Opinion: An ancient, sophisticated palate
Opinion Opinion: An ancient, sophisticated palate March 14, 2026 8:00 AM ET Heard on Weekend Edition Saturday Scott Simon Opinion: An ancient, sophisticated palate Audio will be available later today. Martin Bernetti/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Martin...
Will AI take Australian jobs, or is it just an excuse for corporate restructure?
AI has been blamed for more than 1,000 job cuts in Australia in the past few months. Illustration: rudall30/Getty Images View image in fullscreen AI has been blamed for more than 1,000 job cuts in Australia in the past few...
Games with loot boxes to get minimum 16 age rating across Europe
Games with loot boxes to get minimum 16 age rating across Europe 16 minutes ago Share Save Laura Cress Technology reporter Share Save Getty Images Games which feature loot boxes will soon be given an age rating of 16 across...
Can plastic-eating funghi help clean up nappy waste?
Can plastic-eating funghi help clean up nappy waste? 12 minutes ago Share Save Suzanne Bearne Technology Reporter Share Save Leila Green Leila Green's triplets would get through 25 nappies a day Before Leila Green became a mother of triplets three...
Shell CEO’s pay jumps 60% despite slump in profits at oil company
Photograph: Toby Melville/Reuters Shell CEO’s pay jumps 60% despite slump in profits at oil company Campaigners say people unlikely to ‘look favourably’ on package for Wael Sawan, which rose to £13.8m in 2025 The chief executive of Shell saw his...
Stagflation fears rise as escalating Iranian war drives up oil price again – business live
Hopes that the market turmoil in the energy market might have abated are fading rapidly today, as Iran escalates its attacks on infrastructure and transport networks across the Gulf. These widespread Iranian attacks on Middle Eastern energy facilities drove Brent...
Robodebt was the great test of Australia’s accountability mechanisms – and they failed
But the whistleblower told us otherwise.’ Photograph: William West/AFP/Getty Images View image in fullscreen ‘There were no problems with Centrelink’s debt recovery system, the government said. But the whistleblower told us otherwise.’ Photograph: William West/AFP/Getty Images Analysis Robodebt was the...
Quit fossil fuels to stem deadly floods in Brazil’s coffee heartland, say scientists
The aftermath of a landslide in Juiz de Fora, Brazil, which has experienced its wettest February on record. Photograph: Pilar Olivares/Reuters View image in fullscreen The aftermath of a landslide in Juiz de Fora, Brazil, which has experienced its wettest...
Three brothers arrested after explosion at US embassy in Oslo
Three brothers arrested after explosion at US embassy in Oslo 46 minutes ago Share Save Olivia Ireland Share Save Reuters Sunday's explosion caused minor damage and nobody was injured, the authorities say Three brothers have been arrested in Norway linked...
Billionaire Zara founder Amancio Ortega to receive €3.23bn dividend
Zara is owned by Spain’s Inditex, the world’s biggest fashion chain. Photograph: Vincent West/Reuters View image in fullscreen Zara is owned by Spain’s Inditex, the world’s biggest fashion chain. Photograph: Vincent West/Reuters Billionaire Zara founder Amancio Ortega to receive €3.23bn...
The Guardian view on Adam Smith: he deserves rescuing from the free-market myth
‘Smith clearly thought economic life depended on social justice and institutions.’ The Adam Smith statue on Edinburgh’s Royal Mile. Photograph: Lesley Martin/Reuters View image in fullscreen ‘Smith clearly thought economic life depended on social justice and institutions.’ The Adam Smith...
‘Happy (and safe) shooting!’: chatbots helped researchers plot deadly attacks
A US army veteran who blew up a Tesla Cybertruck outside a Las Vegas hotel in January 2025 reportedly used ChatGPT to research explosives. Photograph: Ronda Churchill/Reuters View image in fullscreen A US army veteran who blew up a Tesla...
Katie Perry v Katy Perry: Sydney fashion designer wins 16-year trademark dispute with US pop star
The high court has ruled that Katy Perry’s label, Kitty Purry, and her international merchandise distributor, Bravado, had been ‘assiduous infringers’ of designer Katie Taylor’s Katie Perry trademark. Photograph: Chris Jackson/AP View image in fullscreen The high court has ruled...
Google employee loses tribunal claim after sexual harassment complaint
Google employee loses tribunal claim after sexual harassment complaint 3 hours ago Share Save Rianna Croxford Investigations correspondent Share Save Reuters A senior Google employee who claimed she was made redundant after reporting a manager for sharing inappropriate stories about...
Lebanon calls for talks with Israel on plan to end Hezbollah conflict
Lebanon calls for talks with Israel on plan to end Hezbollah conflict 1 hour ago Share Save Samantha Granville Beirut Share Save Reuters Israel has repeatedly struck Beirut's southern suburbs, a stronghold of Hezbollah, over the past week Lebanon's president...
From cancer to Alzheimer’s: could a renewed focus on energy transform biomedicine?
The ‘astounding’ rise of semaglutide — and what’s next for weight-loss drugs Discovering the molecular processes associated with this energy flow has led to fields of research dedicated to metabolism. Still, much of the biomedical research literature omits explicit considerations...