Republican senator’s comments come as he is considered among Trump’s top candidates for vice-presidentThe Republican Florida senator Marco Rubio said on Sunday he would not commit to accepting the 2024 presidential election results, insisting that “if it’s unfair” his party will “go to court and point out the fact that states are not following their...

A country already in political transition could soon be forced to replace more than one leaderThe Iranian helicopter crash comes at a time when the country, faced by unprecedented external challenges, was already bracing itself for a change in regime with the expected demise in the next few years of its 85-year-old supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.In...

Taliban says four arrested over attack at Bamiyan heritage site that killed three Spanish visitors and an AfghanIslamic State has claimed responsibility for an attack by gunmen in Afghanistan’s central Bamiyan province that killed three Spanish tourists on Friday.The Taliban’s interior ministry spokesperson, Abdul Mateen Qani, said on Sunday that four...

Labour sees no electoral gain in flagging sector’s funding crisis – but losses cannot be sustained much longerEx-ministers say universities will go bust without higher fees or fundingWhy are universities in such financial dire straits? According to one sector leader, it’s because they are losing money on two of their three income streams, while their...

Exclusive: EPA chief executive says ‘foundational’ rule changes put climate impacts ‘front and centre' of planning processGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastNew coalmines, gas fields and other big sources of greenhouse gases in New South Wales will need to provide more rigorous plans to minimise pollution and reduce...

Gaza protesters wore keffiyehs as Biden tried to assure the crowd: ‘Your voices should be heard, I promise you I hear them’It was, in the end, an artful compromise.Joe Biden got to speak uninterrupted and renew his pitch to Black voters. Protesters got to make their point by wearing keffiyehs or raising a fist. Even the skies were merciful, hinting...