Nvidia scandal: US treasury chief blames Lutnick’s commerce department over alleged lack of action
US commerce secretary faces sack as questions emerge over senior Trump officials’ knowledge of alleged Chinese spy’s ties to Jensen Huang
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Microsoft scrambles to fix global outage affecting Teams and Outlook
Tech firm says it is ‘deeply sorry’ for disruption and has now addressed the underlying issue
What’s behind Australia’s surge in teen extremism?
Young people are being found with ‘hard drives full of what can only be described as gore’, one expert says
Former NSW Liberal MP Rory Amon found guilty of raping 13-year-old boy
The 37-year-old was convicted in the state’s supreme court months after a different jury failed to reach a verdict on the same charges
Storm Charles causes floods and flight cancellations across southern Europe
Heavy rain and strong winds have also caused disruption across British Columbia, Canada, over the last week
A baffling trail from Australia to Singapore: what is Megaspeed, the company implicated in downfall of Nvidia’s Jensen Huang?
Few solid clues have emerged as to the true nature of Megaspeed, whose former director Alice Huang has been accused of being a Chinese spy
Victoria election 2026: Labor and Greens trade accusations of ‘dodgy deals’ as preference fight puts key seats at risk
Greens say they will not direct preferences to Labor in 15 seats after party’s ‘unforgivable’ decision earlier in week
Teen prodigy, Netflix star, prisoner: the story of Hong Kong dissident Joshua Wong – podcast
Pro-democracy activist Nathan Law and journalist Danny Vincent on the sentencing of the iconic Hong Kong campaigner Joshua Wong to another 10 years in prison. Send your comments and questions to tif.questions@theguardian.com
China rules out hosting Cop33 climate summit in 2028
Decision disappoints experts hoping for world’s biggest emitter to take global lead on climate crisis
Zimbabwean author Simbarashe Kundizeza cleared of using AI to write prize-winning story
After a month-long investigation it was concluded that Kundizeza’s story The Blue Fighter, which won the £10,000 Caine prize, was ‘human-written’
Thursday briefing: What we do (and don’t) know about Alice Huang and the Nvidia affair
In today’s newsletter: US intelligence reportedly believes the former tech executive was recruited by Beijing, raising questions about the security of the AI industry and Trump’s close ties to Nvidia chief Jensen Huang
Two skulls likely belonging to enslaved people returned to Brazil after Harvard used them in eugenics studies
Remains believed to have belonged to Africans or Afro-Brazilians repatriated after being flown back by diplomats
Ex-member of radical Marxist group scales balcony, escapes house arrest in Argentina
Leonardo Bertulazzi, 74, awaiting extradition to Italy, reportedly used harness to flee custody
Argentinian lawyer mocks UK’s sovereignty claim in Falklands oil case
Lawyer says Britain wrong to believe in historic doctrine that crown has sovereignty over parts of oceans
Killing of journalist underscores deteriorating conditions in Ecuador
Tomás Beltrán was shot dead amid gang warfare that has turned Latin American country into one of its most violent
Ukraine captures first Indonesian prisoner of war amid surge in Russian recruitment
Capture of man from Java follows reports that hundreds are being recruited from the south-east Asian country as Moscow seeks to boost its war effort
Lewis Hamilton visits Egypt’s Rafah crossing and Gaza aid facilities
Seven-time F1 world champion tours border area and logistics warehouses operated by Egyptian Red Crescent