2026 News Archive

FDA officials approve first-of-a-kind pill called daraxonrasib to fight one of the deadliest types of cancer The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved a groundbreaking new drug for the most common form of pancreatic cancer, offering US patients a more effective treatment against one of the deadliest types of the disease. FDA officials gave expedited approval to the first-of-a-kind pill, called daraxonrasib, that blocks a mutated protein which fuels tumor growth in more than 90% of pancreatic cancer cases. It’s an approach that has eluded drugmakers for decades...

Indiana is the latest state to experiment with limiting what hospitals can charge, to try to get a handle on high health costs.

Meta and the attorneys general of four states have reached a $17 billion settlement in a landmark federal trial over child safety issues on Facebook and Instagram.

Tariffs and export controls have been the Trump administration's main economic security tools. Neither is working very well right now.

Recalls of lettuce, jalapeno peppers and eggs because of foodborne illness outbreaks have put a spotlight on the safety of the U.S. food supply. How much do the recalls tell us?

The Trump administration's top trade negotiator on Wednesday disputed Ottawa's assertion that last-minute demands from the U.S. derailed a trade deal between the two countries, saying Canadian negotiators' concerns about the deal's "implementation" led Ottawa to pull the plug.

The Bombay High Court ordered the Maharashtra Food and Drugs Administration to re-inspect five eateries operating on the premises of the Mumbai Cricket Association

The incident in Kandivali has brought the friction between Marathi and non-Marathi rickshaw drivers into the open

AISA offers support to outfit’s protest march, called a week before two-day BRICS leaders’ summit; several foreign dignitaries, including Russian President, expected at the international conference

Tributes pour in from across the worlds of music, film and politics for the star, who died at the age of 80.

Many of them were traveling to or from a Himalayan peak that is revered by Hindus as the spiritual home of the god Shiva.

What led to the surprising return of Meghan and Harry to Britain? What will it mean? Our journalists, and many competitors, are seeking answers.

People in China are way more optimistic about the technology than Americans. We look at what’s behind the difference.

Floodwaters swept away villages near the border between Nepal and the Tibet region of China.

Governments around the world have passed or proposed a range of bans or restrictions on young teens using addictive social media platforms.

The US president expected Ottawa to bow to tariff demands, but Canada is striking back – and it could cost Americans This was originally published in This Week in Trumpland. We all know this kind of polling is about as scientific as a high school popularity contest, but at least anecdotally, Canadians have a reputation for being friendly and welcoming, respectful and polite. Many people would find it difficult to dislike Canadians. But not Donald Trump, who in a “hold my beer” moment this week demonstrated that he, at least, finds it easy to resent Canadians. The US president called the country “difficult and unreasonable”, and in a particularly hysterical moment, threatened to rename a lake, after trade talks collapsed...

Musicians and performers pay tribute to the country legend who managed to be a generational talent, a formidable entrepreneur, a dedicated philanthropist and a truly kind person Shirley Collins, singer-songwriter..

Joe Root’s side have golden chance to claim first series win since 2024 but are dealing with familiar off-field issues Here we go again, then. It feels like every Test involving England these days is one of critical importance in some way or other. On one level, this is good for business, showing the depth of interest compared with other, ahem, products. But it is not necessarily a good thing for the team in this instance. Since Ben Stokes retired and the last of Bazball’s many funerals in June, the players left behind have been trying to wriggle free from their recent past. Problem is, they are finding certain aspects trickier to shake off than others. For the second time this summer, a thumping win to go 1-0 up has been doused instantly by a late night on the drink and the headlines inevitably generated...

Tributes are paid to the much-loved and respected Fleet Street veteran who also tipped as ‘Larry Lynx’ Ken Oliver, who has died at the age of 86, was the Guardian’s racing editor for many years until his retirement in 2004, at the end of a lifetime in racing journalism at publications including the London Evening News, the Sporting Life, the Sun, the London Daily News, the Sunday People – where he tipped as Larry Lynx – and as the editor of Ruff’s Guide to the Turf, the racing equivalent of Wisden. Ken was the racing editor when I joined the Guardian in 2001 and he was a joy to work with: an old-school veteran of the glory days of Fleet Street, blessed with an encyclopaedic knowledge of the sport and steeped in all the rhythms and traditions of daily papers that would soon be ushered into history by the internet. He was also unflappable, understanding when a story or plan went awry, and the best possible company for a pint or two in a local watering hole once the first edition had been put to bed...

Third qualifying round, first leg: Chelsea 5-2 Real Sociedad Girma 29, Buurman 54, Malard 67 88, James 74; Marín 7, Marcos 59 Chelsea’s sluggish start in the first leg of their Champions League qualifier against Real Sociedad will have made far from satisfying viewing for their suspended head coach, Sonia Bompastor, but two goals from the new signing Melvine Malard contributed to a five-goal haul as the Blues came from behind to give themselves a three-goal cushion going into next week’s return fixture. “It was a tough game, a tough first half because Real Sociedad is a really great team but I think we had a good reaction,” said Camille Abily, the assistant coach to Bompastor, who was serving a one match ban following her red card in Chelsea’s quarter-final second leg against Arsenal last season. “We were so much better in the second half, there was more space also. It’s a good win – a tough win but a good win.”..

Saudi Arabia’s PIF have ended financial support Chief executive working on deal but needs players’ buy-in LIV Golf informed the majority of its workforce on Wednesday that they will be laid off in the first week of September. The news ⁠comes three days after the 2026 season concluded in Indianapolis and four months after Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund announced it was ending its financial support ⁠of the league after ⁠spending more than $5bn over the past five years...

DIY system will be stocked by big retailers, starting with Argos, enabling more homes to lower bills by generating own electricity Plug-in solar panels will go on sale in the UK for the first time from Thursday, allowing households unable to use rooftop panels to also generate their own cheap electricity. Households across the country will be able to join the millions across mainland Europe who generate their own renewable electricity using “balcony solar panels”, which will be stocked by some of the UK’s biggest retailers...

Paid employment can boost confidence and wellbeing, says Pat McFadden as jobs guarantee scheme gets under way Work must be “part of the answer” to the mental health crisis among young people, the work and pensions secretary, Pat McFadden, has said as he met some of the first beneficiaries of Labour’s youth jobs guarantee scheme. He was speaking on a visit to Boots’s headquarters in Nottingham on Wednesday, where several 18- to 21-year-olds were taken on under the job guarantee – with their wages paid by the taxpayer for six months...

A new season at the snazziest modern stadium in England and something extremely welcome for Tottenham. A home win over domestic opposition. There were only four of them last season; three in the Premier League with the final one – over Everton on the last day – helping them to avoid relegation. Had they lost that, this Carabao Cup fixture against Charlton would also have been played in the Championship. Spurs needed this tonic for another reason – to begin the clean-up operation after Saturday’s awful 3-0 defeat at Brentford. The season could not have started any worse. With no European football, a decent cup run or runs are imperative and Spurs got themselves up and running in this competition on a night when everything came together perfectly...

The Bridge program, which began July 1, makes some Medicare beneficiaries eligible for obesity drugs for $50 a month. CVS and Walgreens say they've each already filled 100,000 such prescriptions.

UNRWA chief says the seizure of its training centre is part of Israel’s efforts to eliminate agency and refugee issue

Meta has agreed to pay up to $17.1 billion in a landmark settlement with US states

Palestinians held vigils across the occupied West Bank demanding the return of Palestinian bodies held by Israel.

Iran and Oman are holding talks to try to reach an interim agreement for a controlled resumption of navigation in the Strait of Hormuz. The two countries have discussed a framework for a “temporary corridor” for shipping, according to a joint statement by the Iranian and Omani foreign ministries. But the plan faces several hurdles.

In tonight's programme, a three-day testimony of an alleged underworld kingpin exposed how deep the link between alleged criminals and high profile police officers is in South Africa. Also, in Tunisia grieving families lay their lost youth, all victims of a boat that went down in the Mediterranean Sea over the weekend. And finally in an era of mass production and electric machines, a young Kenyan fashion designer is taking a slower approach.

US authorities seized two domains allegedly used to target sensitive government networks since 2018.

FBI psychiatrist Gregory Saathoff says he’s treated only two women with postpartum psychosis, both decades earlier The Lindsay Clancy trial was heading for closing arguments on Wednesday, as a final witness for the prosecution laid out that he believed the Massachusetts mother knew right from wrong when she took the lives of her three young children before attempting to commit suicide in 2023. An FBI psychiatrist, Dr Gregory Saathoff, testified in court in Plymouth that he does not believe Clancy’s account that she heard a voice ordering her to kill the children – five-year-old Cora, three-year-old Dawson and eight-month-old Callan – as her defense team maintains that this occurred while she was suffering from the relatively rare condition of postpartum psychosis...

One in two Britons backs a ban on trade with Israeli West Bank settlements, polling suggests.

Residents of Tunisia’s coastal town of Ben Guerdane on Wednesday attended the funerals of eight young migrants.

The Syrian Democratic Forces announces its dissolution after merging with Syria's army.

A debt ceiling would trigger automatic spending cuts, which conservatives could use to pare back social programmes.

Tim Curry, the British character actor who created a gallery of flamboyant villains for stage and screen, most famously Dr. Frank-N-Furter in the 1975 cult classic "The Rocky Horror Picture Show", has died at the age of 80, his manager said on Wednesday.

Durham bowler dropped from England squad Unclear whether Carse involved in alleged assault Derbyshire police are investigating an alleged assault in connection with the arrest of Brydon Carse last weekend, which led to the Durham fast bowler being dropped from the England squad for the second Test against Pakistan. Carse was filmed by a member of the public in handcuffs outside Molly Malone’s Irish Tavern in Derby in the early hours of Sunday morning with several other Durham players, including the former England captain Ben Stokes, also present...

The move is part of the Trump administration’s efforts to spur the country’s largest expansion of nuclear power in more than three decades.

Firm says ‘early signals … could have triggered an earlier response’ as it releases report into Hugging Face hack OpenAI staff observed signs of rogue behaviour among its leading-edge AI agents weeks before they escaped their training environment to launch an unprecedented hacking crusade that spread global alarm. The San Francisco AI company conceded on Wednesday that “early signals … could have triggered an earlier response”, as it released a report into the days-long July hack of a major software repository, Hugging Face, considered the first autonomous agent cyber-attack...

A 50-year-old Thai suspect was arrested with the eggs in a "homemade incubator" carried as hand luggage.

Christian Saunders tells Al Jazeera raid part of campaign to weaken agency and eliminate Palestinian rights.

Hamas has pledged to hand over its weapons as part of the US plan for Gaza, which Israeli PM Netanyahu has rejected.

Updates from Wednesday’s second-round matches Get in touch: email John and Essentially, it’s whether they are home and away. Crystal Palace v TBC Manchester United v TBC Manchester City v TBC Sunderland v TBC TBC v Arsenal TBC v Aston Villa Bournemouth v TBC Liverpool v TBC..

Israeli forces installed gates around the home of Palestinian American Lou Ridi in Qusra, in the occupied West Bank.

UEFA set to end threat of FIFA events boycott after assurances over Gianni Infantino's failed World Cup investor plan.

SDF's dissolution is a major victory for Damascus, but unresolved questions over command and deployment remain.

Palestine Action's Huda Ammori says Trump's penalties should be a 'wake-up call' for UK to lift ban on the group.

🇫🇷 👩‍🚀 Sophie Adenot, the first French woman to conduct a spacewalk and the second female French astronaut to go to space, gave an exclusive interview to #FRANCE24 and #RFI from the International Space Station. In conversation with our journalists, she reflected on the feeling of leaping into the vast unknown of space for the first time.

The couple quit royal duties six years ago to head to California. It's unclear how they will be received on return.

Pilgrims came to Iraq from all over the world in August. Many Iraqi and Iranian pilgrims walked hundreds of miles in extreme heat to mark the event. Outside the shrines, the atmosphere is almost festive.

More than 400 travellers are said to be missing after flood on Tibet border, including 33 Britons Flash floods on Nepal-Tibet border – latest updates Thirty-three British citizens including a 13-year-old girl are among more than 400 travellers missing after a flash flood on the Nepal-Tibet border, according to Nepal’s tourism board. The sudden flood happened on the Tibetan side of the Bhote Koshi River at about 8.30am local time on Wednesday. The 33 UK citizens are among at least 341 foreign nationals unaccounted for...

Inflation has worsened since the US and Israel attacked Iran, sending energy prices spiralling.

Meta agreed to set more time limits and enhance protections in its platforms for young users, but was short on some specifics.

Analysts say mine clearance alone is unlikely to make shipping 'safe' in the Strait of Hormuz.

At least 50 people were injured after several fireworks exploded among a crowd at a festival in northern Spain.

Iranian authorities believe they can withstand US sanctions, but warn of a tough year ahead.

The Silicon Valley company agreed to pay up to $17.1 billion in penalties as part of a landmark settlement with states over social media addiction claims.

Syria has been in talks on the fate of Khmeimim and Tartous bases, which Russia used to support ousted Assad regime.