruption. The US president extended his aggressive trade strategy at midnight on Tuesday by…
A company owner and instructor has pleaded guilty to the gross negligence manslaughter of four paddleboarders who died when she took them out during flooding and severe weather on an organised tour in Pembrokeshire. Nerys Lloyd, 39, who was the owner and sole director of Salty Dog Co Ltd, pleaded guilty to the gross negligence…
Exposure to multiple pesticides significantly increases the risk of childhood cancers compared to exposures to just one pesticide, first-of-its-kind research finds, raising new fears that children are more at risk to the substances’ harmful effects than previously thought. The study’s authors say they are the first to look at the link between exposures to multiple…
Key events Show key events only Please turn on JavaScript to use this feature Our video team has put together this set of clips from Donald Trump’s address to Congress. Trump declares administration ‘just getting started’ in address to Congress – video Share IRS staffing could halve – reports Welcome to the Guardian’s live coverage…
The chief executive of Foxtons has admitted that the company has “more to do” on workplace culture, after a report alleging that junior employees at the real estate agent had faced unwanted touching and other forms of harassment. Guy Gittins, who started his career at Foxtons in 2002 and returned as chief executive three years…
Fifa has banned the former Gabon youth-team coach Patrick Assoumou Eyi, known as “Capello”, for life after its adjudicatory chamber found him guilty of committing repeated acts of sexual abuse against multiple players. Eyi – who left his post as head coach of Gabon’s under-17 team in 2017 – admitted charges of raping, grooming and…
Some companies are “stuck in neutral” in their approach to artificial intelligence, according to Microsoft’s UK boss, who said a significant number of private and public sector organisations lack any formal AI strategy. A Microsoft survey of nearly 1,500 UK senior leaders across public and private sectors, as well as 1,440 employees, found that more…
A second Bankstown nurse involved in a viral video showing both he and his colleague allegedly threatening Israeli patients has been charged by Strike Force Pearl detectives. Ahmed Rashid Nadir, who worked at the Bankstown-Lidcombe hospital in Sydney’s west, was arrested on Tuesday evening, and later charged with using a carriage service to menace, harass…
Angus Taylor has appeared to backflip on the Coalition’s commitment to crack down on insurance companies if they do not bring down premiums. In February, the opposition leader, Peter Dutton, told Sky News the Coalition was prepared to “intervene” in the insurance market. “As we’ve done with the supermarkets, where we have threatened divestment, if…
