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Thu Sep 17 2026
Trump and Rubio sit at a conference table during a cabinet meeting
US foreign policy
Trump and Rubio allies are vying for control of Cuba’s assets if regime falls
Masoud bows his head against a memorial banner for his son amid the school's rubble
US-Israel war on Iran
Iran school bombing: grounds to believe US was behind atrocity, UN finds
masked federal agents in tactical gear stand in a cloud of tear gas
Immigration
Ilhan Omar brings bill to make ICE ‘pay the price’ for terrorizing communities
MRI scan of a brain
Alzheimer's disease
Hundreds of ageing Americans may not get results of Alzheimer’s study due to Trump cuts
OpenAI's logo in a photo illustration
Artificial intelligence
OpenAI reveals cases of ‘concerning’ AI behaviour as it announces new disclosure system
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In focus

Naomi Klein and Astra Taylor sit down with Carter Sherman to discuss fascism, AI and the bunker mentality of the super-rich
Stateside with Kai and Carter
Are we living in the End Times? With Naomi Klein and Astra Taylor
  Video | 41:10
 
Building power
With US measles deaths on the rise, local officials are stepping in where RFK Jr won’t
Environment
‘Like a Disney movie’: Three wild dog brothers make Africa’s longest journey
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Features

Stack of books
Books
Feeling overwhelmed by the AI doom loop? Here’s the essential reading list to make sense of it all
South Park
South Park – I mean, South America – is back, with no Donald Trump in sight (yet)
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Opinion

EPA Power PlantsFILE - A barge on the Ohio River moves past the Mountaineer Power Plant, a coal-fired power plant near New Haven, W.Va., March 13, 2026. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)
quote  Trump’s love of fossil fuels is about more than money
Moira Donegan
quote  Big AI is trying to own the pathway to work. Universities shouldn’t play along
Ella Hafermalz
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Sports

LeBron James and Will Smith were in Angola as part of the E1 World Championship
NBA
quote  LeBron James once raged against the machine. Increasingly, he helps prop it up
Karim Zidan
NHL
Jets suspend US Olympic hero Hellebuyck for training camp no-show
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Culture

Nicolas Winding Refn, in glasses and a dark blazer, adjusts his glasses frame
Film
‘I thank God for killing me and bringing me back’: Nicolas Winding Refn on the heart surgery that inspired his new sci-fi horror
Sanatorium Oaza (former Sanatorium Metalowiec 70), Inowrocław, Poland
Photography
Socialist hotels – in pictures
 
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Lifestyle

a cat looks out from a litter box
Are you cleaning your cat litter box correctly?
Family
quote  The love, hope and pain of raising Elsie – my one in 163 million daughter
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