Concerns thefts could accelerate over Christmas shutdown, with tools and equipment increasingly targeted ...

Extreme weather and fragile supply chains are pushing up food costs – and raising fears of instability ...

Country is facing epidemic of diabetes and obesity, but experts say widespread and unregulated use of weight loss drugs could put patients at risk ...

Journalists find Swiss government rejected company over fears US intelligence might gain access to sensitive data ...

Family who said they paid cash were left embarrassed after being accused of not paying £20.01 ...

Bill C-12 includes many changes around border security along with new ineligibility rules for refugee claimants ...

Regulator says ex-customers allegedly affected by Centrepay scandal were already ‘likely experiencing economic vulnerability’ ...

Rights groups dismiss ‘sham conviction’ of media tycoon on national security offences in city’s most closely watched rulings in decades ...

Ten years after I first followed the proposed route, I retraced my steps to see what life was like along the world’s most expensive, heavily delayed railway line ...

The cost of making an Australian public good like beaches, museums, transport and phones free or universal is marginal – while the benefits are immense ...

Critics compare offensive to Iraq war, citing familiar mix of regime-change rhetoric, security pretexts and oil interests ...

Members of Sudan’s Emergency Response Rooms network tell Guardian they didn’t mind missing out on the Nobel peace prize because ‘we only want to help’ ...