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Ukraine Release Video Of Bombing In Monaco That Injured Tycoon, His Family
The suspected perpetrator, Anastasiia Berezovska, was found dead in Ukraine a few days later.
31-Year-Old Diver Survives After Being Bitten By Nearly 7-Foot Shark In Australia
The diver was about 165 feet from shore and roughly 26 feet underwater when he was bitten on the lower forearm by what authorities believe was a broadnose sevengill shark measuring about 6.5 feet long.
As Andy Burnham enters No 10, what of his ‘bezzie mate’ Steve Rotheram?
A longstanding bromance means the Liverpool regional major very much has the ear of the soon-to-be PMWhen a new prime minister enters Downing Street, observers usually look to those around the cabinet table to see where influence lies. With Andy Burnham, they should look 200 miles north – not to Manchester, but Liverpool.Steve Rotheram, the mayor of Liverpool city region, may not have a formal role in government but he has a strong claim to having the closest personal bond to the incoming prime minister, a man he calls his “bezzie mate”. Continue reading...
Middle East crisis live: US launches new round of airstrikes to ‘swiftly punish’ Iran after American troops killed
Iran’s Revolutionary Guards says two ships have also been involved in ‘accident’ after defying strait of Hormuz warnings as Kuwait reports attack from TehranTwo US troops killed and one missing in Jordan after Iranian attacksJordanian authorities have not issued any decision to evacuate the airport or seaport in the city of Aqaba, and have not detected any potential threats in the past hours, the state news agency cited the government spokesperson as saying.This denial comes in response to the US embassy in Jordan earlier saying the airport and seaport in Aqaba had been evacuated by Jordanian authorities because of a “specific and credible threat” (see this post for more details). Continue reading...
US Plans MAGA-Aligned Grants In Europe To Fight EU Censorship Laws: Report
The proposed grants include $2 million to "counter censorship" stemming from EU regulations
What happened to Nolan Wells? Family seeks answers two weeks after 18-year-old’s death
Investigation continues after college freshman was found dead on Mississippi island after 4 July boat trip with friendsTwo weeks after Nolan Xavier Wells was found dead, his family is still searching for answers.On 4 July, Wells, an 18-year-old Mississippi college freshman, and a group of friends took a boat out to Horn Island, a barrier island a few miles off the Mississippi Gulf coast. Continue reading...
Nigel Farage admits George Cottrell paid for filming and let him use his home
Reform leader says support from fraudster before last election is ‘totally undeclarable in every single way’Nigel Farage has admitted his close friend the fraudster George Cottrell let him use one of his London homes and paid for social media filming before the last election but insisted it was “totally undeclarable in every single way”.The Reform UK leader spoke in depth for the first time about his support from Cottrell and the £5m gift from the Thailand-based businessman Christopher Harborne in an interview with the anti-woke Triggernometry podcast. Continue reading...
Government use of automated AI decision-making to be curbed under new Australian rules
New national plan accompanied by Labor push for digital duty of care legislationGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe use of AI in automated decision-making by government departments and agencies will be subject to tough rules under a new national plan, expected to extend to consumer protections, workplace safety and privacy.As the Albanese government grapples with the rapid growth in the use of artificial intelligence and a boom in datacentre construction, senior ministers have begun work to draw up new rules to ensure safety is built into AI processes inside government, prioritising fairness, accuracy and transparency. Continue reading...
Trump’s rebranding of Palm Beach airport hasn’t taken off as he planned
Changes inside the Florida international airport are hardly evident as state and county hold back funds for full remodelOne of Donald Trump’s most grandiose vanity projects, a multimillion-dollar makeover of Florida’s Palm Beach international airport into a self-aggrandizing, gold-plated transportation hub, is running into turbulence, barely a week after the first plane’s wheels touched the runway.At first glance, the rebranding of the airport less than 5 miles from his opulent Mar-a-Lago resort appears to be complete. Its website bears the name and oversized logo of the President Donald J Trump international airport, and state transportation workers were quick to erect highway signs leaving drivers in no doubt where they were heading. Continue reading...
"Tortured, Forced To Work Day And Night": Hyderabad Woman Stuck In Oman
Shabnam Begum said she traveled to Oman on March 26 after a local recruitment agent promised her a job as a housemaid.
South East Water supply disruption hits thousands of properties in Kent
People in Tunbridge Wells area face lower pressure, intermittent supply or no water after ‘instrument failure’Thousands of homes and businesses in Kent are facing water supply problems for a second day, including a “complete lack of water” in some cases, South East Water said.About 7,000 properties in the Tunbridge Wells area could face low pressure, intermittent supply or no water, after an “instrument failure” at a nearby water treatment works, SEW said. Continue reading...
Majority of US voters link extreme weather to climate crisis, study finds
Top Democrat says findings show public ‘way ahead of the politicians’ as Trump dismisses global heating as ‘hoax’Amid a summer of dangerous heat, drought and floods, a majority of Americans are connecting increasingly severe weather to the climate crisis, new polling shows, despite efforts by Donald Trump to dismiss global heating as a “con job” and a “hoax”.It’s a sign that attempts to suppress polarize climate concerns may not be seeing full success, said Grace Adcox, senior climate strategist at Data for Progress. Continue reading...
