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Venezuela Earthquake Crisis Tests Legitimacy Of Delcy Rodriguez Regime
The earthquakes that struck Venezuela on Wednesday have killed nearly 1,000 people and more than 3,300.
Venezuela Earthquakes Live: New 4.9 Magnitude Earthquake Hits Venezuela
Venezuela earthquake LIVE Updates: The second earthquake struck just a minute later, with a 7.5-magnitude, and its epicentre was 16 kilometres southwest of Moron.
Small Plane Crashes Into Beijing's Tallest Building, Debris Falls From Sky
Videos and images also showed a portion of the building damaged, as well as a tail section of the plane and the broken window of a cab on the ground.
Opinion: Opinion | For The Great Passport Debate, A 'Common-Sense' Cure - By Shashi Tharoor
There is a gap between legal theory and the practical realities of a passport. But an easy fix can resolve this manufactured crisis.
Earthquake Of Magnitude 5.5 Hits Pakistan, No Damage Reported
There were no immediate reports of deaths or damage to property.
US Man Sues DraftKings After Gambling Away Rs 18.8 Crore Wedding Fund
Chicago man sues DraftKings after losing $2 million, alleging failure to address gambling addiction.
Children embrace Cornish language as it enjoys ‘remarkable resurgence’
Go Cornish Celebration engages younger generation as council finalises strategy to boost everyday use of Kernewek Seven-year-old Albie, a pupil at Trewirgie infants’ school in Redruth, did not hesitate when asked why he liked learning Kernewek, the Cornish language.“We used to talk this way in the old days,” he said. “And I like speaking now. I enjoy the songs we sing, the Cornish books we read, all the words. It’s fun.” Continue reading...
Anthropic Receives Approval To Release Claude Mythos AI Model To Trusted Partners
US government grants Anthropic restricted release of Claude Mythos 5 after security review.
Australia to double penalty for social media ban breaches to $99m as tech giants accused of ‘not doing enough’
Prime minister Anthony Albanese says too many children still on platforms but he is ‘heartened’ by world-leading lawSocial media bans go global: big tech faces a reckoning after Australia’s crackdownGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe federal government will double the penalty for breaches of Australia’s youth social media ban to $99m, arguing tech companies are “not doing enough” to keep children off harmful social media sites.And the eSafety commissioner, now investigating potential breaches of the law by Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat, TikTok and YouTube, will have its information-gathering powers strengthened under proposed further reforms. Continue reading...
The UFC match plot: how a far-right group tried to assassinate Trump at his own event
Court files show how men connected through TikTok and encrypted apps planned attack on White House UFC fightWhen Tycen Proper, 19, finished high school, his family gave him at least $3,000 of “graduation money”, according to court documents. Despite the generosity, he seemed content to just live at his parents’ home, in a tiny Ohio town near Amish country, and spend more and more time on the internet.But Proper did have ambition of a kind, an affidavit says. He quit his job to focus on a special project that he was planning with friends from the internet. His mother saw him studying maps of Washington DC. He also put his graduation money into investments that made his father uneasy: a rifle, a shotgun, body armor, ammunition. Continue reading...
‘I’m missing out’: the cash-strapped UK university students forced to live at home
Experts say students from poorer backgrounds increasingly having to limit their options because of money worriesMost days, Mariam spends hours simply waiting.The 19-year-old University College London student often finishes her lectures by mid-morning but has careers events or society meetings in the evening. The three-hour round trip to her family home means travelling back and forth makes little sense, so she waits on campus instead. More often than not, by the time the event starts, she is too exhausted to stay long. Continue reading...
David Hencke, Guardian journalist who exposed cash-for-questions scandal, dies aged 79
Former Westminster correspondent earned a reputation for uncovering political wrongdoing in the 1990sThe acclaimed journalist David Hencke, whose career at the Guardian spanned more than three decades, has died of liver cancer aged 79.As Westminster correspondent, Hencke was instrumental in exposing the cash-for-questions scandal that forced the resignations of two Conservative ministers, and the scoop that led to Peter Mandelson’s first resignation from government. Continue reading...
