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Japan Space Probe Performs Flyby Of Asteroid. It May Help Protect The Earth
Moving at a speed of more than 18,000 kilometres per hour, Hayabusa2 was not intended to collide with Torifune.
8, Including 4 Children, Injured In New York Shooting On US Independence Day
One of the victims, a 21-year-old woman, was in critical condition while the others were described as being stable and expected to survive, police said.
Florida Republican says deporting Haitians with TPS would be ‘huge mistake’
‘Haiti is a failed state’, says Carlos Giménez, congressman and Miami Cuban exile, after controversial court rulingCarlos Giménez, a Republican congressman from Florida, broke with the Trump administration on Sunday, calling on the White House to reconsider its push to eliminate temporary protected status (TPS) for Haitian migrants.Returning some 350,000 Haitians to their chaotic, dangerous homeland following the US supreme court’s ruling that the Trump administration can cut off temporary legal protections, would be a grave error, Giménez said. Continue reading...
Seven-Year-Old In US Critically Injured In Horrific Dog Attack: 'Scalp Ripped Off'
The family described the girl as "an incredibly strong little girl, and her resilience is inspiring everyone around her".
Boy, 11, To Face Trial For Shopping Plaza Fire Which Killed 72 In Pakistan
An 11-year-old boy will stand trial after being named as an accused in the chargesheet filed by police related to the fire incident that killed 72 people at a shopping complex in Pakistan's Karachi in January.
AI poses ‘Hiroshima’-style threat to humanity without global rules, says Cooper
Exclusive: Foreign secretary warns of combined risks of AI, climate crisis, irregular migration and foreign interferenceArtificial intelligence poses a “Hiroshima”-style risk to humanity if governments do not agree to curb how it is developed, the foreign secretary has warned.Yvette Cooper urged countries, including the US and China, to agree international rules for AI, telling the Guardian she believes the issue will dominate foreign policy over the next two years. Continue reading...
China's New Ethnic Unity Law Raises Alarm Over Overseas Crackdown
The law legally consolidates President Xi Jinping's constant efforts to establish a national identity and promote the idea of a single "Chinese nation".
Paul McCartney performs I Want to Hold Your Hand for first time in 60 years at Taylor Swift wedding
McCartney reportedly played Beatles No 1 hit at star-studded reception at Madison Square GardenPaul McCartney performed the beloved Beatles No 1 hit I Want to Hold Your Hand for the first time in 60 years at Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce’s wedding.McCartney performed the number at the star-studded reception at Madison Square Garden in New York on Friday, People magazine reported. The track was the Beatles’ first American No 1 hit, sparking Beatlemania in the US and the wave of British bands’ success nicknamed “the British invasion”. Continue reading...
From Zia To 'Holy War', State Policy Built Pak's Extremist Ecosystem
Pakistan treats radicalisation as something that happened to Pakistan rather than something the state itself cultivated
It must be bad for Nige and his finances if it’s Honest Bob Jenrick to the rescue | John Crace
‘Nothing to see here,’ says the man who once overruled council planners in favour of Richard ‘Dirty’ DesmondHow unlucky can one man get? You have to feel for Nigel Farage. Why does it keep happening to him? There he is, just minding his own business, trying to make a decent living – those five houses won’t pay for themselves, which is why other people may have done – and yet there’s always someone trying to drag a good man down. Isn’t the “Man of the People (TM)” entitled to have a few multimillionaires as friends to bankroll his lifestyle? Who hasn’t pined for crypto and gold bullion?First there was the £5m from the British-Thai crypto billionaire Christopher Harborne, revealed exclusively by the Guardian. Months later, the stench won’t go away. Even Nige has been at a loss to explain what exactly he was given the money for. Unsure whether it was a payment to cover security or just a little “thank you” for a lifetime’s work in the service of making the country an easier place for grifters to make money. Even now, Nige has gone to ground as he tries to get his story straight. Continue reading...
"Mentally Unstable": Government Sources Slam Pak's Khawaja Asif For Attack On PM Modi
The Seychelles government categorically rejected suggestions that the award was fabricated or created for PM Modi's visit.
Coal is back in AustralianSuper’s portfolio. What happened to that net zero pledge?
In 2020 Australia’s biggest super fund dumped its Whitehaven shares. Fast forward to 2026 and it is now the coalminer’s single biggest investorGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastAlmost six years ago, the country’s biggest superannuation fund announced a major policy update: AustralianSuper’s investment portfolio would be subject to a net zero carbon emissions target in line with the Paris agreement.To make the point, the fund dumped its holdings in the large thermal and metallurgical coalminer Whitehaven Coal. Continue reading...
