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Suit alleges that Hong Kong-based Justin Sun engaged in a campaign to ‘torch’ the company’s reputation Sign up for the Breaking News US newsletter email World Liberty Financial, the crypto venture co-founded by Donald Trump and his sons, said on Monday it had filed a defamation lawsuit in Florida state court against the Hong Kong -based crypto entrepreneur Justin Sun, as a dispute escalates betwe…

Government’s anti-slavery commissioner says traffickers are exploiting a growing pipeline of vulnerability Slavery in the UK is at record levels and is expected to worsen over the next decade, the government’s independent anti-slavery commissioner has warned. According to the number of referrals to the national referral mechanism , which assesses potential victims of slavery and provides support …

Job-ready graduates program will also leave almost two-thirds of humanities and creative arts students with debts exceeding $50,000 Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast One in four humanities students will take more than 25 years to fully repay their student loans because of Morrison government changes to university fe…

State’s top insurance regulator says insurance company violated law while handling claims from 2025 wildfires California is seeking millions of dollars in penalties from State Farm after an investigation found the insurance company was slow to investigate and underpaid claims from the 2025 Los Angeles-area wildfires , regulators announced on Monday. State Farm violated the law hundreds of times i…

Exclusive: ‘Fish sludge’ in coastal waters now has nutrient levels equivalent to those in untreated effluent of country the size of Australia, report finds Norwegian fish farms are filling fjords and other coastal waters with nutrient pollution equivalent to the raw sewage of tens of millions of people each year, a report has found . Norway is the largest farmed salmon producer in the world , and…

Settlement details were not revealed in the agreement that put an end to a highly anticipated trial before it began Sign up for the Breaking News US newsletter email Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni have settled their legal dispute from the acrimonious production of their 2024 film It Ends With Us, just weeks before a highly anticipated scheduled trial. In a joint statement on Monday, legal repres…

PM will say responsibility to stand with Jewish communities lies with ‘every one of us’ at event on Tuesday Keir Starmer will call for a whole-of-society response to rising antisemitism on Tuesday, saying that it is not enough simply to condemn the scourge, but people “must show it” through their actions too. Before a roundtable event at Downing Street, the prime minister will call for action on …

Three people confirmed dead but four made it to shore after rescue went wrong in rough seas Three people are dead after a marine rescue turned deadly. NSW Police said four people made it to shore after two vessels became stricken in heavy conditions on Monday night. Continue reading...

The person’s condition and the circumstances surrounding the shooting were not immediately known An individual was shot by law enforcement on Monday near the Washington monument, the Secret Service said. The person’s condition and the circumstances surrounding the shooting around 15th Street and Independence Avenue were not immediately known. Continue reading...

MV Hondius remains off the coast of Cape Verde after a suspected respiratory virus outbreak killed three people and left three more seriously ill. Follow today’s news live Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast Four Australians are stuck on a luxury cruise ship stranded off the coast of Cape Verde , after a suspected outbreak of a rare respiratory virus killed three people, …

Labor’s 2026-27 budget shows state has recorded $700m surplus this financial year, first of its kind since before the Covid-19 pandemic Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast Victoria is back in black for the first time since the start of the pandemic, with Tuesday’s state budget to deliver an operating surplus and forecasting another next financial year. The 2026-27 budget,…

Labour leadership challenge in wake of disastrous local poll results could unleash chaos in party, MPs warned Cabinet ministers have warned mutinous Labour MPs that any attempt to oust Keir Starmer after a potentially disastrous set of election results this week would unleash chaos for the party that would not be easily overcome. However, several told the Guardian that even with the prime ministe…

A key Indian state, the result is set to have significant implications for the country’s political landscape Indian prime minister Narendra Modi’s party has won a resounding election victory in West Bengal, a state which had been a rare opposition stronghold, expanding his unrivalled consolidation of power across the country. It is the first time that Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) have won …

After banging the battle drum, the US president is now in Nobel Peace Prize mode, promising to free marooned ships “Project Freedom” has all the trappings of a classic episode of the Trump Show, the reality series that the rest of the world does not just have to watch, but live through and survive. It has a dramatic plot twist, it is bathed in a self-projected beatific light, and the trailer look…

Heidi Alexander says part of answer to strait of Hormuz crisis is importing more fuel from US and west Africa A refinery in Nigeria accused of dismissing workers for joining a union has emerged as key to the UK government’s hopes of saving the summer holiday amid a jet fuel shortage. Heidi Alexander, the transport secretary, said at the weekend that part of the answer to the strait of Hormuz cris…