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33% more cores, 2X PCIe Bandwidth and 2.6X higher memory bandwidth supercharge high-performance workloads Powered by 6 th Gen AMD EPYC CPUs and AMD Instinct™ GPUs, comprehensive rack-scale systems, built on DCBBS architecture, are optimized for Cloud, Enterprise, Storage, HPC and AI workloads Industry's broadest portfolio also includes the 72-GPU AMD Helios Platform, designed for large-scale AI training and high-throughput inference SAN JOSE, Calif. , July 23, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Super Micro Computer, Inc. (NASDAQ: SMCI), an AI, Enterprise, Storage, and 5G/Edge Total IT Solution Provider featuring Data Center Building Block Solutions ® (DCBBS), today…

For roughly a century, the drill press was the most stubbornly unchanged tool in the workshop. CNC routers went digital. Laser cutters got software brains. Even the table saw picked up intelligent blade-detection technology. The drill press, meanwhile, remained a cast-iron column with a chuck on top, the same basic machine it had been in 1925. That’s starting to change, and the shift is happening faster than most woodworkers expected. The broader power-tool industry has been absorbing smarter technology for years, mostly at the motor and interface level. Variable-speed drives, digital readouts, preset memory, and automatic depth stops arrived in…

OpenAI is expanding ChatGPT into a new category with the launch of Health in ChatGPT, a feature that allows users to securely connect health information from Apple Health and supported medical records. The feature is rolling out to users in the United States and is designed to help people ask health-related questions with more personalized context, instead of relying on isolated conversations. According to OpenAI, more than 300 million people use ChatGPT every week for health-related queries, ranging from understanding lab reports to preparing for doctor appointments. The company says one of the biggest challenges is that health information is often…

Hong Kong must wake up to the cold hard geopolitics of AI With AI increasingly being treated as a strategic asset, the city should ensure it has access to the technologies shaping the global finance Officials talking about artificial intelligence (AI) often speak in terms of the next industrial revolution or existential risks. Such rhetoric ultimately does little to capture how AI filters into the ordinary workings of a city like Hong Kong. The geopolitics of AI are no longer abstract. They are beginning to shape who can use which tools – and on what terms. Over the past few months, two major international banks in the city have reportedly felt the…

Glaze's Thomas Paul Mann on disposable software, the SaaS apocalypse, and why half the software you use in a few years will be something you made. PLUS: OpenAI's rogue model, and the distillation debate Moonshot AI’s Kimi K3 is very good — but the hype may be getting ahead of reality. (For now.) The Verge's David Pierce kicks off our new series on staying productive in the AI era — starting with why you should stop trying to stay ahead 200 economists and AI leaders say something big is happening. What should we do about it? Plus: Apple sues OpenAI

US President Donald Trump’s administration has said it will expand a voluntary pledge seeking to shield consumers from the energy costs of the rapid expansion of data centres, mostly used by artificial intelligence companies. The White House announced on Thursday that it would add state governors and electricity companies to the agreement, first announced with tech and AI firms in March. But the US administration stopped short of any enforceable protections. Recommended Stories list of 3 items- list 1 of 3Hundreds of experts warn the world must prepare now for AI’s impact - list 2 of 3Can AI systems make moral decisions in war? - list 3 of…

It sometimes feels like arts degrees are the punching bag of Australian higher education. The connotation of “useless” arts degrees is hard to miss, a view cemented in policy when the Morrison government raised the price of arts degrees to over $50,000 in 2020. Cheekily titled the “Job-ready Graduates Package”, it hiked arts degrees by 113 per cent to cost the same as commerce and law degrees, even though graduates from the latter fields earn 40 to 70 per cent higher median income five years post-graduation. However, the recent introduction of generative AI models like ChatGPT and Claude is predicted to disrupt the labour market in multiple ways.…

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READ MORE: Google is fined £749million for breaking EU digital laws See more Daily Mail on Google - save us as a Preferred Source AI was branded a 'clear and present danger' on Thursday as tests showed every advanced model is trying to beat security safeguards. In a wake-up call to ministers, Britain's artificial intelligence security experts revealed that all five models they had tested tried to trick their way round the security controls they had put in place. The revelations come just days after it emerged OpenAI had suffered its own leak – where an AI 'agent' hacked into a tech company of its own accord. The terrifying incident occurred as OpenAI,…

Microsoft AI released two new in-house models into public preview on Wednesday — MAI-Image-2.5-Pro, its highest-fidelity image generator to date, and MAI-Voice-2-Flash, a speech model built for high-volume enterprise workloads — while publishing production data that amounts to the company's most aggressive argument yet that it can power its own products without leaning on OpenAI's frontier models. The announcement, made by Microsoft AI's Superintelligence team, lands roughly a year after the company committed to building purpose-built models internally, and it arrives with an unusual level of specificity about where those models now run: Bing,…

Dulce Bakehouse Bakery$ This venue is one of Good Food’s 100 Essential Melbourne Cafes and Bakeries of 2026. Some quests are endless. Others – such as seeking the perfect vanilla slice – can be concluded in Melbourne’s north-western suburbs, specifically at Dulce Bakehouse, a South American bakery that also nails Aussie high-street classics and French pastries. Since 2017, the family-run Delahey shop has been the only place with a queue on a low-key shopping strip. In a genius South American twist that nods to the owners’ heritage, the bottom layer is spread with dulce de leche, the rich milk caramel cutting the slice’s creamy sweetness with a touch…

Coracle Japanese$$ This venue is one of Good Food’s 100 Essential Melbourne Cafes and Bakeries of 2026. Coracle is perhaps best defined as a fine-dining cafe. There’s coffee and tea, eggs and toast, soup and sandwiches, but everything is rendered with deep thought, pristine ingredients and exquisite care. Just ask the toast: cloud-fluffy Japanese milk bread grilled over binchotan charcoal. Owners Duong “Jane” Nu Duc Tam and her partner, Wong “Benny” Tat Ying are from Vietnam and Hong Kong respectively, and they’ve embraced a passion for Japanese culture and cuisine. Those three cultures are all represented on the menu, but the bedrock dish is the…

• Justice Minhas rules against enforcement of Dubai decree• Judgement notes criminal findings do not bind civil courts, calls for balance between global and local principles ISLAMABAD: Dismissing a petition filed by the Gulf-based arm of a major technology company, the Islamabad High Court stresses the need to strike a balance between the principle of international comity and the protections afforded by domestic law when enforcing foreign courts’ decrees. The ruling came in a case filed by two Pakistani businessmen, Latif Hakeem and another, through their counsel Kashif Ali Malik, against the execution of a money decree obtained by a technology…

More Singapore landlords turn to multi-tenant rentals for higher returns As Singapore's private rental market stabilises after years of rising rents, some landlords are moving away from leasing entire homes to a single household in favour of multi-tenant rentals. SINGAPORE: More landlords in Singapore are converting their properties into multi-tenant rentals as they seek to boost rental income. Some co-living operators say they have seen up to a fourfold increase in such enquiries from property owners over the past year. The shift comes as the private rental market stabilises after years of rising rents, prompting some landlords to rethink the…

Electronics brand Onida is planning to enter in some new categories by 2027-28 apart from its traditional television, air-conditioner as it plans to make a comeback. Launching its flagship 100-inch QD Mini LED Television, the CEO and managing director of Ondia Electronics Limited, Gunjan Shrivastava said that the company has also decided to keep its iconic horned devil and will come up with a new advertisement approach for devil in next few months. “Ondia was a leading face in 80s and 90s but it lost its visibility in the past few decades. Now, we have decided to come back with a new strategy and bran-approach. Our target is to enter in some new…

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BUSAN, July 24 (Yonhap) -- A U.S. Forces Korea soldier has been fined for driving about 260 kilometers from the southwestern city of Gwangju to the southeastern port city of Busan while intoxicated last year, a court said Friday. The Busan District Court said the soldier, identified only as a technical noncommissioned officer, was sentenced to a fine of 15 million won (US$10,240) on charges including drunk driving. The soldier was accused of driving a Lincoln while intoxicated with a blood alcohol concentration of 0.223 percent on the night of Dec. 17 last year, far exceeding South Korea's 0.08 percent threshold for driver's license revocation. The…

Mudo Dining & Bar Korean$$ Potato gnocchi in a red sauce is placed on the table. Golden from the pan, soft enough to cut with a spoon, the long rectangles of pasta are sprinkled with parmesan. But this isn’t an Italian restaurant. The sauce is stained by gochujang, the earthy Korean chilli paste known for its firepower, except here it’s tamed by browned butter. Mudo chef Happy Cho created this dish with one eye trained on Korea’s chewy oblong-shaped rice cakes – tteokbokki – and the other on his typical customer, more likely to know their gnocchi from their rigatoni. Like a Harry Potter novel, the dish says different things to different groups. The…

Mozilla has released Firefox 153, giving people a built-in way to keep work, personal, shopping, and banking activity apart. The update began rolling out to Release channel users on July 21 and also introduces HDR video playback on Windows, PDF improvements, and tighter controls over local files and network devices. Containers open tabs in isolated spaces where cookies, logins, and site storage are not shared. Someone can remain signed into two accounts on the same website, keep a work Google account away from personal YouTube activity, or stop shopping cookies from following everyday browsing. What can Firefox Containers actually do? The feature is…

(ATTN: RECASTS throughout; ADDS photo) SEOUL, July 24 (Yonhap) -- Hyundai Mobis Co., South Korea's leading auto parts maker, said Friday its second-quarter net profit rose 13.5 percent from a year earlier, driven by robust sales of high-end components and a weak won. Net profit for the three months ended in June rose to 1.06 trillion won (US$721.9 million) from 932.4 billion won a year earlier, the company said in a press release. "Strong demand from global automakers and increased shipments of higher-margin core components, such as automotive electronics, boosted quarterly earnings despite weaker sales of parts for electric vehicles," it said. The…

Worried by ignominy of recording highest number of human trafficking victims in India for four consecutive years, Odisha has proposed a new State policy, “Nutan Sakala” (New Dawn), to curb trafficking of women and girls through measures from community-based prevention to confiscation of assets linked to trafficking networks. The draft copy of the policy being prepared by Women and Child Development Department has been circulated among top police brass including Director General of Police, DG (Crime Branch) and Addition DG (Crime Against Women and Child Wing) for their opinion. The policy has adopted some good practices of other States and even foreign…

Australia ramps up Aukus funding with US$3.2 billion for nuclear submarine yard Aukus, designed to check China’s military advance in the Indo-Pacific, is expected to cost Canberra up to US$250 billion over 30 years But the deal has faced scrutiny over whether slow submarine production rates in the United States and Britain will leave Australia without the vessels it needs. Defence Minister Richard Marles said the additional investment of A$4.6 billion (US$3.2 billion) at a shipyard in Osborne in South Australia “demonstrates that Aukus is on track and happening now”. “This investment is another important step in building the sovereign capability…

In the last two days, the Pentagon reportedly reduced the announced U.S. service member death toll in the Iran war from 18 to 14. Three military officials told The New York Times that the revision was in part because the most recent four deaths — three in Jordan and one in Iraq — came after President Trump declared an initial ceasefire in April. “The administration seems to have a real hard time being honest about what is going on — not just about casualties, but about the whole war in general,” retired Lt. Gen. Ben Hodges, who served in the first Trump administration, told the paper. In a post Thursday on X, Pentagon spokesman Sean Parnell called…

SEOUL – A UNESCO panel on Thursday urged Japan to enhance exhibits at the Sado Island Gold Mines, a UNESCO World Heritage site in Niigata Prefecture, to provide a comprehensive view of the mining history. The UNESCO World Heritage Committee made the request as it adopted a resolution on the conservation status of the gold mines on Sado Island during a meeting in Busan, South Korea. It discussed the status for the first time since the gold mines’ inscription on the UNESCO World Heritage List in 2024. When the Japanese government filed for inscription, it said that exhibits on the history of the mines from the late 16th century to the mid-19th century…

Replica of the Virgin Mary’s House draws Catholic devotees in the Philippines A replica of the House of the Virgin Mary in the Philippines welcomes devotees in Asia’s largest Catholic nation. The structure mirrors the original shrine in Ephesus, Turkey, where Mary is believed to have spent her final years. (AP Video by Joeal Calupitan) The Ephesus House, a replica of the House of the Virgin Mary in Ephesus, Turkey, now stands at Alfonso town, Cavite province, Philippines on July 16, 2026. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila) The Ephesus House, a replica of the House of the Virgin Mary in Ephesus, Turkey, now stands at Alfonso town, Cavite province, Philippines on…

NEW YORK, July 24. /TASS/. The American military has completed another series of strikes against targets on the Iranian territory, the US Central Command (CENTCOM) said. "US Central Command (CENTCOM) forces successfully completed the 13th straight night of strikes against Iran," CENTCOM said on the X social network. According to the statement, the strikes targeted Iranian military command centers, drone storage facilities, communication networks, coastal surveillance sites, and maritime capabilities.

Dubai – U.S. President Donald Trump promised “major military punishment” for Iran and its Houthi allies on Thursday after the Yemeni fighters struck two Saudi oil tankers in the Red Sea, extending the Middle East war to a second major shipping chokepoint. Fears that disruption could widen further to block another sea route sent global oil prices surging in one of the steepest rises of the war. Brent crude rose more than 6%, breaking through $100 a barrel for the first time since May. Two weeks since the effective collapse of an interim truce meant to end the war, the U.S. military launched airstrikes on Iran overnight into Thursday, prompting Iran to…

The US Central Command (Centcom) said it "completed" its latest wave of strikes against Iran for the 13th night in a row. The attacks lasted more than two hours, with Centcom saying it targeted military command centers, drone storage facilities, communication networks, coastal surveillance sites and maritime capabilities.

The foreign ministers of Qatar, the UAE, Jordan, Turkey, Egypt, Indonesia, Pakistan, and Saudi Arabia have denounced recent Israeli settler incursions at Jerusalem's Al-Aqsa Mosque as "illegal and extremist acts". In a statement posted by Qatar's foreign ministry on X on Thursday, the ministers stressed that the storming of the holy sites constitute a "flagrant violation of international law, relevant United Nations resolutions, and the historic and legal status quo at the holy sites in Occupied East Jerusalem". "The ministers condemned in the strongest terms, in a joint statement, the illegal and extremist acts represented by incitement and calls to…

Iran flew Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) commanders, military advisers and missile- and drone-related equipment into Yemen this month, according to four sources, in a move that suggests Tehran is seeking to strengthen the ability of its Houthi allies to threaten Red Sea shipping. Four sources familiar with the matter, including two Iranian sources, Yemen’s information minister and a regional security analyst, said Iran transferred the IRGC personnel and military-related equipment on a flight from Tehran to Yemen on July 13, a development that has not been previously reported. The two Iranian sources said that between 10 and 21 IRGC…

The confirmed death toll from the recent capsizing of a state ferry off Guyana's coast rose to 72 on Thursday, with more bodies recovered as a multinational team struggled to salvage the partially submerged vessel. Of the estimated 179 people aboard, 76 people were rescued. The government has estimated that 100 may have died in the accident, which would make it the worst marine tragedy on record for the South American nation. Prime Minister Mark Phillips said late Thursday that crews have widened the search area and are determined to find all those who were aboard so loved ones can bury them with dignity. “The government of Guyana continues to stand…

Saskatoon city crews have been hard at work and residents have noticed, saying it seems like every day there’s a new street blocked off. “There are things that are being done this year that are over and above the norm. I would say the work related to the Link system or the BRT system,” said Matt Jurkiewicz, construction and design director for the city of Saskatoon. It’s hard to not hit a detour driving around the city, with many projects currently active on major roads like Circle Drive, Wanuskewin Road, College Drive, and the University Bridge. “It’s not just willy-nilly. We’re using data and we’re trying to be systematic in the work that we do. And…

Rescuers recover body of boy swept away by river in Calamba City LUCENA CITY — Search and rescue teams recovered the body of a 7-year-old boy on Thursday (July 23), four days after he was swept away by raging floodwaters in Calamba City in the province of Laguna. The City Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Division (CDRRMD) said the boy’s body was found shortly after 4 p.m. in a section of the San Cristobal River. Authorities, however, are still searching for his 9-year-old sister, who remains missing. Article continues after this advertisement “The search continues for the remaining missing child as authorities carry out the necessary procedures…

CEBU CITY — Several areas in Cebu may experience cloudy skies with rain showers and thunderstorms on Friday, July 24, as the southwest monsoon or habagat continues to affect the Visayas, according to the Visayas PAGASA Regional Services Division (VPRSD). In its Heavy Rainfall Warning No. 2 issued at 5 a.m., the VPRSD said light to moderate rains with occasional heavy rains were expected within the next one to two hours in Samboan, Santander, Oslob, Ginatilan, Alegria, Malabuyoc, Boljoon, Alcoy, Poro, Tudela and Pilar. READ: Kiyapo intensifies into tropical storm, moves closer to extreme northern Luzon Meanwhile, the same weather […]...Keep on reading:…

Body of 2nd brother who drowned in Nutimik Lake has been recovered: RCMP Aaron Au Ramirez, 13, jumped in after his younger brother fell into water After several days of searching Nutimik Lake, the body of Aaron Au Ramirez, 13, has been recovered, according to Manitoba RCMP. The boy had jumped into the water near Sturgeon Falls on Saturday after his brother Maximo, 10, slipped on some rocks and fell into the lake. In a news release issued Thursday evening, Lac du Bonnet RCMP confirmed Aaron's body was found in the water at 7:45 p.m. Maximo's body was found on Wednesday evening. RCMP said the family has been notified, and thanked the many volunteers and…

Europe wildfires prompt evacuations in France, Spain, Italy DW.comThousands flee wildfires in France as temperatures reach extreme levels in southern Europe The GuardianFires in Spain and France, hail in Balkans; Europe's erratic weather persists ReutersWildfires ravage Spain, France and Italy, killing three firefighters France 24Spain and France battle raging wildfires, face high risk of more Al Jazeera

See more Daily Mail on Google - save us as a Preferred Source Arsonists have been accused of using stray cats as living fire-starters to ignite devastating wildfires that have ravaged southern Italy. Investigators probing the blazes in Calabria claim they discovered evidence that felines had been fitted with rags soaked in flammable liquid, which were then set alight before the terrified animals were released into dry vegetation to spread the flames. Candles and homemade delayed ignition devices were also reportedly found close to burnt-out areas, strengthening suspicions that many of the fires were started deliberately. The alleged tactic emerged as…

As Laos’ methanol poisoning case begins, victims’ families, friends slam ‘cover-up’ A British man who became blind in the incident says he feels sorry for the families of the six victims who died but is ‘not angry’ any more Last Friday, the owner of the distillery where the drinks linked to the deaths were thought to have originated was given one charge of running an illegal business and one charge of selling harmful food products, and could face a jail term of between three months and four years if convicted. The families described the potential punishment as inadequate to reflect the scale of the tragedy, having earlier called for a charge of…

MANILA, Philippines — The National Grid Corp. of the Philippines (NGCP) will place the Visayas grid under yellow alert again starting Friday night due to the unavailability of several major coal-fired power plants. In an advisory on Friday, the grid operator said the yellow alert will take effect from 6 p.m. to 7 p.m. READ: DOE vows better Visayas power before Marcos exits The tight electricity supply has been hounding the region, which is heavily reliant on power imports from Luzon and Mindanao, since May of this year. As of 8 a.m., the available capacity was 2,682 megawatts (MW), while the […]...Keep on reading: Visayas grid back under yellow alert…

Dawn broke not with promise, but with a burden of arduous and long working conditions, accompanied by minimal safety protections, for four persons trapped by a ₹1-lakh debt at an illegal stone-cutting quarry on rough, hilly terrain in Anantapur district for over a year. Through the day, braving extreme weather, Santhala Anji, his 18-year-old son and two others were put to cut 100 stones with just an iron hammer and a chisel. This was the plight of the bonded labourers who were rescued last month from an illegal stone-cutting unit near Chennampalle village. Community engages in stone-cutting works Hailing from the Vadde community, a BC community…

A video from the American Diabetes Association (ADA) 2026 conference made headlines over the weekend, but it wasn’t about a scientific advance. The ADA conference organizers had the police escort five researchers out of the meeting for handing out an editorial that was published in one of their journals, Diabetes Care. The event gained attention on social media where scientists from different disciplines expressed their thoughts on the topic. Reflecting on this incident in an interview, Justin Ryder, an obesity and diabetes researcher at Northwestern University and Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago, who was one of the ejected attendees, said, “I…

Mareshell Wauchope, a khaki-clad conservation ecologist, bush-bashes out of a tangle of bloodwood branches, acacia and sedge grass carrying a silver container the size of a champagne gift box: “We’ve got an animal!” She sets the box down and begins to blow, hard, into one of its edges. She’s trying to coax its occupant into a small canvas bag, but the captive clings doggedly to the coconut husk lining the metal trap. “I’m dying,” Wauchope gasps after a minute, red-cheeked and blinking stars. “Thank god I play the trumpet.” Finally, her target tumbles into the sack: a native bush rat, called a bogul in Dharug. It’s the latest potential conscript in a…

A review of seven sweeteners and mixed exposures shows why dose, formulation, diet, and individual biology matter when interpreting their potential effects on the gut and metabolism. Effects of Non-Nutritive Artificial Sweeteners on Gut Microbiota and Host Metabolism and Health-Related Outcomes: A Review. Image Credit: Towfiqu ahamed barbhuiya / Shuttertock A recent narrative review in the journal Nutrients synthesized the effects of seven individual non-nutritive artificial sweeteners (NASs) and mixed NAS exposures on gut microbiota composition and host metabolic health and developed an interactive knowledge graph to organize and navigate the…

Phivolcs: Taal Volcano continues to be shaken by quakes LUCENA CITY — Volcanic earthquakes and tremors continued to be recorded at Taal Volcano in Batangas province, although overall seismic activity declined over the past 24 hours, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) reported on Friday (July 24). In its morning bulletin, Phivolcs said the volcano generated 31 volcanic earthquakes, accompanied by an ongoing volcanic tremor that has persisted since 5:42 a.m. on July 23. Despite the prolonged tremor, Phivolcs said there is no immediate cause for alarm, explaining that volcanic tremors are a normal occurrence at Taal…

Hong Wang, one of this year’s winners of the Fields Medals, which honor the top mathematicians under the age of 40, once considered giving up on math and becoming an architect instead. After graduating from Peking University in 2011 with a degree in mathematics, she went to École Polytechnique in France to pursue a master’s degree, but had her doubts. “I don’t know if I have enough talent,” she recalled thinking. For a semester, she even avoided math and did a one-month internship at an architecture firm. Then she returned to mathematics. “I realized that studying architecture from zero is not easy, either,” she said. Today, Dr. Wang, 35, is a…

Both Lillian Telford’s Lovesick and Laura McPhee-Browne’sWorry Doll explore not just the heady rush of love, but its accompanying less salubrious sidekicks: limerence, addiction, jealousy, self-destruction and heartbreak. Telford’s debut novel treads familiar ground, covering, as it does, the milieu of Gen Z angst not dissimilar to the works of Sally Rooney, Diana Reid and Madeleine Gray. Gabby and Gordon are in their early 20s; they met on the dance floor in Brisbane’s West End on a glittering night of pill-popping decadence. There’s an instant pull together as their bodies move to the beat, enough spark and heat to kickstart a tentative…

Published Scientists in France say they have discovered the building blocks of the incredible diversity of birdsong. A team analysed the songs of more than 100,000 songbirds and revealed that the world's birdsongs are composed of eight fundamental types of sound that the researchers call "motifs". Birdsong all around the world, they say, is made up of combinations of these motifs - three types of trill, three types of whistle, chaotic notes and harmonies. Birdsong is one of the natural world's most sophisticated forms of sound-based communication. Its variety and complexity has fascinated biologists, but with so many different songs, it has been…

As a neuroscientist who studies raccoons and rats, I see the viral story of Jimothy the raccoon as a compelling tale of an animal overcoming disability and surviving in the wild. Jimothy, the unique-looking raccoon living in Seattle, became an internet celebrity over the course of a week in July 2026, thanks to a viral Instagram post that has amassed millions of views and thousands of comments cheering for the proverbial underdog. Jimothy has even been honored with a city proclamation. Something about him was obviously different. His body and tail were unusually short, and his back was curved. Although Jimothy hasn’t been officially examined by a…

Ever wondered how sharks are fed at the Singapore Oceanarium? A new programme gives visitors an exclusive behind-the-scenes look at shark feeding operations, as well as the chance to get up close with real shark specimens and the equipment used by animal care specialists.

The International Mathematical Union awarded the prestigious Fields Medal to four mathematicians on Thursday, including only the third woman to receive the honour, as researchers weighed the growing impact of artificial intelligence on a field increasingly being reshaped by the technology.

Typhoon Noul to come closest to Hong Kong late Saturday into Sunday Forecaster says hot, sunny weather up to 34 degrees on Friday, with winds strengthening and showers increasing on Saturday as Typhoon Noul nears Typhoon Noul is expected to come closest to Hong Kong between Saturday night and Sunday morning, according to the city’s weather forecaster, which is considering issuing the No 1 warning signal later on Friday. The tropical storm near the Philippines was officially named Typhoon Noul. The name, provided by North Korea, means “glowing crimson skies”. As of Friday morning, Noul was about 500km (310 miles) northeast of Manila and moving…

The worlds of the Solar System offer up exciting and (so far) mostly pristine places for planetary scientists to study. As space missions continue to travel to Mars, Europa, asteroids, and other worlds, questions arise about keeping them safe for continued exploration and observations. In recent decades, scientists voiced concerns, for example, about the possibility of somehow "infecting" Jupiter or Saturn, or their moons with Earth microbes carried on our spacecraft. Or, that probes coming back from other places might bring infectious organisms back to Earth. Mars also came in for scrutiny in the 1960s and 1970s when NASA was planning such missions…

Written by Lucy Thompson, Senior Research Scientist, University of New Brunswick, Canada Earth planning date: Friday, July 27, 2026 As an APXS uplink lead and strategic planner, I have the privilege of working with the rover engineers most days that I am on operations. The APXS instrument measures the chemistry of rocks, unconsolidated materials and the atmosphere, and is situated on the end of Curiosity’s robotic arm. This means that any target of interest that we wish to analyze has to be safe to deploy the arm, APXS, and MAHLI (the closeup imager) to. We therefore rely on the rover engineers for their assessment and to sequence the arm moves to…

NEW YORK, July 24. /TASS/. US company SpaceX has once again postponed the 13th test launch of its Starship spacecraft. "Now targeting Friday, July 24 for Starship’s thirteenth flight test, due to weather," the company said in a statement, posted on the X social network. The launch was initially slated for July 16, but was aborted at the last moment. US entrepreneur Elon Musk attributed the cancellation to an engine failure. In his words, some of the engines did not start, triggering an automatic launch abort. The launch was postponed until July 23. The previous test launch took place in May, when SpaceX launched Starship S39, the premier prototype of…

China has unveiled its latest ambitious space-based computing network designed to process satellite data in orbit using AI before sending the results to Earth. Xingshu, or “Star Hub”, will eventually comprise around 1,000 satellites, according to Chi Nan, an optical communications professor at Fudan University. The network is being jointly developed by Fudan and Shanghai Xingshu Tiansuan Space Technology Co. It would offer on-demand, time-based computing services in orbit, allowing governments, researchers and companies in sectors such as energy, shipping and finance to rent computing power by the hour, Chi said at the World Artificial Intelligence…

Using over 20 years of archival data from NASA's Hubble Space Telescope (HST) and recent observations from the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), astronomers have finally located a stellar-mass black hole in the Omega Centauri cluster. For decades, this cluster has mystified astronomers because it previously showed no evidence of stellar-mass black holes. Globular clusters are known to host many black holes that formed when some of their massive stars reached the end of their lives and exploded (i.e., supernovae). The Omega Centauri cluster is located about 18,000 light-years from Earth in the constellation Centaurus. It contains 10 million stars…

Wind signals raised over parts of N. Luzon due to Kiyapo MANILA, Philippines — Tropical storm wind signals were hoisted over parts of Northern Luzon on Friday, July 24, as Kiyapo, formerly a tropical depression, further intensified into a tropical storm, the state weather bureau reported. Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (Pagasa) weather specialist Obet Badrina said during a 5 a.m. weather advisory that Wind Signal No. 2 was raised over Batanes, northern portion of Mainland Cagayan, including Babuyan Islands, and the northern portion of Ilocos Norte, due to Kiyapo. Meanwhile, Wind Signal No. 1 was placed…

NEW DELHI: India's space sector has witnessed unprecedented momentum following the landmark reforms, with private investment crossing $618.5 million, 105 authorisations issued to private entities, and a robust regulatory framework being strengthened to safeguard strategic and national security interests while promoting greater private participation, Space, science and technology minister Jitendra Singh informed the Rajya Sabha on Thursday. Replying to an unstarred question in the Rajya Sabha, Singh said cumulative private funding has expanded nearly six-fold in the last few years, rising from $100.5 million in 2021-22 to $348.5 million in 2023-24,…

Signal No. 2 raised as 'Kiyapo' strengthens into tropical storm MANILA, Philippines — Cyclone Kiyapo (international name: Noul) intensified into a tropical storm early Friday as it moved closer to Extreme Northern Luzon, with Signal No. 2 now in effect over parts of Northern Luzon. In its 5 a.m. bulletin on Friday, July 24, PAGASA said Kiyapo was estimated 345 kilometers east of Aparri, Cagayan, packing maximum sustained winds of 65 kilometers per hour near the center, gustiness of up to 80 kph and a central pressure of 998 hectopascals. Kiyapo is moving west northwestward at 30 kph. Wind signals. The following areas are under Signal No. 2: Batanes…

GEOJE, South Gyeongsang Province ― The men at the next table did not ask for a long conversation. They simply reached over, set down a few freshly shucked conch with a few words and a shy chuckle, then went back to their soju as if nothing had happened. This was Gohyeon Market on a recent Monday afternoon, and this reporter, a stranger from Seoul with a plate of raw sea bass, had just been adopted for an hour by a table of middle-aged men of South Gyeongsang Province. People from this southeastern province carry a reputation, even among Koreans, for being gruff, blunt, allergic to compliments and small talk. What those conch delivered instead was…

Assuming you’re not at a soccer game or boxing match, but a restaurant with a modicum of style, the first step is to ask what he or she would like to drink. Remember, you know nothing of their vinous preferences at the moment, so I’d suggest choosing something by the glass: a bottle of wine is just too much of a commitment at this early stage. When I was young, Orlando Starwine (no longer in production, sadly) was considered de rigueur to get the happiness flowing; today’s equivalent is probably Prosecco – it’s a safe starter. Here are three choices I'd be impressed by: Charles Heidsieck Brut Reserve NV ($100) A glass of this Champagne is guaranteed…

From the gym junkies to the surfers to the Crossfitters to the health-conscious accountants to the runners to the lycra cowboys to the FIFO workers that clog up airport passenger drop-offs at dawn, Perth folks are no strangers to an early alarm. Which means that cafes aren’t just part of life in P-Town: they’re a way of life. While there’s a utilitarian quality to the cafe genre, there’s room, like any hospitality venture, for excellence and craft too. Recognising such excellence and craft is the reason behind assembling Good Food’s inaugural Essential Perth Cafes and Bakeries guide: a roll call of 50 essential addresses that define Perth cafe and…

Our population is aging. The United Nations reports that by 2050, the number of people over the age of 85 on our planet is set to triple. But a longer life span isn't the same as a longer healthspan (the number of years we spend healthy). Salk Institute scientists are working to change that through foundational research that explores the cellular mechanisms driving age-related dysfunction. The latest efforts to understand cellular aging look at two processes prevalent in aged cells: 1) senescence, in which cells stop dividing but don't die, and 2) ferroptosis, in which cells lose their ability to regulate fats and eventually die. While studying human…

Children hospitalized with severe pneumonia can safely switch from injectable to oral antibiotics once they begin to recover, allowing many to return home sooner and complete treatment outside hospital. This is according to a major international clinical trial led by researchers from City St George's, University of London, UCL Innovative Clinical Trials Unit, and partners across Africa and Europe, with results published today in The Lancet. Pneumonia remains one of the leading infectious killers of children worldwide, particularly in low- and middle-income countries. Current World Health Organization (WHO) guidelines recommend five days of injectable…

Hong Kong police have arrested a man and raided a mainland Chinese dental care chain’s consultation centre in the city over alleged illegal practices. The arrest on Thursday came after a dentist group warned Hongkongers about the risks of seeking treatment over the border in Shenzhen, as a growing number of mainland clinics seek to attract Hong Kong patients. Police said on Thursday that the 72-year-old man was arrested in North Point for alleged illegal practice of dentistry, following a joint raid conducted by the force and the Department of Health at a Wuyuan Medical consultation centre, a mainland dental care chain. “A suspected intra-oral…

Pie is a verb. Pie is a religion. A good pie inspires loyalty, heretics, even savage disputes. Mention soggy bottoms, hot water versus suet crusts, tomato sauce or no tomato sauce and watch otherwise level-headed adults lose their minds. These convictions often result in everyone knowing exactly what it takes to make a good pie. But like karaoke, this overstated confidence rarely reflects reality. Rather than let blind optimism fuel a mediocre pie, we need to stick to a few key principles. The anatomy of a great pie, be it sweet or savoury, is universal. Whether you’re making a slow-cooked beef pie (like this one, pictured below), a creamy chicken pie…

This recipe, a collaboration between Brisbane’s Jocelyn’s Provisions and Martin Boetz, of Brisbane’s Short Grain, pairs crisp pastry with a deeply fragrant yellow curry chicken and pumpkin filling. Rich with spice and with plenty of savoury depth, it is comforting without being predictable. The finishing touch is a sparky quick-pickled cucumber salad. It is exactly the sort of pie worth making from scratch. Ingredients 750g chicken thigh fillets, cut into large bite-sized pieces 250ml coconut milk 250ml chicken stock 3 makrut leaves, bruised 1-2 tbsp fish sauce 1-2 tbsp oyster sauce 1 tbsp shaved palm sugar 2 tbsp coconut oil 500g roasted 3cm pieces…

Bunia, Democratic Republic of the Congo: The warning from the World Health Organization (WHO) is dire: The current outbreak of the Ebola virus currently spreading in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) might be one of the world’s worst, the agency has said over and over. In the worst outbreak on record, the haemorrhagic viral disease killed more than 11,000 people in West Africa between 2014 and 2016. In the second-largest outbreak, from 2018 to 2020, 2,287 deaths were recorded in eastern DRC. Recommended Stories list of 4 items- list 1 of 4WHO warns DR Congo Ebola outbreak may be double the official tally - list 2 of 4DRC Ebola cases…

Researchers have identified a biological marker that rises and falls as body fat changes, offering new insight into how weight gain and weight loss may influence metabolic health. Published in Metabolism, the study "Dynamic Regulation of Circulating Endotrophin by Changes in Fat Mass in Humans" found that circulating levels of endotrophin – a protein fragment released as fat tissue expands and remodels – consistently increased when people gained body fat and decreased when they lost body fat. The findings suggest endotrophin could serve as a valuable biomarker of metabolic health and may one day become a target for therapies aimed at reducing the…

By the Numbers: This year’s Ebola outbreak has spread faster than the worst on record ABC News - Breaking News, Latest News and Videos‘There’s no salary’: DRC health workers tell of hardship as Ebola spreads Al Jazeera‘We Will All Die From Ebola Here’: Virus Stalks Crowded Camps in Congo The New York TimesCongo: Ebola deaths increase to over 1,000 DW.com“No One Knows When It Will End”: A Doctor on the Ebola Emergency The New Yorker

SEOUL, July 24 (Yonhap) -- A military audit has uncovered unauthorized access to online records of soldiers' personal medical information late last year, prompting the military to shut down the program over a potential data breach, according to a lawmaker's office Friday. The breach targeted the Picture Archiving and Communication System (PACS), operated by the Armed Forces Medical Command, between November and December, affecting approximately 8 gigabytes of data, equivalent to around 1,000 files, according to Rep. Lim Jong-deuk of the main opposition People Power Party. The PACS stores medical images, such as X-rays, CT scans and MRIs of soldiers,…

In short: SA Health has apologised to the family of Tony Modra amid revelations staff may have inappropriately accessed his patient records. The health authority says three staff are being investigated for "potential" inappropriate access, while a further five are being assessed. What's next? The government says appropriate steps will be taken, but the opposition wants an inquiry after a series of such breaches. Three South Australian health staff are being investigated for alleged inappropriate access to the private medical records of AFL star Tony Modra, who suffered serious injuries in a truck crash last month. SA Health said another five employees…

Chinese nationals plead guilty to illegally shipping turtles from US to Hong Kong The pair – both residents of Staten Island in New York – are facing jail terms and fines for exporting native species without a licence Kin Keung Ho pleaded guilty on Thursday while Lihua Owen Ma pleaded guilty to a similar charge on July 1. Both are residents of Staten Island, one of the five boroughs of New York City. “During the plea hearing, the government proffered that Ho shipped approximately 99 packages containing 578 turtles,” the agency said. “Ho falsely labelled the contents as containing crystals or stones.” According to court documents, Ho and Ma were…

Recent coverage of Flock Safety, the fast‑growing US surveillance technology company, reveals how opposition to automated license plate readers is playing out at the local level. In South Carolina, officials have been sparring over whether to install 25 new cameras, a dispute that reflects broader questions about cost, oversight, and how much surveillance communities are willing to accept. The city of Los Angeles recently broke its contract with Flock Safety, though Flock’s CEO argues that the suspension should be temporary while the police department revises its rules. These cancellations are in large part driven by public concern around a system…

Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced on Thursday a new visa restriction policy targeting foreign nationals responsible for or complicit in cybercrime and cyber-enabled crime. "This policy targets individuals responsible for, or complicit in, cybercrime and cyber-enabled crime, such as those involved in cyberscams, and sextortion," Rubio said in a statement. Certain immediate family members of people covered by the policy may also be subject to the State Department's new visa restrictions, according to Rubio. President Donald Trump signed an executive order earlier this year titled "Combatting Cybercrime, Fraud, and Predatory Schemes Against…

A Russian spy at the center of a secret operation to smuggle high-tech weapon components into Russia has left Japan after his activities were disclosed by The New York Times, a senior Ukrainian intelligence official said Thursday. The operative, Maksim Vladimirovich Filchenkov, 49, had been working undercover in Japan as an employee of Russian state airline Aeroflot. Filchenkov’s role had been the focus of a Times investigation into how Russia exploited Japan’s weak espionage laws. Filchenkov’s departure was first reported by Yomiuri Shimbun, a major national newspaper in Japan. The newspaper said the Russian exited Japan after the Times published its…

New figures show people applying from overseas for United Kingdom citizenship and passports has soared after a change in rules for dual citizens. New Zealanders with British heritage or families were caught by surprise at the start of the year, when they found they could no longer travel back to the UK on their New Zealand passport. From late February, Britain and Ireland required all its citizens to use only passports issued by those countries when travelling to the UK. UK Home Office figures show overseas passport applications almost tripled to more than 300,000 in the first quarter of 2026. The British passport office had more than half-a-million…

For months, AI giants have devised special vetted programs and strict guardrails to limit the use of their models by malicious hackers. But these limits are now hindering the work of legitimate network defenders, as well as that of offensive cybersecurity researchers. In June, the U.S. government slapped export control restrictions on Anthropic’s much-hyped AI models Mythos and Fable. The move was prompted at least in part by a report that claimed it was possible to bypass the models’ guardrails designed to prevent users from using them to build and execute malicious cyberattacks. Regardless of whether the incident was really motivated by fears of a…

Each week, Benjamin Law asks public figures to discuss the subjects we’re told to keep private by getting them to roll a die for Good Weekend’s regular Dicey Topics column. The numbers they land on are the topics they’re given. This week, he talks to Dr Melissa Kang. The professor of adolescent health, 63, was – for more than 20 years – known as “Dolly Doctor”, the medical-advice columnist for Dolly magazine. Her latest Welcome to … book is Welcome to Friendship! POLITICS **Your work has spanned Dolly Doctor to academic research to your Welcome To … books. What’s your driving ethos? ** **Yet when you co-wrote Welcome to Sex! (with Yumi Stynes), some…

Walang Pasok: Class suspensions for July 24 due to 'Kiyapo,' habagat MANILA, Philippines — Several local government units have suspended classes for Friday, July 24, as Tropical Storm Kiyapo (international name: Noul) and the enhanced southwest monsoon (habagat) continue to bring inclement weather to parts of the country. As of 5 a.m. Friday, PAGASA said Kiyapo had intensified into a tropical storm as it moved closer to Extreme Northern Luzon, while the southwest monsoon continued to bring rains over several areas. Below is a running list of class suspensions: Cordillera Administrative Region Abra Licuan-Baay – All levels, public Region I Ilocos Norte…

Sofia Coelho, the art director who led the visual design and concept for Lil’ Finder Guy, has shared a rare behind-the-scenes look at how the MacBook Neo campaign’s mascot came to be. Here are the details. ’Measuring exactly one apple tall’ In a post shared today on LinkedIn, Apple art director Sofia Coelho shared an interesting gallery with a couple of behind-the-scenes snapshots of the work involved in creating Lil’ Finder Guy for the MacBook Neo campaign. In her post, framed as a tongue-in-cheek birthday announcement, Coelho credits the colleagues who worked with her on the Cannes Lions-shortlisted campaign and describes leading the character’s…

CHUNGJU, South Korea, July 24 (Yonhap) -- A court on Friday sentenced the owner of a guesthouse in the central city of Chungju to a fine of 3 million won (US$2,049) for a pet peacock's attack on a visitor last year. The Chungju branch of the Cheongju District Court convicted the guesthouse owner of failing to properly manage the peacock, which attacked a 6-year-old boy in the face in August 2025, causing injuries that required two weeks of treatment. The 58-year-old defendant claimed there must have been some provocation, citing the gentle nature of peacocks. The court, however, said the defendant failed to fulfill the duty to protect guests from the…

It’s easy to think it started during the pandemic. Brisbane was shut down. Restaurants and cafes couldn’t operate. So they adapted – fast. For cafes, that meant turning themselves into a coffee window or a bakery or a specialised grocer – whatever it was, as long as it was grab-and-go. Anything to keep some sort of cashflow ticking over. But adversity has a habit of creating opportunity. Take Pawpaw in East Brisbane, back then still the buzzy engine of the small fiefdom of venues owned and operated by Giorgina Venzin. Venzin turned it into a pop-up bakery with the help of baker Lindsay Krahenbring, who’d found herself out of work as a pastry chef…

Trade rumors: Slugging SS available, Cubs, All-Star LHP on the block? MLB.com2026 MLB trade deadline tracker: Rumors, news, analysis ESPNHow division races will affect contenders' Deadline plans MLB.comHunter Goodman to Boston? Five moves I’d like to see before the MLB Trade Deadline The New York TimesUltimate trade deadline preview: Will Tigers trade Tarik Skubal? Is Mason Miller's days with the Padres numbered? Who will be the biggest seller? Yahoo Sports

Google’s Pixel launches have become increasingly difficult to keep under wraps, and the Pixel 11 series appears to be no exception. Weeks before Google’s scheduled August 12 launch event, a fresh leak has revealed what is claimed to be the complete set of official press renders for the Pixel 11, Pixel 11 Pro and Pixel 11 Pro XL, showcasing every colour option across the lineup. The renders, published by MyMobiles in collaboration with tipster OnLeaks, offer what is arguably the most comprehensive look yet at Google’s next flagship family. If authentic, they not only confirm earlier design leaks but also reveal Google’s colour strategy for 2026,…

Brianna Turner: Fever fired a male employee for sexual harassment, players encouraged to keep quiet Brianna Turner: Fever fired a male employee for sexual harassment, players encouraged to keep quiet CHICAGO (AP) — Brianna Turner said on social media that her former team, the Indiana Fever, fired a male employee last season for sexual harassment. Turner, who was with Indiana last season but now plays for the Las Vegas Aces, also said Fever players were encouraged not to discuss the firing. The Fever put out a statement Thursday that didn’t directly address Turner’s comments. “Protecting our players and employees and maintaining a respectful,…

CONSOLACION, Cebu – Not once. Not twice. But three times! Topping a licensure examination is a once-in-a-lifetime achievement. For Engr. Carlo Galicia, it became a pattern, achieving a triple topnotcher feat and placing his name among the rare few in the country to ever achieve it. Galicia, a 30-year-old resident of Talisay City, completed his three-for-three topnotcher feat after placing second in the July 2026 Master Plumbers Licensure Examination (MPLE), his highest board exam placement to date. READ: Cebuanos dominate topnotchers list of March 2026 teachers board exams He garnered a 91.10 percent rating, making him one of only two […]...Keep on…

When you walk through the crowd at the annual San Diego Comic-Con, you run into everyone: Batman, a couple of Wonder Women, the cast of Monty Python and the Holy Grail. And even Charles Dickens’ iconic literary villain, the miserly Ebenezer Scrooge. But the crowds swarming this year’s event got a little more than they bargained for when Scrooge made a surprise appearance in the middle of the city’s Gaslamp quarter, outside the hastily assembled accounting offices of Scrooge & Marley. Behind the Victorian frock coat, top hat and prosthetic makeup was none other than actor Johnny Depp, who is playing Ebenezer Scrooge in a new film adaptation of Dickens’…

The wait is finally over for Riftbound’s Vendetta booster set, as its release is now just around the corner. This will be the League of Legends TCG’s fourth big drop with pre-release events at local stores starting July 24th with the global release on July 31st. That’s right! With the game having about a year under its belt now, fans finally have a synced-up release with both English and Chinese languages for the first time. Not only is this great for the meta, but players will also have some new deck combinations to mess around with as the set introduces new legends with opposing colors or domains and, of course, new mechanics like Flow to give some…

Ahead of a showing at the San Diego Comic-Con, StarWars.com has revealed the main cast of Star Wars Zero Company, the squad tactics game by ex-Firaxis XCOM vets. The topline for big Star Wars freaks: Dee Bradley Baker and Matt Lanter will be reprising their long-running roles as clone troopers and Anakin Skywalker respectively. Baker always reminded me of the actors in Elder Scrolls games (like the inimitable Wes Johnson) in the way he elevated the high-volume job of voicing every clone trooper for like, a decade. It's something you could see becoming rote or workmanlike, but across multiple shows (most notably Dave Filoni's The Clone Wars), Baker put…

Jemele Hill came after OutKick over our scoop on ESPN host Ryan Clark's departure. Tomi Lahren answered with a blowtorch. On Thursday, Lahren appeared on both "Tomi Lahren Is Fearless" and "America Reports." Across the two appearances, she addressed two of the week's biggest sports stories: Jemele Hill's outrage over OutKick's reporting and Indiana Fever guard Sophie Cunningham doubling down Wednesday on her support for protecting women's sports from trans athletes after the WNBA media predictably lost (her) mind. Lahren started with Cunningham, praising the Fever guard for refusing to retreat from what she called a matter of common sense: "Good for…

SEOUL, July 24 (Yonhap) -- HD Korea Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering Co. (HD KSOE) said Friday it has signed an agreement with a Siemens business unit to adopt an artificial intelligence (AI) platform for shipbuilding. The agreement marks a key step in HD KSOE's efforts to develop an AI-powered shipyard and accelerate the digital transformation of the shipbuilding industry. The next-generation marine platform, jointly developed by HD KSOE and Siemens Digital Industries Software, is designed to build an autonomous manufacturing system that digitally connects the entire shipbuilding process, from vessel design and production to supply chain…

Have YOU got a story? Email tips@dailymail.com See more Daily Mail on Google - save us as a Preferred Source Kim Kardashian poked fun at her bar exam failure as she appeared in a humorous ad for her Update energy drink. The 45-year-old TV personality, who recently paid tribute to her late grandmother Mary Jo Campbell, made light of her previous failure to pass the test in a promo video shared to her Instagram page on Thursday. The reality star took the bar exam in July 2025 and publicly announced months later that she did not pass. At one point in the clip, Kardashian could be seen sitting inside a clear box at what appeared to be a museum. Some…

Collection Explore Good Food’s Essential Sydney Cafes and Bakeries 2026 Discover the full 100 list, read features on trends and return as we roll out each individual category over the coming fortnight. 3 stories Collection Discover the full 100 list, read features on trends and return as we roll out each individual category over the coming fortnight.

READ MORE: The inconsistencies that finally led to charge of French 'love rival' more than a year after murder of British expat Karen Carter in Dordogne See more Daily Mail on Google - save us as a Preferred Source The UK is enjoying a once-in-a-decade 'painted lady summer' when huge numbers of the migratory butterflies arrive and breed here, conservationists have said. Wildlife charity Butterfly Conservation is urging members of the public to count the painted ladies they see as part of its annual Big Butterfly Count, which helps experts assess how butterflies are faring each year. The charity says warm weather across Europe this spring prompted…

98.css A design system for building faithful recreations of old UIs. Intro 98.css is a CSS library for building interfaces that look like Windows 98. See more on GitHub. Hello, world! This library relies on the usage of **semantic HTML**. To make a button, you'll need to use a `<button>`. Input elements require labels. Icon buttons rely on `aria-label`. This page will guide you through that process, but accessibility is a primary goal of this project. You can override many of the styles of your elements while maintaining the appearance provided by this library. Need more padding on your buttons? Go for it. Need to add some color to your input labels?…

Social Manna Cafe$ Don’t be deceived by Sandro Puca’s youthful looks: this journeyman chef has honed his craft at key Perth establishments, including Star Anise and Rochelle Adonis’s dessert studio. But despite this high-end pedigree, Puca’s colourful Vic Park living room is pleasingly casual. Staff are genuinely happy to see you, while little details – great jam in the raspberry choccy cake; slipping edamame into the avo smash – put neat spins on brunchtime favourites. Good to know: Free sparkling water on tap? Social Manna really spoils us, you know Good Food reviews are booked anonymously and paid independently. A restaurant can’t pay for a review…

Primate Labs released Geekbench 7 today, promising benchmarks that more closely reflect how people use their devices across everyday tasks, gaming, and AI workloads. Here’s what’s new. Geekbench 7 now available When Primate Labs released Geekbench 6 in early 2023, the company said that “a lot [had] changed in the tech world in the past three years,” with AI and ML becoming “ubiquitous in general and mobile applications.” Three years later, that is even more true. From on-device AI inference and image processing to video editing and increasingly demanding games, CPU and GPU performance now matter across a wider range of everyday tasks. Today, Primate…

Codeberg, the nonprofit alternative to GitHub used by number of popular FLOSS projects, will no longer host software that’s “mostly” AI-generated. A vote closed yesterday (22 July, 2026), passing 358 to 144 with 14 abstentions on roughly 50% turnout to stop hosting software that’s largely vibe-coded. A second motion, also passed, commits Codeberg to never training AI models on hosted code or user data. Not that it was ever likely to. A Terms of Use amendment now prohibits projects that “mostly consist of code written by” generative AI tools. In a blog post, Codeberg explains the economic need for a […] You're reading Codeberg members ban hosting…

A cold Diet Coke—sometimes paired with a shot of espresso—has become one of social media’s favorite afternoon rituals. Gen Z even gave it a nickname: the “fridge cigarette.” That’s why it was so strange when Coca-Cola introduced a new font that eerily resembled an iconic one straight out of the cigarette world. “Coke and Marlboro had a baby—and it’s a font!,” one X user wrote after seeing the company’s updated typography. Others echoed the comparison, saying Coca-Cola’s refreshed typography looked strikingly similar to Marlboros, in a case of reality imitating memes. Still others wondered whether the company had unintentionally leaned into the…

Japan’s key inflation gauge picked up for the first time in three months, keeping the Bank of Japan on course for another interest-rate hike this year. The consumer price index (CPI) excluding fresh food rose 1.6% in June from a year earlier, the internal affairs ministry said Friday. The reading was in line with the median forecast in a Bloomberg survey of economists. A measure that excludes both fresh food and energy — closely watched by the BOJ as a gauge of underlying inflation — climbed 1.7%, as did the overall CPI.

US hits Singapore with 12.5% tariffs, citing failure to ban imports produced with forced labour The Ministry of Trade and Industry previously said that about one-third of Singapore's domestic exports to the US could be affected by the tariffs. SINGAPORE: The United States will impose a 12.5 per cent tariff on select Singapore goods from Friday (Jul 24), after concluding that the country does not have sufficient measures to block imports produced wholly or in part with forced labour. The move follows a US Section 301 investigation into 60 trading partners over their alleged failure to enforce bans on imports of goods produced with forced labour. The US…

The Korean government said Friday that the United States has reaffirmed its commitment to honoring the existing Seoul-Washington tariff agreement regarding newly announced Section 301 tariffs on trading partners. "We have requested that the U.S. side comply with the Korea-U.S. trade agreement," said the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Resources in a statement, referring to the tariff agreement reached last year that set reciprocal tariffs on South Korean goods at 15 percent. "The U.S. side also reaffirmed its position that the existing trade agreement must be upheld," it added. Washington announced overnight a set of new forced-labor tariffs on…

The Nikkei was down 2.69% at 64,634.04 as of 0112 GMT, while the broader Topix slipped 1.28% to 4,002.09. The Nikkei has lost more than 7% so far this month, tumbling into correction territory last week. Its moves have been heavily affected by the tech-heavy South Korean benchmark KOSPI and the U.S. Philadelphia semiconductor index. Shares of Alphabet sank 7% overnight after the company reported higher spending plans while it also burned cash. Wall Street indexes closed lower, with the Nasdaq shedding more than 2%. Concerns resurfaced over whether heavy spending on AI infrastructure is sustainable after Alphabet shares fell sharply overnight, said…

ILOILO CITY – Not all households listed in the Community-Based Monitoring System (CBMS) qualify for the UPLIFT cash aid or the Unified Package for Livelihoods, Industry, Food and Transport (UPLIFT) program, the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) clarified Thursday. Speaking at a press conference, PSA Western Visayas Regional Director Nelida Amolar said CBMS data undergo processing and […]...Keep on reading: UPLIFT cash aid: Not all CBMS-listed households qualify says PSA

SEOUL, July 24 (Yonhap) -- President Lee Jae Myung's approval rating edged down to 51 percent this week, a poll showed Friday, marking its third straight weekly decline. In a survey conducted by Gallup Korea from Tuesday through Thursday on 1,003 people aged 18 and older, 51 percent positively assessed Lee's management of state affairs, down 1 percentage point from a week earlier. The figure marked the third consecutive weekly decline from 54 percent recorded in the poll released July 3. Thirty-eight percent of the respondents disapproved of Lee's performance, up 1 percentage point from the previous week. Diplomacy was cited most frequently as the…

The global economy is not living rent-free in the mind of Donald Trump. It is costing the world a fortune, and Trump is finding new ways to increase the price that is being borne not only by US consumers but everyone from Australian manufacturers to Indian rice farmers. That he slapped 12.5 per cent tariffs on 60 nations, which account for about 99 per cent of US imports, at the same time as his efforts to prosecute a war in the Middle East drove oil prices beyond $US100 ($140) a barrel speaks to the unhinged approach of Trump to his economy and to economic policy in general. He also did it on the same day that investors cast a more critical eye…

Palermo Dining Italian$$ A couple of years ago, post-COVID, several food wonks began predicting the death of the middle-tier restaurant. I might have been one of them. Operating costs are soaring; diners have a threshold on how much they want to spend on pasta, a roast chicken or half a duck. Soon, there will only be large-scale restaurants with risk-managed concepts and deep pockets, or shoestring-budget joints where the owner-chef also works the floor. In Penrith, the future is now. Mulgoa Road is dominated by Panthers Leagues and its satellite moons such as Outback Steakhouse and Rashays. On a recent Saturday night, the oversized Italian Street…

The Trump administration will impose tariffs of around 10 percent on goods from more than 80 countries on Friday, its latest effort to put in place an expansive protectionist policy that has been repeatedly challenged in court. The tariffs will range from 10 percent to 12.5 percent and take effect at 12:01 a.m. on Friday, replacing a global 10 percent duty set to lapse at the same time. Mr. Trump issued that earlier tariff in February, after the Supreme Court struck down duties he imposed last year. The move provides fresh evidence of Mr. Trump’s intention to transform global trade, despite numerous court challenges and the protests of U.S. consumers…

Just before a temporary levy on global imports was set to expire, the Trump administration issued a fresh wave of tariffs on more than 80 countries late on Thursday, ranging from 10% to 12.5%. The new tariffs take effect Friday morning. It’s Donald Trump’s latest effort to continue imposing global levies without congressional approval, despite the supreme court ruling in February that found the US president had illegally used his executive power to implement his global trade policies. Trump has long maintained that the US has been paying more than its fair share in tariffs, and that increased duties are necessary to boost American manufacturing and…

• Says armed forces vigilant about situation in Bab el-Mandab; will give swift response if Islamabad’s assets come under attack• PM reassures Saudi crown prince of full support, condemns Yemeni rebels’ attacks on oil tankers• Dar meets Omani FM on sidelines of Asean moot; FO says efforts on to secure de-escalation ISLAMABAD: Pakistan on Thursday doubled down on its warning to Yemen’s Houthi rebels, describing any attack on its maritime interests as a “red line” and declaring that such a strike would be treated as an attack on the country, while simultaneously reassuring Saudi Arabia of its support and pledging to work with Riyadh to ensure the…

By Park Boram SEOUL, July 24 (Yonhap) -- President Lee Jae Myung will dispatch a presidential delegation to the inauguration of Peru's President-elect Keiko Fujimori, the South Korean president's office said Friday. Fujimori is set to take office at a ceremony in Lima on Tuesday. Led by Rep. Min Hong-chul of the ruling Democratic Party (DP), who heads the South Korea-Peru parliamentary friendship association, the special delegation will also include Rep. Kang Min-kuk of the main opposition People Power Party and another ruling party lawmaker Lee Ki-heon, presidential spokesperson Kang Yu-jung said. The delegation will deliver Lee's personal letter to…

Students from Kolkata, mostly from universities in and around the city, held protests on Thursday (July 23, 2026) in solidarity with the students demonstrating at Delhi’s Jantar Mantar demanding the resignation of Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan over the NEET-UG paper leak. A group of students from Aliah University on Thursday took out a march from their Park Circus campus against the police brutality on students during the recent demonstrations at Delhi’s Jantar Mantar on Monday (July 20, 2026) “We are standing with the protesting students in Delhi. This is absolutely not acceptable how the police launched a crackdown on these protesters.…

Three months after political strategist Ryan Coetzee played a key role in the DAâs GNU negotiations, the party entered into a confidential agreement with the Dubai-based private advisory firm he led to manage virtually every part of the DAâs operation inside the GNU. Over the June/July 2024 period when the GNU was being negotiated, and for at least six months afterwards, Coetzee was the CEO of Consulum: a firm described by PR Week in 2015 as a âBell Pottinger spin-offâ due to its founding by former Bell Pottinger International chairman Tim Ryan and former director of Bell Pottinger Middle East Gunther Bushell. The Guardian reported in 2018 that…

SEOUL, July 24 (Yonhap) -- The South Korean government said Friday that the United States has reaffirmed its commitment to honoring the existing Seoul-Washington tariff agreement regarding newly announced Section 301 tariffs on trading partners. "We have requested that the U.S. side comply with the Korea-U.S. trade agreement," said the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Resources in a statement, referring to the tariff agreement reached last year that set reciprocal tariffs on South Korean goods at 15 percent. "The U.S. side also reaffirmed its position that the existing trade agreement must be upheld," it added. Washington announced overnight a set of…

A United States appeals court has rejected immigration authorities’ push to re-detain a Georgetown University scholar, who is facing deportation for his activism against Israel’s genocidal war on Gaza. In a 2-1 decision, the Virginia-based US Circuit Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit ruled that federal immigration law did not bar a lower court judge from ordering Badar Khan Suri to be released. Recommended Stories list of 4 items- list 1 of 4Election wins prove pro-Palestine US campus protests didn’t fail: Activists - list 2 of 4Mahmoud Khalil alleges conspiracy in lawsuit against Trump officials - list 3 of 4US judge orders release of…

‘I’ve never seen this many young people out on the streets,’ says Hannah Ellis-Petersen. For days, tens of thousands of Indians have been marching under the banner of the Cockroach Janta party. The Guardian’s south Asia correspondent tells Helen Pidd the protesters are reclaiming a slur after India’s chief justice reportedly referred to unemployed young people as ‘cockroaches’ and ‘parasites’. Their anger erupted after leaks of exam papers forced millions of students to resit tests. The scandals have also been linked to dozens of suicides in recent years. Since then, the movement has gathered momentum, with protests against corruption and…

BERLIN — A key ally of Friedrich Merz has ignited a major political debate by suggesting the chancellor’s centrist conservatives should break a taboo and cooperate with the country’s most popular party: the far-right Alternative for Germany. Michael Kretschmer, premier of the eastern state of Saxony and a member of the chancellor’s center-right Christian Democratic Union, is challenging Merz’s insistence on keeping the country’s firewall against the surging AfD ahead of crucial elections in September that could put the far-right party in charge of a region for the first time. “Anyone who still talks about firewalls hasn’t recognized the signs of the…

He’s the seventh British prime minister to walk through the famous black door of Number 10 Downing Street since the Brexit vote 10 years ago. Can Andy Burnham refresh relations with Europe and rescue a reset with Brussels that feels like it has been kicked into the long grass? Host Anne McElvoy talks to two guests who know the knotty relationship between Britain and the European Union. Sylvie Boulard was France’s defense minister in 2017. She was previously an MEP who joined Emmanuel Macron’s En Marche party and advised him on the fallout from Brexit. Sir Simon Fraser led Britain’s Foreign Office between 2010 and 2015. He knows his way around…

Indian activist Wangchuk ends 26-day hunger strike as ‘Cockroach’ protesters vow to press on Indian activist Wangchuk ends 26-day hunger strike as ‘Cockroach’ protesters vow to press on NEW DELHI (AP) — Indian activist Sonam Wangchuk ended a 26-day hunger strike on Friday that helped galvanize a youth movement that’s become one of India’s largest protests in recent years, but demonstrators vowed to continue until the education minister resigns. Wangchuk’s fast became a rallying point for India’s “Cockroach” protests, which began more than a month ago demanding education reforms after alleged leaks in some of the country’s most competitive entrance…

By Yoo Jee-ho SEOUL, July 24 (Yonhap) -- The national Olympic committee said Friday it will pursue legal action against protesters and the top election body over damage incurred during the ongoing ballot-shortage controversy. The Korean Sport & Olympic Committee (KSOC) said it will once again attempt to send nine of its member associations back to their offices inside Olympic Park Handball Gymnasium in southern Seoul next week. The stadium served as a ballot counting site for the June 3 local elections. When ballot shortages temporarily suspended voting at several polling stations, protesters showed up on June 5 to block access to the gym, claiming…

Orcieres-Merlette, France – Ecuadorian Richard Carapaz said he would now target the King of the Mountains polka-dot jersey after claiming victory on the 18th stage of the Tour de France on Thursday. Carapaz surged clear of his five breakaway companions with just over 3 kilometers remaining in the 185.2-km stage from Voiron to Orcieres-Merlette in the Alps. The points he gained on the line saw him move to just seven behind overall race leader Tadej Pogacar in the King of the Mountains competition. Two years ago, the 33-year-old won both a stage and the mountains jersey. Now, he wants to emulate that feat, although he admitted it would be a tough ask…

The players race across the football field on crutches. One plants his crutches, swings his remaining leg and strikes the ball with all his strength. The goalkeeper leaps, stretching out his one arm, but the ball curves beyond his reach and into the net, tracing an arc that would be difficult to replicate even on two legs. In footage provided by the Palestine Amputee Football Association (PAFA), footballers in Gaza embodied the conviction that “life is stronger than death,” refusing to let their physical disabilities keep them off the pitch. War-wounded footballers As the 2026 World Cup unfolded across North America, airstrikes continued to ravage the…

There were mix results for the Pacific contingents of the first day of competition as the 2026 Commonwealth Games got underway in Glasgow, Scotland, early on Friday morning. Bowling rolled off hours before His Majesty King Charles III officially declared the 23rd Games open inside the OVO Hydro, the first time in the history of the Commonwealth Games that an opening ceremony was staged entirely within an indoor arena. The opening matches saw the Pacific Island bowlers losing their first round games, but there victories also. Tonga's Liam Hill lost 2-0 to New Zealand's Shannon McIlroy, losing 10-2 in the first set and 15-3 in the second, in the men's…

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One of the greatest heavyweights of his era, Anthony Joshua returns to the ring when he faces Kristian Prenga. The main event is designed to be a tune-up for Joshua's seemingly inevitable meeting with Tyson Fury later in the year. However, the rest of the card is strong. Jeddah in Saudi Arabia is getting a great card — at least on paper. Let's talk boxing. Key Facts at a Glance Event: Anthony Joshua vs. Kristian Prenga, "The Comeback" Date: Saturday, July 25, 2026 Location: Jeddah Superdome, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia Main event: Anthony Joshua (29-4, 26 KOs) vs. Kristian Prenga (20-1, 20 KOs), heavyweight Broadcast: DAZN pay-per-view ($59.99 U.S. / £19.99…

Panthers champion Nathan Cleary has provided a huge update on his playing future, all but ruling out a potential move to the New Zealand Warriors because of fears he could block the path of his little brother, Jett. What Cleary does beyond the 2027 season – and even if he is prepared to head to the open market on November 1 – has become one of rugby league’s biggest storylines. The Warriors, where Cleary’s father Ivan coached and played, has been one rival club regularly linked to the halfback, along with the cashed-up PNG Chiefs and their tax exemptions. Cleary said he had used the past few weeks to settle back into club life at Penrith after leading…

In short: Australian swimmers can pocket $20,000 for winning gold at the Commonwealth Games thanks to Gina Rinehart. A report has suggested that swimmers have been told not to thank Ms Rinehart if they win a medal. What's next? The Commonwealth Games swimming events get underway tonight. ABC Sport will be live blogging the entire program. Freestyle king Kyle Chalmers has welcomed potential windfalls for Australia's Commonwealth Games swimmers after Gina Rinehart offered up cash bonuses for medals and world records. Amid a spate of high-profile athlete withdrawals from Glasgow 2026, Dolphins squad members have been given a significant incentive to take…

LeBron James made it clear last month that retirement was not yet in his plans. The four-time NBA MVP said he plans to keep playing in 2026-27, but not with the Los Angeles Lakers. Sixteen years ago, James placed his free agency at the center of a nationally televised spectacle. "The Decision," a special tied to his work with the Boys & Girls Clubs of America, ended with James revealing he would leave the Cleveland Cavaliers for the Miami Heat. James left Miami in 2014 to return to his home state of Ohio, where he ultimately delivered the Cavaliers their first NBA title in 2016. He changed teams again in 2018, joining the Lakers. CLICK HERE FOR MORE…

Mitch Brown – the AFL’s first openly bisexual male footballer – has slammed Adelaide coach Matthew Nicks’ response to Crows fans’ booing of Isaac Quaynor as “horrible leadership”. Playing his 150th game, Quaynor was jeered by large sections of the 50,109-strong crowd at Adelaide Oval on Thursday night for each of his 20 disposals as Collingwood turned a 27-point first-half deficit into a 34-point win. Crows supporters also targeted Quaynor in last year’s qualifying final, a fortnight after he was the victim of a homophobic slur from Adelaide star Izak Rankine. Speaking on ABC radio on Friday morning, Brown described the booing as a version of…

The Binibining Pilipinas pageant has been crowing winners who have become instant millionaires for the past three editions of the national competition, with the two main winners every year getting P1 million each. Baguio City’s Gwendoline Meliz Soriano and Tarlac’s Sasha-Juli Belle Lacuna were crowned Bb. Pilipinas International and Bb. Pilipinas Globe, respectively, at the recent competition held on July 18, becoming the third set of queens to win the hefty prize package. The practice started in 2024 when Bb. Pilipinas celebrated its 60th anniversary. Myrna Esguerra and Jasmin Bungay were the first to enjoy the million-peso prize money. The…

MANDAUE CITY, Cebu – A 20-year-old computer science student impressed the judges with her wit, poise, and confidence to capture the Miss Badian 2026 crown on Thursday evening. Nadine Faith McCoy took home P100,000 in cash and was awarded the ruby-encrusted crown specially designed by the Municipality of Badian for its tourism ambassadress. McCoy, a […]...Keep on reading: Miss Badian 2026: Computer Science student crowned new queen

READ MORE: Hot snaps of Nicole Kidman getting affectionate with businessman Have YOU got a story? Email tips@dailymail.com See more Daily Mail on Google - save us as a Preferred Source Reese Witherspoon broke down in tears after learning that The Morning Show is officially coming to an end. Witherspoon, 50, and her co-star Jennifer Aniston, 57, shared touching posts within hours of the announcement by Apple TV+ that the series would end after season five. The fifth and final season, which wrapped filming on Wednesday night, will premiere in 2027 and reunite Aniston and Witherspoon with co-stars Mark Duplass, Billy Crudup, Nestor Carbonell, Karen…

Adarsh Baal Vidyalaya, which is located in a Delhi exurb and can be reached after taking “the left from the gutter”, is struggling to live up to its name. Unruly students, frustrated teachers, substandard results, poor facilities and a principal so laidback he’s almost recumbent – ABV is anything but ideal. An education department official offers an incentive. If the headmaster Gyanendra (Kay Kay Menon) can galvanise his staff and students into transforming the institution into one of the 10 schools in Delhi with the best tenth standard exam results, Gyanendra will be sent to the United Kingdom for a training programme. Gyanendra is willing –…

Movie Review: In ’72 Hours,’ the bachelor party has an unlikely plus-one Movie Review: In ’72 Hours,’ the bachelor party has an unlikely plus-one As a movie about getting older and still having to cater to younger demographics, the Kevin Hart comedy “72 Hours” has a meta synergy to it. Hart plays a successful New York ad executive named Joe whose campaign ideas have turned dated. His bosses no longer think he can connect with Gen Z. To reacquaint himself with youth culture, Joe joins a bachelor party in Miami despite the most tenuous of connections: He was accidentally copied into a group text thread with four 20-somethings. “72 Hours,” streaming…

Have YOU got a story? Email tips@dailymail.com See more Daily Mail on Google - save us as a Preferred Source Chace Crawford and Kelsey Merritt have called it quits on their romance. The Gossip Girl heartthrob, 41, and the Victoria's Secret model, 29, have parted ways after more than a year of dating, according to TMZ. Their split was amicable and they remain friends, sources told the outlet. The duo, who were last seen in April, were first romantically linked in November 2024 but did not make things Instagram official until July 2025. The Daily Mail has reached out to Crawford and Merritt's representatives for comment. Last year, Crawford couldn't…

A weekend away in a beautiful rural retreat with your oldest friends and their respective partners: it sounds like the makings of a great time. But in The Birthday Trip, the debut feature from writer-director-cinematographer James Robert Woods, it makes for a well-lubricated descent into the hell that is other people. And with its tightly framed handheld camera, spiky dialogue and prickly performances, the movie positively ripples with a sense of veracity. Woods, you sense, knows these people. “It was born of years and years of pent-up observations,” he says of the film he has self-financed with his wife and fellow filmmaker, Stephanie Day, through…

Padmakumar Narasimhamurthy’s quirkily titled Max, Min & Meowzaki weaves together a break-up, a breakdown and a breakthrough. The mostly English-language film follows three generations of the Mahadevan family: the singer Max (Siddharth Menon), his father Ramesh (Adil Hussain) and grandfather Sridhar (Nasser). Although Max has split up with his live-in girlfriend Min (Medha Shankr), he still has Meowzaki, Min’s black-and-white cat that’s named after the legendary Japanese animation director Hayao Miyazaki. Narasimhamurthy’s screenplay too tries to mimic the unhurried rhythms, profound wisdom and heavy presence of cats in Miyazaki’s films. Max’s attempts…

READ MORE: Hot snaps of Nicole Kidman getting affectionate with businessman Have YOU got a story? Email tips@dailymail.com See more Daily Mail on Google - save us as a Preferred Source Matthew McConaughey teasingly gave credence to the rumors that his bromance with Woody Harrelson may be genetic. The Oscar-winning actor, 56, shared a very telling Instagram post in celebration of the Cheers star's 65th birthday on Thursday. 'from another mother? Happy birthday brother [sic],' McConaughey captioned an older photo of the close friends and co-stars embracing. It's no coincidence that they're starring in a new comedy for Apple TV+ called Brothers, in which…

Any time Brad Bird releases a new movie, we take notice. After making films like The Iron Giant, Ratatouille, and The Incredibles, he deserves at least that. But when that new movie is an idea Bird has been thinking about for decades, about a private detective in a futuristic landscape with an alien sidekick, we don’t just take notice. We bustle with excitement. That movie is called Ray Gunn, and after years of stops, starts, and delays, it’s finally coming from Netflix on December 18. Bird discussed the film in a Hall H panel at San Diego Comic-Con, with the highlight being a screening of the film’s first seven minutes. And even in those first seven…

Fans are beaming with excitement amid hints that Kris Aquino’s return to the limelight could happen soon. While the Queen of All Media’s recent public appearances have already sparked speculations of her comeback to the entertainment scene, a post by her makeup artist RB Chanco further fueled anticipation. Chanco, via her Instagram Stories on Wednesday, July 22, shared a photo taken from what appears to be a studio with a production set that resembles a living room. “The Real Queen we’ve all been waiting for. Coming soon,” she captioned her post. She also added in the caption the letter “K,” […]...Keep on reading: Kris Aquino’s makeup artist teases…

See more Daily Mail on Google - save us as a Preferred Source CHARLI XCX: Music, Fashion, Film (Atlantic) Verdict: Candid, catchy, confident Rating: Four stars out of five As a party-girl record built around dance beats and vibrant lime-green artwork, Charli XCX's 2024 album, Brat, turned the Essex-raised singer from someone who was, in her own words, 'famous, but not quite' into a bona fide superstar. It sparked the 'Brat summer' and turned Charli into a bill-topper on Glastonbury's Other Stage. And its bold cover art became a viral sensation. After declaring the Brat summer over, the 33-year-old born Charlotte Aitchison initially pivoted to film,…

Have YOU got a story? Email tips@dailymail.co.uk See more Daily Mail on Google - save us as a Preferred Source Denise Welch has revealed the stunning outfit she wore for her son Matty Healy's wedding to Gabbriette Bechtel at their glamorous Hollywood ceremony on Saturday. The Loose Women panellist, 68, shared a look at her mother-of-the-groom gown with her fans on Instagram on Thursday, days after the celebration took place. Denise cut a jaw-dropping figure in an off-the-shoulder satin dusty pink dress with dramatic puff sleeves, accessorised with silver jewellery. The British actress posed up a storm for a series of snaps after having her hair and…

WestJet allowing passengers to change or cancel certain flights due to threat of strike Flights between July 30 and Aug. 4 can be modified WestJet is giving passengers with flights scheduled from July 30 to Aug. 4 the opportunity to make a one-time change or cancellation to their bookings with no fee. The Calgary-based airline says the policy is meant to "provide guests with greater flexibility and confidence in their upcoming travel plans" in light of the ongoing labour dispute with flight attendants. Earlier this month, WestJet flight attendants voted 99.4 per cent in favour of a strike. That means about 4,400 union members represented by CUPE Local…

Montreal’s music community is mourning the loss of jazz icon Oliver Jones, who has died at the age of 91. The acclaimed pianist, whose career spanned decades and earned him some of Canada’s highest musical honours, is being remembered not only for his extraordinary talent, but also for his generosity, humility and commitment to mentoring future generations of musicians. Born in 1934 and raised in Montreal’s Little Burgundy, Jones grew up in what was then known as the “Harlem of the North,” a thriving Black community with a vibrant music scene. He began playing piano at the age of five and was taught by legendary music educator Daisy Sweeney, the…

Published Charli XCX was supposed to be taking a break. Her sixth album, Brat, was the sort of record you could genuinely call era-defining, without being accused of overstating its significance. Experimental but accessible songs like Guess, Apple and 360 propelled the star to new heights of fame. Her album was co-opted into Kamala Harris's 2024 presidential campaign, and Collins English Dictionary updated its definition of Brat, to acknowledge its use as an adjective characterising the music's "confident, independent, and hedonistic attitude". After a punishing year-long tour, the singer accepted a few acting roles, wrote the soundtrack to Emerald…

See more Daily Mail on Google - save us as a Preferred Source Margot Robbie is thought to have made $50million from her starring role in the Barbie movie – and now she's snapped up her own 'Dreamhouse'. The actress has splashed out on a $28million (£20.8million) home close to where she grew up in Australia. She has been revealed as the buyer of Redwood, an opulent six-bedroom ranch in Currumbin Valley on the Gold Coast in Queensland. Barbie fans will no doubt say the property, with its sleek modern design, balconies and abundance of glass is just the sort of property their heroine would choose. Property records show the sale was completed in June last…

A song by Quebec rock band Angine de Poitrine has been featured in an NFL social media campaign, exposing the group’s music to the league’s millions of followers ahead of the upcoming season. The Saguenay, Que., duo’s song Fabienk was featured in an NFL TikTok video posted Tuesday to mark 50 days until kickoff. The video shows several players dancing, including quarterbacks Jaxson Dart and Brock Purdy, along with Lions receiver Amon-Ra St. Brown. “Hang in there, we’re almost back,” the NFL wrote on the post. Get daily National news Earlier this month the viral band, who claim to be 333-year-old aliens, opened up for Jack White at RBC Amphitheatre in…

Music Review: Charli xcx remains one of pop’s great contrarians on ‘Music, Fashion, Film’ NEW YORK (AP) — When Charli xcx released the barely two-minute, glitched-out “Rock Music,” the first single from “Music, Fashion, Film,” she was almost immediately labeled a provocateur. The song, with its hyperpop affectations and cheeky, lyrical dedication to craft — “I think the dance floor is dead/So now we’re making rock music” — confused and confounded. Was she trolling? Was she being sincere? Was the entire record going to be made up of power chords? Was “BRAT,” her zeitgeist-shifting 2024 electro album, worthy of total rejection? No answers can be found…

Listen up, music fans: the best streaming service in the world* just got even better. I'm talking, of course, about Qobuz — the French streamer that we consider to be the best music streaming service for high-res audio and which has just rolled out a bunch of updates that fix some of its biggest problems. And, to be clear, it did have a few. While Qobuz is without question the best music streamer if you care more about audio quality than anything else (and are you really a music lover if you don't?), it has traditionally lagged behind the likes of Spotify when it comes to user experience and features. This update brings a bunch of nice quality-of-life…

GUWAHATI A Sikkim-based environmental group has announced a four-day foot march to draw attention to the need to protect the Teesta River from the adverse impact of a series of hydropower projects. The ‘Teesta Rights’ march by members of the Affected Citizens of Teesta (ACT) follows the July 20 disaster in a head race tunnel of an NHPC hydropower project in Sikkim’s Namchi district. The ACT’s Gyatso Lepcha told journalists in Gangtok on Thursday (July 23, 2026) that one of the key demands of the organisation is a fresh Environmental Impact Assessment and a Social Impact Assessment for all hydropower projects in the Teesta basin, including the NHPC’s…

READ MORE: Pub giveaway 'is just beer money in face of £9billion rates rise' See more Daily Mail on Google - save us as a Preferred Source Kemi Badenoch has warned that 'taxes are coming' – as she predicted Andy Burnham could become Labour's Liz Truss. In a speech in London, Mrs Badenoch urged the new prime minister to rule out new taxes, saying he should cut the benefits bill instead of piling more costs on business and workers. But she warned that his lavish promises make tax rises inevitable. And she predicted that his habit of announcing unfunded pledges could lead to a repeat of Liz Truss's dramatic downfall in 2022. 'Four years ago, a Prime…

In the reasonably thick file of Shit Things I Have Done, a podium finish goes to my parenting of our eldest when he started school. There, he was a representation of my mothering skills and thus had to be excellent. The pressure. Not on me. I was sitting pretty, organising extracurriculars. But poor Jack. In prep he was advanced at maths and reading with the grade fives and scraping away at the violin to satisfy my need for reflected glory. Everyone was exhausted, and the pursuits I pushed meant Jack took longer to find out Rubik’s Cube was his thing. Which brings me to Prince George, who just turned 13 and will soon head off to board at Eton. Big…

Thick wildfire smoke shrouded Kelowna, B.C., on Thursday, obscuring the city’s signature lake views, disrupting tourism and prompting public health officials to urge residents to limit their exposure. What is typically a postcard-worthy view of Okanagan Lake was barely visible as smoke settled over Kelowna and surrounding communities. “It’s awful, I can’t see anything,” said Gina Hill, who is visiting from Ontario. The smoky skies were a dramatic contrast to the much clearer conditions seen just 24 hours earlier. “I wasn’t really expecting this this fast, though, because yesterday I had a couple friends here and they said it was pretty nice,” said…

Standing in his eight-acre rainfed farm in Aroor village of Sangareddy district in mid-July, P. Narasimhulu gently pulls out a black gram sapling from the parched soil. The frail plant barely reaches his ankle. Raising his hand nearly three feet above it, he says, “By now, it should have been this tall.” Last monsoon, excess rain had washed away nearly ₹3 lakh that the 40-year-old tenant farmer had invested in his cotton crop. This year, it is the absence of rain that threatens to leave him counting losses again. “I have spent around ₹60,000 for ploughing and ₹40,000 to sow black gram and redgram (kandi pappu) in eight acres this Vanakalam (rainy)…

In Kherda village of Maharashtra’s Dharashiv district in the Marathwada region, Manisha Jadhav limps into a low-ceiling meeting hall that can barely accommodate 20 people. She favours the leg she injured while working in her soya bean field a few days earlier. Her eyes drift towards the banyan tree near the entrance. Its trunk is wrapped in layers of white threads tied by married women during the Vat Savitri (Vat Pournima) festival, seeking blessings for an enduring marriage across seven lifetimes. Before joining the other women waiting on the veranda, Manisha walks to the tree and gently runs her fingers over one of the threads. “Baghat hote ajun…

I first encountered the name “Emman Lacaba” in my Humanities classes during my freshman year at the University of the Philippines in Diliman. Lacaba (December 10, 1948 – March 18, 1976) is often referred to as the “poet warrior” of the Philippines, with a long list of “job descriptions”: a Filipino activist writer, poet, essayist, playwright, short story writer, scriptwriter, songwriter, magazine illustrator, a stage actor, and a production hand. He is perhaps the first nationally known creative writer who joined the armed struggle against the Marcos dictatorship. He famously traded city life to immerse himself in the grassroots labor […]...Keep on…

Relentless summer rainfalls has led to two rural counties to declare a state of agricultural disaster north of Edmonton. Farms in Westlock and Thorhild counties have been drenched by precipitation, leading local politicians to make the calls last week. The DeWindt family has been farming near the hamlet of Thorhild for decades and the man at the helm can’t recall a summer as wet as this. “Once that ground is saturated, it’s like a sponge — you just can’t rid of it,” Harry DeWindt said. “It’s draining, but it’s so wet… it’s just unreal.” Thorhild County declared a state of agricultural disaster on July 17 because of record rainfall in June and a series…

Passenger numbers in the Arctic have jumped in double-digit percentages in the last couple of years and, according to an Expedition Cruise Network survey, the Arctic and Antarctic have led the increased demand among all expedition destinations in 2025. The boom is reflective of a wider travel trend towards more remote places and increasing cruise interest from younger generations, but has also been fuelled by media attention directed at Arctic destinations such as Greenland. New regulations introduced in 2025 aimed at protecting the Arctic’s fragile environment and wildlife reflect growing pressure from cruise ships. Svalbard limited access to ships…

See more Daily Mail on Google - save us as a Preferred Source A toddler has died after reportedly being left inside a nursery minibus in Portugal for an estimated seven hours in scorching temperatures. The 18-month-old girl is said to have been 'forgotten' inside the vehicle in Almada with desperate attempts to revive her by emergency medical responders proving unsuccessful. The child's grandmother told a local paper that the tot, who has so far been identified only by her first name of Sofia, was handed over at around 8am on Thursday to a worker who was supposed to take her to daycare. The alarm was sounded after the toddler's mum went to pick her up…

CHUNGJU — A court on Friday sentenced the owner of a guesthouse in the central city of Chungju to a fine of 3 million won ($2,049) for a pet peacock's attack on a visitor last year. The Chungju branch of the Cheongju District Court convicted the guesthouse owner of failing to properly manage the peacock, which attacked a 6-year-old boy in the face in August 2025, causing injuries that required two weeks of treatment. The 58-year-old defendant claimed there must have been some provocation, citing the gentle nature of peacocks. The court, however, said the defendant failed to fulfill the duty to protect guests from the facility's pet animals through…

The son of a man allegedly murdered by a US-based hitman is on the run after escaping police custody in Tonga. RNZ earlier revealed Tanginoa Pahulu Tangi is believed to have been sent to New Zealand by an organised criminal group based in the US to carry out a killing. He is jointly charged with two others of killing Tuipulotu Vi in August 2024. Vi was not involved in the drug world. The homicide investigation, dubbed Operation Block, is linked to Operation Mexted, a joint investigation by the National Organised Crime Group (NOCG) and Customs, which targeted a transnational organised criminal cell. In January 2024, Customs intercepted a consignment…

Former tertiary education staff pleads not guilty to sexual violence charges A former tertiary education employee has pleaded not guilty to sexual violence charges. The man was given interim name suppression when he appeared at the Manukau District Court on Friday. He is facing four charges - assault, indecent assault, and two counts of sexual violation. His lawyer entered not guilty pleas on his behalf and said his client has elected a trial by jury. Judge Luke Radich continued the man's bail and scheduled a case review hearing date in October.

ICYMI: Sara Duterte impeachment trial Week 3 highlights MANILA, Philippines – The impeachment court this week granted the prosecution’s request to subpoena Vice President Sara Duterte’s bank, tax, and Anti-Money Laundering Council records while the House prosecution panel concluded its presentation of evidence on Article IV involving alleged grave threats. The week also saw the prosecution’s final witness testify that Duterte’s controversial remarks against President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. and other officials constitute an active assassination plot, while lawmakers rejected the Office of the Vice President’s request for the Senate to shoulder the…

A special counsel team on Friday requested a five-year prison term for former President Yoon Suk Yeol on charges of helping a former defense minister evade a criminal investigation by appointing him as ambassador to Australia in 2023. Special counsel Lee Myeong-hyeon's team requested the sentence during the final hearing of Yoon's trial at the Seoul Central District Court on charges of aiding a criminal's flight and abuse of power. The former president is accused of appointing former Defense Minister Lee Jong-sup as ambassador to Australia in November 2023 to help him evade an investigation into the alleged cover-up of a Marine's death earlier that…

SEOUL, July 24 (Yonhap) -- A special counsel team on Friday requested a five-year prison term for former President Yoon Suk Yeol on charges of helping a former defense minister evade a criminal investigation by appointing him as ambassador to Australia in 2023. Special counsel Lee Myeong-hyeon's team requested the sentence during the final hearing of Yoon's trial at the Seoul Central District Court on charges of aiding a criminal's flight and abuse of power. The former president is accused of appointing former Defense Minister Lee Jong-sup as ambassador to Australia in November 2023 to help him evade an investigation into the alleged cover-up of a…

Daniel Toutounji, a senior member of the Comanchero outlaw motorcycle gang, has been arrested on drug supply and proceeds of crime offences more than eight years after leaving Australia. Officers from NSW Police’s anti-bikie Raptor Squad and the Australian Border Force swooped on Toutounji at Sydney Airport on Friday morning. He has been wanted since 2018, when police allegedly found cocaine and several firearms during a search of his Sydney home. The 37-year-old left Australia around the same time and is believed to have been living between Eastern Europe and the Middle East since. At the time, Toutounji was alleged to be a senior member of the…

A man was arrested Thursday after police said he stabbed two men in separate, nonfatal attacks on Manhattan's Upper West Side that the New York Police Department is investigating as possible hate crimes. Raul Morales, 51, allegedly stabbed an Asian man and a Jewish man and yelled the Arabic phrase “Allahu Akbar” during both attacks, witnesses told the police department. The department was working to determine a motive, Commissioner Jessica Tisch said. There wasn't immediately any known link between Morales and the victims, and the initial investigation suggested that mental health may have been a factor in the attacks, Tisch said. Morales remained in…

From prison fears to fireworks, Chinese pastor recounts sudden release after Trump’s intervention From prison fears to fireworks, Chinese pastor recounts sudden release after Trump’s intervention WASHINGTON (AP) — Ezra Jin Mingri was inside a detention center in southern China on the morning of July 3, worrying that he would likely spend at least 15 years behind bars. The 57-year-old Chinese Christian pastor had even previously wondered whether he would live to see freedom again. In the span of 24 hours, Jin was 15 time zones away, digging into an In-N-Out hamburger in Los Angeles and watching fireworks with his family on the eve of Independence Day,…

A man charged by Toronto Police with a terrorism offence over his alleged conduct at pro-Palestinian rallies has previously been at the centre of the debate around acceptable expression at protests, after a photograph of him from two years ago prompted criticism from federal politicians – and led to multiple libel lawsuits. Ahmad Hassan Hajahmad, 33, was arrested Tuesday and charged with participating in or contributing to the activities of Hamas, in what is believed to be a potentially groundbreaking use of Canada’s Anti-Terrorism Act. Toronto Police said they gathered evidence after his appearances at two demonstrations in May and September of 2024…

MANILA, Philippines — The Philippine peso sank to a fresh record low on Friday as investors flocked to the US dollar after oil prices rebounded above $100 a barrel on renewed Middle East tensions, fueling fears of another inflation shock. The peso opened at 61.80 to the dollar before weakening to an intraday low of 61.845, eclipsing Wednesday’s record low of 61.75. READ: Jordan caught in widening US-Iran conflict The dollar strengthened broadly as rising US Treasury yields and surging crude prices reinforced expectations that inflation could remain elevated, Reuters reported. Investors also weighed the prospect of renewed trade tensions, […]...Keep on…

ChangXin Memory Technologies' massive listing is stoking fears that its market debut could pull cash from Chinese equities, as investors raise funds to get a piece of the country's largest memory chipmaker. The Shanghai STAR Market listing, expected on July 27, has become the latest focus for investors after Chinese technology shares pulled back in recent sessions. CXMT raised $8.6 billion in Asia's largest IPO so far this year. Tim Sun, senior researcher at financial services firm HashKey Group, said the IPO is reinforcing worries over a liquidity squeeze because investors expect CXMT's valuation to rapidly exceed 1 trillion yuan ($139 billion) after…

WASHINGTON — The United States has kept South Korea and nine other economies on its watch list of countries to monitor for their foreign exchange policies, a Treasury Department report showed Thursday. The department's semiannual "Report to Congress on Macroeconomic and Foreign Exchange Policies of Major Trading Partners of the United States" showed the latest monitoring list comprising South Korea, China, Japan, Taiwan, Thailand, Singapore, Vietnam, Germany, Ireland and Switzerland. All 10 countries were on the list in the previous report released in January. South Korea was excluded from the list in November 2023 for the first time since April 2016…

PIC Chair David Masondo announced in a late statement on Thursday that he has stepped down as chair of the embattled Public Investment Corporation (PIC). Addressing a town hall meeting a week ago, on 16 July, Masondo sought to reassure employees that the entity remained operationally stable amid a governance crisis. Thursday nightâs PIC statement from Masondo said that, âAfter careful reflection, I have decided to resign as Chairperson of the Board... I do so in the interests of the Republic of South Africa, the continued stability of the PIC, and the confidence of the millions of South Africans whose savings are entrusted to this institution. âAs…

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SEC sets September talks on move toward 24-hour stock trading Nasdaq, Cboe and the London Stock Exchange are among major exchanges moving toward longer trading hours. The US Securities and Exchange Commission is set to host a public roundtable in September to discuss moving toward 24-hour trading in US equity markets. “We are moving towards a new day – and night – in the US equity markets,” SEC Chair Paul Atkins said on Thursday. “With the expansion to overnight trading, I’m excited at the prospect of US equity markets aligning with those markets that already trade continuously.” The roundtable will run on Sept. 17 at the SEC’s headquarters in…

Xingming village, China: Perched atop a hill in a small village in central China, Li Zhiying’s family guesthouse has a spectacular view. Just beyond the front door is a vista of a pristine reservoir, ringed by pine forests and framed by mountain ranges flossed with low-hanging clouds. Along the cul-de-sac that winds past his house, Li’s neighbours tend crops of beans, chillies, pumpkin and corn in small plots near their homes. Village dogs bark and scrap in the street and chickens roam freely. By the roadside, an elderly man is picking the Sichuan peppercorns that will spice the tea and tingle the tongues of neighbours who will pop by later that…

BRUSSELS, July 24. /TASS/. As part of its 21st package of anti-Russian sanctions, the European Union blacklisted Indian branches of Russian banks VTB and Sberbank, according to a statement by the EU Council published in the Official Journal of the European Union. The list of blacklisted financial organizations now includes India VTB and Sberbank Inida. According to the communique, the restrictions will come into force on August 13, 2026. Also, the EU blacklist includes Indian companies Falcon Toolings, and Zepto Microwave and Chip Devices Assembly.

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WASHINGTON — The United States has kept South Korea and nine other economies on its watch list of countries to monitor for their foreign exchange policies, a Treasury Department report showed Thursday. The department's semiannual "Report to Congress on Macroeconomic and Foreign Exchange Policies of Major Trading Partners of the United States" showed the latest monitoring list comprising South Korea, China, Japan, Taiwan, Thailand, Singapore, Vietnam, Germany, Ireland and Switzerland. All 10 countries were on the list in the previous report released in January. South Korea was excluded from the list in November 2023 for the first time since April 2016…

As reported by Ukrinform, this was announced by the Ministry of Defense. "It was developed at a Ukrainian enterprise specializing in the production of military equipment. The vehicle was designed at the request of the military to carry out tasks in the conditions of modern high-intensity warfare," the statement said. According to the ministry, engineers implemented a number of important design solutions not found in conventional military motorcycles powered by internal combustion engines. The MUL.E is intended for transporting personnel with weapons, carrying small cargo, evacuating wounded soldiers, and operating on both paved roads and difficult…

Mobileye founder and CEO Amnon Shashua plans to step down from the top leadership post after nearly three decades, just as the company pushes into robotaxis and humanoid robots. Shashua will remain CEO until Mobileye hires a replacement, according to a regulatory filing Thursday. Mobileye got its start making computer vision chips based on Shashua’s academic research at Hebrew University in Israel, and grew into a major supplier of the chips that power automotive safety and driver-assistance features. It had the largest IPO in Israel’s history, was acquired in 2017 by Intel for $15.3 billion, then spun back out as a publicly traded company in 2022,…

Kalahari African$ A hybrid grocer, liquor store and cafe: Kalahari has served the South African community since 2010. Of all the changes introduced by new owners Emma and Sean Nofal, most pleasing has been the fine-tuning of the food. A former Meat & Wine Co chef, Sean fries puffy vetkoek – fried bread – to order; serves a mighty steak sanger; is a dab hand at curry and spice; and knows his way around a grill. Good to know: visiting Kalahari and not taking away some house-made biltong would be a grave mistake Good Food reviews are booked anonymously and paid independently. A restaurant can’t pay for a review or inclusion in the Good Food Guide. More:

It is no secret that budget-friendly, small-capacity automatic cars in South Africa often come with an unpleasant footnote: sluggish acceleration. Pair a modest engine with an automatic transmission under R300,000 and you usually end up with a car that screams on highway slipways, hunts endlessly for gears on inclines and turns every overtaking maneuver into a nerve-wracking exercise. So when I stepped into the new Changan Alsvin 1.5 CE Auto, I braced myself for the typical entry-level automatic slog I was wrong.The Alsvin didn't just handle the drive, it shocked me. At the heart of the Alsvin 1.5 CE is a naturally aspirated 1.5-litre four-cylinder…

When it comes to electric vehicles in South Africa, we have largely been trapped between two extremes. On one side, you have the small, purely urban hatchbacks like the BYD Dolphin Surf and Geely E2.They are affordable and ideal for city commuting but they lack the necessary road presence South Africans adore and just lack the space that a family needs for a primary vehicle. On the other side of the spectrum sit the larger, feature-packed C-segment crossovers like the Geely E5 or the Volvo EX30.They offer the punch and the prestige but their price tags quickly push them well north of the R700 000 mark. Enter the Jaecoo J5 BEV, which falls slap bang in…

TL;DR Ford will embed Apple Maps in its new UEV platform starting with a $30,000 electric pickup in 2027, with road data also feeding BlueCruise Ford will embed Apple Maps in its new UEV platform starting with a $30,000 electric pickup in 2027, with road data also feeding BlueCruise Ford will use Apple Maps as the built-in navigation system for its next generation of electric vehicles, replacing the Google-based software it has run since 2023. The integration uses Apple’s new MapKit for Automotive SDK and will launch with Ford’s $30,000 midsize electric pickup in 2027, according to a joint announcement from both companies on Wednesday. Ford will also…

Ford is set to bolster its European vehicle offerings through a new joint venture with Chinese automotive giant Geely Auto. Announced on Thursday, the partnership will see the companies jointly manufacture low- and zero-emission vehicles at Ford's factory in Valencia, Spain. This strategic move is designed to reignite Ford’s presence in the competitive European auto market, where the legacy carmaker faces increasing pressure from rapidly expanding Chinese companies that are dominating global sales. The collaboration unfolds amid challenges in the American electric vehicle market and escalating global geopolitical tensions, partly fueled by US tariff…

TL;DR Musk told investors Optimus has no supply chain and every part is new, as Tesla quietly dropped mass production language from its Q2 deck Musk told investors Optimus has no supply chain and every part is new, as Tesla quietly dropped mass production language from its Q2 deck Elon Musk told investors on Tesla’s second-quarter earnings call that Optimus will be “the hardest product to scale manufacturing that we’ve ever made at Tesla,” warning that the humanoid robot has no existing supply chain and that every component is new. He said he wanted to “calibrate people correctly” on expectations, acknowledging that the initial production ramp will…

U.S. regulators will begin developing new requirements for automakers to ensure drivers and passengers can safely exit their vehicles. The new rule-making process, outlined in a regulatory filing and first reported by Bloomberg, follows a series of incidents, including fatal ones, in which people have become stuck inside cars with flush, electronically operated door handles like those found on Tesla vehicles. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) announced the new rule-making in response to a petition that asked the agency to open a safety defect investigation into the emergency mechanical door release design on 2022 Tesla Model 3…

Agnes Bakery’s successor has everything that made it such a pandemic-era hit: the fire-licked sourdough loaves, Basque cheesecakes, caneles, kouign-amanns and so on – but also an all-day menu more imaginative than most around town, with daily salads and sandwiches added to the mix from 10am. Coffee is by Sydney’s Single O and, of course, this is an Anyday venue so you know it looks a million dollars. Good to know: Part of the new(ish) Little Lane precinct, Idle’s neighbours include RUMA Rooftop, Green Cup and Johnny Gio Pizza. Good Food reviews are booked anonymously and paid independently. A restaurant can’t pay for a review or inclusion in the Good…

• Association calls off strike for 15 days in late-night development after govt assurances• Most fuel stations remain open as rival group decides to stay away from protest LAHORE: A split among petroleum dealers blunted the impact of Thursday’s nationwide shutdown call, with petrol pumps remaining open in most urban and semi-urban areas across the country. However, late on Thursday night, the All Pakistan Petroleum Pump Owners Association (APPPOA) called off the shutdown for 15 days. In a video message, APPPOA Vice Chairman Noman Butt said the government had agreed to move a summary within 15 days for implementing the increase in dealers’ commission…

Crude oil price on July 24 Brent futures fell 81 cents, or 1%, to $99.68 a barrel at 0126 GMT, but were still set for a 13.5% rise this week. West Texas Intermediate (WTI) futures dropped 70 cents, or 0.76%, to $91.49 a barrel and were on track for a 11% weekly gain.On Thursday, Brent settled 7% higher and WTI rose 6.2%. It was the first time since May that Brent closed above $100 a barrel, after Iran-aligned Houthis said they had attacked two Saudi oil tankers in the Red Sea. The attacks fuelled concerns that the Bab el-Mandeb shipping route could be closed. The waterway connects the Red Sea with the Indian Ocean and is the world's second most…

Just weeks after crude prices had fallen on hopes that the Middle East was easing, oil has staged a sharp comeback. Fresh attacks on Saudi oil tankers in the Red Sea and a disruption to Kazakhstan's exports have revived fears over global supplies, sending prices beyond the $100-a-barrel mark. On Friday, Brent crude futures fell 63 cents, or 0.63%, to $100.1 a barrel, while US West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude slipped 69 cents, or 0.75%, to $91.50 a barrel. Despite the decline, Brent remained on track for a 13.5% weekly gain, while WTI was set to rise 10.9%. In the previous session, Brent settled 7% higher and WTI gained 6.2%. Brent also closed above…

MANILA, Philippines — Motorists may again face another hefty fuel price hikes of up to P6.50 per liter next week amid growing supply concerns. Jetti Petroleum president Leo Bellas said Friday that diesel may jump by P6 to P6.50 a liter. READ: Big fuel price hikes loom due to US-Iran war flare-up Gasoline may likewise go up by P5.50 to P6 per liter. “World oil prices have rebounded significantly due to concerns of further disruption to oil supply as the Strait of Hormuz remains largely closed to vessel traffic, and growing security risks in the Bab el-Mandeb Strait expanded the […]...Keep on reading: Diesel, gasoline slated for fresh price hikes next…

South Korea will maintain reduced fuel tax rates through the end of September, the finance ministry said Friday, amid renewed geopolitical tensions in the Middle East. Under the measure, the current tax reductions of 15 percent for gasoline and 25 percent for diesel and butane, originally set to expire at the end of this month, will remain in place through Sept. 30, according to the Ministry of Finance and Economy. "Amid lingering geopolitical instability in the Middle East, the government has decided to leave room for future fuel tax adjustments to address further volatility in oil prices," the finance ministry said. The latest decision is expected…

South Korea will maintain reduced fuel tax rates through the end of September, the finance ministry said Friday, amid renewed geopolitical tensions in the Middle East. Under the measure, the current tax reductions of 15 percent for gasoline and 25 percent for diesel and butane, originally set to expire at the end of this month, will remain in place through Sept. 30, according to the Ministry of Finance and Economy. "Amid lingering geopolitical instability in the Middle East, the government has decided to leave room for future fuel tax adjustments to address further volatility in oil prices," the finance ministry said. The latest decision is expected…

SEOUL, July 24 (Yonhap) -- South Korea will maintain reduced fuel tax rates through the end of September, the finance ministry said Friday, amid renewed geopolitical tensions in the Middle East. Under the measure, the current tax reductions of 15 percent for gasoline and 25 percent for diesel and butane, originally set to expire at the end of this month, will remain in place through Sept. 30, according to the Ministry of Finance and Economy. "Amid lingering geopolitical instability in the Middle East, the government has decided to leave room for future fuel tax adjustments to address further volatility in oil prices," the finance ministry said. The…

How the Houthi Red Sea blockade will impact the world The Houthis’ blockade of Bab al-Mandeb threatens a vital global trade route. Al Jazeera’s @nadaqaddourah explains how a crisis in the Red Sea could make everything more expensive. Published On 23 Jul 2026

Things are always heating up on Jupiter’s moon Io, a volcano-covered world that’s constantly pushed and pulled by its host planet’s gravity. NASA’s ongoing Juno mission, while investigating the rocky moon, saw sweltering temperatures in its depths. With this unprecedented view, astronomers are now wondering what’s causing so much heat to rise from the moon's subsurface. Previously, heat signatures from Io could only be seen escaping at its surface or through volcanic eruptions. But thanks to Juno’s observations, researchers have been able to finally catch underground heat coming up to the surface, as explained in a new study published in the Journal…

SEOUL/WASHINGTON — South Korea and the United States on Thursday launched a shipbuilding cooperation center in Washington to facilitate the planned $150 billion investment in the U.S. shipbuilding sector that Seoul committed to under last year's bilateral trade and investment deal. Senior officials and industry leaders from the two countries joined an event marking the opening of the Korea-U.S. Shipbuilding Partnership Center (KUSPC), a platform to advance the "Make American Shipbuilding Great Again (MASGA)" initiative aimed at revitalizing America's shipbuilding industry. The opening came two months after the two countries signed a memorandum of…