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• Deep Tech Week met en lumière The AI Collective, décrite comme la plus grande communauté d'IA au monde, qui connecte plus de 100 000 développeurs, chercheurs et professionnels de l'IA via des événements, des forums et du réseautage. • Ce rassemblement réunit des startups, des laboratoires d'entreprises et des groupes académiques pour présenter les avancées en machine learning fondamental, en robotique et en IA appliquée, tout en mettant l'accent sur l'interopérabilité et le déploiement responsable. • La participation des États-Unis est forte, de nombreux laboratoires de recherche en IA de pointe et des startups financées par le capital-risque utilisant cet événement pour annoncer de nouvelles collaborations, des lancements de modèles et des outils open‑source.

Le PDG de Yara met en garde contre une vente aux enchères mondiale qui laisserait les pays les plus pauvres se démener pour obtenir des approvisionnements qu'ils peuvent difficilement s'offrir. La guerre en Iran pourrait avoir des « conséquences dramatiques », provoquant des pénuries alimentaires et des hausses de prix dans certaines des communautés les plus pauvres et les plus vulnérables d'Afrique, a déclaré le dirigeant de la plus grande entreprise d'engrais au monde. Svein Tore Holsether, le directeur général de Yara International, a déclaré que les dirigeants mondiaux devaient se prémunir contre l'envolée des prix et les pénuries d'engrais provoquant de fait une vente aux enchères mondiale qui laisserait les pays les plus pauvres, particulièrement en Afrique, se démener pour obtenir des fournitures qu'ils peuvent difficilement se permettre. Lire la suite...

• Le 14 avril 2026, le Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument (DESI) a achevé sa mission principale de manière anticipée, créant la plus grande carte 3D jamais réalisée de 47 millions de galaxies. • L'ensemble de données représente une augmentation de six fois par rapport à toutes les mesures galactiques précédentes, permettant de nouvelles analyses de la forme et de la taille de l'univers. • Cette percée pourrait réconcilier la physique quantique et la relativité générale vers une théorie du tout, positionnant les US National Laboratories à la tête de la science mondiale.

Le Royaume-Uni suivait de près, exportant 675 000 tonnes, avec une grande partie des déchets envoyés vers la Turquie, la Malaisie et l'Indonésie. L'Allemagne a été le plus grand exportateur mondial de déchets plastiques en 2025 et a envoyé plus de 810 000 tonnes à l'étranger, selon l'analyse des données commerciales réalisée pour le Guardian. Le Royaume-Uni a suivi de près, selon l'analyse de Watershed Investigations et du Basel Action Network. Il a exporté plus de 675 000 tonnes, son niveau le plus élevé en huit ans et de quoi remplir environ 127 000 conteneurs d'expédition. Continuer la lecture...

• Les responsables de la santé de Caroline du Sud ont mis fin à la plus importante épidémie de rougeole du pays après six mois, avec 997 infections et 21 hospitalisations, mais aucun décès. • L'épidémie s'est achevée dimanche après plus d'un mois sans nouveaux cas. • Cela marque une étape importante pour la santé publique dans un contexte d'inquiétudes nationales croissantes concernant la vaccination.

L'USS Gerald R Ford va regagner son port d'attache après une mission de 10 mois incluant un rôle dans la capture de Maduro et la guerre au Moyen-Orient. Le plus grand porte-avions au monde, l'USS Gerald R Ford, rentrera chez lui après un déploiement record de plus de 300 jours ayant inclus une participation à la guerre contre l'Iran et à la capture du dirigeant vénézuélien Nicolás Maduro, ont déclaré mercredi deux responsables américains. Le Ford quittera le Moyen-Orient dans les prochains jours et regagnera son port d'attache en Virginia à la mi-mai, selon les responsables, qui se sont exprimés sous couvert d'anonymat pour détailler des mouvements militaires sensibles. Le Washington Post a rapporté l'information plus tôt. Continuer la lecture...

L'usage de la cocaïne atteint également des sommets records, selon les chiffres de l'Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission Recevez notre newsletter d'actualités, notre application gratuite ou notre podcast quotidien La consommation de méthamphétamine en Australie a presque doublé au cours de la dernière décennie et la prise de stimulants atteint des niveaux records, selon de nouvelles analyses des eaux usées. Mercredi soir, l'Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission (Acic) a publié son dernier rapport annuel après avoir testé des échantillons d'eaux usées provenant de 64 stations d'épuration à travers le pays entre août 2024 et 2025. Lire la suite...

• La plus grande épidémie de rougeole aux États-Unis depuis plus de 35 ans a pris fin, aucun nouveau cas n'ayant été signalé depuis plus de 42 jours, selon le South Carolina Department of Public Health. • L'épidémie a débuté en octobre 2025 en Caroline du Sud et a entraîné près de 1 000 cas confirmés sur six mois, dont plus de 600 cas pour la seule année 2026 ; au moins 21 hospitalisations ont été enregistrées et aucun décès n'a été signalé. • Le Canada a été considérablement touché, perdant son statut d'élimination de la rougeole le 10 novembre 2025 et signalant 907 cas depuis le début de l'année 2026, dont 556 cas au Manitoba.

Lord committee says chancellor and recent predecessors have allowed themselves too little room for manoeuvreBusiness live – latest updatesRachel Reeves should aim to run a “significantly larger” buffer against her fiscal rules, according to a report from a House of Lords committee that says the UK’s public debt is on an unsustainable trajectory.The chancellor raised taxes at last year’s budget in order to more than double the “headroom”, or buffer, against her fiscal rules to £22bn – some of which is expected to be eroded by the impact of the Iran war. Continue reading...

Residents and visitors in California alert each other whenever they spot the above average size animal at Pier 39A gigantic 2,000lb steller sea lion nicknamed “Chonkers” has become an unexpected local celebrity after taking up residence in the San Francisco Bay.The massive sea lion swam up to a dock on Pier 39 in San Francisco around a month ago and has remained in the area since, drawing attention from residents, visitors and social media users who have been sharing frequent photos and videos of the animal looming over its peers. Continue reading...

Executive order to speed access to psychedelic treatments likely to have limited legal impact despite high-profile pushThe Trump administration issued an executive order earlier this month to accelerate access to psychedelic medication for people with “serious mental illnesses,” but experts say the order is more likely to make a difference symbolically than legally.“Policymakers and the medical field have long struggled to address the burden of suicide and serious mental illness rates in America,” the order reads, noting that some people do not respond to available treatments. Continue reading...

• President Donald Trump outlined sweeping healthcare reforms in an Oval Office address, announcing what he described as the largest prescription drug price cuts in U.S. history. • The announcement represents a major domestic policy initiative focused on reducing medication costs for American consumers. • Trump simultaneously signaled potential progress in Iran conflict negotiations, suggesting possible diplomatic breakthroughs as ceasefire talks continue.

Green groups say European Commission is ‘chief roadblock’ to its own plans, as report finds poor progress four years onHarmful compounds in children’s nappies and toxic “forever chemicals” in everyday products are among 14 hazardous substance groups hit by lengthy delays to EU pollution controls, according to report findings described by scientists as “extremely frustrating”.The European Commission sought to push broad categories of dangerous substances off the market with a “restrictions roadmap” in April 2022 that was hailed at the time as the largest-ever ban of toxic chemicals. Continue reading...

Reduction procedures and implant removals reflect shift toward comfort and more active lifestyles, surgeons sayBreast reductions and implant removals have overtaken enlargements for the first time, data shows, as experts link the shift to more active lifestyles.The latest annual audit from the British Association of Aesthetic Plastic Surgeons (BAAPS) shows there were 4,761 breast enlargement procedures in 2025, down 8% on the previous year. Continue reading...

• North Korean-linked hackers executed a $290 million cryptocurrency theft from Kelp DAO, marking the largest digital asset heist of the year and demonstrating persistent threats to blockchain platforms. • The attack underscores vulnerabilities in decentralized finance infrastructure and the sophistication of state-sponsored cybercriminal operations targeting crypto assets. • Security experts warn of escalating coordination between criminal groups and nation-state actors targeting high-value cryptocurrency holdings globally.

Museum says The Music is Black is part of a push to reposition scene as central to UK’s cultural historyJacqueline Springer is standing in the middle of the V&A’s new exhibition space looking wistfully at a pair of drainpipe trousers, a tailored suit jacket and a porkpie hat, which create the unmistakable silhouette of Pauline Black, lead singer of the 2 Tone group the Selector.Springer is the curator of the V&A East’s inaugural exhibition, The Music is Black, a landmark survey of Black British music, which opens this weekend. It starts with the early drumbeats in Africa and takes us right up to the latest innovations in pop and drill via jungle, grime, garage and two-tone. Continue reading...

Residents south of the refinery in Corio warned to shelter inside due to smokeGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastNationals leader Matt Canavan defended the Coalition’s planned crack down on immigrations as “fair and reasonable” and that migrants would understand the policy.Asked on 7.30 last night how Australia’s migrant communities would see the plan, Canavan referred to the “rigour” of the naturalisation process his Italian grandparents went through in the 1950s and his own publicised Section 44 high court citizenship saga (which he said ultimately proved him to be a “dinky-di Aussie”). He said:It’s fair and reasonable that we set high standards to join the club of Australians and I’m sure migrants here today want to see that …We have a Government that has put its head in the sand now and has not listened to the Australian people that clearly want change.I think we should discriminate on values …We shouldn’t discriminate on colour, religion, sexuality, gender, but surely … we should discriminate on people who don’t support democracy, who profess support for terrorism or violence, who don’t believe in equality between male and female genders. People who have those views I don’t want them in our country.I’ll comment that the Robert Frost line in that poem was delivered in irony.But we’ll return to that another day along with many other questions, thank you for joining us … Continue reading...

Justin Sun said World Liberty Financial built a ‘backdoor blacklisting function’ that froze his account. ‘We have the truth. See you in court,’ the company respondedSign up for the Breaking News US email to get newsletter alerts in your inboxThe largest investor in Donald Trump’s crypto venture has claimed that the firm “secretly” implemented a tool to unilaterally freeze his holdings of its cryptocurrency. He claimed the company could do the same to any other user.In posts on social media platform X on Sunday, crypto entrepreneur Justin Sun said, without offering evidence, that World Liberty Financial had embedded what he described as a “backdoor blacklisting function” in the blockchain-based contracts used for the WLFI tokens. Continue reading...

Barratt Redrow blames effects of Iran war, and likely impact on mortgage rates and costs, for further reductionBritain’s largest housebuilder is planning to dramatically cut back on buying new land, blaming the impact of the conflict in the Middle East and putting Labour’s ambitious housebuilding target under more pressure.Barratt Redrow said that it intends to approve between 7,000 and 9,000 plots of land for purchase in its current financial year, far lower than previous guidance of between 10,000 and 12,000. Continue reading...

After Singapore last week, the PM visits supplier of 9% of Australia’s diesel as treasurer travels to Washington for G20 finance ministers’ meetingGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastAnthony Albanese has arrived in Brunei Darussalam, the first Australian prime minister to fly to the oil-rich country for a meeting with the sultan, where he’ll discuss fuel supplies with the world’s longest serving monarch, Andrew Greene has reported from the travelling media pool.Arriving in Bandar Seri Begawan yesterday for his second trip to Asia in a week, Albanese was officially welcomed on the tarmac before making his way to the Brunei Darussalam-Australia memorial to lay a wreath. Continue reading...

• A Fred Hutch Cancer Center graduate student presented over 25,000 measurements of influenza-fighting antibodies to WHO scientists via videoconference last fall. • The dataset, published in Virus Evolution, offers near real-time tracking of human immune responses to current flu strains, improving seasonal vaccine composition. • This method addresses gaps in traditional surveillance, potentially enhancing vaccine effectiveness against evolving viruses.

Australia and Singapore will ‘make maximum efforts to meet each other’s energy security needs’ in refined fuels and LNG, according to new agreementGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastAustralia’s largest petrol source has pledged not to cut supplies, with Singapore’s prime minister telling Anthony Albanese that fuel will keep flowing despite the international crisis.Albanese’s whistle-stop visit with his Singaporean counterpart, Lawrence Wong, culminated in a new agreement that the two countries would keep sending one another fuel and liquefied natural gas, amid the “acute energy crisis” caused by the war in the Middle East. Australia and Singapore will also add a legally binding addendum to their free trade agreement on essential supplies like energy. Continue reading...

Attorneys for Salah Sarsour, a Palestinian-born US green card holder, say he was targeted for criticizing IsraelSign up for the Breaking News US email to get newsletter alerts in your inboxThe president of Wisconsin’s largest mosque was detained by federal immigration agents, drawing accusations from local officials and religious leaders that the arrest was motivated by his statements against Israel.Salah Sarsour, a Palestinian-born legal permanent resident of the United States, was taken into custody by nearly a dozen US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents on Monday in Milwaukee after he left his home, according to the Islamic Society of Milwaukee. Continue reading...

Two people reported killed in attack on newly completed suspension bridge after strike splits structure in halfMiddle East crisis – live updatesDonald Trump claimed responsibility for destroying Iran’s largest bridge, a day after he threatened to bomb the country “back to the stone ages” if a deal to end the five-week-long war he started was not reached.The US president shared footage of part of the newly built 136 metre-high $400m B1 suspension bridge between Tehran and Karaj collapsing dramatically on to the causeway below amid a rising plume of black smoke. Continue reading...

Plans would prevent the return of hundreds of thousands of residentsMiddle East crisis live – latest updatesIsrael said on Tuesday that it will occupy wide swathes of south Lebanon and destroy the homes along the border to prevent the return of some 600,000 residents, prompting concerns of long-term forced displacement.Israel’s defence minister, Israel Katz, said that it will occupy the area under the Litani River, some 19 miles from the Israel-Lebanon border, as part of its so-called buffer zone inside southern Lebanon when fighting with Hezbollah ends. Continue reading...

• Advocate Health will launch the country's largest hospital-based drone delivery network, beginning in Charlotte, NC, using Zipline drones to deliver prescriptions, lab specimens, and medical supplies across three of its markets. • The system is projected to conduct approximately 100,000 deliveries per year, significantly expanding healthcare logistics and supply chain capabilities within hospital systems. • This initiative represents a major technological advancement in hospital operations and marks a shift toward automated delivery infrastructure in American healthcare systems.

South Korea’s transport ministry says domestic airlines have asked authorities to redirect export-bound jet fuel back to the local market amid a supply crunch• Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastSouth Korean airlines have asked their government to help redirect jet fuel exports to the domestic market, threatening half of Australia’s imports of the critical fuel after Chinese authorities earlier this month flagged export restrictions.Amid deepening concerns across Asia about the impact of the escalating Middle East conflict, an official at South Korea’s transport ministry told the Guardian that “some domestic carriers” had asked authorities to redirect export-bound jet fuel back to the local market due to supply concerns. Continue reading...

Shift seen away from from traveling to states with legal abortion in favor of telehealth and mail-order pillsThe abortion rate is holding steady in the US despite total and partial bans in some states – largely because of travel across state lines and a significant increase in telehealth appointments, a new report says.US regulatory officials are weighing changes to the ways mifepristone, an abortion medication, may be dispensed, but they have reportedly pushed their review until after the midterm elections, given the widespread support for abortion across the US. Continue reading...

• Organizers reported 'No Kings' day protests drew huge crowds in major cities across the United States and internationally on March 28, with demonstrations described as potentially one of the largest in US history. • More than 3,100 protest events took place nationwide, reflecting widespread mobilization against Trump administration policies. • The scale of turnout underscores significant public opposition to current political leadership and Trump's governing agenda.