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22nd July 2026 - Link Blog Are AI labs pelicanmaxxing? (via) Excellent piece of work by Dylan Castillo, who took a deep-dive into the frequently pondered question of whether the AI labs have been deliberately training models to draw pelicans riding bicycles in response to my deeply unscientific benchmark. I've been randomly spot-checking this in the past by testing models against other animals riding other types of vehicle, but never with anything close to the diligence of Dylan's methodology here. Dylan took 8 animals × 6 vehicles \= 48 prompts and ran them three times each through 7 different models ( GPT-5.6 Terra, Claude Sonnet 5, Gemini 3.5…

Looking for a different day? A new NYT Strands puzzle appears at midnight each day for your time zone – which means that some people are always playing 'today's game' while others are playing 'yesterday's'. If you're looking for Wednesday's puzzle instead then click here: NYT Strands hints and answers for Wednesday, July 22 (game #871). Strands is the NYT's latest word game after the likes of Wordle, Spelling Bee and Connections – and it's great fun. It can be difficult, though, so read on for my Strands hints. Want more word-based fun? Then check out my NYT Connections today and Quordle today pages for hints and answers for those games, and Marc's…

Looking for a different day? A new Quordle puzzle appears at midnight each day for your time zone – which means that some people are always playing 'today's game' while others are playing 'yesterday's'. If you're looking for Wednesday's puzzle instead then click here: Quordle hints and answers for Wednesday, July 22 (game #1640). Quordle was one of the original Wordle alternatives and is still going strong now more than 1,500 games later. It offers a genuine challenge, though, so read on if you need some Quordle hints today — or scroll down further for the answers. Enjoy playing word games? You can also check out my NYT Connections today and NYT…

As we descend ever further into an AI-fueled dystopia, one question about our future becomes ever more pressing: When the internet is dominated by machines, who's going to be around to continue its long-standing tradition of fetishizing Japanese culture and media? Well, there's no reason to worry, because it turns out the AIs are weebs, too. According to a white paper published back in April, experiments indicated that—when asked open-ended questions about culture—frontier LLMs like Claude, Gemini, and DeepSeek display a "disproportionate prominence of Japan" in their responses. (Image credit: Getty Images) The study, conducted by a team of University…

Designers often say that UX isn’t really about screens. It’s a line I see in portfolios, I hear in interviews; that’s the line we use to signal that we’re thinking beyond just pixels. But honestly, for most of my career, that wasn’t true. In one way or another, the job was screens: building flows in Figma, mapping out states, writing specs, worrying about happy paths and edge cases, and handling handoff. We kept saying UX isn’t about screens, even as we kept making more of them. Well, AI is about to call the bluff. Here’s a simple example. Let’s say you took a selfie with your friend Mark last week, and now you want to send it to him. Open the mail…

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When Hugging Face got hit last week, co-founder Clement Delangue suspected a frontier lab, given the agent's sophistication. He was right. Delangue said on X that after a day working with OpenAI he strongly believed there was no malicious intent and that it was mind-blowing the whole thing had happened autonomously. The two OpenAI models that broke into Hugging Face last week did not breach it through malice or superintelligence. They breached it through credentials and permissions they should never have been able to reach, a non-human identity failure that is the oldest problem in security rather than the newest one in AI, and the one every…

AI-powered laptops and Copilot+ PCs are becoming more relevant because the way people use laptops has changed significantly over the last few years. Modern routines are now built around multitasking, cloud collaboration, video conferencing, streaming, and productivity tools that remain active throughout the day. Most professionals are no longer using laptops only for documents and browsing. A typical workday may involve AI-assisted meetings, browser tabs running alongside productivity apps, organizing files across multiple platforms, and switching between communication tools while working remotely or traveling. That shift has increased demand for…

Jin Chang-hyun, chair of Korean Association of Foreign Students Administrators and chief of international affairs at Kyonggi University Having reached its goal of attracting 300,000 international students two years ahead of schedule, a university international affairs leader emphasized that Korea must now shift its focus from enrollment targets to helping international students build lasting lives in the country. “The focus should no longer be on how many international students Korea attracts, but on how the country can build an inclusive society with them,” said Jin Chang-hyun, chair of the Korean Association of Foreign Students Administrators…

TL;DR: Get Babbel Language Learning for life for just $159 through July 31 and unlock all 14 languages with one purchase. Language learning usually starts with good intentions. The trick is sticking with it long enough to order dinner confidently, ask for directions without panicking, or actually hold a conversation. That’s where Babbel truly shines. Through July 31, you can get lifetime access for a one-time $159, giving you unlimited access to 14 languages without worrying about another recurring subscription. Mashable Deals By signing up, you agree to receive recurring automated SMS marketing messages from Mashable Deals at the number provided. Msg…

In this tutorial, we explore EdgeBench as a practical benchmark for evaluating advanced AI agents across diverse task categories, runtime environments, and interaction-time budgets. We begin by downloading the dataset snapshot from Hugging Face, parsing the released task specifications, and examining the benchmark taxonomy, execution settings, internet requirements, judging logic, and scoring metadata. We then extract the leaderboard data directly from the repository README, standardize model names, reshape task-level results into an analysis-ready format, and compare performance across multiple time budgets. Finally, we fit log-sigmoid scaling…

The Pixel Watch 5 is expected to look identical to last year’s model, but the similarities might also extend to the specs and chip. According to the Google Play Console, the Pixel Watch 5 is codenamed “godric.” This might be a portmanteau like previous generations. From this listing, Google is using the “Qualcomm SW5100,” which would be the same base chip as the Pixel Watch 2, 3, and 4. The CPU and GPU are unchanged from last year: CPU: 4x ARM Cortex-A53 (1700 MHz) GPU: Qualcomm Adreno 702 (1000 MHz) As a reminder, Google started using the 4nm Snapdragon W5 Gen 1 with the Pixel Watch 2. The Pixel Watch 4 saw an upgrade to the Snapdragon W5 Gen 2 for…

Retrieval-Augmented Generation, commonly known as RAG, has become one of the most widely used approaches for building applications with large language models. Instead of asking an LLM to answer entirely from its training data, a RAG system retrieves relevant information from an external knowledge base and provides that information to the model as context. The basic idea is straightforward: Convert the user’s question into an embedding. Search a vector database for semantically similar document chunks. Pass the retrieved chunks to an LLM. Generate an answer grounded in those chunks. But this apparently simple process has a major weakness: the user’s…

Forget AI coding agents. One startup is now working on an AI CEO that it hopes could automate an entire business from end to end. Skyfall AI came out of stealth this week after spending the past year developing AI systems that are designed to make the long-term decisions typically handled by company executives. Now, the startup wants to put its technology to the test in the real world by buying a small SaaS or e-commerce business for up to $1 million and letting its AI run much of the company. “Skyfall builds AI agents that can run a company on their own, and we’re proving it by buying software businesses to operate ourselves,” the company’s…

Brittany Trang, Ph.D., covers AI in health and medicine: Does it actually work? Who benefits, or might be harmed? She writes the weekly AI Prognosis newsletter. Follow her on Threads, Mastodon, and Bluesky. You can reach Brittany on Signal at btrang.01. You’re reading the web edition of STAT’s AI Prognosis newsletter, our subscriber-exclusive guide to artificial intelligence in health care and medicine. Sign up to get it delivered in your inbox every Wednesday. Every time I interview someone from an AI scribe company, I ask if it’s OK to record the interview for my notes and make a joke about the ironic situation. Turns out, not everyone is asking,…

Overview dots.llm1.inst is an instruction-tuned mixture-of-experts language model built by dots-studio that activates 14 billion parameters out of a total of 142 billion parameters during inference, delivering performance comparable to Qwen2.5-72B while requiring significantly less computational resources. The model uses a 62-layer architecture with 32 attention heads, multi-head attention with QK-Norm in each attention layer, and fine-grained MoE routing that selects top-6 experts out of 128 routed experts plus 2 shared experts. It supports a 32,768 token context window, handles both English and Chinese text, and uses the transformers library for…

The ill-fated Department of Government Efficiency didn’t actually save the American taxpayers any money, but that doesn’t mean that it didn’t accomplish anything. For instance, it seems at least some of them figured out that there is a lot of money to be made by securing contracts with the Pentagon. According to a report from Reuters, a startup founded by several former DOGE employees just completed a funding round that values their company at $1.4 billion. Fun fact: did you know DOGE was officially sunsetted on July 4th? It came and went with little fanfare because, after an initial dismantling of the “wokest” government agencies and seemingly…

The Trump administration is split over how to respond to the rapid rise of China’s leading AI models, according to multiple people familiar with deliberations. The debate is broadly divided between parts of the White House, which has pushed for stricter controls on Chinese AI that may soon rival the most powerful US models, and the Commerce Department, which has viewed those restrictions as unworkable. The conundrum has become the latest flash point for the administration over AI, after China’s Moonshot AI lab last week released its Kimi K3 model that rivals the top US models from Anthropic and OpenAI. In recent days, senior White House officials have…

OpenAI says AI models went rogue during testing, triggering 'unprecedented' breach OpenAI called it the first known instance of an autonomous AI cyberattack, long-feared by some industry observers. July 22, 2026

US outlines its $5 billion Genesis Mission to boost science with AI Several federal agencies are contributing toward the interdisciplinary research efforts. Orhan Cam/Shutterstock Today, the White House and the Department of Energy shared some details about the types of research the Genesis Mission will undertake. The Genesis Mission was created via executive order last November with the broadly stated goal of using AI to further scientific discoveries. The Department of Energy was named as a main leader of the endeavor, but at least 15 federal agencies are now involved, including Department of Health and Human Services, the National Institutes of…

Samsung Electronics co-CEO and Head of Device Experience Division Roh Tae-moon speaks during a press conference on the sidelines of Galaxy Unpacked 2026 at Old Billingsgate in London, Wednesday (local time). Courtesy of Samsung Electronics LONDON — Samsung Electronics has unveiled the global prices for its new Galaxy Z8 foldable smartphone lineup, which are up to 48 percent higher than the launch prices in Korea. With soaring memory prices making the pricing of new smartphones more challenging than ever, Samsung has adopted a more aggressive pricing strategy in its home market, a move that can prompt complaints from overseas consumers who are being…

Apple is working on a 12th-generation iPad, and plans to update the most affordable tablet in the ‌iPad‌ in 2027. It's not going to be a major update, but if you're planning a purchase, you might want to wait for the newest model. Design There are no rumors of an updated design for the 12th-generation ‌iPad‌, so it will likely have the same 11-inch edge-to-edge display with Touch ID Side Button and thick bezels. Apple last updated the ‌iPad‌'s design with the 10th-generation model, giving the device a more modern look to better match the designs of the iPad Pro and iPad Air models. The low-cost ‌iPad‌ is only available in a single screen size, and it…

Computing is so ubiquitous that we often see more than one in most households, including laptops, desktops, all-in-ones, smartphones, tablets, and so on. But there was once a time when that certainly wasn't the case. In that context, some comments made by industry stalwarts of the past may appear like massive miscalculations. "There is no reason for any individual to have a computer in his home." Ethics in AI The late Ken Olsen was the co-founder and CEO of Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC), a major company in the mid-20th century that produced a series of minicomputers over the decades in which it operated until its decline in 1998. Quote of the…

Someone used an AirPod to record flying disc throw statistics Tested with throws of up to 45mph and no damage Strava-friendly export for dedicated disc throwers One of Apple's most famous adverts opened with "Here's to the crazy ones. The misfits. The rebels. The troublemakers. The round pegs in the square holes. The ones who see things differently." The text didn't explicitly say "here's to the ones sticking AirPods on frisbees", but I think Steve Jobs would have approved of the Redditor who's done exactly that. Paul Tracer, aka Disastrous-Body-297, has invented a use for AirPods that I'm pretty sure nobody at Apple ever considered. He used them to…

8BitDo Ultimate Mobile Gaming Controller - Xbox Edition: One-minute review The 8BitDo Ultimate Mobile Gaming Controller - Xbox Edition takes the brand’s existing wireless mobile controller grip and makes a couple of surface-level changes. The overall shape, style, and functions remain, but official Xbox licensing sees the Turbo button swapped for a dedicated Xbox button. It retains the $49.99 / £43.99 / AU$89 price tag of the original, meaning it's significantly cheaper than alternatives like the Backbone One or GameSir G8. The Hall effect joysticks and triggers from the original are still here too, with clicky bumpers and what 8BitDo describes as a…

Today’s NYT Strands puzzle has a pretty straightforward theme. But some of the answers are long and could be difficult to unscramble, so if you need hints and answers, read on. Read more:NYT Connections Turns 1: These Are the 5 Toughest Puzzles So Far Hint for today’s Strands puzzle Today’s Strands theme is:Hail to the chief petty officer. If that doesn’t help you, here’s a clue: Anchors aweigh! Clue words to unlock in-game hints Your goal is to find hidden words that fit the puzzle’s theme. If you’re stuck, find any words you can. Every time you find three words of four letters or more, Strands will reveal one of the theme words. These are the words…

Earlier today, Samsung launched the Galaxy Z Fold 8 Ultra, along with the Fold 8 and the Flip 8. Now, aside from tacking ‘Ultra’ onto the name, the Z Fold 8 Ultra looks and feels a lot like last year’s Z Fold 7. I’ve even put them next to each other, and apart from last year’s much more vivid colorway, I legitimately couldn’t tell the difference between them. However, appearances are only skin deep, and Samsung has made some big improvements over its last-generation foldables, like finally including the same 5000mAh battery you’d find in the Galaxy S26 Ultra that came out earlier this year. That doesn’t necessarily justify adding the Ultra to the…

Smartwatches and fitness bands are the go-to solutions for most people looking for reliable health and fitness tracking. However, that trend is starting to change, with some looking to alternate solutions. WHOOP was one of the first to enter this space and has pretty much dominated it for the past several years. But screenless bands are having a bit of a moment in 2026, with big competitors throwing their hats into the ring. Google introduced its take with the Fitbit Air, and now Garmin is doing the same this week with the CIRQA. With products like these, it's important to be able to get all the basics when it comes to health and fitness tracking.…

There's been a lot of talk about the upcoming iPhone 18 and foldable iPhone that are likely to launch in September. However, Apple is also planning for its next generation of Macs and MacBooks, and it seems pretty much every line of computers is getting a refresh. That's according to a new report from Mark Gurman, managing editor of the consumer technology team at Bloomberg News. So, what's in store for the new Mac devices? Let's start with Apple's breakout hit and the latest addition to the MacBook family, the entry-level MacBook Neo. MacBook Neo A new MacBook Neo in the near future makes sense. Apple's budget laptop was a big success for Apple and…

Previous reports have indicated that Apple plans to launch redesigned MacBook Pros between the end of this year and early next year featuring touchscreen OLED displays, but the brand’s OLED ambitions for its Macs won’t end there. Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman now reports that Apple is also working on OLED versions of the MacBook Air and iMac, corroborating earlier supply-chain reports about both devices. The information comes from people familiar with Apple’s plans, although neither product appears close to release. The OLED MacBook Air could arrive in 2028 Bloomberg says Apple is developing an OLED MacBook Air for as early as 2028. The timeline broadly…

The LG C6 OLED is one of the best mid-range OLED TVs you can buy right now. After spending the past month testing and using it every day, one thing became clear: straight out of the box, you’re leaving picture quality on the table. The good news is that getting more out of the TV doesn’t require professional calibration or hours spent digging through menus. A handful of small adjustments can make movies look more cinematic, improve shadow detail, smooth out motion and even make the built-in speakers sound noticeably better. Here are the exact settings I’ve been using after living with the LG C6. Start with the right picture mode The C6 includes…

Melinda French Gates explains why she tracks her blood work in a spreadsheet Melinda French Gates told Norah O'Donnell on "Healthful" that she's been tracking all her blood work in a spreadsheet "for a very long time." "It's easier than when I sit down with my doctor and she's pacing through the computer to look at it. I'm like, here's the spreadsheet," French Gates said.

Zac Kew-Denniss / Android Authority TL;DR Samsung’s new smartwatches just made their formal debut, including the Galaxy Watch Ultra 2. Rated for up to 10ATM, and with an IP69K certification, the Ultra 2 is well equipped for divers. Mares has partnered with Samsung for a Diving app, and we’ve got an early look at how its subscription could work. Samsung just got done showing off all its new summer hardware at Unpacked in London, including the wide new Galaxy Z Fold 8, Fold 8 Ultra, and Flip 8. More than that, though, we also got to meet Samsung’s latest wearables, with the launch of the Galaxy Watch 9 and Watch Ultra 2. The Ultra 2 in particular is…

Samsung’s latest foldables bring upgrades over last year’s models — including a new wider-screen device — but they also carry the industry’s favorite trend: higher prices. The Galaxy Z Fold 8 Ultra and Z Flip 8 each cost $100 more than last year’s Z Fold 7 and Z Flip 7, while the brand-new, confusingly named Galaxy Z Fold 8, lands between them in price. Foldables have always sat at the top of the smartphone price ladder, and none of Samsung’s new ones are bucking that trend. Raising prices on some of the most expensive phones you can buy only pushes them further into niche territory. Samsung said the higher prices reflect increased memory and…

Jul 22, 2026 by Jon Davis Safari Technology Preview Release 248 is now available for download for macOS Golden Gate and macOS Tahoe. If you already have Safari Technology Preview installed, you can update it in System Settings under General → Software Update. This release includes WebKit changes between: 315567@main…316817@main. Accessibility Resolved Issues Fixed VoiceOver on Safari unable to navigate to content revealed by disclosure widgets using hidden="until-found". (315964@main) (173228707) Fixed stale aria-labelledby when the referenced element dynamically changes its aria-label. (316316@main) (180319221) CSS New Features Added support for…

There was very little mention of the Samsung Galaxy Ring at this year's Unpacked presentation Nevertheless, it sounds like a Galaxy Ring 2 is coming I interviewed Annika Bizon, VP of Product and Marketing for Mobile Experience, who gave me the inside scoop What a day! We've just seen Samsung's vision for the future of wearables at Samsung Galaxy Unpacked, including its AR glasses and the new Samsung Galaxy Watch Ultra 2 and Watch 9. However, conspicuous by its absence was the next iteration of Samsung's smallest wearable, the Samsung Galaxy Ring. While Samsung did confirm the Samsung Galaxy Ring's sleep apnea detection functionality was getting a…

Apple has updated the Apple Store app’s privacy policy, adding terms regarding a yet-to-be-released virtual shopping assistant. Here are the details. Apple expands AI use in retail As spotted by MacRumors, the Apple Store App \& Privacy page now features a segment called Virtual Shopping Assistant, which says: Where the Apple Store app virtual shopping assistant is available, Apple collects and stores your account information, device identifiers, carrier information, chat information, and where enabled, location data to personalize the chat experience, provide relevant responses, and if you opt in, to improve the virtual shopping assistant. Before…

Sanuj Bhatia / Android Authority TL;DR WhatsApp has revamped the audio experience on Android Auto. Users can now hear and respond to messages, make calls, see call history, and reach favorites from their car’s screen. WhatsApp is rolling out a suite of new features today. If you’re a WhatsApp user who also uses Android Auto and CarPlay, there are a few reasons to be excited about this update. Without further ado, let’s dive into what’s new. In a new blog post, WhatsApp announced that the team has refreshed the audio experience on Android Auto and CarPlay. Previously, users were limited to composing messages and placing calls. However, this update will…

Foldables age differently than regular smartphones or flagships. But why do I say this? It’s the hinge and the foldable aspect that wins buyers over in the first place, not the specifications that get outdated every single year. That’s precisely why anyone still carrying last year’s Galaxy Z Fold 7 is asking a fair question today: does Samsung’s freshly unveiled Z Fold 8 Ultra genuinely earn an upgrade, or does the Fold 7 still hold its ground? And for shoppers who skipped last year’s model entirely and are weighing their first foldable purchase, the calculus is totally different. A now-discounted Fold 7 might undercut the Ultra by a considerable sum,…

Samsung is finally making the Galaxy Z Flip’s cover screen much more useful. With the new Galaxy Z Flip 8, you no longer have to rely on workarounds to access more apps without unfolding the phone. Instead, Samsung has expanded native support on the FlexWindow, allowing 16 apps to run directly on the outer display and also making it much easier to launch virtually any other app. The update addresses one of the biggest complaints Flip users have had for years and brings Samsung up to the level of rivals like Motorola, whose Razr series has long offered a more flexible cover screen experience. Which apps can you use on the Galaxy Z Flip 8 cover screen?…

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Skip next section Welcome to our coverage 07/23/2026July 23, 2026 Welcome to our coverage Welcome to our coverage of the US war with Iran. The US military has launched a 12th straight night of strikes on Iran as tensions continue to escalate. Meanwhile, the US and Saudi Arabia have signed a civilian nuclear cooperation pact, accompanied by a separate bilateral safeguards agreement, US officials said. Stay tuned as we bring you the latest on theUS conflict with Iran and other developments from the Middle East. Why Trump is taking a risky bet on Iran [![ To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports…

A large group of travelers at Raleigh-Durham International Airport stood in silence, many with their hands over their hearts during the dignified transfer of a fallen American service member. (Credit: The White House) NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A powerful display of respect unfolded inside a busy North Carolina airport as strangers united to honor a fallen American service member's final journey home. Video shared by the White House and many others on social media shows a large group of travelers gathered along the terminal windows at Raleigh-Durham International Airport, many with their hands over their hearts, during the dignified…

Key events Kuwait’s air defences are responding to hostile drone threats amid “Iranian aggression”, the Kuwaiti army is saying. Any explosion sounds heard were the result of attacks being intercepted, it said on social media. Iran has continued to strike at countries around the region hosting American forces in response to ongoing US attacks. Opening: US launches more strikes on Iran as Yemen’s Houthis claim Red Sea attacks Welcome to our live coverage of the continuing crisis in the Middle East. The US military announced on Thursday evening it had began a 12th consecutive night of strikes against Iranian military targets at the direction of Donald…

Satellite imagery independently confirms a Russian Tu-95MS strategic bomber was destroyed in Ukraine SBU drone strike on Engels-2 air base The Tu-95 is essentially an impossible-to-replace Cold War-era asset with approximately only 60 in service and at least 10 photo-confirmed losses since the Russia-Ukraine conflict began in 2022 The loss is damning for Russian armed forces, which have deployed new hardened shelters and painted decoy bombers in a bid to trick drone operators who successfully destroyed the aircraft from an 800 km range Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy announced that the country's Security Service had recently destroyed a Tu-95…

NEW YORK, July 23. /TASS/. The US military has begun carrying out another series of strikes on Iranian territory, the United States Central Command (CENTCOM) reported. "At 5:30 p.m. ET today (00:30 a.m. Moscow time on July 23, or 9:30 p.m. GMT on July 22 - TASS), US forces began launching more strikes against Iranian military targets at the Commander in Chief's direction," the command said on X.

The US on Wednesday announced a landmark deal with Saudi Arabia that would establish a civilian nuclear programme in the Gulf country, with Washington insisting the agreement includes safeguards against non-proliferation. The move comes as the US under President Donald Trump fights a war with Iran that began in large part over concerns with Tehran’s nuclear programme – an issue that remains a key point of contention during now-stalled peace talks. Two agreements – one on “peaceful nuclear cooperation” and another on “bilateral safeguards” – were signed by US Energy Secretary Chris Wright and his Saudi counterpart Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman, the US…

President Donald Trump paid tribute to Army 1st Lt. Tyler James Feehan during remarks at Wheeler High School in Marietta, Georgia, revealing he flew the fallen soldier's family aboard Air Force One and were in the crowd for Wednesday's speech after meeting them at Dover Air Force Base following a dignified transfer ceremony. NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! President Donald Trump paid an emotional tribute to fallen Army 1st Lt. Tyler James Feehan during an event Wednesday at Wheeler High School in Marietta, Georgia, revealing he invited the slain soldier's grieving family aboard Air Force One and were in the crowd after meeting them earlier…

Air defences have been activated in Kuwait to intercept a drone attack from Iran, according to the country’s military. The General Staff of the Army said that any sounds of explosion are drones being intercepted. “Everyone is requested to adhere to the security and safety instructions issued by the competent authorities,” a military statement added.

Days ahead of the rescheduled White House Correspondents' Dinner, Secret Service officials warned nationwide threats have reached an unprecedented level — with agents opening roughly 10,000 protective intelligence cases since January, a nearly 40% increase from the same period last year. "The numbers are numbers that this agency and certainly I have never seen in my 24-year career," U.S. Secret Service Director Sean Curran said Wednesday. Officials who briefed reporters also said the agency has carried out nearly 10 times as many mental health-related interventions involving those making threats to protected individuals or venues, compared to last…

DEVELOPING STORYDEVELOPING STORY, Yemen’s Houthis claim attack on two Saudi oil tankers Claimed attacks come days after Houthis announced naval embargo on Saudi vessels. Published On 22 Jul 202622 Jul 2026 Yemen’s Iran-aligned Houthi rebels have claimed an attack on two Saudi oil tankers transiting through the Red Sea. “We targeted two Saudi oil tankers, named ENCELA and LAYLIA, for their violation of the blockade decision issued by the armed forces,” Houthi military spokesperson Yahya Saree said on Wednesday. Recommended Stories list of 3 itemsend of list Saree added that the attacks were carried out, “using a number of ballistic and cruise missiles,…

The US military’s Central Command has said that it began launching “more strikes against Iranian military targets” at 5:30PM US Eastern time [2130 GMT] at Trump’s direction. “The mission will continue to further degrade Iran’s ability to threaten civilian mariners and commercial vessels transiting regional waters,” Centcom said on X.

A total of 73,292 children were born in Ukraine from January through June 2026, half as many as in the same period of the pre-war year of 2021. That is according to Opendatabot, citing data from the Ministry of Justice, Ukrinform reports. "As many as 73,292 children were born in the first half of 2026. Ukraine's birth rate continues to decline: compared with the first half of 2025, the number of newborns fell by 16%," the statement said. Compared with the same period in 2021, the decline was nearly twofold: 133,457 children were born in the last year before the full-scale invasion. At present, an average of about 12,000 babies are born in Ukraine each…

The United States said on Wednesday it had signed a civilian nuclear cooperation agreement with Saudi Arabia, alongside a separate bilateral safeguards pact. US Energy Secretary Chris Wright signed the agreements with Saudi Energy Minister Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman. The US Energy Department said the agreements would deepen cooperation between Washington and Riyadh in the civilian nuclear energy sector. “Together, these two agreements lay the legal foundation for a decadeslong, multi-billion-dollar partnership that advances several priority economic and strategic objectives, including nuclear nonproliferation,” the US Energy Department said in a…

US announces nuclear deal with Saudi Arabia that could enable kingdom to enrich uranium – US politics live The GuardianTrump Approves Landmark Nuclear Deal With Saudi Arabia in Big Win for Kingdom WSJUS and Saudi Arabia announce nuclear cooperation deal Al JazeeraSaudis Reach Deal With U.S. That Could Let Them Enrich Nuclear Fuel The New York TimesU.S. signs nuclear power agreement with Saudi Arabia CNBC

The United States and Saudi Arabia on Wednesday signed a civil nuclear cooperation agreement that could pave the way for the kingdom to develop uranium enrichment capabilities for its civilian nuclear programme. US Energy Secretary Chris Wright and Saudi Energy Minister Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman signed the agreement, known as a 123 agreement, along with what the Trump administration described as a bilateral safeguards agreement. While the administration released few details, the framework is expected to allow a joint US-Saudi study on building a uranium enrichment facility in Saudi Arabia. The agreement is expected to remain in force for 30 years…

The House passed a $1.15 trillion defense authorization bill Wednesday with a controversial provision expanding U.S.-Israel military technology cooperation intact, despite a bipartisan effort to remove it and warnings from Rep. Thomas Massie, R-Ky., that the measure could compromise American sovereignty and national security. The 216–212 vote on the fiscal year 2027 National Defense Authorization Act passed mostly along party lines after lawmakers were denied a separate vote to remove Section 219, which would create a permanent initiative to merge U.S. and Israeli defense tech. “Codifying the integration of our military technology and supply chains…

Live updates: Trump vows to hit Iranian bridge or power plant each time Tehran strikes ships in Strait of Hormuz CNNTrump vows to hit an Iranian bridge or power plant for every ship Iran attacks AxiosIran war: Trump threatens bridges over Hormuz Strait attacks DW.comTrump escalates threats to Iran’s infrastructure, as US said readying to use heavy bombers The Times of IsraelTrump threatens Iranian infrastructure after Houthis block Red Sea artery Yahoo

Donations at Canadian Blood Services typically dips in the summer as donors go on vacation and get sidetracked with other plans, but the agency says reserves right now are even lower than usual and without a reversal, is not sustainable for patient care. Numbers have been dwindling since June 1, prompting a call for Canadians to roll up their sleeves as more weekend appointments have been created. “We’ve seen the blood supply decline by about 20 per cent in just a matter of weeks and we need more donors to come forward now to reverse this decline,” said Ron Vezina, vice-president of donor engagement and corporate reputation at Canadian Blood Services.…

DOHA, July 23. /TASS/. The Houthis from the Yemeni rebel movement Ansar Allah have announced strikes on two tankers in response to the violation of the maritime blockade against Saudi Arabia. "Yemeni armed forces conducted an operation striking two Saudi oil tankers that had violated the blockade imposed by the armed forces in the Red Sea. One of the vessels was named ENCELIA and the other LAYLA," according to a Houthi press release. The movement employed unmanned aerial vehicles, as well as ballistic and cruise missiles, to carry out the strike, according to the report. The Houthis emphasized that they also succeeded in forcing about ten vessels to…

Tropical Storm Bertha crawled into southern Louisiana on Wednesday, making landfall and packing strong winds far from its center after closing beaches from the Florida Panhandle to Mississippi. The National Hurricane Center said Bertha made landfall in the afternoon in St. Bernard Parish, about 40 miles (65 kilometers) east of New Orleans. At landfall, the storm’s maximum sustained winds were around 45 mph (72 kph). The wind and storm surge were the main threats for the Deep South states. Parks and piers were closed up and down the coast, as were some low-lying roads. A tropical storm warning stretched from […]...Keep on reading: Tropical Storm Bertha…

PUBLISHED : 23 Jul 2026 at 05:42 Officials at work to remove the train that derailed at the Khlong Tan depot of the Airport Rail Link system in Bangkok on Wednesday. Asia Era One Airport Rail Link resumes full service at 10.07pm on Wednesday after officials removed a train that derailed at its depot in Khlong Tan, Bangkok. Anant Phonimdaeng, governor of the State Railway of Thailand (SRT), said the full service between Phaya Thai and Suvarnabhumi airport stations resumed after officials removed the train that earlier derailed and checked a railway switch at the derailment scene in the Khlong Tan depot. He said SRT, SRT Electrified Train Co (SRTET) and…

Explainer - Have you had a flight delayed by fog recently? You're not alone. What is fog, and will there ever be a way to beat it? As the country settles into midwinter, foggy weather is a common morning sight - and while it may be pretty in pictures, it can cause havoc for commuters and air travellers with delayed and cancelled flights. What causes fog, and how do airports know when it's too dangerous to fly? Here's what you need to know. A foggy start to the day by the waterfront in Auckland's CBD. EDWARD GAY / RNZ What is fog, anyway? "It's basically having a cloud on the ground," said MetService communications meteorologist Alywn Bakker. "Fog is…

Descrease article font size Increase article font size For the second time in a month, Mission, B.C., RCMP officers have had to deal with a sticky situation. On July 9, a farmer’s load of blueberries spilled onto Lougheed Highway, creating a sticky, jammy mess, according to RCMP. With blueberry harvesting season underway, on July 16, RCMP were called to the Horne Street overpass after crates of blueberries spilled onto the road. “A witness reported the matter after seeing a motorcycle go slip-sliding through the mess, while other vehicles turned the matter into a very juicy incident indeed,” Mission RCMP quipped in a news release. Get breaking…

INQUIRER FILES CALAPAN CITY, Oriental Mindoro — A lightning strike damaged key electrical equipment at the Socorro Substation late Wednesday night, causing a total power interruption that affected the entire province of Oriental Mindoro, the Oriental Mindoro Electric Cooperative (Ormeco) said. In an advisory, Ormeco said the outage occurred at 11:23 p.m. on July 22 after lightning struck the substation, burning the Current Transformer/Potential Transformer (CT/PT) and a suspension insulator. The incident coincided with a voltage surge which led to the province-wide outage. Ormeco began the gradual restoration of electricity by energizing feeders by…

On 21 July 2025, a training aircraft took off from a Bangladesh Air Force Base in Dhaka at around 13:00 local time (07:00 GMT) and crashed soon after in the Uttara neighbourhood. Images from the scene hours after the crash showed scores of emergency service workers sorting through charred rubble in an attempt to find survivors. Authorities announced that an investigation commission had been formed to investigate the crash, but in the days that followed, hundreds of student protesters took to the streets, clashing with police as they demanded accountability over the disaster and changes to training flights regulations. The committee's findings, which…

A driver who bought a “student gifts and asked the parents to take [them] out”, was stood down in 2021. The van’s camera was “obscured” and the incident escalated to police. The father of a boy who lost his son in May after he escaped from a school van unnoticed and drowned, said his trust in SESTA had been “completely broken”. “I’m really shocked. These children should all have been kept safe. “There needs to be change.” Another driver was also stood down but later reinstated, after tying a seatbelt around a student’s arm to restrain them in early February 2025. Incidents investigated also included seven cases of children either being left in vans,…

The colorful opening show focused on the traditions and music of Oaxaca’s 16 Indigenous peoples and Afro-Mexican communities, to be followed by fairs, parades, gastronomic presentations and artisanal exhibitions statewide. The post Guelaguetza, Oaxaca’s world renowned ethnic festival, gets underway appeared first on Mexico News Daily

Sunny Deval, 29, with a band-aid on the entire length of his right forearm, walked into a makeshift tent made of yellow tarpaulin at the Jantar Mantar protest site and complained that his hand was paining again. Soon, a doctor behind the tables filled with medicines, with a stethoscope around his neck, signalled him to come to the end of the other end of the tables and made him sit on a chair and started unwrapping the band-aid. Throughout the day, scores of people walked into the makeshift clinic to get ORS, medicines, band-aids or help with injuries. Doctors at the “free seva camp” said that since the lathicharge on Monday (July 20, 2026), they have…

Woman wanted after two train passengers are slapped on a late-night service: Police release CCTV image By ROBERT FOLKER, NEWS REPORTER Published: 16:08 EDT, 22 July 2026 \| Updated: 17:32 EDT, 22 July 2026 Police are searching for a woman after two train passengers were assaulted on a late-night service. The force said that a female approached two other women who were travelling together at around 11.40pm at Preston station on Saturday and slapped them both before fleeing. A CCTV image of a woman who officers want to speak to as part of their investigation has been released by British Transport Police (BTP). A spokesperson for BTP said: 'Officers…

People transport a motorcycle through a flood-affected area on a makeshift raft after heavy rainfall, in Golaghat, Assam, on July 22, 2026. \| Photo Credit: PTI The ongoing wave of floods in some eastern districts of Assam has been the worst in 60 years, the State government said on Wednesday (July 22, 2026). The floods have affected more than 8 lakh people and claimed at least 30 human lives in less than a month. According to a late-night bulletin by the Assam State Disaster Management Authority (ASDMA), floodwaters claimed the lives of 10 people across five districts during the last 24 hours. Meanwhile, the number of flood-affected districts reduced…

By Staff The Canadian Press Posted July 22, 2026 4:59 pm 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size The premier of Newfoundland and Labrador says the province is grieving the deaths of two fishermen found Tuesday after a boat sank off Newfoundland’s northern coast. In a press release Wednesday, Tony Wakeham said tragedies at sea are felt across the province, where many communities are so closely tied to the fishing industry. A spokesperson for the federal Department of National Defence says the Canadian Coast Guard got a call about a sunken vessel and three missing people on Tuesday afternoon. Get breaking National news Get…

A fire has killed 10 members of the same family, including five children, at a home in Peru's capital Lima, police say. The blaze ripped through the property in the southern La Victoria district early on Wednesday, Gen Oscar Arriola from the Peruvian National Police told local media. Five children, aged between three and 15 years old, were killed, as well as four adults aged between 29 and 72, and a fifth whose age was not given. Two people were also reportedly injured. Police are investigating reports that the fire was started by arsonists. Local media say the family, who manufactured mattresses and owned electric motorcycles, had received threats…

The Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA) has arrested a tanker driver who allegedly fled after knocking down and killing a dispatch rider in the Maryland-Ikeja area of Lagos. The crash occurred on Wednesday on Kodesho Road, opposite Mrs Filling Station, inward Awolowo Way and Oba Akran. The tanker, with registration number T-19089LA, was loaded with 33-litre groundnut oil when it allegedly struck and fatally crushed the rider. The incident was disclosed in a statement on X by LASTMA’s Director of Public Affairs and Enlightenment Department, Adebayo Taofiq. The agency explained that the driver fled the scene after the crash without…

As wildfires continue to burn across northwestern Ontario, Jenny and Kevin VanderHooft tried to save their resort. But the actions they took to do so could cost them thousands. Jenny told Global News she has been threatened by Ontario’s Ministry of Natural Resources (MNR) with fines for flying her drone to get video of approaching fires, as well as returning to her property during an ongoing evacuation order. The VanderHoofts own Open Bay Lodge, a resort located in Upsala, Ont., approximately 100 kilometres west of Thunder Bay. The couple said they first noticed smoke in the distance on the evening of July 12 and reported a fire to the MNR. Their…

Tropical Storm Bertha makes landfall in Louisiana Tropical Storm Bertha made landfall in Louisiana on Wednesday afternoon. CBS News meteorologist Jessica Burch has the latest on the storm's projected path.

A connectivity failure at Waikato Hospital meant staff had to revert to pen and paper after a widespread IT outage. Health NZ said late on Wednesday evening that the problem - which began at 10.44am - had been fixed, but it was continuing to monitor the situation. Te Whatu Ora/Health NZ chief information technology officer Darren Douglas said there had been an issue with its main data centre which meant users weren't able to connect. Thames, Te Kūiti, Tokoroa and Taumarunui hospitals were also affected, which resulted in longer wait times in the emergency department, some delayed surgeries, and forced staff to revert to paper systems. Douglas told…

A series of storms swept across central Alberta on Saturday, July 18, including a system that triggered two tornadoes in Rocky Mountain House and surrounding Clearwater County. On Wednesday, Environment Canada confirmed there were two twisters after researchers had a chance to survey the damage in west-central Alberta. A building that lost its roof during the tornadoes in Rocky Mountain House and Clearwater County on Saturday, July 18, 2026. Global News The national weather agency came to the conclusion in partnership with the Northern Tornadoes Project (NTP), which sent a team to do an on-site storm damage survey after the weekend storm. Story…

Bear spotted at the top of telephone pole along New Mexico highway A woman driving along a New Mexico highway spotted the bizarre spectacle of a large bear at the top of a telephone pole. Shannon Mullens told the Storyful news agency that she was traveling from Red River to Oklahoma along Highway 56 on July 20 when she spotted the animal. “At first, we thought that the bear was dead, until we got closer to it and then we realized that he was still alive,” she said. Shannon called 911 but was told to leave the bear be as there was nothing the authorities could do.

Descrease article font size Increase article font size Some Manitobans may find they are unable to call emergency services on Wednesday. Manitoba RCMP has been made aware of an issue affecting 911 calls and is in contact with the service provider, a spokesperson told Global News in an email statement. Get breaking National news Get breaking Canada news delivered to your inbox as it happens so you won't miss a trending story. The disruption is impacting the entire province, excluding the City of Winnipeg, an emergency alert said. Manitobans who require emergency services are urged to try 911 first, but if they can not get through, they are told to call…

Your support helps us to tell the story From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or producing our latest documentary, 'The A Word', which shines a light on the American women fighting for reproductive rights, we know how important it is to parse out the facts from the messaging. At such a critical moment in US history, we need reporters on the ground. Your donation allows us to keep sending journalists to speak to both sides of the story. The Independent is trusted by Americans across the entire political…

At first glance, the limestone figure could be a prop from a horror movie. Its long, nearly featureless face still carries faint impressions of eyes, a nose, and a mouth. But the 19-inch carving is more than 2,000 years old, and centuries of wear may explain much of what makes it look so unsettling today. Someone left the 40-pound figure in a ditch near what is now Tours, France. About 295 feet away, archaeologists found fragments of a human skull in the same ditch and in a matching layer of soil, indicating that both entered the ground around the same period. Discarding a carved human figure already seems odd, but burying it in the same ditch as…

This is the Daily Gospel for July 23, 2026, which is the Thursday of the Sixteenth week in Ordinary Time. READ MORE: Daily Gospel, July 21, 2026 Daily Gospel, July 20, 2026 This is the Holy Gospel of Jesus Christ according to Saint Matthew 13, 10-17. The disciples approached Jesus and said, “Why do you speak […]...Keep on reading: Daily Gospel, July 23, 2026

Since the mysterious deaths of a husband and wife in the Medici family, a powerful Italian dynasty that ruled Florence and Tuscany almost uninterruptedly from 1434 to 1737, rumors have swirled about what led to the couple’s untimely demise. Now, scientists believe they have an answer — it wasn’t murder, but malaria. In 1587, Grand Duke Francesco I de’ Medici and his wife, Bianca Cappello, died within hours of each other after days of agony. At the time, logic dictated the culprit to be malaria because the couple had shown symptoms of the illness, including a telltale intermittent fever. But rumors of an assassination immediately spread, pointing to…

Amanzoe is at its best, though, when nothing is happening. A morning spent in the spa. A late-afternoon siesta on the pavilion terrace, the Aegean going gold in the distance, the cypresses motionless, the lavender spent and faintly fragrant. Cocktails on the moon-shaped terrace by the pool, a black velvet sky above. It’s easy to imagine that there is wild magic here, amid all that marble and stone which hold the warmth of the day long after dark, long after the stars are out. All credit to Ed Tuttle, whose talent lay in staging the improbable. At Amanzoe, he arranged space, material and landscape with such precision that after a day or two, the…

At 3 a.m., when sleep has slipped away again, the last place a person might look for help is inside someone else’s gut. That is exactly where a new clinical trial looked. Adults with chronic insomnia who received capsules containing fecal microbes from healthy donors slept more efficiently and spent less time awake after initially falling asleep than those given a placebo. Published in the Journal of Internal Medicine, the findings provide early evidence that changing the gut microbiome may influence how well people sleep. “Targeting the gut microbiota may offer a promising new therapeutic strategy for chronic insomnia disorder,” said co–corresponding…

Aboriginal Spiritual Leaders Performed ‘Magic, Healing, Cursing’ Rituals in This Australian Cave for 25,000 Years, New Research Finds Archaeologists collaborated with members of the GunaiKurnai Aboriginal community to explore layers of ash from burned grasses dating back thousands of years inside Cloggs Cave Sarah Kuta \| Daily Correspondent July 22, 2026 5:25 p.m. Researchers discovered burned, ashy layers surrounding a standing stone that was placed in the cave 2,000 years ago. Bruno David, courtesy of GunaiKurnai Land and Waters Corporation For thousands of years, members of the GunaiKurnai Aboriginal community gathered grasses from the landscape.…

Inside the transfer of beluga whales from a closed Canadian theme park to U.S. aquariums Dozens of beluga whales are being transferred from a closed Canadian theme park to a number of aquariums across the United States. CBS News reporter Jared Ochacher has more.

Your support helps us to tell the story From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or producing our latest documentary, 'The A Word', which shines a light on the American women fighting for reproductive rights, we know how important it is to parse out the facts from the messaging. At such a critical moment in US history, we need reporters on the ground. Your donation allows us to keep sending journalists to speak to both sides of the story. The Independent is trusted by Americans across the entire political…

A massive making-of documentary for Pokémon Diamond and Pokémon Pearl has been leaked and thoroughly studied by fans, offering all-new insights into the development of the Nintendo DS game, including never-before-seen early monster designs. The documentary, titled Pokémon Diamond and Pearl: Behind the Scenes DVD — Make All, wasn't meant to be seen outside of developer Game Freak. It was produced internally by the creators of Pokémon, and chronicles the development of the two games. But a DVD of the doc has been acquired by fans, ripped, and uploaded to the Internet Archive. The documentary includes plenty of early designs for Pokémon, including…

Cuteness cone-firmed! Polar bear cub plays with its new toys By SOPHIA STANFORD, NEWS REPORTER Published: 16:02 EDT, 22 July 2026 \| Updated: 16:25 EDT, 22 July 2026 When pondering the functions of a cone, there are many: roadworks, football drills, illuminating pathways. 'To play with' is typically not one of them - especially when it ends up on your head. One polar cub is yet to figure this one out, as he was spotted messing around with his new apparatus. The curious creature, known as Little Momota, took turns trying out different colours of his new 'hat'. He even forlornly rested his head on its tip at one point while taking a break from his…

Some 200 million years ago, dramatic changes in climate and geology drove the extinction of approximately 80% of species on Earth. This hectic time in Earth’s history, the end-Triassic mass extinction event, is generally thought to come from extreme volcanic activity. But scientists think there might have been a smaller, seemingly less threatening contributor: the simple fern. To be clear, volcanic activity likely kickstarted the mass extinction event, driving up global temperatures and carbon dioxide levels. These changes killed off tree-dominated vegetation, and in their place came large swaths of ferns that formed savannahs in modern Northwest…

Kids Can Try Out the ‘Oliver Twist’ Lifestyle at This English Museum Revealing Conditions for Poor People in a Victorian Workhouse After a restoration, the Ripon Workhouse Museum reopened to the public, showcasing the sights, sounds and rules of England’s 19th-century “solution to poverty” Kids learned about historical laundry tasks on the museum’s reopening day. Ripon Museums Children are eating gruel, washing clothes and chasing mice in Britain. They’re young visitors to the newly reopened Workhouse Museum of Ripon, in northern England. The interactive museum occupies an actual Victorian workhouse, an English institution that promised work and…

TL;DR Federal agencies pledged over $5 billion to the Genesis Mission, funding 278 AI-for-science projects selected from more than 5,000 applications Federal agencies have committed more than $5 billion to the Genesis Mission, an Energy Department-led effort to use artificial intelligence to accelerate scientific research, White House science adviser Michael Kratsios announced on Wednesday. The initiative selected 278 projects from more than 5,000 applications, Energy Secretary Chris Wright said at a summit in Washington. More than 15 federal agencies are contributing research awards, funding, datasets, and facilities to the programme. The Genesis…

Your support helps us to tell the story From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or producing our latest documentary, 'The A Word', which shines a light on the American women fighting for reproductive rights, we know how important it is to parse out the facts from the messaging. At such a critical moment in US history, we need reporters on the ground. Your donation allows us to keep sending journalists to speak to both sides of the story. The Independent is trusted by Americans across the entire political…

Overall federal funding for scientific research is set to decline in 2027, the most senior White House science figure said on Wednesday. The government, however, pledged to spend $5 billion on promoting artificial intelligence in science. Michael Kratsios, the White House’s science and technology adviser, told the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology that the money will be drawn from the National Science Foundation (NSF) and NASA, as well as other federal agencies. The goal is to produce “the premier AI for science ecosystem in the world,” he said. The funding will be earmarked for research awards, funding opportunities, specialized…

Dog found 30 miles from home is reunited with owners after going missing for 10 days A seven-year-old Australian shepherd dog named Fig was reunited with her owners after being missing for 10 days. The canine fled after being startled by July 4th fireworks. Owner Katie Cassaday and her family spent a week posting flyers and searching for her without success. But after filing a missing dog report with Tulare County Sheriff’s Department, Fig was spotted nearly 30 miles from her California home. The sheriff’s department posted a bodycam video showing an officer reuniting Fig with her family on July 15th.

I've fallen down the Anno 117: Pax Romana rabbit hole this year, despite the negative buzz around it. Steam reviews and the Reddit consensus hold that 117 is empty, dull, and generally just less than its predecessor, Anno 1800. I can sort of see why. Quite a few elements seem like they're waiting for future add-ons to come alive and wake them up. But I've enjoyed myself thoroughly, so when I saw the "mostly negative" reviews for Anno 117's first big DLC, Prophecies of Ash, I figured I'd give it a try, despite the haters. I'm glad I did. An inaugural bit of DLC can't fix every problem. But it solves some pretty big ones, and throws a welcome wrench…

A drone photographer spotted a shark swimming dangerously close to a surfer off Seascape Beach in Aptos, California — then revved his drone motors to warn the surfer before the shark finally turned away. NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A 10-foot great white shark was spotted swimming alarmingly close to a group of young swimmers along the Southern California coastline — with the children appearing completely unaware of the predator nearby. The encounter was captured on drone video by Carlos Gauna, a wildlife photographer known as the "Malibu Artist," who said it was one of the few times he felt genuinely uneasy while observing sharks. "I…

Inca boys and girls chosen for human sacrifice trekked through Inca communities for thousands of miles on sacred pilgrimages before their ritual deaths, often near high peaks in the Andes Mountains, a new analysis of their mummies reveals. The research also looks again at the manners of their deaths and found that none of three children in the Inca ritual, known as Capacocha, died in the ways that scientists previously thought. "Capacocha was not limited to the final act of offering at the mountain," study first author Verónica Silva-Pinto, an archaeologist at Diego Portales University in Santiago, Chile, told Live Science in an email. "It was an…

Shatner told Fox News Digital it's only natural to focus on different things at different stages in life. NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! William Shatner and his 61-year-old daughter revealed this week that the two of them battled cancer at the same time several years ago. Melanie Shatner Gretsch first discovered her cancer four years ago when she woke up in the middle of the night and felt a little lump on her breast that she thought might be a bug bite. She told People magazine she decided to have it checked out despite a mammogram not finding anything just five months before. DAVE COULIER REVEALS 45-POUND WEIGHT LOSS, GRUELING SIDE…

There's nothing more disorienting than falling asleep in transit only to wake up and find you've somehow drifted billions of miles beyond the orbit of Pluto. Fortunately for NASA's New Horizon spacecraft, which scientists just awakened from a nearly yearlong hibernation at the solar system's edge, all systems are in "good health," according to a NASA statement. Now, with the probe recovered from its 321-day sleep and beginning to transmit science data again, New Horizons appears ready to continue its mission of studying the mysterious boundary where the sun's realm ends and interstellar space begins. "Every status report through this hibernation…

HELSINKI — A classified satellite launched by China in June is operating in a creative orbit, giving it a unique vantage point over the geostationary belt. Shijian-31 launched on a Long March 3B June 16 from Xichang spaceport, with navigation warnings and the launch vehicle type suggesting an insertion into geostationary transfer orbit. The satellite was later tracked in a specialized Molniya orbit, joining China’s two Shiyan-10 satellites and TJS-13 and TJS-21. However, the concept of a traditional Molniya orbit has been applied by China in a manner never seen before, according to outside analyses. Analysis by Integrity ISR and a recent followup by…

The world's most powerful solid-fuel rocket just aced its third-ever mission. Gravity-1, a distinctively squat and stubby rocket, launched Tuesday night (July 21) from the deck of a ship stationed off the coast of Shanghai. Liftoff occurred at 10:54 p.m. EDT (0254 GMT and 10:54 a.m. Beijing time on July 22), according to the state-run Chinese outlet Xinhua, which further reported that all nine satellites reached "their designated orbits." Details about those satellites were not provided. Orienspace's Gravity-1 rocket launches nine satellites to orbit from a ship at sea on July 21, 2026. (Image credit: CCTV) Gravity-1 is operated by Orienspace, a…

Russia is adding magnetic compasses to drones affected by satellite navigation jamming The Molniya can use Earth’s magnetic field for basic directional guidance A camera periodically checks the compass during the drone’s flight Russian engineers have reportedly fitted a basic magnetic compass onto the cheap Molniya attack drone to counter satellite jamming. The modification offers a low-cost alternative when electronic warfare systems interfere with GPS or GLONASS signals used by many unmanned aircraft. Although the upgrade does not make the drone completely immune to interference, it removes dependence on satellite signals for basic directional…

In 2020, Jaime Alemán became the first Latin American to travel to all 193 countries and the two observer states recognized by the UN (Palestine and the Vatican), in addition to visiting independent territories like Kosovo and Taiwan. The 72-year-old, who was born in Panama City, Panama, completed his journey around the world in the Republic of Nauru – a Micronesian state – just a few days before the borders closed due to the Covid pandemic. His adventures continued afterwards. In 2024, he visited the polar regions. And, on May 31, 2025, he traveled aboard Blue Origin’s NS-32 mission, becoming, he says, the first Panamanian to circumnavigate the globe…

Today’s Wordle puzzle is a fun word, but it might take you a few guesses to nail down where all the letters go. The first letter is a tough one to guess. If you need a new starter word, check out our list of which letters show up the most in English words. If you need hints and the answer, read on. Read more: Study Reveals Wordle’s Top 10 Toughest Words of 2025 Today’s Wordle hints Before we show you today’s Wordle answer, we’ll give you some hints. If you don’t want a spoiler, look away now. Wordle hint No. 1: Repeats Today’s Wordle answer has no repeated letters. Wordle hint No. 2: Vowels Today’s Wordle answer has two vowels. Wordle hint No. 3:…

Environment Canada has issued a yellow rainfall warning for parts of Nova Scotia, as the province’s emergency management minister warns residents to take the forecast “seriously.” Up to 60 mm could fall in southwest Nova Scotia and along the Atlantic coast, with the weather agency warning more could fall during thunderstorms. The heavy rain is expected to continue in Nova Scotia until Thursday afternoon. The worst-hit areas are expected to be along the province’s Atlantic coast, and with the heavy rain, low-lying areas are at risk of flooding. “As we have these warnings out, we’ll be watching them today and adjusting if necessary if we need to add to…

A SpaceX Rocket Part Is Expected to Smack Into the Moon in August, Highlighting the Growing Problem of Space Junk The unintended event also creates an opportunity for scientists and skywatchers to witness lunar impact dynamics in real time, although the debris will hit a sunlit portion of the moon from the perspective of Earth, making it hard to see The upper stage of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket is estimated to hit the moon on August 5. Gregory H. Revera via Wikimedia Commons under CC BY-SA 3.0 Something is about to smack into the moon—and no, it’s not asteroid 2024 YR4. It’s a part of a SpaceX rocket. And while the impact won’t directly cause harm to…

The upper stage of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket has been stuck in a highly elliptical orbit for months, and in August, it’s due to smash into the Moon. Fortunately for astronomers, the impact will likely be observable, and they plan to take full advantage of this opportunity. A new paper that has yet to undergo peer review describes what astronomers should be able to see when the rocket crash lands near the Einstein Crater at 2:44 a.m. ET on August 5. According to the authors, the impact will occur on sunlit terrain near the Moon’s eastern limb from the perspective of Earth. Ground- and space-based observatories should be able to capture the impact flash,…

A huge missing chunk of our universe has been found at last, but I’m not talking about dark matter. For decades, there’s been a discrepancy between the amount of ordinary—neither invisible nor dark—matter that we should see and that which we actually observe. A new study published today in Physical Review Letters suggests that, fortunately, this conflict does not reflect poorly upon leading astrophysical models. By studying “smears” in fast radio bursts, researchers successfully mapped the distribution of this missing ordinary matter, which turned out to be diffuse clouds of baryonic gas surrounding galaxy clusters. These diffuse clouds…

A near-Earth object that astronomers believed was an asteroid for nearly three decades has been unmasked as a faint, active comet, revealing a case of cosmic mistaken identity that could help improve planetary defense. The object, known since its discovery in 1998 as 1998 SH2, appeared to be an ordinary asteroid. It follows a 4.5-year orbit around the sun and showed no obvious signs of cometary activity, such as the glowing coma or tail produced when sunlight vaporizes surface ice. However, during a close pass about 2 million miles (3 million kilometers) from Earth in August 2025, researchers using NASA's Deep Space Network planetary radar system…

Media are invited to NASA’s Langley Research Center in Hampton, Virginia, on Friday, July 31, to attend a media tour and ribbon-cutting ceremony for the Flight Dynamics Research Facility, the agency’s first new wind tunnel in more than 40 years. The event will include a brief media availability with: NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman Dr. Trina Dyal, center director, NASA Langley Administrator Edward C. Forst, U.S. General Services Administration This event is in person only and open to members of the media who are United States citizens or lawful permanent residents. Information about timing will be shared closer to the event. NASA’s media…

Get the Popular Science daily newsletter💡 Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent six days a week. By signing up, you confirm you are 16+, will receive newsletters and promotional content and agree to our Terms of Use and acknowledge the data practices in our Privacy Policy. You may unsubscribe at any time. Broadly speaking, our solar system is simply a collection of planets, their moons, and other cosmic objects like asteroids existing in gravitational orbits around the sun. There are countless systems out there like it, too. But one stellar system about 72 light-years from Earth isn’t quite like anything else researchers have ever seen. In…

Following its liftoff from Cape Canaveral on July 21 aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, the Mission Robotic Vehicle (MRV) hosting the NASA-supported Robotic Servicing of Geosynchronous Satellites (RSGS) payload is now en route to geosynchronous Earth orbit, where it will use its advanced robotics to service spacecraft. RSGS leverages in-space robotics expertise from NASA, aligned with the agency’s broader goals to advance U.S. capabilities for in-space servicing, assembly, and manufacturing that can be applied to space commerce and exploration. Funded by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), the RSGS program uses twin dexterous robotic…

The launch of NASA's next super telescope, the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope (Roman), may mean there is nowhere left for violent black holes to hide. In fact, these cosmic cannibals may not even be able to hide from Roman at "cosmic noon," a period of the universe's history that occurred around 11 billion to 12 billion years ago. The study of these gory stellar events so early in the history of the universe could help reveal how supermassive black holes grew so big, so rapidly. Occurrences of black holes ripping apart stars are called tidal disruption events (TDEs), and they happen when an unfortunate star's orbit brings it too close to the…

As TechRadar’s AV tester, I’m always on the lookout for new 4K Blu-rays to test the best TVs and best soundbars with. While I have a pretty healthy catalog, with some top-notch discs, as a 4K Blu-ray fan, it’s exciting to check out new discs to keep testing fresh. Last month, I tested the Speed Racer 4K Blu-ray and it was a powerhouse. Not only did it deliver staggeringly vibrant colors, but it also had a superb Dolby Atmos soundtrack that demonstrated power and precision, particularly during race sequences. It was one of my top discs of the June 2026 Blu-ray Bounty, and it’s easily one of the most impressive I’ve tested. This month, a new disc has…

The countdown is on as Dunedin prepares for daytime darkness for the first time since 1163 AD. On Wednesday at 4.15pm, the city marked exactly two years until the region's total solar eclipse when the moon's shadow passes directly over parts of Otago. Claudia thought she would only see one eclipse in her lifetime. She experienced one while working in a university hospital in Munich. "Everybody stopped for the eclipse so the whole hospital stopped basically. No surgeries, no nothing, and we all walked out with our glasses to watch it," she said. "Then it was dark, which was kind of beautiful but scary but weird. And then slowly the sun came back and we…

The Milky Way is ancient, and its first stars formed shortly after the Big Bang. It's been through a lot in its long life, including merging with other galaxies and absorbing smaller ones. Our observations of the cosmos confirm that, where we see multiple examples of galaxies merging and interacting. Piecing together the Milky Way's history of mergers and other events is key to understanding our galaxy, and by extension, other galaxies. Not everything about the Milky Way (MW) is clearcut. Even with all of the scientific progress in astronomy, especially in the last couple decades, some of its features are still puzzling. One of its puzzles concerns…

NASA astronaut Chris Williams and Roscosmos cosmonauts Sergey Kud-Sverchkov and Sergei Mikaev are wrapping up their 241‑day mission aboard the International Space Station. The crew and its Soyuz MS-28 spacecraft will undock from the orbiting laboratory’s Rassvet module at 3:02 a.m. EDT Sunday, July 26, heading for a parachute-assisted landing at 6:26 a.m. (3:26 p.m. local time) on the steppe of Kazakhstan, southeast of Dzhezkazgan. NASA’s live return coverage will stream through a variety of platforms. Learn where to watch online: Williams and his crewmates will complete 3,856 orbits and travel more than 102 million miles before returning to Earth.…

Your support helps us to tell the story From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or producing our latest documentary, 'The A Word', which shines a light on the American women fighting for reproductive rights, we know how important it is to parse out the facts from the messaging. At such a critical moment in US history, we need reporters on the ground. Your donation allows us to keep sending journalists to speak to both sides of the story. The Independent is trusted by Americans across the entire political…

NYC health officials warn residents of a Legionnaires' disease outbreak with 23 confirmed cases. Dr. Stephanie Widmer explains the bacterial pneumonia, its symptoms like cough and fever, and its curability. NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! As New York City continues to investigate an outbreak of Legionnaires' disease that has claimed multiple lives and sickened dozens of people, doctors say there are ways people can reduce the risk of exposure. As of July 21, there have been five deaths and 82 diagnoses linked to the Upper East Side outbreak, according to the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene. Eight patients remain…

A protein begins to twist out of shape. Then another follows. Soon, the folding error is spreading through the brain, leaving damaged cells in its wake. This is not the work of a virus, bacterium, or parasite. The culprit carries no DNA or RNA and may begin as one of the body’s own proteins. Known as a prion, this biological troublemaker can trigger normally shaped proteins to misfold, clump together, and gradually destroy the brain. Prion diseases affect only about one in a million people worldwide. Yet their unusual behavior has made them important far beyond their rarity, offering researchers a window into how destructive proteins may also move…

Your support helps us to tell the story From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or producing our latest documentary, 'The A Word', which shines a light on the American women fighting for reproductive rights, we know how important it is to parse out the facts from the messaging. At such a critical moment in US history, we need reporters on the ground. Your donation allows us to keep sending journalists to speak to both sides of the story. The Independent is trusted by Americans across the entire political…

Your support helps us to tell the story From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or producing our latest documentary, 'The A Word', which shines a light on the American women fighting for reproductive rights, we know how important it is to parse out the facts from the messaging. At such a critical moment in US history, we need reporters on the ground. Your donation allows us to keep sending journalists to speak to both sides of the story. The Independent is trusted by Americans across the entire political…

Almost a quarter of workers in the U.S. — 23 million adults — are experiencing "job lock," staying in roles they don't want to avoid losing health insurance benefits, according to a new Gallup analysis.Why it matters: Women and people who have chronic health conditions feel the burden most because health care costs limit their career mobility, wage growth and life satisfaction. By the numbers: Almost half (48%) of respondents who described health care as a "major financial burden" are staying put in unwanted jobs.Fifty-three percent of U.S. workers who experience "a lot of stress" because of health care costs keep unwanted jobs to maintain their…

A High Court judge has said a national care pathway to help those diagnosed with the rare genetic condition Huntington’s disease is urgently required. Judge Paul Coffey made his comments after hearing in the High Court about what one family described as a “war with the health system”, of a delay in diagnosing a mother with the disease and her father, who died, never even knowing he had Huntington’s and the 26 members of the extended family who are potentially affected. The family’s case came to light as the mother in her 60s settled for €142,000 a High Court action against the HSE and a doctor at a medical centre in relation to her disease diagnosis.…

Two children who have had to endure seizures for most of their lives are now seeing significant improvement thanks to a personalized genetic medicine treatment. The 9-year-old and 14-year-old were both diagnosed with SCN2A-related developmental epileptic encephalopathy, a rare form of childhood epilepsy, from a young age. The genetic mutation that causes the condition, a new study published in Nature Medicine shows, can effectively be suppressed with short, synthetic pieces of DNA that are designed to degrade the mutant copy of the SCN2A gene that promotes epilepsy. Following clinical trials involving this personalized gene therapy, the two children…

Your support helps us to tell the story From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or producing our latest documentary, 'The A Word', which shines a light on the American women fighting for reproductive rights, we know how important it is to parse out the facts from the messaging. At such a critical moment in US history, we need reporters on the ground. Your donation allows us to keep sending journalists to speak to both sides of the story. The Independent is trusted by Americans across the entire political…

Within 48 hours of entering Downing Street, Andy Burnham has confirmed what much of the country feared. He is heading a fiscally illiterate government and he has no economic plan that even begins to make sense. Despite this, the incoming Prime Minister is already spending money like a drunken sailor on shore leave. Yesterday he floated the notion of a ‘national care service’, to tackle the problems of looking after an ageing population. Like so much of his unwritten manifesto, this concept was scarily short on detail. But he intimated that the new system would be a sister service to the NHS, an idea that has previously been costed by the Health…

New technology could restore movement, sensation for millions of paralyzed patients New findings identified a technology that could restore movement and sensation for millions of paralyzed people living with spinal cord injuries. Bradley Blackburn has the story.

(MedPage Today) -- The FDA approved zidesamtinib (Jideytro) for previously treated adults with locally advanced or metastatic ROS1-positive non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), drugmaker GSK announced Wednesday. Zidesamtinib is a next-generation...

It intends to provide clinical care for people with cancer in the same space where research is undertaken, the latter of which the university will fund and provide resources for. Dr Ben Lawrence has been named the inaugural head of the University of Auckland's new Department of Cancer Sciences. “We know that clinical care is better in places that do research,” Lawrence said. “It’s hard to know exactly what it is, but it’s probably because people are ... on the cutting edge. “They have some hope that they can change the future, and the patients feel that.” Veteran broadcaster Paul Henry expressed support for the idea when announcing his Act candidacy…

(MedPage Today) -- The risk for first psychotropic medication prescription increased slightly in the year following an abortion, but this risk no longer met statistical significance after adjustment for multiple statistical tests, according to...

For generations, Filipino families have believed in education as a way out of poverty. According to the Philippine Institute for Development Studies, nearly half (47.3 percent) of 4Ps families dream that their children will become professionals—teachers, nurses, engineers, and doctors. For many underserved families, a college degree represents hope for a better life. Yet for […]...Keep on reading: Our mission: Student completion and success

For decades, two questions have lingered across Zamfara North Senatorial District: why is the zone the only one without a state-owned tertiary institution in the state? And why did successive governments fail to establish even a single one of the state’s seven tertiary institutions in the zone? An analysis of the distribution of state-owned tertiary institutions across the state shows that out of seven institutions, three are located in Zamfara West, four in Zamfara Central, and none in Zamfara North. Many concerned citizens from Zamfara North have spoken out against this sense of unfair treatment and perceived marginalization through different…

Creatine is best known as a supplement for people who hit the gym: Take a scoop of creatine powder every day, and you may find yourself able to work a little harder. But creatine is also being studied for its mental health benefits. Is it worth taking just for those? Maybe. What is creatine? Creatine is a natural chemical that our bodies use for energy production in cells. If you remember learning about ATP as an energy source (and how mitochondria, the “powerhouse of the cell,” turn food into ATP), you already know a little bit about this. When ATP is used, creatine phosphate can recharge that ATP (replacing its spent phosphate) for some quick extra…

Partners do not simply grow old together, they often grow more alike. Decades of shared routines, environments, and experiences leave couples with increasingly similar health profiles, a pattern long recognized for obesity, diabetes, and heart disease and stroke. Could dementia now belong on that list? A new nationwide study from Taiwan suggests the answer is yes—but not for the reason many headlines might imply. The shadow of shared lives In this study involving almost 1 million married adults, researchers found that when one spouse developed dementia, the other was significantly more likely to receive the same diagnosis. This observation itself is…

New data from a study in humans provides additional support to the idea that Merck’s Ebola vaccine Ervebo, licensed to target the Zaire species of ebolaviruses, could also offer some protection against another species currently circulating in a rapidly expanding outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The new paper, published Wednesday in the New England Journal of Medicine after previously having been posted online before peer review, is one of a growing number of studies pointing to the possibility that the vaccine could be used to target the Bundibugyo species of ebolaviruses. These studies are in turn fueling an increase in calls to…

Descrease article font size Increase article font size As of Aug. 1, Canada will see new images on cigarette packages showing the health effects of smoking. New in the rotation are warnings about colon cancer, mouth cancer, and a baby surrounded by second-hand smoke. These often-disturbing pictures have been required on Canadian cigarette packages for more than 25 years. Rob Cunningham from the Canadian Cancer Society says they’re part of the reason smoking has declined. “In 2001, when pictures were first required, smoking prevalence in Canada was in the high 20s. We’re now down to 11 per cent of the population,” says Cunningham. Some experts say…

Jason Alexander apologises over lewd skit involving underage model Save You have reached your maximum number of saved items. Remove items from your saved list to add more. AAA Seinfeld star Jason Alexander has apologised to model and media personality Courtney Stodden for a lewd comedy sketch the pair performed in 2012, when Stodden was just 17. The apology comes after Stodden publicly called out the sketch, which was performed for the US comedy website Funny Or Die, in a long Instagram post earlier this week. Jason Alexander has apologised to Courtney Stodden over a 2012 sketch. “ Jason Alexander repeatedly rubbed his phone across my breasts while…

Your support helps us to tell the story From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or producing our latest documentary, 'The A Word', which shines a light on the American women fighting for reproductive rights, we know how important it is to parse out the facts from the messaging. At such a critical moment in US history, we need reporters on the ground. Your donation allows us to keep sending journalists to speak to both sides of the story. The Independent is trusted by Americans across the entire political…

For many victims of harassment and stalking, the impacts do not stop at the front door. The behaviour can follow them into the workplace, where perpetrators may use colleagues, systems or physical spaces as another way to intimidate and monitor them. That was the reality for Cassie Roma, whose own experience with harassment and stalking stretched across almost a decade. "It lasted years and started in the context of me doing some public speaking for work," she said. "And turned into almost a decade of online and in real life [harassment], showing up at the workplace, my home, my child's school - just really horrific stalking by somebody not known to…

Users who rely on encrypted HFS+ drives will no longer need to decrypt them before converting them to APFS for macOS 28 compatibility. Here’s what that means. Apple revises macOS 28 migration guidance for encrypted HFS+ drives A few weeks ago, Apple published a support document explaining that starting with macOS 28, “the Mac OS Extended file system format will be supported only for volumes (disks and other storage devices) that aren’t encrypted.” This basically meant that users who currently rely on encrypted HFS+ external drives or other encrypted legacy Mac-formatted volumes would need to “either decrypt or reformat any encrypted Mac OS Extended…

MANILA, Philippines – The Philippine Postal Corporation (PHLPost) on Wednesday clarified that Filipinos do not need an existing valid government-issued ID to apply for a Postal ID. First-time applicants only need to submit a birth certificate, barangay certificate or other acceptable proof of address, and a duly accomplished Postal ID application form, which have long been […]...Keep on reading: Postal ID application: No valid ID required, says PHLPost

Less than a week before Meta’s lawyers were set to return to a Los Angeles courtroom, the plaintiff accusing the platform of inflicting harm dropped the case. Brought by 15-year-old Florida plaintiff going by initials R.K.C., the case was set to be the second in a set of bellwether trials meant to test legal arguments that social media giants allegedly broke the law by creating features that hooked and harmed teens. TikTok, Snap, and YouTube previously settled claims brought by R.K.C. for undisclosed amounts. “In light of the overall successful result of the litigation and his concerns about enduring a grueling weekslong trial, he has elected to…

In New York City's Times Square, one of the busiest pedestrian intersections in the world, photographs of Wang Wang come up on a gigantic digital screen every 35 minutes. One of the captions reads: "She was loved. She wanted to live. She should still be here." Similar billboards have been put up on a building near Taipei 101, an iconic 101-floor skyscraper in Taiwan. This one includes a picture of Wang Wang nursing her puppies. "This planet is their home too. Justice for Wang Wang," the caption reads. CK, a Taiwanese woman who spent NT$30,000 ($930; £692) putting up the billboard, says she hopes it can foster "a sense of unity". "It makes everyone…

U.S. Secret Service Director Sean Curran said the current threat environment is the most challenging he's ever seen. "The numbers at this agency, and certainty I've never seen in my 24-year-career, they're off the charts," Curran said in response to a question from ABC News Chief Justice Correspondent Pierre Thomas at a media briefing on Wednesday. "I think the environment has become very volatile and that's just across the board, not just to our protectees but local officials. The threat picture and environment is as large as I've ever seen it," Curran said. The director's concern comes as senior Secret Service officials told reporters they've…

The Upbound Group fintech company disclosed that threat actors who stole data from its systems leveraged it to create $13 million in Acima leases. In a filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), the company says that it "experienced cybersecurity incidents in which certain non-sensitive customer information and other documents were obtained without authorization." The threat actor used the information to commit fraud in lease-to-own agreements, resulting in financial losses of about $13 million in the Acima segment in the second quarter of this year. Upbound Group, formerly known as Rent-A-Center, provides financial solutions and…

A Russian military intelligence (GRU) agent who assembled improvised explosive devices (IEDs) intended for terrorist attacks in Zaporizhzhia has been sentenced to 15 years in prison with confiscation of property, based on evidence collected by the Security Service of Ukraine (SSU). According to the SSU press service, cited by Ukrinform, the agent was arrested in March 2025. The investigation found that the local drug addict came to the attention of Russian GRU operatives while searching for easy money through Telegram channels. "In exchange for promises of quick earnings, the agent began assembling IEDs, reinforcing them with metal nuts and bolts to…

Listen to this article Estimated 2 minutes The audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology. Mispronunciations can occur. We are working with our partners to continually review and improve the results. Rebel News founder Ezra Levant told an Ottawa judge Wednesday that it would be his company’s "top priority" to ensure Tamara Lich complies with her court-ordered bail conditions if she is allowed to travel internationally as an employee of the right-wing media outlet. "I disagree with court cases every day, but I abide by them," Levant told court during a hearing to consider the request from Lich, a key organizer of the 2022 convoy…

Lawmakers called out China’s growing footprint at the United Nations on Wednesday as a vehicle for espionage even as a Congressional hearing over its funding descended into a heated partisan battle over the Iran war started by US President Donald Trump . “The Chinese peacekeeping department is concentrated in strategically sensitive regions, including areas along Belt and Road [Initiative] corridors, near ports, mineral resources, and existing or potential basing locations,” Sheri Biggs, a Republican from South Carolina, told the House Foreign Affairs Committee in Washington. “These are long-standing concerns about whether this designation is cover to…

A three-year-old girl landed in the intensive care unit earlier this month after a rattlesnake bit her while she was trying to grab an Amazon package. Addy, the young girl, ran out with her mother on 13 July to pick up a package dropped over the gate to their home in Santa Clarita, north of Los Angeles. “Tragically, a southern pacific rattlesnake was hiding under the brown padded envelope and bit Addy’s left hand,” her father, Manny Barajas, wrote in a fundraising campaign note. Addy’s mother, Lynn, took the girl to meet first responders at a nearby grocery store parking lot, who took her to hospital and administered a dose of anti-venom. The hospital…

A Florida man sued OpenAI on Wednesday, alleging ChatGPT's medical advice discouraged him from seeking treatment for symptoms that preceded a life-threatening pulmonary embolism, nearly costing him his life. Scott Winters, a former pastor, filed suit against OpenAI and CEO Sam Altman in San Francisco County Superior Court on Wednesday, claiming the chatbot made inaccurate recommendations that imperiled his health. Winters argues ChatGPT crossed the line from providing information into practicing medicine without a license, while OpenAI says its chatbot is not intended to replace medical professionals. The lawsuit claims OpenAI prioritized user…

Listen to this article Estimated 4 minutes The audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology. Mispronunciations can occur. We are working with our partners to continually review and improve the results. Statistics Canada reports that both the rates and severity of crime were down almost across the board in 2025. The agency said on Wednesday Canada's crime severity index dropped five per cent last year for the second annual decline in a row. The index — which measures both the number of crimes compared to population and the relative severity of all police-reported crimes — stands at 75.01 after rising to 81.27 over the previous…

TL;DR A Florida teen dropped his social media addiction lawsuit against Meta days before trial, after settling separately with YouTube, TikTok, and Snap Meta will not face a second jury trial over claims that its social media platforms are addictive to minors after the teenage plaintiff at the centre of the case chose to dismiss his claims. The boy, a 15-year-old from Panama City, Florida, was set to go to trial on July 27 in Los Angeles Superior Court. His attorneys said Wednesday that he is withdrawing from the case in light of the overall successful result of the litigation and his concerns about enduring a gruelling weekslong trial, according to…

South Korea disclosed that hackers breached the National Diplomatic Academy's online education system for ten months and stole personal information belonging to current and former employees of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA), including overseas diplomats. The incident occurred in April 2025 after an unknown threat actor exploited a vulnerability in the Academy's server. It impacts at least 6,000 individuals, 350 of them being current government attachés dispatched abroad. The education platform was set up in 2022 to support remote training during the COVID-19 pandemic, and has since been used for government personnel training and…

The building where Adolf Hitler was born in the town of Braunau am Inn near Austria’s border with Germany is now officially a police station, a conversion overseen by the Austrian government in the hope of deterring neo-Nazis from using it as a place of pilgrimage. After years of consultation about the fate of the large, traditional terraced house, which prior to the refurbishment was privately owned and the headquarters of a disabilities charity, Austrian authorities purchased the building in 2017 and announced in 2019 it would be remodelled and turned into a police station. FILE – This Sept. 27, 2012 picture shows an exterior view of Adolf Hitler’s…

ICE agents stand guard outside a immigrant detention center in Newark, New Jersey in May 2026. Medicaid officials improperly shared data about millions of people with ICE, who then shared that data with the data analytics firm Palantir, according to new court filings. Adam Gray/Getty Images *hide caption* *toggle caption* Adam Gray/Getty Images After Medicaid officials improperly shared data about millions of people in January with immigration officials, ICE then shared that data with the data analytics firm Palantir, according to new court filings. Palantir operates an app called ELITE that is used by ICE agents to show the addresses of noncitizens…

On Tuesday, OpenAI revealed that one of its models went rogue during a test and hacked the systems of AI dataset platform Hugging Face in a fully AI-enabled attack, a dramatic example of the dangers posed by advanced AI models. But, according to some cybersecurity experts, at the heart of this unprecedented AI-powered breach there was a very human mistake: OpenAI failed to properly configure what it called a “highly isolated environment,” allowing a testing sandbox that should have been completely secluded from the internet to actually connect to the internet. Dan Guido, the founder of cybersecurity research startup Trail of Bits called the mistake “a…

The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom came out three years ago and Hasbro is finally ready to release its new “Heroes of Hyrule” action figures just in time for the franchise’s 40th anniversary. We’ve seen high-end statues of the Switch game’s characters before, but these new Hasbro figures are way more affordable and still look pretty neat. The set includes Link, Zelda, and Ganondorf, each 6 inches tall with lots of pliable joints. They also each have a couple of accessories, including an alternate hand for specific poses. Both Link and Zelda will retail for $28 each, while the Demon King, who is much chunkier, will be $43. Pre-orders go live…

Anahat Singh \| Photo Credit: The Hindu Anahat Singh and Aryaveer Dewan registered facile wins to enter the pre-quarterfinals of the World Squash Junior Individual Championships in Ontario, Canada. Women's top seed Anahat brushed aside Hong Kong's Pui Yin Chole Lo in straight games in the round of 32 and will next meet Malaysian Doyce Ye San Lee. Aryaveer, on the other hand, eased past South African Joseph Feast in straight games and will take on American Yaseen Shalaby next. However, Gurveer Singh, Yusha Nafees, Saanvi Kalanki, Rudra Singh and Anika Dubey bowed out of the competition after losing to higher seeded opponents. Results (Round of 32):…

Pokémon archivists just released footage of a never-before-seen documentary about the making of 2007's Pokémon Diamond and Pokémon Pearl, and it's proven to be a treasure trove of trivia for hardcore fans. There's an inside look at how Game Freak develops starters, early Pokémon designs for some of the most iconic characters, and surprisingly, tidbits that shed light on modern Pokémon games. Developers at Game Freak came up with ideas 20 years ago that did not see the light of day until the release of Pokémon Pokopia. And the idea might reappear when Pokémon Winds and Waves is released next year. Around 18 minutes into the video analyzing the…

The World of Warcraft community is currently watching very, very closely as Blizzard investigates what players suspect may be one of the game’s GMs (Blizzard employees who oversee the live game) giving an unfair advantage to a player in the game’s timed Mythic dungeons. The issue was first discovered by u/Acrobatic_Pianist688 on Reddit, who posted a thread with their findings. They claimed that they were perusing the website Warcraft Logs, which records detailed information about in-game dungeons and raid runs, when they discovered something strange. The dungeon in question is called Nexus Point Xenas, which was being played on Mythic difficulty with…

Macquarie Group boss Shemara Wikramanayake to retire Save You have reached your maximum number of saved items. Remove items from your saved list to add more. AAA Macquarie Group chief executive Shemara Wikramanayake is retiring as boss of the investment giant after close to eight years in the job, to be replaced by the head of its banking arm, Greg Ward. The investment bank on Thursday said Wikramanayake, who has been chief executive since late 2018, will retire from November this year. Shemara Wikramanayake has been in charge of Macquarie since 2018.Leigh Vogel Chair Glenn Stevens said: “The Board extends its heartfelt thanks to Shemara, who leaves…

Dell is offering a steep discount on its most powerful desktop computer. The Alienware Area-51 AMD Ryzen X3D edition gaming PC equipped with a GeForce RTX 5090 GPU and 64GB of DDR5-6400MHz RAM has dropped to $5,399.99 shipped after a $1,500 instant discount. No, it's still not even remotely affordable for most people, but if you've got deep pockets, this is a substantial discount on a beastly Alienware system. If you look at the prices of the individual components in today's market, it's (sadly) not as ridiculous as your initial sticker shock might lead you to believe. Alienware Area-51 Ryzen X3D RTX 5090 Gaming PC w/ 64GB RAM Alienware Area-51 AMD…

Not to pick at an irritated scab, but when the eighth and final season of Game of Thrones… happened… I, a fan of the series via the show, naively assumed all author George R.R. Martin had to do was pen a different bookend to the series to recover all the lost goodwill of the series. Little did I know that was a touchy subject among book-readers who’ve been tortured by the author’s perpetual procrastination for years. Condolences. While the same scenario isn’t fully analogous with what’s happened with Netflix’s live-action Alice in Borderland TV show and VIZ Media’s English manga release of the series’ extended epilogue, Alice in Borderland: Retry, the…

Check out this nifty 3D Playdate game demo Adding new dimensions to the device. Cristina Ramos There are a ton of fantastic games available on the Playdate (with more on the way), but devs keep finding increasingly creative ways to push the little yellow machine to the max. Today, we spotted a neat demo that showcases some tech the game platform wasn't expected to be capable of. Game developer Cristina Ramos posted a video on social media of a work in progress that takes the Playdate into 3D. The slice of gameplay begins with platforming upwards through an interior space and then emerging onto a rooftop for some Mirror's Edge style jumping around…

Steam adds handy gifting and wishlist updates You can now gift games without a Steam account and sort your wishlist into categories. Ian Carlos Campbell for Engadget Valve has pushed updates to Steam's gifting and wishlist features to — surprise, surprise — make it even easier to buy games. Among the improvements, it's now possible to use a guest account to purchase games, instead of just gift cards and Steam hardware. And if you're interested in organizing your wishlist, the company has made it possible to sort saved games into categories. Making guest accounts more useful goes a long way towards streamlining the game purchasing process on Steam, but…

Clint Hocking, the first of two directors to part ways with Ubisoft during Assassin’s Creed Hexe’s development, has equated managing Watch Dogs: Legion’s 1,000ish-person development team to “pissing upstream” in a new interview, during which he recounted attending pointless meetings with “directors and producers” who would simply relay info to someone who wasn’t “even in the meeting.” Hocking sat down with FRVR to discuss his time working at Ubisoft, during which he served as the creative director behind Far Cry 2, Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory, and Watch Dogs: Legion. Since stepping down as Assassin’s Creed Hexe’s…

Sneak a peek at this holiday season's hottest new toys While the holiday season is still months away, it's already prime time for the toy industry. Bradley Blackburn got a look at some of the new items that could be on kids' lists in December.

Famed British political figure Count Binface has issued a public demand to Sega to quit horsing around and finish Shenmue 4, and suggested the company may be nationalized by the UK government if it doesn't move with sufficient haste. For those not in the know, Count Binface is not an entirely serious political figure: He's really more akin to Darth Vader with a giant trash can for a helmet, whose policies include things like banning loud snacks from movie theaters, a price cap of £1 on croissants, nationalizing Adele, and "the hand dryer in the gents' toilet at the Crown \& Treaty, Uxbridge, to be moved to a more sensible position." The Count—writer…

Given how precious Disney can be about its brand, Kingdom Hearts feels like something that wouldn’t typically pass the House of Mouse’s smell test. An anime boy swinging a key around beloved Disney worlds? I’d love to have been a fly on the wall in Square Enix’s initial pitch meeting. Thankfully, ex–Disney CEO Michael Eisner is here to regale us with the tale of…wait…he doesn’t remember why he gave Square Enix the thumbs-up? How could you forget something so important to the pantheon of Disney characters and to instilling the power of friendship in millennials? Game File attended a press conference for Delphi Interactive, a talent…

The Bethesda Game Studios Union says it is filing a legal complaint against Bethesda for "continuing to violate labor laws in Canada" by prematurely terminating Canadian employees on July 17—the same day it dropped a huge announcement about the future of Fallout and other games. The timing of the Bethesda infodump was suspect, to put it politely. Less than two weeks after Xbox announced that it is laying off 3,200 people and dumping four studios, Microsoft-owned Bethesda suddenly decided that it was time to confirm that Fallout 3 and New Vegas are both being remastered, that Obsidian is working on a Fallout game of its own, and on top of all that,…

Galeries Tower rising star Erika Deloria is proof that players from schools outside the UAAP and NCAA can carve out successful careers in the Premier Volleyball League. As Enderun Colleges continues to build its volleyball program, coach Dong Dela Cruz points to his former captain as the example he wants his current Lady Titans to […]...Keep on reading: Already a pro, Deloria continues fueling Enderun program

White Eagle knocked Matador's head off with a precise high kick during combat Matador continued fighting after losing its head and head-mounted sensors during battle EngineAI's humanoid robot can perform uppercuts, spinning kicks, and rapid recovery after falls A white T800 humanoid robot named White Eagle stunned spectators in China after landing a precision kick that dislodged its rival's head. The bout was part of the opening contest of the Ultimate Robot Knock-out Legend (URKL) tournament, the world's first full-scale humanoid robot fighting event. Held at the Shenzhen Nanshan Cultural and Sports Center, the event drew 32 teams from around the…

Holy crap, someone just leaked what looks to be an internal Game Freak documentary covering the development of Pokémon Diamond and Pearl, and wow? Look at all these cool, scrapped designs?! The documentary is available via Internet Archive here, and is 43 minutes long. It’s in Japanese, so until it’s translated, we unfortunately have no idea what anyone is saying. But we can see what’s in it, and it includes loads of images of scrapped Pokémon, as well as early designs of existing Pokémon that look significantly different from the ones we now know. There’s also what looks like some concept art of characters or scenes thrown in, and some clips of…

Manga works dealing with youth, young passions, and love are far from rare. The Guy She Was Interested In Wasn’t a Guy at All by Arai Sumiko dives into the deep end by going beyond the themes of music and youth to explore friendship, love, and gender, and the ways these can all blend in complex ways. The Record Store Guy is a Girl Our story begins with high-school girl Aya “totally fangirling” over a guy working at a local CD shop. The guy, though turns out not to be a guy at all—it is, in fact, Mitsuki: the plain girl who sits next to Aya in class. At first, Mitsuki hesitates to reveal the truth to Aya, who has a reputation for flashiness. Mitsuki…

Japan Data Seniors with Dementia Increasingly Targets of Sales Scams in Japan Society Jul 23, 2026 Consultations with consumer affairs center in Japan indicate that scammers are increasingly targeting seniors with dementia. Victims Often Unaware of Fraud According to a 2026 white paper by Japan’s Consumer Affairs Agency, the number of consultations made with consumer affairs centers nationwide by seniors with dementia or their family members totaled 10,020 cases in 2025, marking the fifth consecutive annual increase. Based on the statistics that have been gathered every calendar year since 2007, this is the highest figure since 2013, when scams…

Buying someone else a Steam game got a lot easier today. You no longer have to be Steam friends with the person you're sending a gift to, and don't even need a Steam account. You can also select gifts directly from a shared wishlist. Here are today's Steam gifting changes, in short: It's now possible to gift a game without having a Steam account. (Previously, guest checkout could only be used for digital gift card and hardware purchases) You also don't need to know the recipient's Steam account, and can gift games and digital gift cards with just an email address (even if it isn't the address associated with their Steam account) You can now gift games…

Looking for a different day? A new NYT Connections puzzle appears at midnight each day for your time zone – which means that some people are always playing 'today's game' while others are playing 'yesterday's'. If you're looking for Wednesday's puzzle instead then click here: NYT Connections hints and answers for Wednesday, July 22 (game #1137). Good morning! Let's play Connections, the NYT's clever word game that challenges you to group answers in various categories. It can be tough, so read on if you need Connections hints. What should you do once you've finished? Why, play some more word games of course. I've also got daily Strands hints and…

Cursor has made Cursor Router generally available for Teams and Enterprise plans. The system is a classifier that inspects each request before a model runs, then dispatches it to the model best suited to that specific task. The cursor team reports frontier-quality performance at 60% savings in online A/B tests, and 30–50% savings for early-access enterprise accounts. The problem it targets is a spend pattern rather than a capability gap. Cursor states that roughly 60% of its developers pick a single model as a daily driver. Routine work therefore gets completed at frontier prices, and AI spend grows faster than output quality. Routing is Cursor’s…

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Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority TL;DR Google Meet will automatically organize notes, transcripts, and recordings in a new Google Meet folder in Drive. Each meeting gets its own subfolder, while recurring meetings will keep all instances together. Attendees with access will also see shortcuts, with the rollout starting today. Yesterday, we saw that Google Meet is making it easier to find the files associated with your calls on its redesigned web homepage. Google is now tackling the same problem on the Drive side, with meeting notes, transcripts, and recordings set to be organized automatically rather than left loose in the host’s storage. Which…

It all started with a routine task. I use GitHub issues for all of my public-facing projects but my preference is keeping track of things in Org Agenda. To reconcile the two, I would manually copy over the GitHub issue to an Org file, typically the title and description, like an animal. Despite this separation, the duplicated issue allowed me to treat it as a scratchpad for anything I could express in Org. In this way, I used the duplicated issue in Org as both a dedicated area to take notes and a “staging” area to compose follow-up comments that I’d want to share in the public facing issue. I manually copied for far longer than I care to admit.…

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For the last 10 years, I've worked as a recruiter at Google, Uber and The New York Times. At the end of an interview, when I ask "What questions do you have for me?" I have already decided how I feel about your skills. At this point, I want to understand how you think. Most people waste this opportunity. They ask predictable and safe questions about growth, culture and day-to-day tasks. The most successful job candidates ask about the problem the company is trying to solve by hiring for this position. Companies are not creating roles for fun. Someone has an issue that they need handled, and they want someone who can take care of it without a lot of…

Executive summary Qualys Threat Research Unit (TRU) identified CVE-2026-64600, a race condition in the Linux kernel’s XFS filesystem copy-on-write path. An attacker with an ordinary local account can exploit this race condition to overwrite protected files on disk and gain host root privileges on affected systems, including deployments running SELinux in Enforcing mode. This discovery emerged from a structured research initiative between Qualys and Anthropic, where we integrated Claude Mythos Preview into our manual audit workflow to accelerate our research while maintaining strict human oversight. Using this vulnerability, a process running as an…

Your support helps us to tell the story From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or producing our latest documentary, 'The A Word', which shines a light on the American women fighting for reproductive rights, we know how important it is to parse out the facts from the messaging. At such a critical moment in US history, we need reporters on the ground. Your donation allows us to keep sending journalists to speak to both sides of the story. The Independent is trusted by Americans across the entire political…

Let's learn about Css via these 417 free blog posts. They are ordered by HackerNoon reader engagement data. Visit the Learn Repo or LearnRepo.com to find the most read blog posts about any technology. Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) - easier than you think. 21 Awesome DEV portfolios for your inspiration In this guide, we'll be covering how you can vertically and horizontally center an element or text with tailwind. Improve your front-end development skills and expand your portfolio with these 10 front-end projects. Take your coding game to the next level! I’ve always found flexbox pretty easy to work with — a breath of fresh air after years of floating…

If Ubuntu 26.04 LTS hasn’t nagged you about pending updates in a while, there’s a reason for that. A Launchpad bug report and related discussion on the Ubuntu Discourse noticed that the distro’s update-manager no longer notifies when updates are pending unless the update notification tray icon is enabled. The rub? That tray icon as turned off in Ubuntu 26.04 (with no toggle in Settings to turn it back on). This is not as “risky” as it might sound, though. Ubuntu ships with unattended-upgrades enabled by default, which installs security updates in the background – you’re just not told about them. Turn them off, though, and it gets icky: the bug report…

In this tutorial, I'll show you how to trace and monitor a local AI agent with LangSmith. We'll build a small local AI agent and then enable LangSmith tracing for it so that we can inspect model calls, tool usage, and request latency in a web UI. We'll be using LangChain v1, Ollama, Qwen, and Python. Everything runs on your own machine except the observability layer, so the agent itself has no model API costs. Table of Contents Background Building a local AI agent is the easy part. The harder part starts later, when the agent behaves differently after a prompt change, starts using the wrong tool, or becomes slower without an obvious reason. With…

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The information you need is out there, and it may make all the difference. getty We live in one of the most information-rich periods in history, yet it can be harder than ever to tell what is true. Every day, we are flooded with news, and misinformation is everywhere. From social media to online outlets and beyond, information comes at us constantly, and much of it can be misleading or unreliable. The problem is not only outright falsehoods, but also half-truths, cherry-picked statistics, and framing that distorts the facts. How can we find quality information? Without it, we can’t make informed decisions, which are essential for performing at a high…

OpenAI sued over ChatGPT health advice that almost killed a pastor It allegedly offered "extremely dangerous medical recommendations" regarding a pulmonary embolism. A pastor has sued OpenAI after alleging the software gave him "extremely dangerous medical recommendations," according to a report by The New York Times. This reportedly led to delayed care to treat a serious of pulmonary embolisms, as ChatGPT allegedly told Scott Winters that the symptoms he described were "not something dangerous." It even reportedly drew on his religious beliefs, telling him that "God did not design your body to endlessly fail." The suit accuses OpenAI and CEO Sam…

New York City has opened applications for a new kind of government job. Mayor Zohran Mamdani announced on Monday that the city is recruiting software engineers, product designers, product managers, user researchers, service designers and data experts to staff what he is calling Public Interest Technology Crews—PIT Crews, a pun the mayor committed to by rolling up to the Coney Island go-kart track to make the announcement. The hiring is funded and specific. A City Hall spokesperson confirmed around 30 full-time roles across four crews, supported by $5.24 million in baseline funding in the mayor's new fiscal budget. The listings are live at…

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Over half of Gen Z workers feel more productive working from home 34% of Gen Z workers believe their workplace does not allow them to focus effectively The findings are the result of a survey conducted by Diamond Interiors and YouGov A new survey has claimed Gen Z employees feel they’re at their most productive working from home, rather than in the workplace, flying in the face of those attempting to get people back into the office. The Diamond Interiors report notes focusing on work is widely recognized as improving productivity, which might explain the challenge for Gen Z. Home can be quiet, distractions managed, and with the right setup, focused…

Containers are stacked at a port in Pyeongtaek, Gyeonggi Province, July 1. Yonhap Korea's economy expanded 0.6 percent from the previous quarter in the second quarter, according to the Bank of Korea (BOK), Thursday. While the pace slowed from the more than 1 percent quarterly growth recorded in the first quarter, it exceeded the market consensus of 0.3 percent. Preliminary data from the central bank showed that real gross domestic product (GDP) grew 0.6 percent from the previous quarter in the April-June period, slowing from a 1.8 percent expansion in the first quarter. The reading topped the median market forecast of 0.3 percent as well as the BOK's…

SEOUL, July 23 (Yonhap) -- The South Korean economy grew 0.6 percent in the second quarter from a quarter earlier as robust exports offset downward pressure from lingering Middle East tensions, central bank data showed Thursday. The country's real gross domestic product (GDP) -- a key measure of economic growth -- rose 0.6 percent in the April-June period from three months earlier, according to advance data from the Bank of Korea (BOK). The second-quarter reading marked a decline from the previous quarter's 1.8 percent expansion, the strongest quarterly growth since the third quarter of 2020, when the economy expanded 2.2 percent. However, it beat the…

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In a move that seemed designed to satisfy both business leaders and his democratic socialist supporters, Mayor Zohran Mamdani on Wednesday appointed two people whose perspectives might seem at odds to head the Economic Development Corporation in New York City. Anthony E. Shorris, a veteran of city government and a partner at the global consulting firm McKinsey \& Company, will serve as president. Lina Khan, the former chair of the Federal Trade Commission and an advocate for strong government regulation, will serve as the board chairwoman. The announcement by Mr. Mamdani, a democratic socialist, comes as his administration has sought to shift the…

Google parent Alphabet saw its business continue to grow in recent months, yet growing spending on artificial intelligence (AI) infrastructure put its leftover cash into negative territory. The company's free cash flow, the cash it maintained after paying for operations and investments, came in at negative $5.9bn (£4.3bn) for the first time in at least a decade, according to its past financial records. Alphabet's spending on AI is now expected to hit as much as $205bn this year, an increase from $190bn, as major tech companies race to build around a new wave of the technology. Meanwhile, Alphabet's combined quarterly revenue hit $119.8bn, up 23%…

US lawmakers are examining tariffs, port fees and sanctions targeting China’s shipbuilding industry, as US Congress searches for ways to rebuild America’s severely diminished commercial fleet without increasing costs for US importers and consumers. At a House Foreign Affairs Committee hearing on Wednesday, members of both parties described China’s dominance of commercial shipbuilding as an economic and national security vulnerability, but witnesses cautioned that penalties alone would do little to restore US capacity. “Should Congress implement targeted tariffs or port entry fees on Chinese-built commercial vessels to level the global playing field?”…

Recent job growth in Richmond, Virginia, is a story about internet infrastructure and data center investment. Al Drago/Getty Images Landing a job in today's market is no easy task. The U.S. added just 57,000 jobs in June — far below expectations – while unemployment held at 4.2% and labor force participation slipped to 61.5%, signs of a cooling market where fewer Americans are even bothering to look. Against that backdrop, LinkedIn data shows nearly 80% of professionals feel unprepared to navigate the 2026 job hunt, and that anxiety is reshaping where Americans choose to build their careers. For years, the story of American job growth ran almost…

MUMBAI: Liquidity conditions have improved further, supporting robust credit growth even as India’s external sector remains steady with an improving outlook aided by foreign investment inflows, RBI said in its latest State of the Economy report, noting that the domestic economy has navigated a “tumultuous phase” in global markets marked by fragile geopolitics and supply chain pressures. The central bank said that the global economy is continuing with the heightened uncertainties, but added that on the domestic front India has “navigated the external uncertainties well, underpinned by healthy demand conditions and resilient performance of the…

The Wireless Application Service Providers Association of Nigeria (WASPAN) has appealed a Federal High Court judgement upholding the authority of the Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC) to regulate digital lending in Nigeria. In a notice of appeal dated 21 July, a day after the Federal High Court in Lagos delivered the judgement, WASPAN asked the Court of Appeal in Lagos to set aside the judgement delivered by the lower court judge Ambrose Allagoa on Monday, which dismissed the association’s suit challenging the FCCPC’s Digital, Electronic, Online or Non-Traditional Consumer Lending (DEON) Regulations, 2025. The appeal was…

India's $30-billion pharma industry is staring at a fresh challenge after US President Donald Trump announced that generic medicines imported into the US would face tariffs of 100% from Aug 2028 and 200% a year later, unless companies relocate manufacturing to the US. The announcement has significant implications for India, which supplies nearly 47% of generic prescriptions dispensed in the US, and ships 38% of its pharma exports totalling $10 billion to the American market. While generic medicines remain exempt from tariffs over the next two years, the real challenge begins for domestic companies after two years. Industry experts warn that 100-200%…

Google earnings live updates: Alphabet's AI outlook, cloud growth in focus CNBCGoogle justifies its massive AI spending with a booming cloud business TechCrunchGoogle parent Alphabet to report Q2 earnings in latest test of AI trade Yahoo FinanceAlphabet Quadruples Profit to $112 Billion, Fueled by A.I. Investments The New York TimesAlphabet Posts Cloud Sales Beat, Slight Miss on Search Revenue Bloomberg.com

John Paulson, the hedge fund manager who made billions betting against the U.S. housing market before turning bullish on gold, said he believes the precious metal is only in the early stages of a long-term rally. "I do think we're in the beginnings or the early stages of a long-term bull market for gold," Paulson said on CNBC's "The Exchange" Wednesday. "As people lose faith in paper currencies, gold as an alternative will continue to grow." Paulson, whose wager against subprime mortgages became one of the most profitable trades in Wall Street history, shifted his focus to gold in 2009, arguing that the unprecedented fiscal and monetary stimulus…

Homeplus wins time, not turnaround : Concerted efforts needed to help retail chain to stay afloat The Seoul Bankruptcy Court has resumed corporate rehabilitation proceedings for Homeplus, after the retail chain secured 200 billion won ($130 million) in debtor-in-possession (DIP) loans from financial institutions affiliated with Meritz. The decision came as a huge relief for Homeplus employees, as well as workers in related services such as cleaning and security, and thousands of small and medium-sized suppliers. Yet the resumption of rehabilitation proceedings does not guarantee that the hypermarket chain — once the nation's second-largest retailer at…

Unusual transaction : President's apartment sale exposes gap between regulation and market reality President Lee Jae Myung's recent apartment transaction has sparked controversy. The controversy stems from the fact that ownership was transferred before the full purchase price had been paid, with the seller effectively financing nearly half of the purchase price by lending the buyer the remaining balance and securing the loan with a mortgage. Typically, buyers who lack sufficient funds to pay the purchase price obtain mortgage loans from financial institutions. But because the current government has sharply tightened mortgage lending to curb housing…

South African consumer inflation accelerated sharply to 5.0% year on year in June from 4.5% in May, and is not seen as peaking yet in the wake of the oil price and other pressures unleashed by the Iran War. The data, released by Stats SA on Wednesday, comes the day before the Reserve Bank’s next interest rate decision. Economists and the economic spoor point to a rate hike, though this is not set in stone. (Image: Stats SA) The consumer price index (CPI) has now accelerated well beyond the Sarb’s 3.0% target and its “tolerance band” of 2.0% to 4.0% in the event of shocks. “This was largely reflective of the direct impact of the Iran War,…

ATM machines from Korea's major banks are seen in Seoul, Sunday. Yonhap A 31-year-old office worker in Seoul surnamed Lee says she has recently stopped putting new money into stocks and instead plans to park her spare cash in a bank deposit. "Most of my investments are in semiconductor stocks like Samsung Electronics and SK hynix, and I'm in the red," she said. "After seeing some banks offering deposit rates of more than 3 percent, I decided to move some cash from my brokerage account and other spare funds into a one-year deposit." Lee is among a growing number of investors shifting money back into bank deposits as lenders raise deposit rates…

Alphabet investors have very publicly worried that the company’s massive AI spending isn’t worth the money. With the company’s latest earnings report, those investors should be able to relax a little. The takeaway: Google’s cloud business — driven largely by enterprise AI adoption — is booming. The search giant saw Google Cloud revenue spike 82% from where it was this time last year, climbing to $24.8 billion. That’s well above last quarter’s generous year-over-year growth, which showed a revenue jump of 63% to $20 billion — and it also handily beats what Wall Street analysts expected for this quarter’s growth (the expectation was $22.46 billion).…

Chile wants to widen the group of countries buying its copper and attract about US$100 billion in mining investment over the next decade, its foreign minister said on Wednesday, in the most explicit move yet by the new government in Santiago to reduce its exposure to Chinese demand. “The market is highly concentrated and we need to broaden the number of places that buy our copper,” Francisco Perez Mackenna said at a Bloomberg summit in Singapore, part of a tour through the Asia-Pacific. He said China would remain a very important client because of its industrial capacity, and that global demand should continue to grow further as investment in data…

Department of Labor and Employment (Dole) Secretary Francis N. Tolentino. —Department of Labor and Employment / Facebook MANILA, Philippines — Labor Secretary Francisco Tolentino on Wednesday allayed fears the P85 daily wage increase in Metro Manila would spark “unintended consequences,” saying it will benefit more than it will disrupt the employment of workers. Tolentino said the overall impact of the wage increase—whose first tranche of P60 will take effect on Saturday while the balance will be implemented in January next year—“is much greater” since it will benefit over 1.1 million workers. Article continues after this advertisement “The…

Saskatchewan’s union for thousands of health-care workers will vote on potential job action in September after years of bargaining with its provincial employer. CUPE Local 5430 represents more than 14,000 health-care workers in facilities including hospitals, long-term care homes and other medical facilities. It serves workers in clerical, technical, nursing, support and plant operation roles. The union said the strike vote, set for September, is due to increasing workloads, staffing shortages and “years without meaningful wage improvements” in its announcement of the vote on Wednesday. “The biggest problem we have in the health care system in…

House Speaker Mike Johnson said the measure approved Wednesday 'puts Congressional Republicans on a path to enacting two fundamentally simple and crucial goals: securing American elections and strengthening our homeland.'

Your support helps us to tell the story From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or producing our latest documentary, 'The A Word', which shines a light on the American women fighting for reproductive rights, we know how important it is to parse out the facts from the messaging. At such a critical moment in US history, we need reporters on the ground. Your donation allows us to keep sending journalists to speak to both sides of the story. The Independent is trusted by Americans across the entire political…

Your support helps us to tell the story From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or producing our latest documentary, 'The A Word', which shines a light on the American women fighting for reproductive rights, we know how important it is to parse out the facts from the messaging. At such a critical moment in US history, we need reporters on the ground. Your donation allows us to keep sending journalists to speak to both sides of the story. The Independent is trusted by Americans across the entire political…

MOSCOW, July 23. /TASS/. Russian President Vladimir Putin plans to hold a meeting with lawmakers on July 27, Kremlin Spokesman Dmitry Peskov confirmed to TASS. "Yes, that is true," he said when asked a respective question. The discussion is expected to focus on results of the work of the current convocation. The 8th convocation of the State Duma (lower house of the parliament) is concluding its work. The next composition will be elected in September. The final plenary session of the spring session and of the current convocation as a whole is scheduled for July 27.

Trump administration officially announces nuclear cooperation agreement with Saudi Arabia The Trump administration announced a landmark agreement with Saudi Arabia on Wednesday that allows the Middle Eastern country to develop a civilian nuclear program on its soil. CBS News senior White House correspondent Weijia Jiang has the details.

Ukraine's soldiers and civilians welcomed the appointment of Mykhailo Drapaty as the new army chief on Wednesday, but many said they still wanted former defence minister Mykhailo Fedorov restored after his surprise removal sparked the largest war-related protests since Russia's 2022 invasion.

Fox News Mark Meredith and Jacqui Heinrich report on the shooting incident at the White House Correspondents Dinner as details emerge about the suspect, Cole Allen, his weapons and more. NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! More than 500 journalists called on the White House Correspondents' Association to "forcefully stand up" against President Donald Trump on Tuesday ahead of its rescheduled dinner. "Our message to the White House Correspondents' Association is now more urgent: forcefully stand up for freedom of the press in front of the President, publicly defend the journalists he attacks, and vow to resist his administration’s concerted…

United States Secretary of State Marco Rubio has met his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi at a gathering of southeast Asian foreign ministers, to discuss how to manage bilateral tensions ahead of a planned summit between US President Donald Trump and China’s Xi Jinping. The meeting on the sidelines of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) gathering of foreign ministers in Manila on Wednesday came amid tensions over China’s conduct in the disputed South China Sea and the US war against Iran. ASEAN countries have expressed concerns about both issues at the meeting. Recommended Stories list of 3 itemsend of list Relations between Washington and…

Should party politics bury supplementary investigations? The Democratic Party (DP) has vowed to press ahead with abolishing prosecutors' supplementary investigative powers, despite concerns voiced even within the party over the consequences. Floor leader Han Byung-do recently declared that "the principle of prosecution reform is that prosecutors do not investigate" and that there was no disagreement within the party. If so, critics ask whether lawmakers' earlier expressions of concern and attempts to compromise legislation were merely political theater. The party appears determined to fast-track the bill through the National Assembly. The move comes…

It is an old law of political campaigns that the best way to win an election is to set the playing field. Donald Trump convinced voters in the US that the real issue was to “Make America Great Again”. Before that, famously, Bill Clinton won in 1992 with “It’s the economy, stupid”, while Barack Obama claimed victory with the explicitly inclusive “Yes we can”. Many of our elections have seen a contest between parties that have tried to appeal to issues around administration, governance and service delivery, and others that have appealed directly to identity. This is still the case now. The Freedom Front Plus, for example, is using the…

Republican strategist Collin Reed and Fox News contributor Richard Fowler weigh in on the escalating midterm election battles as 'America's Newsroom' anchor Bill Hemmer breaks down the power rankings for the House and Senate. NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Several findings in the latest Fox News Poll show voters are unhappy and want major change, which bodes well for Democrats in November: President Donald Trump’s job approval remains near a record low, more Democrats are motivated to vote, Republicans join Democrats and independents in rating the economy negatively, and 4 in 10 voters want "dramatic" or "revolutionary" change. Plus, more…

A NEW SENIOR MINISTER On Wednesday, Mr Wong also announced that Coordinating Minister for National Security K Shanmugam would be appointed senior minister, while still retaining his home affairs portfolio. Observers said that given his experience and seniority, becoming senior minister was the natural next step. Mr Shanmugam's new appointment is unprecedented on a couple of fronts: He will be the first senior minister to helm a ministry, as well as the first to take on the role without having served as deputy prime minister or prime minister. “He is clearly of senior minister quality given how much he has contributed,” said Dr Felix Tan. Dr Tan Ern…

What can municipalities do to create an environment in which children and families can thrive? Brett Herron, secretary-general of the Good party, argues that all levels of government need to prioritise first investment, services and infrastructure in communities that have the greatest need. In the City of Cape Town, the area in which a child grows up continues to have a large impact on their quality of life, including access to decent education, play spaces and opportunities – a legacy of apartheid spatial planning that continues to go largely unaddressed more than 30 years after the advent of democracy, he said. “We need to be more angry about…

The Justice Department is investigating embattled Republican Florida Rep. Cory Mills, according to multiple sources familiar with the situation. The investigation is in part about his finances, according to sources. MS NOW first reported the investigation. Further details about the investigation were not immediately clear. Rep. Cory Mills attends the House Armed Services Committee hearing titled "Department of Defense FY2027 Budget Request," in Rayburn building, April 29, 2026. Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call via Getty Images In a statement posted Wednesday, Mills called the investigation a "desperate lie from my political opponents." "I am not aware of any…

With legal advice requested on whether President Cyril Ramaphosa could be compelled to testify, Parliament’s impeachment committee chairperson, Rise Mzansi MP Makashule Gana, asked political parties “to confer with each other” on the terms of reference to reach consensus “and submit the agreed positions” before next week’s meeting. By then, the Western Cape high court would have ruled on Ramaphosa’s interdict application for a stay in impeachment proceedings. He wants to pause the parliamentary committee until the finalisation of his bid to set aside the Section 89 report that found he had a case to answer on the forex theft from sofa…

Stock photo MANILA, Philippines — A nationwide ban on gun owners carrying firearms outside their residences, in addition to a no-fly and no-drone zones in selected areas, will be enforced on Monday, July 27, as part of security measures being implemented by the police for President Marcos’ fifth State of the Nation Address (Sona). In a statement on Wednesday, the National Capital Region Police Office (NCRPO) said that its security preparations include intensified intelligence monitoring, route and perimeter security, contingency planning as well as the deployment of Quick Reaction Teams, Explosive Ordnance Disposal units, SWAT and medical response…

By Timothy Gardner July 22 (Reuters) - The U.S. and Saudi Arabia have reached an agreement on civil nuclear power, the U.S. Energy Department said on Wednesday, a deal that allows the kingdom to build nuclear reactors using American technology and to enrich uranium. A civil nuclear deal with Saudi Arabia has been in the works for years during both President Donald Trump's first administration and that of former President Joe Biden. Unlike the Biden plan, the current deal does not include a so-called Additional Protocol that allows the U.N.'s International Atomic Energy Agency to carry out intrusive snap inspections. The deal would also allow Saudi…

Governor Dauda Lawal has signed Executive Orders to establish an integrated governance framework for education financing, school protection, classification, quality assurance, health, and security. The governor on Tuesday also launched the distribution of national curricula to public schools during a meeting with education stakeholders at the Government House in Gusau. A statement by the governor’s spokesperson, Sulaiman Bala Idris, revealed that the reforms address school governance and operations, school feeding and student welfare, transportation safety, safe schools’ implementation, and regulation of graduation ceremonies. He added that further…

MAXIMUM TOLERANCE? It was a rally coverage where freelance photojournalist Bullit Marquez, here being surrounded by antiriot police, became part of the news. —Screengrab from DZRH News MANILA, Philippines — Media organizations expressed condemnation directed at the police over the alleged harassment of two photojournalists covering a protest rally in connection with the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) ministers’ meeting being held in Pasay City. In a statement, the Photojournalists’ Center of the Philippines (PCP) said antiriot personnel “confronted” freelance photographer Bullit Marquez and Manila Times photo editor Rene Dilan and…

GRILLED ANEW National Bureau of Investigation Director Melvin Matibag takes the witness stand for the second day in the continuation of his cross-examination as a prosecution witness in the impeachment trial of Vice President Sara Duterte. —Niño Jesus Orbeta MANILA, Philippines — The House prosecution panel on Wednesday rested its case on the first article of impeachment against Vice President Sara Duterte after National Bureau of Investigation Director Melvin Matibag completed two days of testimony by declaring that Duterte’s own public admission that she had spoken to someone to kill President Marcos was enough to consummate the constitutional…

West Indies' Shimron Hetmyer. File \| Photo Credit: AP Shimron Hetmyer held his nerve late in the run chase to make an unbeaten 69 and steer West Indies to a two-wicket win over New Zealand on Tuesday (July 22, 2026) in the fifth and final one-day cricket international. New Zealand took the series 3-2, clinching it in Game 4 after winning Game 2 by five wickets and Game 3 by six wickets in a comeback following West Indies' seven-wicket victory in the opening game. Hetmyer's fifth ODI half-century and his partnership of 95 with Sherfane Rutherford (61) allowed the West Indies to reach 269-8 in reply to New Zealand's 268-9 with 15 balls remaining. All…

Indian shooters got an early indication of the challenge that awaits them at the Asian Games in Japan less than two months from now as hosts China dominated the opening day of the ISSF World Cup here on Wednesday (July 22, 2026), winning both gold medals on offer while India finished without a podium. In their final global outing before the Asian Games in Aichi-Nagoya from September 19 to October 4, the Indian shooters endured a disappointing start as neither of the country's two 10m air pistol mixed teams progressed beyond the qualification stage. The pairing of multiple World Cup gold medallist Suruchi Inder Singh and Kedarling Uchaganve finished…

Image used for representational purposes only. \| Photo Credit: Getty Images/iStockphoto The Indian sub-junior boys' team maintained its winning run, outplaying Pakistan and Oman in the Elite Pool of the FIH Youth Hockey5s Asian Championship in Muscat. Led by Ketan Kushwaha, India first registered an emphatic 14-0 win over Oman, with the skipper scoring four goals (6', 11', 15', 20'). Ashish Tani Purti (1', 16', 19') struck a hat-trick, while Rahul Yadav (2', 12') and Shahrukh Ali (3', 13') scored braces. Prahalad Rajbhar (9'), Karan Gautam (15') and Romit Pal (18') also found the back of the net. Against Pakistan, India prevailed 7-4, with Karan…

Shreyas Iyer. File \| Photo Credit: Shiv Kumar Pushpakar India captain Shreyas Iyer wants his players to play fearless cricket and not be weighed down by criticism after the team's disappointing run in England, saying the recent setbacks have only brought the squad closer ahead of the three-match T20 series against Zimbabwe. India arrive in Zimbabwe after enduring a winless white-ball tour of England and Ireland, but Iyer said the team has identified the areas it needs to improve on. "We had a rough patch in England, but there were a lot of positives out of that. We got to know what we have to build as a team going forward, what kind of presence of…

Shreyas Iyer would be eager for his first win as India captain while his young team eyes course correction against a spunky Zimbabwe that is expected to fight hard during the short three-match T20I series starting here on Thursday (July 23, 2026). Having lost six out of his first seven T20I games as skipper in series defeats to minnows Ireland and a seasoned England side, the rubber against Zimbabwe gives Iyer and company a chance to get the house in order. A series win against Zimbabwe would be the expected outcome but a defeat could unnerve the dressing room that also features a 15-year-old Vaibhav Sooryavanshi. For this tour, India will have a…

Just joined SPFL side Motherwell last July from the Danish first division and had a stellar season. It included being named the club’s player and player’s player of the year, a spot in the PFA team of the season, a nomination for the PFA player of the year and being handed the Scottish Football Writers’ Association player of the year award. Elijah Just has moved to Swansea City from Scottish side Motherwell after an impressive World Cup campaign. Photo / Photosport At the World Cup, Just scored the All Whites’ opening goal of the tournament against Iran and became the first player for New Zealand to score a brace which he achieved in the same game.…

India will measure success at the upcoming Glasgow Commonwealth Games not just by medals but by the "knowledge it acquires" ahead of hosting the centenary 2030 edition in Ahmedabad, India's Chef de Mission Rohit Rajpal has said. The 23rd edition of the quadrennial extravaganza, beginning on July 23, have been significantly scaled down, featuring only 10 sports — nine fewer than Birmingham 2022, where India finished fourth with 61 medals (22 gold, 16 silver and 23 bronze). The non-playing captain of India's Davis Cup team, Rajpal in an interview to PTI said the off-field agenda assumes unprecedented significance so that they leave no stone unturned for…

A Canadian Sikh man has received an apology from a gym chain after he was kicked out from one of its locations for wearing a ceremonial kirpan knife. Gurpartap Singh Sangha recorded himself being ordered to leave a GoodLife Fitness gym in Windsor, which is just across the Detroit River along the US-Canada border. He posted the video to his 21,000 followers on TikTok, where it has been sparking controversy and going viral, receiving 2.2 million views as of Wednesday morning. 'Racially singled out by a good life employee,' a caption edited onto the video said. 'You’re kicking me out of the gym right now because you are scared that I’m going to take my…

Animesh Kujur isn't losing sleep over surrendering the tag of India's fastest man to Gurindervir Singh. Instead, the national record-holder in the 200m wants his performances at the upcoming Commonwealth Games and Asian Games to do the talking. After Gurindervir's historic sub-10.10 run rewrote the men's 100m national record in Odisha earlier this year, Kujur has inevitably been asked about reclaiming the crown. But the Odisha sprinter has chosen to park that conversation for now. "Just waiting for Asian Games," Kujur told PTI when asked about regaining India's fastest-man tag. When pressed further, he smiled and added: "Yeah, just wait till the Asian…

Anthony Joshua says he is not ready for the loss of his two close friends and team members to "sink in yet" as he prepares for his first fight since their death. Sina Ghami and Latif "Latz" Ayodele died when the vehicle they were travelling in, alongside heavyweight boxer Joshua and another passenger, collided with a stationary truck on a major road near Lagos, Nigeria, on 29 December 2026. Joshua, who sustained minor injuries, is set to return to the ring against heavyweight Kristian Prenga on Saturday for his first contest since knocking out American YouTuber-turned-boxer Jake Paul 10 days before the crash. The 36-year-old told BBC Sport: "It's…

Wolverhampton striker Tolu Arokodare allegedly forced the cancellation of a training session after he refused to leave the pitch. Sources said the 25-year-old Nigerian sat down and demanded the club let him move to Italian club Fiorentina. Wolves have rejected a bid from the Serie A side, having accepted an offer from Turkish club Trabzonspor. Arokodare's actions led to new boss Cesar Peixoto terminating the session. Arokodare will not be involved in Wolverhampton's friendly at Maidenhead United as Wolves continue their pre-season plans. Arokodare denied the reports on social media. "I was very surprised and disappointed to see the media reports…

OutKick reporter Dan Zaksheske joins Dan Dakich to highlight how Ryan Clark's end at ESPN went down. Within hours of Ryan Clark’s dismissal, many of the biggest names in sports media had already reached the same conclusion: Clark was the victim and ESPN was the villain. Stephen A. Smith said he confronted ESPN executives over the decision and called Clark "arguably the best NFL analyst in America." Emmanuel Acho accused the network of handling the situation in a "cowardly" and "wildly disrespectful" manner. RYAN CLARK BECAME A HEADACHE FOR ESPN Sarah Spain described Clark as "another incredibly smart, thoughtful, nuanced talent let go," while Pro…

Vishal T.K. File \| Photo Credit: Ritu Raj Konwar Riding high on confidence after a historic season that has firmly established him as one of the country's premier sprint talents, Indian quarter-miler Vishal T.K. is focused on delivering his best in his debut Commonwealth Games in Glasgow. The 22-year-old created history earlier this year by becoming the first Indian man to break the 45-second barrier in the 400m, clocking 44.98 seconds to set the current Indian National Record in the event. A four-time national champion, Vishal has rapidly emerged as one of Asia's leading quarter-milers and now heads into his maiden CWG confident of producing a…

I live in Seattle, where we’ve always had our share of quirky local color. If you’ve ever watched a home Seahawks game on Monday Night Football, you know about the Pike Place Market fish-throwing guys. There used to be a mystery vending machine in the Capitol Hill neighborhood that dispensed random drinks, and no one knew who stocked it. Outside of late-night bars and concerts, hot dog stands sell Seattle dogs, loaded with grilled onions and cream cheese (don’t knock it till you’ve tried it). So, of course, Jimothy had to come from the Emerald City. Jimothy, the short-spined raccoon that went viral this month, is now a Google animation for the whole…

SAN FRANCISCO, CA - JULY 9: Manager Rob Thomson #59 of the Philadelphia Phillies in the dugout before the game against the San Francisco Giants at Oracle Park on July 9, 2025 in San Francisco, California. The Phillies defeated the Giants 13-0. (Photo by Michael Zagaris/Getty Images) Getty Images The Philadelphia Phillies have enjoyed one of baseball’s strongest turnarounds since changing managers in late April, but that success has not erased the difficult circumstances surrounding the move. With interim skipper Don Mattingly guiding the club back into the National League East race thanks to a stunning turnaround since he took over, Phillies principal…

House lawmakers react after Spain's $50 million FIFA World Cup prize could face federal taxes in the U.S., with bipartisan questioning on whether the IRS should take a cut of the championship payout. (Credit: Nicholas Ballasy for Fox News Digital) The great thing about winning a major tournament like the World Cup isn't just the trophy itself; it's all the other stuff that comes with it. Prize money, endorsements, the adulation of millions across your nation. And, in the case of two Spanish soccer players, the win has scored them a metric assload of tomatoes. SPAIN BEATS ARGENTINA TO WIN 2026 FIFA WORLD CUP BEHIND FERRAN TORRES' EXTRA-TIME GOAL…

Bobby Carpenter joins Don't @ Me w/ Dan Dakich to discuss Warde Manuel stepping down from Michigan, the SEC potentially breaking away, is Clemson dead, and much more! Almost everyone acknowledges that college football is at a turning point. Whether it be name, image and likeness, issues with paying players directly, expansion of the College Football Playoff, conferences breaking off from the NCAA, or debates over strength of schedule. All these issues have had a significant impact on where the sport currently is and where it's going. Some in good ways, some in bad. One of the most unequivocally bad outcomes? Teams decreasing the quality of their…

ANTIPOLO—Joshua Munzon, import Tirrell Brown and Titan Ultra finally got on the win column in the PBA Governors’ Cup on Wednesday here after three straight defeats. The Giant Risers carved out a 103-87 win at Ynares Center at the expense of the shorthanded defending champion TNT Tropang 5G, the traditional powerhouse side that was once […]...Keep on reading: Giant Risers claim defending champ Tropang 5G’s scalps

Team Manila–Philippines reclaimed the 2026 PONY International World Series 18-Under Girls Softball championship with an emphatic 8-1 victory over Texas Pride Elite Team in the title game at McAllen Softball Complex in Texas. Representing the Asia-Pacific region, the Filipino squad capped an impressive tournament run by defeating the host region’s champion to regain the prestigious […]...Keep on reading: Manila girls rule softball world series

Falconets striker Janet Akekoromowei has joined Portuguese champions Benfica, DAILY POST reports. Akekoromowei put pen to paper on a two-year contract with the option of another two years. The 18-year-old last played for Nigeria Women Football League, NWFL, outfit Bayelsa Queens. The youngster was named Most Valuable Player In the 2024/25 season after scoring 13 goals in 19 matches for Nasarawa Amazons.. On the international scene, Akekoromowei was part of the Falconets side that participated in the 2024 FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup in Colombia. She has also been capped at full international level by Nigeria.

When it comes to movies, I am a chronic, lifelong wimp. Graphic violence, gore, paranoia and dread – I’ve spent most of my life avoiding this stuff. But this winter, with horror-movie hype reaching fever pitch, I jumped on the bloody bandwagon. My horror of horror began when I watched The Shining, aged nine, at our next-door neighbours’ house, while our parents had a dinner party together. I sat through the whole thing in a state of pure, wretched terror. There were months of nightmares. My parents had to ban my sister from raising a crooked index finger within my field of vision. (She was already banned from uttering “redrum”, after I screamed and…

On the latest episode of Palace Confidential, Olivier Award-winning performer Ruthie Henshall shares stories from her passionate, five-year romance with Prince Edward. Henshall, 59, first met the Prince in 1988, when he was 23 and had just left the Royal Marines to work backstage in the West End. The Queen and Prince Philip had reservations about this surprise career pivot, Henshall claims, but ultimately gave their blessing, with Edward having developed a passion for the performing arts during his years at Cambridge. Henshall and Edward grew close while she worked on an Andrew Lloyd Webber stage project, with the Prince acting as her day-to-day…

The Trojan horse is one of those indelible images. It’s a tale that most of us are acquainted with, whether we studied it in school, saw it in a movie, read about it in books, or heard it mentioned in a song. In Greek mythology, the Trojan horse was a trick devised by Odysseus in the Trojan War, resulting in the end of a struggle that had dragged on for a decade. The giant wooden horse was presented as a peace offering to the Trojans and was dragged inside the city's impregnable walls, only for Greek warriors to crawl out of it and destroy the city in one night. Christopher Nolan’sThe Odyssey is one of the year’s most ambitious movies. Based on…

The "Dutton Ranch" star reflects on his family’s deep ties to Montana as the Paramount+ series premieres May 15 with two episodes, followed by weekly releases. NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Cole Hauser is giving fans a glimpse behind the scenes of "Dutton Ranch" — and it wasn't all smooth riding. The actor, who reprises his fan-favorite role as Rip Wheeler in the "Yellowstone" spin-off, acknowledged the cast faced an uphill battle after franchise creator Taylor Sheridan stepped away from the show's writers' room during the spin-off’s first season. "There were challenges, you know?" Hauser told Film Inside NYC. "Not having Taylor…

Netflix has been on a streak lately, releasing outrageous true crime documentaries that are stranger than fiction. There's been The Perfect Neighbor,a grim recounting of a manipulative murder told through police bodycam footage; Maternal Instinct, in which a con woman faked a pregnancy, before going to fatal lengths to make her lie seem true; and The Crash, wherein a reckless teen girl's vehicular menace led to the death of two friends. Now comes A Toxic Love Story. By the title alone, you might think you know what you're in for. But documentarian Alexandra Lacey shrewdly takes audiences through the waves of understanding that investigators had to…

Filmmaker Neill Blomkamp built his reputation on sci-fi films like the critically heralded District 9, and the divisive Chappie and Elysium. His latest, "Nightborne," a 13-minute short film generated almost entirely by artificial intelligence, is getting a largely negative reception. Loosely adapted from the 2006 hard sci-fi novel Echopraxia, "Nightborne" was built using ByteDance's Seed 2.0 video model, which animated the faces and voices of 32 real people who signed likeness agreements. Per the video's own description, human artists produced the concept art, presumably so it could then be fed into the machine. The plot of "Nightborne" follows a US…

Matt Damon's biceps in The Odyssey have been getting plenty of attention lately — but not for the reason some might think. During a recent interview, Happy Sad Confused host Josh Horowitz praised the actor for having "the greatest bicep work I've seen outside of a Hemsworth film." But Damon was quick to confess that, in at least one key scene in Christopher Nolan's action-fantasy epic, those impressive arms–belonged to someone else. His stunt double was a Canadian woman, Devyn Dalton, who is from Vancouver, B.C. — and, according to Damon, had "the greatest arms [he's] ever seen." "When we did the forced perspective stuff of the Laestrygonians … there…

The first trailer for The End of Oak Street, director and writer David Robert Mitchell’s upcoming fourth film, immediately hooked us with its premise of dinosaurs invading a suburban neighborhood after the area is mysteriously transported to a prehistoric region. And we’d follow Mitchell anywhere after his brilliant and visually striking 2014 horror film It Follows. But because the first trailer (understandably) highlighted the action and mystery of the film, it was missing the sweeping, slow-moving, focus-shifting wide shots that make Mitchell’s work so distinctive. A new trailer advertising that tickets are on now on sale for The End of Oak Street…

Seinfeld star Jason Alexander has apologized to Courtney Stodden after she blasted him over a sexualized Funny or Die sketch they starred in together in 2012 when she was just 17 and he was 52. Stodden, now 31, was the target of tabloid scrutiny and public shaming at the time due to her age-gap marriage to The Green Mile actor Doug Hutchison. The two wed when she was 16 and he was 50. They divorced in 2020. In an Instagram post on Monday, Stodden shared a screenshot from the sketch with Alexander, now 66, that showed him holding a cellphone next to the bikini-clad teen's breast. 'I was 17 years old in this photo. The older I get, the more impossible…

Your support helps us to tell the story From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or producing our latest documentary, 'The A Word', which shines a light on the American women fighting for reproductive rights, we know how important it is to parse out the facts from the messaging. At such a critical moment in US history, we need reporters on the ground. Your donation allows us to keep sending journalists to speak to both sides of the story. The Independent is trusted by Americans across the entire political…

When we were putting together our recent ranking of Odyssey director Christopher Nolan’s films, I couldn’t help but think about how many of his movies have spawned memes, especially in the late 2000s and early 2010s. The image of Leonardo Dicaprio and Cilian Murphy talking at a bar is something I more vividly recall as a meme template than as a moment from Inception. People love to drop “Some men just want to watch the world burn” when someone eats a hot dog wrong or something. And now that The Odyssey is out, it is continuing the time-honored tradition of Nolan films giving people meme fodder. Antinous hates beggars The one I’ve most…

The latest "Dune: Part 3" trailer arrived back on July 8, and it was a sumptuous banquet of startling set pieces, intergalactic political unrest, close-quarter combat, and a whole lot of sand and ash. A fine follow-up tothe initial March teaser, to be sure. After letting it marinate in our minds for a while, let’s break down five items of particular interest in this newest preview of the Denis Villeneuve-directed conclusion to his trilogy of far-future sci-fi epics adapted from author Frank Herbert’s novels, "Dune" and "Dune: Messiah." Set 17 years after Paul Atreides (Timothée Chalamet) has ascended to the Emperor’s throne, "Dune: Part 3" explores…

ROME: Rome will offer free screenings in 11 air-conditioned cinemas as part of a heat-relief plan Mayor Roberto Gualtieri presented on Wednesday (Jul 22), while most of Europe was sweltering through a hot summer. The scheme, named after the 1983 US film classic Il Grande Freddo (The Big Chill), will run from Thursday to Aug 4, expanding an existing network of climate shelters in the Italian capital including public libraries and museums. "Beautiful films, including recent releases, will be screened," Gualtieri said in a press conference. The free screenings will take place between 1pm and 6.30pm, with admission on a first-come, first-served basis. The…

Liminal spaces aren’t just for furniture stores: they’re pretty terrifying when they’re outside, too. Following the success of Backrooms, Neon has its own take on in-between places with first-time director Alex Ullom’s It Ends. And while it’s not accurate to say that It Ends was influenced by Backrooms—Ullom wrote the film eight years ago, according to Esquire—the timing is certainly auspicious. The first trailer, which dropped today, sets an ominous tone as four recent college graduates (Phinehas Yoon, Akira Jackson, Noah Toth, and Mitchell Cole) take what they think is a shortcut but turns out to be a endless road from which they cannot escape.…

“If you bought fish at the market, put it in water. If it sinks, it’s fresh; if it floats, it’s bad.” Thus begins a video that has already been seen by more than 25 million people. The protagonist is Paco del Campo, an elderly man with a charming appearance who offers advice on diet and health. This is not an isolated case. In recent weeks very similar videos have proliferated and have also racked up millions of views. We can cite three examples, such as Eduardo, a middle-aged man who presents himself as an “expert in holistic health and a dietitian” and warns us about the alleged dangers of pangasius, tilapia and salmon in a video that begins: “Never…

Save You have reached your maximum number of saved items. Remove items from your saved list to add more. AAA It’s mid-April, and director Trent O’Donnell is on his lunch break from filming season three of Colin from Accounts at Sydney’s Centennial Park with the show’s stars and creators, Patrick Brammall and Harriet Dyer. “What embarrassing Patty stories do we have?” he wonders. There was that time Brammall was called “blandly handsome” by The New York Times (“wildly accurate,” says O’Donnell), or that time Brammall was mistaken for fellow actor Brendan Cowell (“Happens all the time,” says O’Donnell), but his favourite? That time Brammall was mistaken…

The depths of winter demand a night in with a great movie. The problem? Choice paralysis. Every streaming platform has thousands of films available. To cut through that, here are 30 great hand-picked movies on Netflix right now. Don’t have Netflix? Check out our guides on Stan*, HBO Max and Amazon Prime Video. Atlantics (2019) A rightful Cannes Film Festival winner, Mati Diop’s spectral romance is about the many borders – emotional, physical and existential – that impact a young Senegalese woman and her partner after he attempts the risky journey to Europe before returning in a different form. Cargo (2017) One of the great zombie movies is a…

For months, Elon Musk and the right-wing cranks he caters to on X have whipped themselves into a raging froth over the supposed desecration of an ancient Greek poem by one of the most successful movie directors alive. Now that their manufactured backlash has bombed, they’re searching for ways to cope with the reality that they are increasingly divorced from popular opinion. Christopher Nolan’s artistic crimes in bringing The Odyssey to the screen, according to Musk and others in a furor, were instances of what they called “historical inaccuracy” in a lavish fantasy teeming with monsters, witches, and undead spirits—mainly the casting of Lupita…

The San Diego Comic-Con kicks off tomorrow, and DC Studios and Warner Brothers are setting the stage by dropping the first full trailer for Clayface, part of the DC Universe’s “Gods and Monsters” arc. The film started out as a Mike Flanagan project (he’s the horror master who brought us The Haunting of Hill House, The Fall of the House of Usher, Midnight Mass, and Doctor Sleep, among other creepy delights). Flanagan said he was inspired by the 1992 “Feat of Clay” episode in Batman: The Animated Series, aspiring to create a film that combined body horror with a tragic thriller. DC Studios CEOs James Gunn and Peter Safran loved Flanagan’s pitch and…

Nigerian music executive, Soso Soberekon, has traditionally tied the knot with his lover. Announcing the good news on Wednesday evening in an Instagram post, Soso disclosed that he has been taken. He wrote, “I have beeen taken,” as he accompanied the announcement with the hashtag #Sobeau2026. The announcement has drawn warm reactions from Nigerians, including his colleagues in the entertainment industry. Singer Tiwa Savage wrote, “Huge congratulations.” Singer Kcee wrote, “Congratulations to you, my brother.” Obi Cubana wrote, “Congratulations, big Soso.” Brother Shaggi wrote, “Congratulations, brother.” AY Comedian wrote, “Congratulations, bro. We…

Four flights have been cancelled and a further three have been delayed, due to fog enveloping Auckland Airport. An airport spokesperson says a further nine flights into Auckland have been cancelled. All 16 flights are domestic while international flights have not been affected. On Monday at least 14 flights were cancelled and another 17 were delayed due to fog restrictions. Flights were also affected by fog last week.

Listen to this article Estimated 4 minutes The audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology. Mispronunciations can occur. We are working with our partners to continually review and improve the results. Snoop Dogg has done a lot of living in his 54 years. In addition to his status as one of the biggest selling rappers of all time, he's been an Olympic commentator, Martha Stewart's co-host, a movie star, voice actor, an affirmational guru for young kids, a purveyor of both wine and cannabis, and, at one point, affiliated with one of the largest gangs in Los Angeles. Next summer, Snoop Dogg's storied life is due to hit the big screen…

Your support helps us to tell the story From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or producing our latest documentary, 'The A Word', which shines a light on the American women fighting for reproductive rights, we know how important it is to parse out the facts from the messaging. At such a critical moment in US history, we need reporters on the ground. Your donation allows us to keep sending journalists to speak to both sides of the story. The Independent is trusted by Americans across the entire political…

SoundCloud announced Wednesday that it has acquired Nina Protocol, a decentralized music platform that enabled independent artists to sell music directly to fans while keeping 100% of their revenue. The financial terms of the deal weren’t disclosed. It’s also unclear whether any members of Nina’s team will join SoundCloud. The company has not yet responded to a request for comment. The deal is SoundCloud’s first acquisition since its 2022 purchase of AI music company Musiio to help improve music discovery. The deal signals that SoundCloud is continuing to expand beyond music hosting into a broader platform for independent artists. As part of the…

The latest headlines from our reporters across the US sent straight to your inbox each weekday Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US A money manager for singer D4vd testified Wednesday that he knew only Celeste Rivas Hernandez’s first name before the 14-year-old’s dismembered body was discovered in the trunk of a car. Benjamin Gregor’s testimony came during the second day of a Los Angeles preliminary hearing, where a judge is weighing whether there is enough evidence to send D4vd, whose legal name is David Burke, to trial on charges including murder, continuous sexual abuse of…

Colombia · Culture Key Facts —What is RENT? A Pulitzer Prize and four-time Tony Award-winning rock musical by Jonathan Larson about a year in the life of a group of struggling young artists in New York City. —When does it run? August 7 through August 28, 2026, as a limited special season. —Where is the venue? Centro Cultural Gimnasio Moderno, Carrera 9 # 74-99, in the heart of Bogotá. —Who is producing it? A local Colombian production by 2 Productores, not a touring international company. —How much are tickets? Prices range from US$21 to US$57, depending on seating. RENT is coming to Bogotá for the very first time in 2026, bringing a landmark piece of…

Latin America · Culture Key Facts —What it is. The Eric and Dominique Laffont Competition is the Metropolitan Opera’s program to discover and develop exceptional young opera singers. —Who can enter. Vocalists aged 20 to 30 from Argentina, Chile, and Colombia can audition with a video of an operatic aria. —The prize path. District winners advance to a South America final in Santiago, then to New York semifinals and a Grand Finals Concert at the Met. —Cash awards. Semifinalists receive US$5,000, finalists US$10,000, and Grand Finals winners earn US$20,000 each. —First winners. Chilean soprano Camila Romero and Argentine mezzo-soprano Valeria Delmé were…

From rooftops to pasta bars: 14 new venues coming to Melbourne very soon Featuring new arrivals from Andrew McConnell and Chris Lucas, a double shot of energy for Chapel Street and two stellar regional openings, here is what’s landing before year’s end. Save You have reached your maximum number of saved items. Remove items from your saved list to add more. AAA Big-name restaurateurs, neighbourhood wine bars and ambitious suburban revamps – Melbourne’s hospitality landscape is warming up for a huge influx of newcomers. Halfway through 2026, some of the year’s hottest restaurant openings are still to come. Here are the places to bookmark. Arguably the…

Save You have reached your maximum number of saved items. Remove items from your saved list to add more. AAA It’s a blustery Monday morning, and inside Opera Australia’s Southbank rehearsal studios, the cast and crew of A Beautiful Noise: The Neil Diamond Musical are starting their second week of rehearsals. About a dozen young dancers in exercise gear are working with associate choreographer Yasmine Lee, traversing the space in exaggerated, slow-motion movements. In the rehearsal space next door, associate director Austin Regan is giving notes to the cast as they run scenes. The show opens with an elderly Diamond (Terence Crawford), talking to a…

Your support helps us to tell the story From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or producing our latest documentary, 'The A Word', which shines a light on the American women fighting for reproductive rights, we know how important it is to parse out the facts from the messaging. At such a critical moment in US history, we need reporters on the ground. Your donation allows us to keep sending journalists to speak to both sides of the story. The Independent is trusted by Americans across the entire political…

Rich Rodriguez discusses the ascent of Pat McAfee with Dan Dakich. Pat McAfee announced significant details Wednesday about his upcoming album. McAfee has become arguably the biggest power player on ESPN and in sports media on YouTube due to his absurd success with "The Pat McAfee Show." The former Indianapolis Colts punter has had the smoothest pivot from professional athletics to media that we've ever seen. EXCLUSIVE: COLIN COWHERD OPENS UP ABOUT SELLING THE VOLUME, SCALING BACK THREE-HOUR SHOW, AND RETIREMENT Now, he's entering the music industry. NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell talks with Pat McAfee on stage during Round Two of the 2026 NFL Draft…

This article was originally published in Rest of World, which covers technology’s impact outside the West. At the end of every year, Spotify Wrapped takes over social media feeds, with users showing off the annual recap of their top music choices. Lately, these reviews have taken on a more international flavor – packed with K-pop and Latino rhythms that mirror the platform’s explosive overseas expansion and increasingly diverse artist catalog. Launched in 2008, Spotify today has about 761 million users, including 293 million subscribers, in 184 markets. Brazilian funk, K-pop, Afrobeats, and Urban Latino are among its fastest-growing genres, and last…

Substack has launched a new feature that can show you which of your favorite newsletters are being written using AI. This week, the newsletter and writing platform announced an integration with the AI writing detection software Pangram that will allow users to scan posts, comments, and replies on Substack’s app to see an estimate of how much of the content was written by a human and how much was AI. In the short term, the move might be bad for Substack’s business, as it could expose many of the newsletters on its platform that aren’t entirely written by people. That could potentially erode trust in the platform’s ecosystem of independent news and…

Your support helps us to tell the story From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or producing our latest documentary, 'The A Word', which shines a light on the American women fighting for reproductive rights, we know how important it is to parse out the facts from the messaging. At such a critical moment in US history, we need reporters on the ground. Your donation allows us to keep sending journalists to speak to both sides of the story. The Independent is trusted by Americans across the entire political…

Miguel Covarrubias took New York by storm before turning 21 and forever changed Mexican history. The post Made in Mexico: Miguel Covarrubias, the man who illustrated the Jazz Age appeared first on Mexico News Daily

Future debuts The Real Me atop the Billboard 200, earning his twelfth No. 1 album. He now claims the fifth-most champions of all time. NEW YORK, NEW YORK - MAY 05: Future attends the 2025 Met Gala Celebrating "Superfine: Tailoring Black Style" at Metropolitan Museum of Art on May 05, 2025 in New York City. (Photo by Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images for The Met Museum/Vogue) Getty Images for The Met Museum/Vogue Less than 15 years ago, Future appeared on the Billboard 200 for the first time. The tally is often cited as the most important for albums in the United States, as it measures the most popular full-lengths and EPs in the United States.…

President Donald Trump gives an exclusive tour of the White House Ballroom project, highlighting its design, immense capacity and enhanced security features. He emphasizes it's a gift to America for future generations. NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Lil Wayne is throwing his support behind one of President Donald Trump's most talked-about White House projects. The rap icon praised Trump's plan to build a massive White House ballroom during a Monday appearance on the "Friends Keep Secrets" podcast, arguing the new venue would spare performers from being pushed outside for major events. "I'm so glad to hear Trump say — when they was mad at…

With a lucky thirteenth week at No. 1 on Billboard's Digital Song Sales chart, Ella Langley's "Choosin Texas" ties three tracks as one of the longest-running leaders. NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE - NOVEMBER 19: (EDITORIAL USE ONLY) Ella Langley attends the 2025 CMA Awards at Music City Center on November 19, 2025 in Nashville, Tennessee. (Photo by Taylor Hill/WireImage) WireImage Ella Langley’s “Choosin’ Texas” has spent 39 weeks thus far on the Digital Song Sales chart, which measures the bestselling tracks in the United States through paid downloads from platforms such as iTunes. Digital purchases carry less weight in determining a song’s overall popularity…

Prince George plays on Cornwall beach in new birthday tribute video as he turns 13 The Prince and Princess of Wales have paid tribute to their son Prince George on his birthday, sharing a video of the now-teenager having fun in Cornwall. George, who turned 13 on Wednesday (22 July), can be seen climbing rocks, petting his dog, and playing cricket on the beach in a new footage. “Thank you for all the birthday wishes for George today,” said the Kensington Royal account as they shared the clip online. It comes hours after Kate and William shared a previously unseen photo of the teenager from last month’s Trooping the Colour as they wished him a happy…

São Paulo · Nightlife If You Only Go to One Place Itaú Cultural – Sonora Brasiliana: Juan Falú A stunning free concert by Argentine guitar master Juan Falú on Avenida Paulista. It is the perfect midweek cultural immersion – arrive early, soak up the gallery, then let the music transport you before heading into the Pinheiros night. Tonight at a Glance —Itaú Cultural Free live Latin guitar on Paulista; artsy mixed crowd; tonight 8 pm —Bar Brahma The most iconic samba-and-MPB house in Centro; tourists and locals; live music every night —Santana Bar Sophisticated jazz and blues in Pinheiros; date-night perfection; music from Wednesday —Biri Nait Clubby…

The farmers and producers we see succeeding aren’t chasing these in isolation; they’re treating them as two sides of the same coin. Productivity is the accelerator, and resilience is the steering wheel. One drives growth, while the other ensures that growth lasts. What came through in conversations I had at Fieldays was that farmers increasingly have more choices. Strong commodity prices, improving confidence, record export receipts and the cash injection from the Fonterra consumer brands sale mean that many businesses are now operating from a rare position of strength, and strength creates the best conditions for transformation. It’s often no longer…

Katsina State Governor, Dikko Umaru Radda, has commissioned the Cassava/Gari Processing Centre in Batsari Local Government Area, reaffirming his administration’s commitment to agricultural value addition and economic development. Governor Radda named the facility Abba Sayyadi Ruma Cassava/Gari Processing Centre in honour of the late former Minister of Agriculture and Water Resources, Dr Abba Sayyadi Ruma. Speaking during the commissioning ceremony, Governor Radda described the project as another fulfilment of his administration’s promise to improve the lives of citizens through practical and sustainable development initiatives. “Today is a celebration…

Higher planning hurdles needed for coal mines and data centres: watchdog Save You have reached your maximum number of saved items. Remove items from your saved list to add more. AAA NSW has fallen further behind its legislated emissions targets and will not catch up unless approvals of coal mines and data centres are curbed while the renewables rollout is accelerated, the independent watchdog has warned. Every major decision, especially in the planning system, should take account of the state’s legal commitment to reduce greenhouse emissions by 50 per cent of 2005 levels by 2030, and 70 per cent by 2035, the NSW Net Zero Commission said in its annual…

A crocodile is captured from a stream in Yeoju, Gyeonggi Province, in this photo provided by the Gyeonggi-do Fire Services. Yonhap A crocodile caught in a stream in Yeoju, Gyeonggi Province, has been identified as a Siamese crocodile, reviving concerns over abandoned exotic pets threatening Korea's ecosystem. The city of Yeoju said Tuesday that an analysis by the National Institute of Biological Resources confirmed the animal as a Siamese crocodile. It is listed as a Class 1 internationally endangered species under the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora. The crocodile, measuring 50 centimeters, was captured…

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MANILA, Philippines — The Philippines is looking to adopt Singapore’s flood management technologies and best practices as it seeks to address the impact of disasters, according to a Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) official. Singapore companies showcased a range of flood control interventions—from capturing real-time data on natural hazards to recycling rainwater—at the […]...Keep on reading: PH looks to Singapore for flood solutions

MANILA, Philippines — The Inquirer Group of Companies recognized the winners of the 2026 Inquirer ESG Edge Impact Awards at a ceremony at the Sheraton Manila Hotel last night, July 22. Now in its second year, the Awards celebrated 30 sustainability initiatives for their leadership and significant measurable contributions towards advancing the Environment, Social, and Governance landscape in the Philippines. Out of the 30 recognized initiatives, 19 earned Gold awards while 11 received Silver awards. Two companies also took home the coveted Grand Winner title for garnering the highest overall scores from the judging panel and setting the benchmark for…

“What Renergen lacked, really, was access to capital, and the ability to really scale their workforce to bring this project up to speed,” said ASP Isotopes’ CEO, Paul Mann, in response to questions about the presentation they gave on the Noble Africa investor call — a presentation this writer has seen many times before, but now with updated timelines. Wait, you’re probably wondering what Noble Africa is… On 25 June, ASP Isotopes announced that its wholly owned subsidiary, Noble Africa LLC (the intermediate holding company for Renergen Limited), will merge with a subsidiary of Endra Life Sciences. The transaction is structured to establish…

John Hagen, chief executive of Crown Infrastructure Delivery, which built and owns Te Pae Christchurch, said the results demonstrated the ongoing value of the Crown’s investment in the convention centre. “The Crown backed Te Pae to help drive the regeneration of central Christchurch by attracting more visitors, investment and activity. These results show it is delivering on that vision in a very tangible way.” General manager at Te Pae Christchurch Ross Steele said the significant economic impact underscored the venue’s growing national and international reputation as part of a region-wide renaissance of business and events tourism. “We’re very proud…

New Zealand is on track for it's deadliest year in the water in almost a quarter of a century - with El Niño a contributing factor. Water Safety New Zealand is predicting more than 100 drowning deaths in 2026, with 57 having already happened. That's 18 more drowning deaths than the same time last year. Water Safety NZ chief executive Glen Scanlon said they were seeing a real trend of men in particular doing things alone, making the risk of drowning so much higher. A total of 64 percent of the deaths so far this year were people doing water activities alone. Of the 57 deaths, 54 were men, Scanlon said. There was also a noticeable trend around gathering…

France recorded at least 5,700 more deaths than usual during a historic heatwave last month, the public health agency said Wednesday, sharply increasing its estimates of the feared toll from record-shattering temperatures. FRANCE 24's James Vasina reports.

Two beluga whales settled into their new home — a 2-million-gallon salt water pool — in Texas on Tuesday following an international relocation mission from a shuttered Canadian theme park. The whales, named Bertie Bott and Frankie, traveled more than 1,500 miles from Niagara Falls, Ontario, to SeaWorld San Antonio. The same trip also brought an additional four belugas to the Shedd Aquarium in Chicago. The move was a culmination of nearly two years of international coordination, bringing six of an expected 28 whales to aquariums across the United States. "I can't help but get just a big giant smile speaking about them," Steve Aible, SeaWorld San…

Your support helps us to tell the story From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or producing our latest documentary, 'The A Word', which shines a light on the American women fighting for reproductive rights, we know how important it is to parse out the facts from the messaging. At such a critical moment in US history, we need reporters on the ground. Your donation allows us to keep sending journalists to speak to both sides of the story. The Independent is trusted by Americans across the entire political…

Fog veils city as flights diverted away from Brisbane Save You have reached your maximum number of saved items. Remove items from your saved list to add more. AAA Two flights have been diverted from Brisbane after the city was shrouded in fog on Thursday morning, with drivers warned to take care in difficult conditions. The fog made for gloomy scenes in the city on Thursday morning. Julius Dennis A flight from Los Angeles was diverted to the Gold Coast and another from Manila was sent to Sydney, with multiple flights circling the airport awaiting instructions. The Bureau of Meteorology issued a warning about the dangerous driving conditions. The fog…

A firefighter rescues a dog from an area affected by the overflow of Santa Gracia Creek in the El Islon neighbourhood of La Serena, Chile, 21 July 2026. Authorities declared a red alert for four municipalities in the central Valparaiso region and extended school closures because of the risk of the Aconcagua River overflowing, according to Chile’s National Service for Disaster Prevention and Response (Senapred). EPA/HERNAN CONTRERAS Geese stand in front of a helicopter before U.S. President Donald Trump's departure to attend a dignified transfer at Dover Air Force Base, Delaware, at the Ellipse near the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., July 22,…

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LONDON: The former boss of a British water company has been charged with conspiring to "manipulate" water quality tests and risks up to 10 years in prison, the government said Wednesday (Jul 22). The case concerns the former head of Southern Water, which provides water and sewage services to millions across southern England and has been under fire over pollution. The Environment Agency public body announced the charge on Wednesday after bringing the case against the company's former CEO, Matthew Wright. The country's water firms have drawn public ire for years due to the discharge of large amounts of sewage into rivers and the sea. In response, the…

MANILA, Philippines — The 2026 Inquirer ESG Edge Impact Awards ceremony was held last night at the Sheraton Manila Hotel. For the Inquirer’s second year of recognizing and celebrating remarkable ESG initiatives, six distinguished judges provided their expertise and insights in assessing this year’s submissions through a series of rigorous evaluations. The judges were divided into two panels that evaluated the participants’ written submissions, where shortlisted qualifiers had the opportunity to present their entries before the panel. Article continues after this advertisement Environment Category Ann Margret Francisco. With an extensive 17 years of…

Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lee Zeldin discusses the heat wave hitting the U.S. and views on climate change on 'America Reports.' NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! France has recorded more than 5,700 excess deaths during its historic summer heat wave, marking the country's deadliest heat-related toll in more than two decades, Public Health France announced Wednesday. Between June 17 and July 2, the agency expected 15,910 deaths but instead recorded 21,674. The difference — 5,764 excess deaths — was 36% higher than what would have been expected. During the heat wave, temperatures climbed well above 104 degrees Fahrenheit in…