Musk makes grovelling apology to Trump for going ‘too far& six days after row

Elon Musk has taken to X to express regret over his war of words with US president Donald Trump, backing down after less than a week and conceding that &some& of his posts attacking the commander-in-chief &went too far.&

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Donald Tusk gets backing from Polish parliament, with rocky road ahead for his government

Donald Tusk&s government survived a confidence vote yesterday, shoring up its mandate after the nationalist opposition&s victory in the presidential election raised doubts about the Polish prime minister&s ability to deliver on key reforms.

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Emmanuel Macron vows to ban social media for children after school stabbing

French president Emmanuel Macron has vowed to ban social media for children under the age of 15 after a fatal school stabbing.

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Over 20 arrested on first night of restrictions in Los Angeles after days of protests

Police detained more than 20 people, mostly on curfew violations, on the first night of restrictions in downtown Los Angeles and used crowd-control projectiles to break up protests against president Donald Trump&s immigration crackdown, officials said yesterday.

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Harvey Weinstein appears in a Manhattan criminal court during his retrial. Photo: AP

A Manhattan jury found Harvey Weinstein guilty on a sex crimes charge yesterday, though the jury has not yet reached a verdict on all counts the former movie mogul faces in deliberations that have been marred by infighting and threats.

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Graz school shooter sent video to his mother warning of plans to attack, but she saw it too late

The suspected school shooter who killed at least 11 in the Austrian city of Graz sent his mother a suicide video warning of his plans ahead of the attack.

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