Tame the water or let it flow? New Zealand grapples with how to protect its braided rivers
Intervention for farming and flood risk change the unique systems as communities grapple with how to live alongside the vital waterways When British settlers started building Christchurch city 170 years…
New York real estate titan likens the phrase ‘tax the rich’ to racial slurs
Steve Roth was responding to the announcement by New York’s mayor of tax on second homes worth more than $5m Sign up for the Breaking News US newsletter email The…
Federation Square ban on screening Socceroos World Cup games overturned
‘A few dickheads’ shouldn’t stop events, says Victorian premier Additional events and live sites to be provided across the state Victorian premier Jacinta Allan has overturned a decision not to…
Keep quiet ‘so we don’t go to jail’: the Israelis charged with bribery after suspicious bets placed on Iran strikes
Authorities allege that Omer Ziv and an unnamed air force major used classified information to bet on the timing of military operations on Polymarket Since users of the leading prediction…
Shivon Zilis, mother of four of Elon Musk’s children, testifies in OpenAI trial
Zilis, an executive at Musk’s brain implant startup Neuralink, served on OpenAI’s board from 2020 to 2023 Shivon Zilis, a Neuralink executive and the mother of four of Elon Musk’s…
‘Your craft is obsolete’: WiseTech staff in limbo as AI touted as better than humans
The software company said in February it would cut 2,000 jobs but, as it touts new technology, workers are still waiting to hear which roles will go Follow our Australia…
Australia news live: cold snap brings snow to Thredbo and Falls Creek; Queensland education department hit by international cybersecurity breach
Data exposed in hack of third-party provider responsible for state’s online learning platform, QLearn. Follow today’s news live Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast Bridget…
Alleged suicide note written by Jeffrey Epstein unsealed by federal judge
Epstein’s cellmate in New York City says he found note after convicted sexual offender attempted suicide in July 2019 A federal judge unsealed an alleged suicide note written by Jeffrey…
Argentina races to find origins of cruise ship hantavirus outbreak, amid reports some passengers have returned to US
Argentina, where the MV Hondius cruise departed, consistently ranked by WHO as having highest incidence of hantavirus in region Officials and experts in Argentina are scrambling to determine if their…
‘We just want our children to be safe’: two Australian states prepare to resettle children from Syrian detention camp
Four women and nine children expected to return to Australia on Thursday with all apart from a mother and her child expected to go to Victoria Get our breaking news…