World - Sunday, April 19, 2026

The android won a race featuring robots and humans on Sunday in Beijing, achieving a technological milestone while finishing faster than any person in history.

Meanwhile treasurer warns of ‘big risks’ to inflation and growth as global oil price jumps again. Follow today’s news live Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast Treasurer says capital gains changes and other tax reform still under consideration Sticking with the budget, Chalmers said the government hasn’t made any decisions on capital gains tax reform. We haven’t taken any decisions on those policies, whether the specific ones you mentioned [or others]. There’s more work to do on our options for tax reform in this budget. The savings package won’t be exactly the same as what we would have been contemplating over the summer, but it will be a substantial savings package. When we came to office the NDIS was out of control and it had strayed a long way from its original intended purpose. It was growing around 22% when we got to office. Continue reading...

Without better last-mile connectivity and affordable fares, metro use is unlikely to improve quickly, say experts.

Two U.S. Embassy personnel were killed in an "accident" in Mexico, according to U.S. Ambassador to Mexico Ronald Johnson. Details remain unclear.

President Trump said a Navy destroyer had attacked and seized an Iranian-flagged vessel in the Gulf of Oman. The White House said it is dispatching a high-level delegation, including Vice President JD Vance, to Pakistan for negotiations.

This blog is now closed. UN secretary-general António Guterres has strongly condemned the killing of a French peacekeeper and the wounding of three others in an attack in southern Lebanon , spokesman Stéphane Dujarric said in a statement to the Associated Press. The UN peacekeeping force came under attack with small-arms fire on Saturday morning, with two of the injured hurt seriously, France’s president and the force known as UNIFIL said. Continue reading...

A DNA and legal project has identified the fathers of 20 children born near a military base in Kenya.

President Trump said the United States attacked an Iranian ship that tried to get past the U.S. blockade, hours after Iran said the blockade was a war crime that violated the cease-fire.

A French soldier was killed in a southern Lebanon ambush allegedly carried out by Hezbollah, straining the 10-day Israel-Lebanon ceasefire agreement.

Shreveport police say suspect Shamar Elkins, who was fatally shot, killed seven of his children and injured their mother in a ‘domestic violence incident’ Sign up for the Breaking News US email to get newsletter alerts in your inbox At least eight children were killed, and two adults were wounded in a mass shooting in the Louisiana city of Shreveport, in what police called a “domestic violence incident”. Chris Bordelon, the Shreveport police department spokesperson, said on Sunday evening that the suspect, Shamar Elkins, killed seven of his own children and wounded their mother, as well as killing another child. Continue reading...