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

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

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

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

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

U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent doubled down on his warnings to Chinese AI companies on Wednesday, saying that sanctions remain on the table after a White House official accused Moonshot of improperly distilling Anthropic’s Fable model. Model distillation is a common AI training technique in which a smaller model learns from the outputs of a larger one. While this process can infringe on intellectual property rights, it’s also widely used as a legitimate optimization method. “Open source is not open season on American IP,” Bessent posted on X. “When [Chinese] firms conduct covert, industrial-scale distillation attacks that cross the line into IP…

Last week Hugging Face – a company that hosts artificial intelligence models and datasets – was hacked. After it reported the incident to law enforcement, few would have predicted what came next: the culprits were revealed to be AI agents from OpenAI, which had broken out of containment and were acting of their own accord. The incident sounds like sci-fi: AI escaping and autonomously hacking its way into companies. But it is all too real – and about as terrifying as it sounds. It is a concrete demonstration of something we can no longer avoid confronting: AI systems have become extremely powerful and we do not seem to have reliable ways of curbing…

US accuses Chinese AI company of stealing secrets Maggie Eastland July 23, 2026 — 6:22am Save You have reached your maximum number of saved items. Remove items from your saved list to add more. AAA The Trump administration has accused China’s Moonshot of improperly using US AI models and Nvidia chips to create the Kimi K3 system that stunned the tech industry last week with its advanced capabilities. The company “acquired GB300-equipped servers and has accessed GB300s in Thailand, likely to train its AI models,” White House Office of Science and Technology policy director Michael Kratsios said in a social media post, making the case that Moonshot…

Alphabet today announced Q2 2026 earnings with $119.8 billion in revenue. These numbers range from April to June. Revenue is up 24% from $96.4 billion in Q2 2025, with operating income at $40.77 billion and net income of $112.1 billion for this quarter (versus $28.2 billion a year ago). For comparison, Alphabet reported $109.9 billion in revenue and $62.58 billion in net income last quarter. Our AI investments are redefining what’s possible across every part of our business. Q2 was an amazing quarter, with Alphabet revenues growing 24% year-over-year and Google Cloud revenues accelerating to 82% growth, driven by demand for AI infrastructure and AI…

In brief Qwen-Image-3.0, released July 21 by Alibaba's Qwen team, accepts 4,500 tokens of instructions. This enables single-pass generation of complex layouts like newspapers, storyboards, and dense infographic grids. Unlike its predecessor, the release shipped without open model weights, benchmarks, or a technical report; it's available at chat.qwen.ai with API pricing not yet disclosed. Alibaba's Qwen team launched Qwen Image 3.0 on Tuesday, and the pitch has nothing to do with how beautiful the output looks. It's about whether the output can actually be used at work. Most AI image tools—Reve, Nano Banana, Seedream—are designed to excel at specific…

The Galaxy Z Fold 8 and Flip 8 are the first devices with Gemini Intelligence, as well as Gemini Nano 4. In a developer blog post, Google says “Samsung’s new foldable devices come with Gemini Nano 4.” It supports over 140 languages and offers better multimodal understanding. Google’s latest on-device model is based on Gemma 4. The Fold 8 and Fold 8 Ultra use the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 for Galaxy with 12 or 16 GB of RAM. Meanwhile, the Flip 8 uses the Exynos 2600 with 12 GB of RAM. Here’s everything new on Samsung’s Galaxy Z Fold 8 series, Flip, and new Galaxy Watch — is it enough? Advertisement - scroll for more content Since Gemini Intelligence was…

The Trump administration has accused Chinese start-up Moonshot AI of covertly extracting capabilities from leading US artificial intelligence models and obtaining restricted Nvidia chips abroad, escalating Washington’s scrutiny of the company following the release of its powerful Kimi K3 model. Michael Kratsios , the White House science and technology adviser, alleged on Wednesday that the Beijing-based company had targeted Anthropic’s most powerful model, Claude Fable 5 , through large-scale “distillation” – a technique that uses the outputs of a more capable model to train or improve another system. Kratsios did not present evidence that outputs…

The release of a powerful open-source AI model from China has once again split the tech industry into two camps: the evangelists who believe good tech should be accessible and the protectionist hawks who believe anything foreign is a threat. It must simply kill Jim Cramer, host of CNBC’s Mad Money and a guy who has never once been deterred by being both loud and wrong, to find himself on the opposite side of Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang, given how much he loves to tell people to smash the buy button on the chipmaker. But Cramer is a China hardliner, refusing to believe anything coming from the country could be anything but compromised. Huang, meanwhile,…

The nationwide start-up incubation programme, SHITIJ 2.0, sponsored by the ICAR-National Agricultural Innovation Fund (ICAR-NAIF), was inaugurated at ICAR-Central Plantation Crops Research Institute (ICAR-CPCRI), Kasaragod, through virtual mode by Dr. V.B. Patel, Additional Director General (Fruits and Plantation Crops), ICAR. The second edition of SHITIJ is being implemented through a nationwide network of seven hub institutes and their associated spoke institutes. ICAR-CPCRI has been designated as one of the seven hub institutes and will coordinate the programme through six spoke institutes in the thematic area of value chains in plantation crops,…

The AI industry is not quite experiencing a DeepSeek 2.0 moment, but it feels very close. The leading Chinese AI labs have been on a roll lately, releasing a series of almost cutting-edge open-source models. Z.ai released GLM 5.2 in June, Moonshot AI released Kimi K3 last week, and Alibaba released Qwen 3.8 this Monday. Silicon Valley and Washington started talking about the models immediately, especially K3, which is widely seen as the best of the bunch. David Sacks, a venture capitalist and AI adviser to President Donald Trump, called the performance of Moonshot’s model “concerning.” Earlier this week, Commerce Secretary Scott Bessent suggested the…

TL;DR Meta hired Assaf Keren as its new CISO from Qualtrics and PayPal, replacing Guy Rosen who announced his departure in June Meta has hired Assaf Keren as its next chief information security officer, filling a vacancy created when Guy Rosen announced his departure in June after 13 years at the company. Keren joins this week from software platform Qualtrics, where he spent two years as chief security officer, and previously held the same title at PayPal. Rosen will remain as CISO through a transition period of several months before leaving later this year, according to Bloomberg, which first reported the appointment. Keren said in a LinkedIn post on…

AI and ML Fresh off AI layoffs, Block now wants to whack Slack with agent-human collab tool Because what could be more appealing to humans than sharing virtual space with AI? After cutting over 4,000 jobs due to AI, fintech biz Block is back with Buzz, a shared workspace where humans and bots can collaborate in ways that are more auditable, sovereign, and secure than what you can do in chat tools such as Slack. Block's human-bot co-op is built upon a turducken of tech jargon: The platform is free and open source. It's based on the decentralized Nostr protocol, so there's cryptographic identity. It's "sovereign," a naively optimistic term readers of…

Travis Kalanick’s robotics company, Atoms, has raised $1.7 billion in a funding round led by Andreessen Horowitz. Ben Horowitz will join the company’s board following the investment. Bain Capital, Fifth Wall, and others participated in the round. Perhaps most notably, Uber also joined the funding round, re-connecting Kalanick with the company he founded — and the same company that pushed him out as CEO in 2017 following complaints of sexual harassment, discrimination, and a toxic workplace. Atoms is essentially a rebranded holding company created atop the project Kalanick has been working on since he resigned from Uber, a ghost kitchen play called…

I picked up Seed when I saw the early access key offer in my inbox on a bit of a whim. I vaguely remembered hearing about this game years prior, and being vaguely interested in its promise of an MMO sandbox life-sim sort of situation in which everyone’s dumped in a world together and has to build a society. I enjoy a life sim, so I gave it a whirl. The concept on its own is solid enough: you join a society and build a world from scratch, collaborating with those around you to share resources while developing your own skills and finding your niche in the community. I let Seed select a society for me (shout out to Old Greenhollow) and designed a…

TL;DR Monday.com plans to cut about 620 jobs, 20 percent of staff, as it restructures around its AI-driven growth strategy and flatter organisation Monday.com is cutting roughly 20 percent of its global workforce, about 620 people, as the Israeli project management company restructures around what it calls its AI Work Platform. The company disclosed the plan in a Form 6-K filed with the US Securities and Exchange Commission on Tuesday, citing the need to support a leaner operating model aligned with its AI-driven growth strategy. Co-founder and co-CEO Eran Zinman published a note to staff on LinkedIn calling it the most painful decision the company…

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

iOS 27 is launching this fall, and it brings a handful of improvements for CarPlay. Here’s everything new for CarPlay in iOS 27. New Siri AI Apple’s Siri overhaul is the tentpole addition to iOS 27, and the new ‘Siri AI’ capabilities on the iPhone are available in CarPlay too. Siri has a new design that’s more like the pre-iOS 18 look, but with less color. It appears as a glowing orb at the bottom-center of the screen. Siri in CarPlay is now much better at answering questions of any kind, similar to ChatGPT and Google Gemini. In my testing, it’s also able to retain the context of your current conversation better than ever before. In a nice touch,…

Does LED therapy really work? There's plenty of scientific evidence in its favor, but will that translate to actual, visible results you can see in the mirror? Members of WIRED's Reviews team have spent the past year and a half testing all the popular masks, hats, and helmets to see for ourselves which devices are worth your money. Luckily, some of our favorites are on rare discount during Nordstrom's annual Anniversary Sale, which runs through August 9. For more in-depth information on our tests, check out our guide to the Best Red Light Therapy Masks and Best Red Light Therapy for Hair Growth. Dr. Dennis Gross Spectralite FaceWare Pro (Red) for $340…

A day after Snap tentatively settled with the plaintiff in a social media addiction lawsuit, leaving Meta as the only remaining defendant, the case has been dropped. In a statement, Meta said the plaintiff chose to drop his case against Meta without receiving any payment. TikTok and Google’s YouTube had previously reached settlement agreements with the plaintiff. (Snap on Tuesday confirmed a tentative agreement had been reached.) The bellwether jury trial had been set to begin next week in the Superior Court of California in Los Angeles. The plaintiff, a Florida teenager known by the initials “R.K.C.,” had sued the social media companies for creating…

C. Scott Brown / Android Authority TL;DR A new leak shows all four color options for each of the Pixel 11, 11 Pro, and 11 Pro XL handsets. The Pro models appear in Pine, Light Fog, Midnight Haze, and a warmer coral-copper finish. The 36 renders offer the clearest look yet at the conventional Pixel 11 lineup before Google’s August 12 event. Google has already given us an official glimpse of the Pixel 11 ahead of its launch next month, but it has been less forthcoming about the colors you’ll be able to buy. A huge collection of leaked renders may now have filled that particular blank, showing every color expected for the Pixel 11, 11 Pro, and 11 Pro XL.…

Most people who read e-books do so on a phone or a Kindle, and that's fine. But for the more exacting (if not adventurous) digital reading enthusiasts out there, I recommend exploring life outside of Amazon's ecosystem—and I particularly recommend doing so with one of the tiny e-readers made by Xteink, a Chinese tech company with an unfortunate name but some great devices. Out of the box, an Xteink X3, X4, or X4 Pro can seem a little finicky, or even intimidating. But if you've mastered the basics of navigating their clunky operating systems and loading up a few books, you'll quickly find they are both magically portable and a joy for distraction-free…

Apple Store App Getting AI Shopping Assistant Apple's privacy policy for the Apple Store app suggests it will soon get a virtual shopping assistant to help users decide what to purchase. The app will have a chat interface where users can ask questions about Apple products, with Apple using data like account information, device identifiers, chat information, carrier information, and location data to offer a personalized experience. Transcripts of chats are saved for later reference. Apple says that information is sent to its "partners" to help Apple provide a conversational response, which suggests Apple might be using a third-party AI model for the…

In the FCC’s words, these fees “represent costs the provider chooses to pass through to consumers rather than rolling them into the base monthly price.” Ultimately, the fees are part of an ISP’s total cost of doing business and could be reflected in the overall advertised price. But ISPs choose to treat them as separate charges for the purpose of billing consumers. The burden of listing fees While ISPs seem to have little difficulty charging the fees when it’s time to issue monthly bills, they complain about the burden of listing all the fees on the broadband price labels. Broadband lobby group USTelecom complained to the FCC that “providers must…

If there’s one thing that annoys me about the Galaxy Z Flip series, it’s that the cover screen has been left just a notch or two above useless for years now, and for no good reason. The Galaxy Z Flip 8 is finally embracing apps on the cover screen, but still not to the degree that it should. Samsung’s Galaxy Z Flip 5 introduced a full-size cover display and, with that, support for using full apps on that display. But the list was incredibly limited, only supporting a tiny handful of apps, and the list hasn’t really expanded. While there’s always been an official workaround, apps were clearly not the focus of Samsung’s flip phone cover display. The…

TL;DR Samsung has been preparing a new home screen option for One UI 9, with the option for a Google Search bar. With One UI 9 stable on the new Z8 series, we finally see this setting make its debut. Users can choose from Google Search, Finder, both, or neither. Samsung’s latest major platform release is here, as the Android 17-based One UI 9 hits stable for the launch of Samsung’s latest foldables, including the wide new Galaxy Z Fold 8. As we look forward to Samsung getting the ball rolling with updates for its existing Galaxy models, we wanted to briefly shine the spotlight on one very nice change that makes Samsung’s phones feel just a little more…

TL;DR Garmin’s new CIRQA fitness tracker launched with live heart rate data locked behind a monthly paywall. That feature will be made available without a subscription soon. Some competing screenless fitness trackers offer live heart rate tracking without a subscription. Yesterday, Garmin launched its own screenless fitness tracker, the CIRQA Smart Band. Garmin is pitching the tracker as subscription-free, but early hands-on coverage found that a very basic fitness tracking feature — the ability to see your heart rate in real time — is locked behind the $6.99 Garmin Connect+ subscription. Garmin’s committed to fixing that in the near future, however.…

Apple recently raised prices on many of its products, but the company is now promoting two ways for shoppers to save on new hardware purchases: sales tax holidays and a Back to School deal. If you’re in the market for a new Apple product purchase, the company is currently promoting two ways to save on Apple.com. Sales tax holidays are in effect this summer for a variety of US states on select dates. Alabama’s just wrapped up last weekend, but the nine other states include: Arkansas: Aug 1-2 Florida: Jul 20-Aug 20 Massachusetts: Aug 8-9 Missouri: Aug 7-9 New Mexico: Jul 31-Aug 2 South Carolina: Aug 7-9 Tennessee: Jul 31-Aug 2 Virginia: Aug 7-9 West…

Samsung is addressing one of the key complaints about last year’s Galaxy Z Fold 7 on its new Galaxy Z Fold 8 lineup, with some small tweaks making it much easier to open up these foldables. The Galaxy Z Fold 7 was – and still is – an impressive piece of foldable hardware. But first impressions revealed a bit of a learning curve, as Samsung’s device could prove a little tough to actually crack open. The flat edges of the chassis combined with a tight hinge made it a little hard to open up the device with ease. That became easier with time as users learned exactly how to open the device, but it was obvious anytime someone used the device for the first…

It turns out the RAM crisis affects more than just the cost of the Galaxy Z Fold 8 series, but some of the storage benefits that come with pre-ordering the device. In all the chaos and excitement that comes with a fresh new look for a Galaxy foldable, one might miss that Samsung didn’t actually offer to turn your 256GB Galaxy Z Fold 8 into a 512GB model right before your eyes. It couldn’t have been the glasses; those don’t launch until this fall. So what happened? It looks like reports published earlier in July that stated Samsung would drop the free storage upgrade during the Galaxy Z Fold 8 launch were right. There were some reports that surfaced…

Daniel Bwala, President Bola Tinubu’s Special Adviser on Policy Communication, on Wednesday, disclosed strategies used by Boko Haram to recruit children. Bwala disclosed that whenever Boko Haram starts losing their members, they invade villages and kidnap children which they recruit. Appearing on Channels Television’s Politics Today, Bwala said: “When Boko Haram starts to lose their members they go to villages and carry children and take them to the bush and recruit them, these are the people you recruited against their will. “If something happens in the camp and they escape they come to Nigeria government, and they said they have repented, the…

In mid-July, the United States resumed strikes on Iranian territory, sustaining them night after night. Iran has answered with missile and drone attacks on the Gulf states hosting American forces. Commercial transit through the Strait of Hormuz has effectively ground to a halt, and war-risk insurance premiums have climbed to as much as 10% of a vessel's value. All of this has unfolded barely a month after a memorandum of understanding (MoU) was signed in Islamabad on June 17. Yet, military moves alone do not explain the trajectory. None of the signatory capitals can muster the political will to defend the text to its own public. The Islamabad MoU is a…

Toronto police say a man is facing a terrorism charge after an investigation into his alleged actions at two pro-Palestinian protests in 2024. Investigators allege the man made public statements calling for harm against Israeli and Jewish people at the demonstrations, which took place in May and September of that year. Police say they seized several devices while searching a Toronto home in March of last year. They say officers and RCMP then gathered evidence they allege shows the man associated with the designated terrorist group Hamas and acted for its benefit. Police say the 33-year-old suspect was arrested Tuesday and charged with participating in…

It is true that colonialists and imperialists regarded their subjects and colonies as nothing more than monkeys—uncivilized, half-human, or weak beings. But weren’t the Chinese themselves also conquered, gang-raped, degraded, abused, violated, and exploited by colonialists and imperialists from the West and the East? Now that they are strong and powerful, does that give them […]...Keep on reading: Historical Humiliation: When the oppressed become the oppressors

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'Special Report' anchor Bret Baier discusses the intensifying political divide within the Democratic Party regarding a House bill to cut off aid to Israel. Rep. Thomas Massie's, R-Ky., amendment has sparked significant debate, with House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries warning it could undermine U.S. national security by empowering Hamas and Hezbollah. NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! The House passed its $1.15 trillion annual defense policy bill Wednesday after a bipartisan revolt over a provision expanding U.S.-Israel defense technology cooperation. The fiscal year 2027 National Defense Authorization Act passed 216-212, with Republicans…

WASHNGTON, July 22. /TASS/. US President Donald Trump believes that Iran will be ready to reach an agreement with the United States very soon. In his words, Iran wants to make a deal, but is not yet ready to do so. "I would say they are not ready to make a deal, because every time they make a deal they want to change it. They are not ready, but they will be ready very soon," the US leader said delivering a speech in Marietta, Georgia. The United States and Israel launched a war against Iran on February 28. In June, Washington and Tehran signed a memorandum of understanding providing for an immediate cessation of hostilities on all fronts, including in…

By Luc Cohen NEW YORK, July 22 (Reuters) - New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani said this week that he had determined he lacked the legal authority to have Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu arrested for alleged war crimes should he visit the largest U.S. city, after earlier saying he was considering the move. Mamdani did not elaborate on how he had reached that determination. Independent legal experts told Reuters that Mamdani lacked authority to have Netanyahu arrested because the U.S. generally recognizes immunity for heads of state and United Nations representatives, and because Washington is not a member of the International Criminal Court. Here…

On the heels of the Strait of Hormuz crisis comes the new threat — a Strait of Bab el-Mandeb crisis. On July 16, Reuters reported that Iran had instructed the Houthis to close the Strait (which is between Yemen and the Horn of Africa) if the United States attacked Iran’s power plants. Whether the Houthis have the capacity to threaten the Strait or whether this is part of Iran’s signalling to the U.S. is secondary. What is important is that this represents a risk to one-third of India’s entire trade. Revisiting 2024 We have been here before. When the Gaza war started in October 2023, the Ansarallah group in Yemen, also known as the Houthis, claimed…

WASHINGTON — The Trump administration has agreed to work with Saudi Arabia to develop a civilian nuclear program, a watershed moment following a years-long effort to curb the proliferation of nuclear technology in the Middle East. The announcement comes as President Trump has vowed to continue executing a war against Iran over its own nuclear ambitions. On Wednesday, the president warned he would target a bridge or power plant for every commercial vessel Iran fires upon in the Strait of Hormuz, after earlier this week threatening to strike a new facility Tehran is reportedly building to conceal its continued nuclear work. The Saudi deal stoked…

The US House of Representatives passed a $1.15tn defense policy bill in a near-party-line vote on Wednesday, after Democrats refused to back the measure amid the war with Iran and Donald Trump’s push to impose new restrictions on voting nationwide. A key plank of the president’s plan to spend $1.5tn on the military in the 2027 fiscal year, the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), passed the Republican-controlled chamber by a 216-212 vote, with all but six Democrats opposing its passage. Seven House Republicans broke ranks to oppose it. The measure now goes to the Senate. Congress passes the NDAA each year with bipartisan margins, with the…

STOCKHOLM, July 22. /TASS/. The European Union is waging a proxy war against Russia through Ukraine but will be unable to change the course of the conflict even if it commits all the funds at its disposal, Armando Mema, a member of Finland’s national-conservative Freedom Alliance party, said, commenting on the EU’s approval of a 90-billion-euro loan for Kiev. "These billions could have been used for Hospitals, Health care and other projects but are now being used for a Proxy War against Russia. Even if Brussels were to give all the money they have, this will still not change the course of the conflict. We're not helping Ukraine by refusing Diplomacy,…

LINKAGES Women-led community organizations, including those established with the support of the Australian government, joined World Humanitarian Day activities in South Upi, Maguindanao delSur, on Aug. 19, 2024. —Photo From FAO/UN COTABATO CITY, BARMM, Philippines — In the heart of Talitay town, Maguindanao del Sur, the aroma of freshly made banana chips is everywhere. These snacks have transcended their simple origins to become a symbol of resilience and innovation for the local community. The snack food, produced by an association of some 50 women and youth who experienced being internally displaced persons (IDPs) due to man-made and natural…

Climate activist Sonam Wangchuk speaks in a video message from Medanta Hospital, where he is undergoing treatment during his indefinite hunger strike, in Gurugram. Photo: X/@Wangchuk66 via PTI Photo The Delhi High Court on Wednesday (July 22, 2026) dismissed a public interest litigation (PIL) against the forcible shifting of activist Sonam Wangchuk from Jantar Mantar protest site to Safdarjung Hospital on the 21st day of his hunger strike. A bench of Chief Justice D.K. Upadhyaya and Justice Tejas Karia observed that the issue of Mr. Wangchuk’s hospitalisation at Safdarjung Hospital was earlier raised by his wife before the high court and the matter…

Anduril and Archer Aviation unveiled Thunder, an autonomous tiltrotor "loyal wingman" designed to fly alongside crewed attack helicopters The rotocraft can carry up to 10 air-to-ground missiles or 76 guided rockets while simultaneously being equipped with counter-drone technology Its first flight is targeted for 2027, but no price was disclosed, and no named customer was announced Anduril opened the 2026 Farnborough International Airshow with the kind of reveal the event is increasingly built around: not a jet, but a robot. The defense startup, in partnership with electric-aircraft maker Archer Aviation, pulled the wraps off Thunder, a Group 5…

Key events Australia is not ruling out stepping up joint patrols of the South China Sea following “destabilising” missile testing in the region, Australian Associated Press reports. The foreign minister, Penny Wong, was asked last night about the potential of more regular regional sea patrols in tandem with the United States and Japan, following China’s launching of nuclear-capable missiles. “The maritime zone is critical to stability in the region so, when we have a conversation about the South China Sea, that is something I’m sure we should all keep in mind,” she told reporters in Manila where she is attending the Asean foreign ministers’ meeting.…

HUD secretary Scott Turner describes the ongoing federal investigations into alleged fraud in Minnesota on ‘Fox News Live.’ NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Virgin Islands Gov. Albert Bryan Jr. slammed the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) after the agency suspended procurements involving the territory's housing finance authority over concerns about fraud and abuse tied to nearly $2 billion in disaster-recovery aid. Bryan, a Democrat, said HUD’s suspension came as a "shock" and called HUD's letter "unprofessional." He claimed the U.S. Virgin Islands' disaster-recovery issues have been "sensationalized" and that the…

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Due to the intensification of Russian shelling in Zaporizhzhia, an exodus of residents—particularly families with children—is being observed. Ivan Fedorov, head of the Zaporizhzhia Regional Military Administration, announced this during a television broadcast, according to Ukrinform. He said that over the past month, Ukrzaliznytsia evacuated 90 people from Zaporizhzhia to safer regions. “There is an exodus,” he noted. According to preliminary estimates, there will be approximately 5% fewer schoolchildren this year than last year. “Those residents who have the opportunity to wait out enemy attacks in a safer region are definitely choosing to do so. We…

A list of 500 selected eligible beneficiaries from six districts has been issued. According to the statement from the CMO, the message (SMS) will be sent to the beneficiaries concerning Aadhaar authentication on their mobile phones. File \| Photo Credit: ANI M Maharashtra government on Wednesday (July 23, 2025) began the rollout of the Punyashlok Ahilyadevi Holkar Shetkari Karjamukti scheme, announcing the first 500 beneficiaries, against the backdrop of the birth anniversary of the Deputy Chief Minister of the State, late Ajit Pawar. A list of 500 selected eligible beneficiaries from six districts has been issued. According to the statement from the…

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Tropical Storm Bertha made landfall in southern Louisiana on Wednesday, bringing strong winds, storm surge and heavy rain to parts of the US Gulf Coast, while authorities warned residents to remain alert despite expectations that the system will steadily weaken. According to the National Hurricane Center , Bertha came ashore in St Bernard Parish, around 40 miles east of New Orleans, with maximum sustained winds of 45 mph (72 kmph). Tropical storm-force winds extended nearly 100 miles (160 km) from the storm's centre. The system prompted tropical storm warnings across parts of Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama, including New Orleans and Lake…

India is grappling with another Himalayan tragedy. Workers in an under-construction tunnel at the Teesta Stage-VI hydroelectric project of NHPC Limited (formerly National Hydroelectric Power Corporation Private Ltd.), in Sikkim’s Namchi district, struck a pocket of suspected trapped methane. The resulting burst partially damaged the tunnel, killing at least 15 of an estimated 25 workers, with rescue operations still under way. The NHPC has announced a detailed investigation. Methane is a well-recognised hazard in underground excavation, and the geology of the Teesta basin makes it a likely one. The basin sits in a seismically active zone, with young…

By Staff The Canadian Press Posted July 22, 2026 4:06 pm 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size A Vancouver Island man has been criminally charged in a fatal crash last year that killed another man who had been standing on the side of the road. The BC Highway Patrol says in a statement that the crash happened on July 31, 2025, on Highway 19A near Fanny Bay. Get breaking National news Get breaking Canada news delivered to your inbox as it happens so you won't miss a trending story. Police say a pickup towing a camping trailer crashed into multiple vehicles, hitting the man who later died of his injuries. The 61-year-old…

A man has died after he was hit by a van in Freshford, Co. Kilkenny, on Wednesday morning. The collision happened on the R693 near Arigan Bridge, Cooleshal, at 9.30 am. The pedestrian, a man in his 30s, was pronounced deceased at the scene. His body has been conveyed to University Hospital Waterford, where a post-mortem examination will take place. The road has since been reopened. Gardaí are appealing to anyone who may have witnessed the collision to come forward. Any road users who were travelling from Freshford towards Kilkenny between the hours of 09:00 am and 09:30 am and who may have camera footage (including dash-cam) are asked to make this…

Te Ika-a-Māui/North Island would be “a mainly fine story” today, Neal said, with morning fog and frost in sheltered places. Early this morning fog restrictions were put in place for Auckland Airport, with two flights cancelled. The restrictions have now been lifted. Neal said a few morning showers were forecast for Auckland, becoming more isolated toward the evening. The weather is expected to become more unsettled tomorrow as an “active trough moves east across the country”. Low-confidence heavy rain is possible about Taranaki Maunga, the central North Island high country, the Tararua Range, Buller and Grey, although no heavy rain watches or warnings…

Descrease article font size Increase article font size A dashcam video caught the moment a driver jumped head first off a bridge in Missouri in an attempt to flee police following a vehicle pursuit. Stone County Sheriff’s Office released dashcam footage, showing the moment the man, identified as 26-year-old Gavin Thor Lundgren, got out of his vehicle on the Kimberling City Bridge and dove off the side head first. According to NBC affiliate KYTV of Springfield, police said they pursued Lundgren after he fled an attempted traffic stop on July 18 and was driving 75 miles per hour (120 km/h) in a 45-m.p.h. zone (around 70 km/h). Once the pursuit ended up…

Details from Nolan Wells' independent autopsy An independent autopsy for Nolan Wells, the Mississippi teen who was found dead after a July Fourth boat party, has been released. Skyler Henry reports.

A student who drowned in a freezing city centre river stayed afloat for 20 minutes calling for help which never arrived, an inquest has heard. Evan D'Andilly, from Scunthorpe, died four days before his 20th birthday after entering the River Ouse in York at 3.03am on March 5, 2025. The University of York student had been enjoying a night out with friends when he entered the water from Ouse Bridge. His body was found the following morning. Police officers arrived on the bank of the 41-metre-wide river within three minutes of Evan entering the water, it was heard on Wednesday. The 'kind and gentle' teen, who was studying business management, could be…

The generator had around 80 litres of fuel at the time of the accident. \| Photo Credit: Special Arrangement A portion of a private textile showroom at Katpadi in Vellore on Chittoor - Cuddalore Highway was damaged after fire broke out in the facility, resulting in thick smoke in the area. The police said that it was around 2.30 p.m. when a few workers in the showroom noticed thick smoke coming from the diesel generator. Along with other workers, they tried to douse the fire, but it had already spread to the unit. The police said that workers and other staff members were evacuated safely. On being informed, fire fighters from Katpadi reached the spot…

A two-day conference on Thiruvasagam, a volume of Tamil hymns composed by Saivite poet Manikkavacakar, will be held at Madhavi Panneerselvam Hall near Arunachaleswar temple in Tiruvannamalai town on July 25 and 26. According to poet Vijaykrishnan, a member of Tiruvannamalai Thiruperunthurai Adigalar Arakattalai, which would organise the event, said that the spiritual conference was aimed at promoting 51 compositions that comprises Thiruvasagam and create awareness about rich Tamil literature to the younger generation. As part of the event, around one lakh participants worldwide will participate, mainly virtually, in writing 10 compositions from…

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Although they’re fish, tunas count among the rarified group of animals that can keep their bodies warmer than the surrounding environment. Their warm-bloodedness (“endothermy”) gives them a physiological advantage in generating and sustaining energy, helping them serve as top predators. In fact, albacore tuna have been clocked swimming faster than 50 miles per hour and diving to more than 3,000 feet. How tunas and a few of their relatives in the family Scombridae, which includes mackerels and bonitos,evolved these traits has been a subject of scientific debate. The prevailing hypothesis is that tuna capitalized on an ecological opportunity that…

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The idol of Pidari Ekaveeri at the Sadaimudinathar Temple at Tiruvalanchuzhi near Kumbakonam. \| Photo Credit: R. Vengadesh Within the precincts of the ancient Sadaimudinathar Temple at Tiruvalanchuzhi, near Kumbakonam, stands a remarkable image of Pidari Ekaveeri, a deity whose significance is illuminated by the temple’s inscriptions. The temple, celebrated in the hymns of the Shaivite saints and renowned as an architectural marvel of the Chola period, is also home to inscriptions that reveal an equally fascinating chapter in its religious history. According to the inscriptions, the endowment for the worship of Pidari Ekaveeri was made by Kunthanan…

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What Nolan Wells' preliminary independent autopsy findings revealed about his death Mississippi teen Nolan Wells vanished while on a Fourth of July boat trip with a group of friends. His body was found days later. Attorney Ben Crump shared the results of the teen's preliminary independent autopsy commissioned by Wells' family. CBS News' Skyler Henry has the latest, and legal contributor Jessica Levision joins to discuss.

Astronauts have grown a common crystal in space — but this extraterrestrial version is exhibiting a very uncommon behavior. Under a microscope, the crystal looks more like a tiny futuristic sculpture than something that formed naturally. The pyramid-like assembly curls in on itself in stair-stepped layers, seeming almost too orderly to be real. But according to scientists, the striking shape is what happens when gravity stops calling the shots. The image, shared on July 18 by NASA astronaut Don Pettit, and accompanying video were captured aboard the International Space Station (ISS) and show potassium chloride crystals growing in microgravity — the…

(This is Part 3 of a series on the life and work of Chandrasekhar. Read Part 1 and Part 2 first.) The whole affair very nearly drove Chandra out of physics altogether. He couldn't stay in Europe living under Eddington's shadow, so he did what a lot of people have done when a place stops having room for them: he left. He moved to the United States. But the wound traveled with him. Chandra carried the anger and the hurt for decades and returned to that day again and again for the rest of his life. There's a line from Arthur Miller's biography of him, "Empire of the Stars," that gets at the human cost of the whole thing: even though science deals in…

Back in 1985, an electrical engineer at Polaroid named Bill Freeman had an idea for a three-sided zipper. Not a novelty item, not a quirky art piece, but a genuinely functional fastener capable of switching objects between soft, floppy states and rigid, load-bearing structures. He submitted it to a design competition. They rejected it. He patented it anyway, then tucked the prototype away in his garage, where it sat for nearly four decades. That detail alone should give us pause. How many brilliant ideas are sitting in someone’s garage right now, waiting years for the tools and technology to finally catch up? Freeman is now an MIT professor, and the…

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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Nearly three years ago, China launched a radar satellite capable of monitoring nearly a third of Earth’s surface around the clock. The satellite’s unique capability has left many researchers in the U.S. stumped, unable to recreate the groundbreaking technology. Now, a new study disclosed that the satellite’s secret sauce is China’s near-total dominance over the supply of a high-performance semiconductor material. The Ludi Tance 4-01 radar satellite is powered by gallium nitride semiconductors, allowing it to operate at a high altitude of 22,370 miles (36,000 kilometers) while being fixed over the same geographic position at all times, the South China…

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Charlotte Tilbury has earned herself a reputation as a beauty artist MVP. From the iconic Hollywood flawless filter — a product which I personally cannot fault — to the glow-giving magic cream, which Tilbury tells me she swears by for an “immediate skin revival,” her products have attracted legions of fans, myself included, because, quite honestly, they never disappoint. When it comes to make-up for mature skin, this is where Charlotte’s radiance-boosting formulas can often come into their own, and she has a wealth of expertise to share on the subject. “As we age, our skin begins to show signs of aging like fine lines, wrinkles, and dehydration, which…

In tonight's edition, the Ebola outbreak in the DRC has crossed a devastating threshold, with more than 1,000 lives lost. Also, in Kenya, human rights groups warn that political “goons” are increasingly being used to disrupt rallies ahead of elections next year. And in Senegal, four years after devastating floods threatened the famous Pink Lake’s unique ecosystem, the lake is slowly regaining its iconic colour.

With so many anti-ageing creams promising smoother, firmer, more youthful-looking skin, it can be difficult to know which ingredients are actually worth looking for and which are nothing more than clever marketing. There’s everything from retinol and peptides to antioxidants and hydrating serums, all promising to keep skin looking youthful. So, to help separate the science from the hype, I spoke to skincare experts Dr Brandon Richland, a board-certified plastic surgeon and Allyse Cirillo, Founder and CEO of SAINT JŌ. I wanted to find out the key ingredients that can genuinely support healthier-looking skin. Whether you’re looking to soften the…

US regulators to weigh controversial peptides backed by RFK Jr FDA has questioned the evidence as demand surges for the compounds promoted for sleep, muscle growth, and anti-aging. Published On 22 Jul 202622 Jul 2026 Peptides, a class of compounds increasingly marketed as wellness treatments, have exploded in popularity in recent years, moving from niche bodybuilding and biohacking circles to now being promoted for everything from weight loss to longevity. But as questions grow over whether many of them are safe or work as advertised, regulators in the United States are set to decide whether some of them should become available through licensed…

Produce giant Taylor Farms is under renewed scrutiny after it voluntarily recalled iceberg lettuce linked to the nation's unusually large cyclosporiasis outbreak. Food safety experts say that while recalls are inevitable for a produce supplier the size of Taylor Farms, the current outbreak is unusual because of its scale and the number of people sickened. More than 5,000 cases of cyclosporiasis have been reported, far exceeding the typical annual level of roughly 200 to 1,000 cases. Because cyclospora infections can cause severe diarrhea lasting days or even weeks, some consumers are avoiding leafy greens and other fresh produce commonly associated…

WASHINGTON, DC - APRIL 22: Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Marty Makary speaks during a news conference at the Health and Human Services Department on April 22, 2025 in Washington, DC. Makary and Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. spoke about the intent of the FDA "to phase out the use of petroleum-based synthetic dyes in the nation's food supply." (Photo by Andrew Harnik/Getty Images) Getty Images FDA Commissioner Marty Makary resigned in May 2026. If you’ve followed the goings-on at the FDA, you know that the year-and-a-half since his nomination has been marked by several controversies. But that noise should not…

Taylor Farms on Friday said it is "voluntarily removing" iceberg lettuce sourced from central Mexico after it was linked to one of the largest outbreaks of cyclosporiasis in the U.S. in recent years. "While the FDA traceback is indicating a specific independent farm, which represents less than 1% of the U.S.'s iceberg lettuce supply, as the potential source of the outbreak, we have removed all iceberg lettuce from the region indefinitely," the company said in a statement. The Food and Drug Administration said in a statement Friday night that its traceback investigation identified a single supplier, Taylor Farms de Mexico, and that consumers should…

The head of the new Cardiac and Respiratory Foundation wants whoever's next in government to fund lung cancer screening. Four cardiac and respiratory charities - the Asthma and Respiratory Foundation, The Heart of Aotearoa, the Lung Foundation, and the Bronchiectasis Foundation - have merged to have a single voice for heart and lung health challenges. Chief executive Letitia Harding said it made more sense for them to be one organisation. "This is something we have brought together because we've been hearing from health professionals but also patients and we've had a lot of experience in this space bringing those four issues [we represent] together.…

For many people, aesthetic treatments are something to consider only after wrinkles deepen or facial contours begin to change. But a growing approach to skin ageing takes the opposite view: maintaining collagen before those changes become more obvious. According to aesthetic doctor Dr Gerard Ee, medical director and co-founder of The Clifford Clinic, conversations about early facial maintenance often begin with patients in their early 30s onwards, when collagen production begins to decline and early skin laxity may first appear. These subtle changes can include a softer jawline, smile lines that linger a little longer and facial contours that appear…

(MedPage Today) -- More than 1,000 people have died in the Ebola outbreak in Congo, according to Africa's top health body, a grim toll in the fastest Ebola outbreak in history, as conflict, community resistance, and an uneven response fuel its...

Healthcare facilities in Borno State are under increasing pressure following a rise in suspected cholera cases, with more than 35,500 people infected and 198 deaths recorded since May. In a statement sent to PREMIUM TIMES on Wednesday, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), also known as Doctors Without Borders, cited data from the Borno State Ministry of Health showing that the outbreak has spread rapidly since the first suspected cases were reported on 1 May. The organisation attributed the surge to overcrowded informal settlements, limited access to safe drinking water, poor sanitation and inadequate waste management. MSF said the growing number of…

Imported generic drugs could face tariffs of up to 100% beginning in 2028 under a plan announced Tuesday by President Trump, who said the measure is intended to push manufacturers to move production to the U.S. Health policy experts said they are skeptical the tariffs alone would persuade generic drug manufacturers to relocate production to the U.S. "A tariff can be part of a broader strategy, but is not going to by itself lead to onshoring," Marta Wosińska, a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution's Center on Health Policy, said on Wednesday. Mr. Trump announced Tuesday the 100% tariffs on generic drugmakers will begin in August 2028 and increase…

(MedPage Today) -- MONTREAL -- People with a history of statin use had almost a 50% lower risk of two major complications after surgery for retinal detachment, a large propensity-matched analysis showed. Among almost 7,500 patients undergoing...

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Latin America · Expats Key Facts —Peru's rule. A passport must be valid for at least six months from the date you enter the country. —Enforcement start. Peruvian border officials began strict, immediate enforcement on January 1 of this year. —Affected airports. The rule is enforced at Lima's Jorge Chávez International Airport and Cusco's Alejandro Velasco Astete International Airport. —Airline role. Airlines can and do deny boarding at your departure gate if your passport does not meet Peru's validity requirement. —Mexico and Colombia. Mexico requires a passport valid for the length of your stay; Colombia asks travelers to check a minimum of three to…

A Florida teenager who sued Meta claiming that he was addicted to and harmed by his use of platforms, such as Instagram, has dropped his case. The 15-year-old plaintiff, known by the initials R.K.C., had in recent weeks settled the same claims against TikTok, Snapchat, and YouTube, all of which have been accused in a large lawsuit of creating addictive platforms harmful to children. R.K.C.'s claims were to go before a Los Angeles jury next week as part of court proceedings that have seen Meta and YouTube lose once already. A Meta spokeswoman told the BBC: "The claims never held up, and this outcome makes clear that we will not back away from defending…

Today we walk through Dark Elevator, a LPE in Windows 11. We reported it to Microsoft on May 20, 2026, and it is now fixed as CVE-2026-50343. A normal user can cause InstallService, the SYSTEM service behind the Windows app install pipeline, to load an attacker-controlled DLL into the SYSTEM svchost.exe process and obtain an interactive NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM shell. The exploit chains two logic flaws: a writable plugin map in InstallService, and a Windows-shipped COM class whose backing DLL a normal user can plant. Because the exploit corrupts no kernel memory, it works deterministically every time. It also needs none of the usual preconditions: no…

Brazil · Politics Key Facts —Who is Flávio Bolsonaro. He is a Brazilian senator and the eldest son of former President Jair Bolsonaro, currently campaigning for a 2026 gubernatorial race in Rio de Janeiro. —What he claimed. He told diplomats that Brazil’s electronic voting machines share origins with machines from Smartmatic, a Venezuelan company, and cited a CIA report on alleged fraud in Venezuela’s 2012 elections. —The TSE’s response. Brazil’s Superior Electoral Court stated that Smartmatic never supplied voting machines or software for Brazilian elections, and only provided technical support training. —How Brazil’s voting system works. The…

Social psychologist Dr. Jonathan Haidt explains how Australia's youth social media ban has boosted family time by 30% and improved sleep and focus. Haidt advocates for global adoption, stressing government support is crucial for parents struggling to manage their children's online lives and promote overall youth wellbeing. NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! France has become the first country in the European Union to ban children under 15 from using social media after lawmakers approved sweeping legislation requiring platforms to block young users through age-verification systems, citing growing concerns over children's mental health and…

The Kano State Hisbah Board has warned residents not to pay anyone to be registered for the state’s upcoming mass wedding programme. The board’s Deputy Commander-General, Dr Mujahideen Aminuddeen, gave the warning on Wednesday following reports that some individuals were collecting money from people hoping to benefit from the programme. He said the Kano State Government had already paid for the entire exercise. According to him, Governor Abba Yusuf approved funding to cover wedding attire, furniture, transportation of the furniture and start-up capital for beneficiaries. Aminuddeen stressed that no Hisbah official or government representative had been…

Beginning July 27, 2026, GitHub will cut public bug bounty payouts by at least half at every severity level. Critical findings will drop from $20,000-$30,000+ to a fixed $10,000, while its permanent invite-only VIP tier will pay $30,000 or more. Reports filed before that date, including those already in GitHub's growing triage queue, will retain the previous payout terms. GitHub said the changes are intended to reduce noise while giving established researchers faster responses, higher rewards, and closer access to its security engineering team. "You don't earn more by submitting more," the company said. "You earn more by submitting better." The public…

Criminal syndicates increasingly turned from targeting Chinese nationals to Americans after Beijing’s 2023 crackdown on online scams in Southeast Asia, analysts said on Wednesday, triggering a global game of “whack-a-mole”. “China has a huge advantage and a head start in terms of trying to protect its own citizens from scams compared to the US,” said Sue-Lin Wong, who hosts the Scam Inc. podcast, adding that it is “terrible for Americans who are losing a lot of money”. In recent years, Southeast Asia’s cyberscam industry has grown rapidly, with criminal syndicates initially targeting Chinese speakers before expanding globally to prey on victims around…

On Tuesday night, the city council of my small town of Irmo, South Carolina, voted to install 22 new Flock cameras. That’ll bring the total up to 33. With a population of only 12,000 or so, it means there’ll be one Flock camera for every 300 residents. That means there will be more Flock cameras in my town than police officers. The city council — the governing body consisting of the mayor and 4 councilpersons — voted for Flock expansion despite presentations from residents about the dangers of what they described as the creeping surveillance state. The vote for the cameras was a hot topic in local news and South Carolina social media. The city council…

U.S. Secret Service Director Sean Curran testifies during the House Appropriations Homeland Security Subcommittee hearing in Rayburn building on Thursday, April 16, 2026. Tom Williams \| CQ-Roll Call, Inc. \| Getty Images A senior U.S. Secret Service official said Wednesday that the "threat environment" for the agency's protectees, who include President Donald Trump, "is the highest we've ever seen." "What we're seeing now is something I've never seen before," said the senior official, who spoke to reporters at a background briefing on the condition that they not be identified by name before a public briefing. There have been about 10,000 cases…

Ravie LakshmananJul 22, 2026Linux / Vulnerability Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of a new local privilege escalation (LPE) vulnerability in snap-confine that an unprivileged user can trigger to obtain root access and gain complete control of a target environment. The high-severity flaw, tracked as CVE-2026-8933 (CVSS score: 7.8), impacts default installations of Ubuntu Desktop 24.04, 25.10, and 26.04. The disclosure comes as 442 security flaws in Linux have been publicized over the past three days. "The issue stems from a security hardening change that inadvertently introduced a race condition during sandbox initialization," Saeed…

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Framework is adjusting the pricing for its upcoming Framework Laptop 13 Pro, the company announced in a blog post. The company says that its supplier of LPCAMM2 memory updated pricing to be "more than double" its existing inventory, while laptops and mainboards will see increases due to rises in prices for other components. "We recently received a cost update from our LPCAMM2 supplier that goes far beyond anything we had predicted and anything we’re able to absorb without placing our ability to operate at real financial risk," wrote chief executive Nirav Patel. "Rather than the low-to-mid double digit [sic] percentage increase we had forecast from Q2…

A cheating scandal has erupted in the World of Warcraft community after a Blizzard developer was caught using special game master (GM) abilities to kill two bosses for some friends. The GM seemingly didn't realize that one of the players was recording combat logs of the whole thing. Late on Tuesday, Reddit user Acrobatic_Pianist688 posted evidence of the GM's meddling on the WoW subreddit. Their post links to a combat log that shows a non-player ability called "Area Death (TEST)" being used to instantly kill a boss with nearly 90% of its health left. Not long after, a commenter on the thread found the GM using a separate insta-kill ability on a boss…

For years, Microsoft has leaned heavily into extensive backward compatibility across multiple generations of Xbox hardware as a major selling point for its consoles. Today, that effort expands past the console ecosystem, making select original Xbox titles officially playable (and purchasable) on Windows PCs for the first time. The appropriately and bluntly named “Xbox Backward Compatibility on PC” program kicks off today with compatibility for BLiNX: The Time Sweeper, Conker: Live and Reloaded, Crimson Skies: High Road to Revenge, and Fuzion Frenzy. PC players can download each title for $10, but those with Xbox Game Pass subscriptions or existing…

I have been following the return of Langrisser with great interest. The obscure tactics RPG series has been dormant for nearly a decade. Its last entry was on the 3DS. And before that, most of the entries were never localized. A 2020 set of remasters gave players a chance to revisit the first two games, but with some bad art and a few questionable design changes. Now Langrisser is back with a new game and it looks pretty bad. I held out hope after the teaser trailer was released last week that Langrisser: Sea of Sword might still turn out to be the revival that longtime fans had wanted. It was mostly incomprehensible, except for the big anime titty…

If there's anything I know about Steam users, it's that they bloody love that wishlist system. Hundreds, if not thousands of games, all plonked in a single list that we can pretend we'll go through eventually to pick out some corkers we know we'll love, even though we know we'll just play the same thing we always do because the exhaustion of daily life limits what we can take in? Bloody lovely that is! And now, we'll be able to organise that even further, as categories are being added in. "With so many amazing games on Steam, players are wishlisting more and more titles," Valve explain in a blog post announcing the new feature. "Existing options like…

Far-left Twitch streamer Hasan Piker at the College Democrats of America Summer Convention passionately advocates for a left-wing takeover of the Democratic Party, denouncing 'compromising' members. Minnesota Senate candidate Peggy Flanagan further fuels the socialist revolt, openly calling for the dismantling of ICE. The segment highlights growing divisions within the Democratic establishment. NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Controversial streamer Hasan Piker is facing renewed scrutiny over a recent addition to his visual background during his streams. Viewers noticed what appeared to be a framed copy of the front page of a newspaper with…

A trio of limited edition Xbox Elite Series 2 Core controllers are available exclusively at Best Buy and for this week only they're on sale. They're normally listed for $149.99 but you can currently get them for $129.99, a savings of about 14%. This is a good deal considering the fact that Xbox Elite controllers customized at the Design Lab typically start at $170. Save $20 Off Exclusive Xbox Elite Core Controllers at Best Buy Xbox Elite Series 2 Core Wireless Controller 2 Xbox Elite Series 2 Core Wireless Controller 2 Xbox Elite Series 2 Core Wireless Controller 6 These limited edition controllers are preconfigured using Xbox's Design Lab. Design Lab…

Fallout 4, despite being reviewed favorably by critics, was incredibly polarizing among players upon release. On one hand, it vastly improved upon Fallout 3's and New Vegas' shooting mechanics, and the introduction of settlements paved the way for Fallout 76's base-building systems. On the other, its role-playing elements were stripped back considerably, dialogue choices were more ambiguous, and it was more akin to an open-world, single-player shooter than a true RPG. Looking back, there's one area where Fallout 4 improved upon its two predecessors but didn't get the plaudits it deserves: power armor. In Fallout 3 and New Vegas, power armor is treated…

Topline Wednesday night’s Powerball lottery drawing will be the first since ticket sales expanded to the United Kingdom, and the more people eligible to take part means jackpots could grow more quickly. United Kingdom players can now purchase Powerball tickets. (Photo by Patrick T. Fallon / AFP) (Photo by PATRICK T. FALLON/AFP via Getty Images) AFP via Getty Images Key Facts Powerball opened ticket sales to United Kingdom residents earlier this week, the first time non-U.S. lottery players can try to win the massive jackpot. Rebecca Paul, president and CEO of the Tennessee Lottery, said earlier this month the more players buying tickets means…

LeBron James still hasn’t signed with a team as of today, and Nick Wright, Chris Broussard, and Kevin Wildes ask if teams should still wait for him. Welcome back to "As The LeBron Turns." That's right, folks! Though he may try to deny that he doesn't want the attention to be about him and his latest decision in free agency, LeBron James sure has been the focal point of several stories regarding his future. In fairness to King James, a lot of that press has been a result of how teams and media members have handled his pending move, but I digress. Rich Paul talks with LeBron James of the Los Angeles Lakers during the second half at Crypto.com Arena in…

Are you a proud new owner of a Nintendo Switch 2 console thanks to the amazing deals going on Woot today? If so, you should seriously consider picking up a memory card while you're at it. Fortunately, Walmart has some solid prices going on right now. The Onn 512GB Micro SDXC Express Card drops to just $84.77 with free shipping. Alternatively, the 256GB is also back in stock for $46.77 with free shipping. Get a 512GB Nintendo Switch 2 Memory Card for $85 Nintendo Switch 2 Compatible Onn 512GB Micro SDXC Express Card 16 Nintendo Switch 2 Compatible Onn 256GB Micro SDXC Express Card 17 The Switch 2 console will only accept MicroSD Express cards. If you…

Here are the lotto draw results of the Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office (PCSO) for Wednesday, July 22, 2026. Check these out. READ MORE: Lotto draw results, July 20, 2026 Lotto draw results, July 19, 2026 PCSO lotto games The PCSO holds five 6-pick number games, the Lotto 6/42, MegaLotto 6/45, SuperLotto 6/49, GrandLotto 6/55, and UltraLotto 6/58 at ₱25 per combination. All of these number games can be played using the system play (systems 7 to 12), 5 Roll, and Lucky Pick. The PCSO draws the Lotto 6/42 on Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays and offers an initial jackpot prize of […]...Keep on reading: Lotto draw results, July 22, 2026

Panthalus is hard to miss: The water elemental is by far the largest monster in Palworld. The Pal, which controversially appears to take inspiration from Pokémon Ruby and Pokémon Sapphire legendary Kyogre, looks awfully familiar to Pokémon fans. Despite those similarities, developer Pocketpair designed the encounter so players who experience it won't dismiss it as a rip-off. If anything, the Panthalus fight is a perfect encapsulation of why Palworld has seen such explosive success. The Pal was teased in early access trailers, but Pocketpair didn't put it into Palword until the game's recent 1.0 release. For a while, some fans worried that the…

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

OpenAI's rogue AI agent reinforced a cybersecurity threat experts have long anticipated — and Jim Cramer said there's one stock built for exactly this moment: CrowdStrike . "CrowdStrike will be the stock you should buy this morning," Jim said during Wednesday's Morning Meeting . " While acknowledging the stock has had a big move in 2026, he said, "I think it's a must-buy." OpenAI disclosed late Tuesday that one of its advanced AI agents escaped a controlled testing environment during a cybersecurity evaluation, gained internet access, and ultimately compromised the infrastructure of AI startup Hugging Face, before the activity was detected and…

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

Business leaders, entrepreneurs and members of Nigeria’s literary community gathered in Lagos on Monday for the public presentation of The Challengers, a book by Nigerian author Eghosa Imasuen, which chronicles the journey of the founders of VFD Group. The event, held at the Radisson Blu Anchorage Hotel, brought together executives, policymakers, media personalities and young professionals to discuss entrepreneurship, leadership and the lessons behind building an enduring organisation. The book tells the story of how five friends, Nonso Okpala, Adeniyi Adenubi, Mobolaji Adewumi, Gbenga Omolokun and Azubike Emodi, came together following the 2008…

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Welcome back to Minor Dilemmas, where a member of Defector's Parents Council will answer your questions on surviving family life. Have a question? Email us at minordilemmas@defector.com. This week, Giri answers a question about how parenting can reorient your life. Anonymous: My wife and I are new parents, and before our baby was born I decided I would become the full time stay-at-home parent. I wanted to give my kid a chance for an upbringing similar to mine, and luckily my wife's career should provide for the family. As my wife's maternity leave gets closer to its end, I'm excited but also anxious about what happens next. My wife's work will mean…

security Linux kernel team publishes 432 CVEs in two days Sunday-to-Monday onslaught fuels speculation over AI-assisted bug reports If you're responsible for Linux security, someone just dumped a pile of work onto your desk: 432 Linux kernel CVEs were published across Sunday and Monday this week. Linux watchers at nixCraft pointed out the volume on Monday morning, and it didn’t take long for seasoned sysadmins to start expressing concerns. Jan Schaumann, chief information security architect at Akamai Technologies, took to the OSS-SEC mailing list Tuesday to express concerns over the sheer volume of Linux kernel CVEs published in recent days. Aside…

A date and time picker is one of those components that looks small in a design file and turns into a real time sink once you start building it. You need a calendar, a time selector, a state that keeps both in sync, and usually a range mode and a translated version somewhere down the line, too. This guide walks through ready-made picker patterns you can drop into a React project today: a combined date and time picker, a date range picker, and a time picker. Every one of these is available as a Shadcn Date Picker component you can install with a single CLI command instead of building from scratch. These components are built on both Radix and Base UI…

Check out the companies making headlines in extended trading. Alphabet — Shares fell more than 4% after the company raised its capital expenditures forecast for 2026 to a range of $195 billion to $205 billion, pointing to artificial intelligence demand. Separately, Alphabet posted revenue of $119.8 billion in the fiscal second quarter, topping expectations of $116.93 billion, according to LSEG. Rollins — The pest control company dropped about 10% after second quarter results fell short of Wall Street's expectations. Rollins posted earnings of 30 cents per share on revenue of $1.08 billion, while the FactSet consensus called for 34 cents a share and…

Argentina’s economy contracted for a second straight month in May, underscoring a trend of uneven growth more than halfway through President Javier Milei’s term. Economic activity fell 0.5 percent from April, below the 0.2 percent rise estimated by Bloomberg Economics, according to government data published Wednesday. From a year ago, the gross domestic product proxy grew 0.2 percent, below the 2.5 percent median estimate of economists surveyed by Bloomberg. Agriculture and mining led growth on an annual basis, while manufacturing and retail fell. Earlier indicators had already previewed an uneven performance across the economy, with exports expanding…

GENEVA, July 22. /TASS/. Global trade grew by 12.5% in the first six months of 2026 year-on-year, mostly as a result of price hikes caused by shipping disruptions in the Strait of Hormuz and concerns about fuel supply chains, the UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD) agency said in its global trade update. "Global goods trade is estimated to have reached approximately $13.7 trillion in the first half of 2026, up 12.5% from the same period in 2025. Services trade grew by 10.5%," the report says. The organization said that "a significant share of the increase reflects higher prices rather than stronger trade volumes." In UNCTAD’s estimates, "disruptions to…

IBM CEO Arvind Krishna attends a Rose Garden Club event on the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington on July 6, 2026. Mandel Ngan \| Afp \| Getty Images IBM on Wednesday lowered its 2026 forecast and delivered thinner quarterly profits than analysts had projected, even after the technology vendor issued an earnings warning last week. Shares rose 1% in extended trading. Here's how the company did relative to LSEG consensus: Earnings per share: $2.93 adjusted vs. $2.97 expected Revenue: $17.16 billion vs. $17.58 billion expected IBM's revenue grew 1% year over year in the quarter, according to a statement. Net income of $2.17 billion, or $2.30…

By Song Sang-ho WASHINGTON, July 22 (Yonhap) -- U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) Jamieson Greer said Wednesday that his office will release its "final responsive action" on its trade investigations into 60 trading partners over forced labor concerns as soon as Thursday, as South Korea and other countries await new U.S. tariffs. Greer made the remarks in a written statement submitted to the Senate Committee on Finance, as U.S. President Donald Trump's administration is expected to unveil its new tariffs based on the investigations that the USTR had conducted for months since March under Section 301 of the 1974 Trade Act. Washington carried out the…

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Infometrics’ principal economist Brad Olsen believed it was hard to be a student without some form of income over and above what one might get from Government support. “Realistically for most students, the fees component of what they have to pay is not the biggest bit, it’s their living costs,” he said. More than 20% of students surveyed said it had been more than three days since last having a piece of fresh fruit or a fresh vegetable. It’s a concerning outlook for VUWSA who feared there were students who were eating less healthily than they’d like to. More than 20% of students have gone multiple days without fresh fruit and veggies Photo / 123rf It…

The same chart delivers two verdicts. Measured against our own past, the road toll is a triumph. Measured against the world, not so much. The gap between the two measurements is why we compiled a second book. New Zealand by Numbers, published a fortnight ago, looked backwards and asked whether New Zealand was improving. Our new book, New Zealand by Comparison, looks sideways and asks whether New Zealand is keeping up. It compares New Zealand and 28 countries across more than 100 indicators. A pattern consistent enough to serve as the book’s theme is that New Zealand’s society outranks its economy. New Zealand has the highest labour force participation…

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

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

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

Southwest Airlines Boeing 737 airplanes park at Hobby Airport during an afternoon rainstorm on May 27, 2026 in Houston, Texas. Kevin Carter \| Getty Images News \| Getty Images Southwest Airlines reported a more than 9% increase in second-quarter profit from the same period last year as higher fares are increasingly helping the airline cover its fuel tab. Southwest said its fuel bill rose almost $900 million in the second quarter from a year earlier. The airline forecast third-quarter adjusted earnings of between 50 cents and 75 cents, below the 82 cents analysts expected Here's what Southwest reported for second quarter compared with Wall Street…

Tesla reports Q2 earnings miss but beats on revenue; cash burn rate less than expected Yahoo FinanceTesla set to report second-quarter results after the bell CNBCTesla Earnings, Elon Musk Loom: What Investors Want To Know (Live Coverage). Investor's Business DailyTesla’s revenues are bouncing back after a dismal two years The VergeTesla Profit Falls Even as Car Sales Rebound The New York Times

The naira recorded its highest appreciation against the United States dollar on Wednesday at the official foreign exchange market. Data from the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) showed that the naira strengthened further on Wednesday to N1,369.64 per dollar, up from N1,375.31 per dollar recorded on Tuesday at the official foreign exchange market. This means that, on a day-to-day basis, the naira gained N5.67 against the dollar, marking its highest appreciation this week. Similarly, at the black market, the naira gained a significant N10 against the dollar to close at a selling rate of N1,415 per dollar, according to Bureau De Change operators in Abuja.…

Promising another morose summer in the housing market. The average 30-year fixed mortgage rate rose to 6.77% today, the highest in a year, and a hair above the highs earlier in July and May, and up by nearly 80 basis points from the February low, per the daily measure by Mortgage News Daily. Last fall there was talk that this was going to be the spring and summer when mortgage rates would drop below 5% again, and all this “pent-up demand” would be unleashed, and the housing market would shoot to the moon or whatever. But reality is that inflation is high, and in “real” terms – adjusted for inflation – mortgage rates are fairly low, and so this is it,…

The S\&P 500 and ​the Nasdaq closed lower on Wednesday with a mixed performance from technology stocks, as investors waited for key earnings reports to gauge the health of a market rally fed by enthusiasm for artificial intelligence. After months of gains that lifted the major indexes from their March lows, momentum has been wobbling with uneven trading in ‌heavyweight semiconductor stocks ⁠and weakness ⁠in software stocks. The Philadelphia SE Semiconductor index ended higher, after bouncing off early losses. The index was angling for its third straight day of gains after three days ​of losses that had confirmed it was in a bear market last week.…

Save You have reached your maximum number of saved items. Remove items from your saved list to add more. AAA On an early Thursday evening in June, Mosman Mayor Ann Marie Kimber slipped into her local Chargrill Charlie’s, the neighbourhood rotisserie chicken and takeaway shop, to bring home her usual fortnightly order: cauliflower cheese bake, sweet potato fries (“most delicious things in the world”), and a half-and-half salad mix. The food is still just as good as she remembers from when the outlet opened in the early 2010s. “It’s certainly stood the test of time and done very well,” says Kimber, who was visiting at the same time as this masthead.…

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

Donald Trump’s chief trade official denied the president’s sweeping tariffs have increased prices for US families, as lawmakers challenged him over cost-of-living concerns across much of the country. US inflation surged to a three-year high earlier this year. During a heated exchange before US senators on Wednesday, however, US trade representative Jamieson Greer appeared to claim Trump’s controversial economic agenda had not driven prices higher. Asked by the Democratic senator Elizabeth Warren if the tariffs had increased prices for American families, Greersaid: “No.” “Core inflation fell to 2.6% year on year, much better than in January 2025,”…

EU gives Paramount's Warner Bros. acquisition the go-ahead As long as Paramount ends its distribution business with Universal, it can purchase Warner Bros. Discovery in Europe. Alex Millauer/Shutterstock European Commission regulators have approved Paramount's merger with Warner Bros. Discovery, provided it ends its business relationship with Universal in the region. With approval from regulators in the EU and the US, one of the last major obstacle to Paramount's massive $111 billion acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery is now a legal challenge from 12 states that has temporarily paused the merger. Regulators examined how the merger could impact…

Bola Oyebamiji, the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate for the 15 August Osun State governorship election, has assured the electorate of a violence-free poll, urging them to disregard rumours of unrest. Mr Oyebamiji gave the assurance on Wednesday at a rally in Odo-Otin area of the state, stating that no one would be allowed to intimidate or harass voters participating in the election. The APC candidate warned that any thug or hoodlum caught harassing the electorate would be dealt with by security operatives. He also expressed optimism about winning the election, adding that his victory would usher in a new era of development in the state. Mr…

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

Good morning, and thank you for joining our live coverage as Victoria’s public school teachers and principals strike for the second time in four months. I’m education reporter Bridie Smith, and I’ll be helming our blog while my colleagues Alex Crowe, Jackson Graham and Caroline Schelle bring you live updates from the rally. Today’s industrial action comes after teachers, principals and education support staff rejected a revised government pay offer of 28.3 per cent over four years made in April and a 17 per cent pay offer over three years proposed in March. You can catch up with what has been happening here.

WASHINGTON, July 22. /TASS/. US President Donald Trump is "doing everything he can" to achieve a peaceful settlement in Ukraine, US Permanent Representative to the United Nations Mike Waltz said. "The president [Trump] is doing everything he can to end the war," Waltz told a hearing of the US House Committee on Foreign Affairs. However, he noted that the parties have not yet "seen fit to enter into the final deal." He added that the administration was applying pressure and doing everything possible to end the war. Waltz also effectively acknowledged that Trump had underestimated the complexity of the task when he previously suggested that he could…

House Republicans on Wednesday agreed to begin the process of writing a $95bn bill to fund the war with Iran as well as provide new aid to farmers, while making a long-shot attempt to impose new restrictions on voting nationwide. In a virtually party-line 216-214, the Republican-controlled chamber passed a budget resolution that paves the way for the creation of a reconciliation bill, which can advance through the Senate under special rules that circumvent the Democratic filibuster and requires only a simple majority to pass. Two Republicans – Warren Davidson of Ohio and Thomas Massie of Kentucky, as well as Kevin Kiley, an independent of California –…

The Chief Justice of Nigeria, Kudirat Kekere-Ekun, has called for strong legal protection, an efficient justice system and collaboration across judicial jurisdictions to protect and enhance global maritime sector growth. She stated this at the opening of the 18th International Maritime Seminar for Judges, organised by the Nigerian Shippers’ Council in collaboration with the National Judicial Institute, on Wednesday in Abuja. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the three-day seminar brought together judicial officers, maritime regulators, legal practitioners and participants from several African countries to strengthen maritime jurisprudence.…

All too predictably, China has defended the latest reprehensible conduct of its maritime personnel in Ayungin Shoal—where a Chinese coast guard (CCG) personnel struck a Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) sailor, resulting in a serious head injury—by claiming that it was, in fact, the victim of “provocations.” The Philippine side, said Chinese Embassy deputy spokesperson Guo […]...Keep on reading: Intolerable behavior

On "The Katie Miller Podcast," Border czar Tom Homan argued that his past award from former President Barack Obama for deportations proves that modern Democrats are hypocrites on border policy. NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Border czar Tom Homan argued on Tuesday’s episode of "The Katie Miller Podcast" that common-sense border security was hailed during past administrations, but is demonized by current Democrats. Podcaster Katie Miller, the wife of White House Deputy Chief of Staff for Policy Stephen Miller, asked Homan, "Why do you think American society has moved to saying that deportations are a bad thing when 20 years ago even…

It’s a question that’s been floated since very early on, when the impeachment complaint was still in the House of Representatives. It’s a suspicion that’s been in the minds of those who are concerned that Vice President Sara Duterte may just resign as a way of avoiding the consequences of impeachment, which include disqualification from […]...Keep on reading: What if VP Sara resigns?

The impeachment trial has taken over the public consciousness, broadcast on our screens multiple days a week. Headlines and sound bites influence the battle for public opinion. It is quite apparent that all parties—the prosecution, the defense, and the senator-judges—have their own audience in mind. Some responses are meant purely for their political base to […]...Keep on reading: Children are watching: Accountability on trial

On Monday, the seventh British prime minister in a decade assumed office. Andy Burnham was welcomed to Downing Street by a cheerful crowd of political allies, including former Labour lawmaker Josh Simons, who had given up his seat in the House of Commons to trigger a by-election, enabling Burnham to return to national politics and, ultimately, become prime minister. Burnham's message to the public has revolved around the notion of "hope" in politics, really little more than a simple slogan initially popularized by Green Party leader Zack Polanski. That lawmakers said to represent the Labour Party's "soft left," such as Clive Lewis and John McDonnell,…

Daniel Bwala, President Bola Tinubu’s Special Adviser on Policy Communication, on Wednesday described the opposition as jobless, stressing that they are “lazying about.” Bwala made the remark while featuring on Channels Television’s Politics Today, in reaction to the United States, US, President, Donald Trump’s letter to President Bola Tinubu. In the letter, Trump had lauded Tinubu for his decisive leadership in tackling terrorism and insecurity in Nigeria, particularly attacks on Christian communities. According to a statement issued on Wednesday by the President’s Special Adviser on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, Trump conveyed the…

Washington — The House adopted a GOP-backed budget blueprint on Wednesday that would provide up to $95 billion in funding for the Iran war, aid to farmers and parts of President Trump's voting regulations bill known as the SAVE America Act. The House adopted the budget resolution in a 216 to 214 vote, with all Democrats and two Republicans voting in opposition. It's the latest effort by Republicans to enact Mr. Trump's top priorities as the bipartisan appropriations process has broken down. Democrats remain vehemently opposed to continuing the war in Iran as well as strict new voting requirements championed by the president. House Speaker Mike…

House Republicans officially kicked off reconciliation 3.0 on Wednesday, narrowly approving a budget framework to unlock work on their planned $95 billion package.Why it matters: The vote gets Republicans into the reconciliation process, but lawmakers in both chambers have signaled the package itself faces a difficult path to passage.Two Republicans — Reps. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.) and Warren Davidson (R-Ohio) — voted against the measure, along with all Democrats. GOPer- turned-Independent Rep. Kevin Kiley (Calif.) also voted against the measure, which passed 216-214.The package includes $73 billion in funding for the Iran war, $12 in farm aid and a $10…

Eric Shawn reports on the stunning revelation that thousands of non-citizens were improperly registered to vote in New Jersey due to a software error, with nearly 400 casting ballots. NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Speaker Mike Johnson’s plan to bypass Democratic opposition on a key election integrity bill took a major step forward in the House of Representatives on Wednesday. It’s a major victory for Johnson, R-La., who had to overcome a wall of left-wing opposition and threats of a rebellion within his own GOP ranks. House Republicans are working to move the Safeguarding American Voter Eligibility (SAVE) America Act as part of a larger…

Trump Administration Live Updates: U.S. Signs Saudi Nuclear Cooperation Pact The New York TimesU.S. signs nuclear power agreement with Saudi Arabia CNBCTrump Signs Nuclear Sharing Deal With Saudi Arabia in Policy Shift Bloomberg.comExclusive | Trump Approves Landmark Nuclear Deal With Saudi Arabia in Big Win for Kingdom WSJTrump Administration to Announce Deal That Could Let Saudis Enrich Nuclear Fuel The New York Times

The US and Saudi Arabia have reached a nuclear cooperation agreement, the US Energy Department said on Wednesday. The two countries have also signed an accompanying bilateral safeguards deal, the Energy Department said.

The Trump administration just announced that it will help Saudi Arabia develop a civilian nuclear program. That’s a big deal for the region. And the U.S. is willing to drop some key safeguards of previous nuclear agreements — which is also a big deal. My first thought: This won’t make it any easier to persuade Iran to agree to strict rules on enrichment. My second thought: Israel won’t be happy. My third thought: I need to call David Sanger, our veteran White House correspondent and in-house nuclear expert. I wanted to ask him about what this development means for nuclear proliferation in the Middle East and beyond. You can read our conversation…

Colin Reed, a Republican strategist, and Fox News contributor Richard Fowler analyze Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's increasing political influence. They discuss her national tour, visiting Pennsylvania, Georgia, Alabama and Montana, and her potential presidential run in 2028. Fowler highlights her ability to mobilize supporters around key issues, potentially making her a strong contender for leadership. NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Progressive firebrand Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has surged to the front of the prospective 2028 Democratic presidential field in New Hampshire, edging Pete Buttigieg and leaving Kamala Harris far behind…

How does the cockroach protest alter India’s political landscape? A considerable section of those opposed to the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) sees hope in the mobilisation triggered by the self-deprecating cockroach activists. Some even believe that political parties— particularly the Congress — should fall in line with the outfit that calls itself the Cockroach Janta Party (CJP), which took its name from a remark by a judge of the Supreme Court of India who likened India’s disgruntled youth to cockroaches. An opposing view, expressed as hope within the BJP and concern within the Congress, is that this protest could cannibalise the latter. “AAP [the…

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

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

Enzo Fernández insists Argentina represented themselves in the "best possible way" at the World Cup despite the Chelsea midfielder's red card in the final and a host of ugly incidents in their controversial campaign. Fernández was sent off for a second booking after clattering into Spain's Pau Cubarsi in the closing stages of normal time in Sunday's 1-0 loss. The 25-year-old's premature exit was the latest in a series of clashes to cast a shadow over Argentina's run to the final. Leandro Paredes appeared to throw punches at members of the Spain squad as they celebrated their victory, with FIFA subsequently launching an investigation into potential…

Adams has signed a contract with the Orange and Green until June 30, 2030. The Nigeria international registered 10 goals and four assists in 37 appearances for Sevilla. Adams revealed the reason behind his decision to move to Venice. “I chose to come here because I see the extraordinary project Venezia is building, and I want to contribute to writing a new chapter in its history,” he told the club’s official website. The 26-year-old previously played for Sogndal IL and Lillestrøm SK in Norway, as well as Montpellier in France.

Jasper Philipsen has capped a fine team performance to win stage 17 of the Tour de France, with defending champion Tadej Pogačar protecting his overall lead. Mathieu van der Poel led his Alpecin-Premier Tech teammate Philipsen to his first stage victory of this Tour overnight by controlling the pace and containing counterattacks through the last kilometres. Philipsen finished just ahead of Mauro Schmid and Olav Kooij. The Belgian rider described a "a roller-coaster of emotions" after what had been a disappointing Tour for him personally. "I prepared very, very well. I was in the shape of my life, I think, and the first stages, the first 12 days, were…

Kwara United have unveiled 16 new players for the 2026-27 season, DAILY POST reports. The Ilorin-based club retained only 14 players from the previous season. The Harmony Boys made the announcement during the unveiling ceremony on Wednesday at the club secretariat. The club chairman, Mr Kumbi Titiloye, said the signings were made to strengthen the squad following the departure of several players whose contracts expired. Among the newly recruited players are goalkeepers Stanley Victor from Kada City and Ouattara Khalifa from Alemas FC, Mali. The defenders are Ferinyaro Ali from Kada Warriors, Peace Dewan from Bendel Insurance, Ada Adamu from Barau FC,…

Muyiwa Majayogbe has signed a two-year contract with Nigeria Premier Football League (NPFL) side Doma United, DAILY POST reports. Majayogbe joined the Savannah Tigers from Nigeria National League (NNL) side Crown FC. The goalkeeper reunited with head coach Ayodeji Ayeni at Doma United. Majayogbe played under Ayeni at Crown FC last season. He featured regularly for the Ogbomoso club during the campaign. Majayogbe will give the Savannah Tigers more options in defence as they look to make an impact on their return to the NPFL. Doma United gained promotion to the NPFL after a two-year absence.

Indian men's hockey captain Harmanpreet Singh believes his side is capable of ending the country's five-decade-long World Cup medal drought, saying the team heads into next month's showpiece event with the same belief and preparation that helped it end a 41-year Olympic podium wait at the Tokyo Games. India had snapped a 41-year Olympic medal drought by winning bronze in Tokyo in 2021 before repeating the feat under Harmanpreet's captaincy at the Paris Games. The ace drag-flicker now wants the team to emulate that success at the World Cup, to be held in the Netherlands and Belgium from August 15 to 30. "We had similar feelings as before the Tokyo…

Miami Heat mistakenly posted a link on YouTube to LeBron James' 'introductory press conference' despite the NBA great not yet deciding where he will play next season. The link to the live stream - scheduled for 27 July - was uploaded to the Heat's channel on Tuesday before being deleted. A Heat spokesperson told Reuters, external the video was posted in error by staff who were preparing for the possibility of James joining the side. BBC Sport has contacted Miami Heat for comment. James, 41, announced he was leaving the Los Angeles Lakers in June after eight years, in which he led them to the 2020 NBA title - his fourth overall. He previously played…

Former skipper Anjum Chopra. File \| Photo Credit: The Hindu Former skipper Anjum Chopra doesn't think that removing Harmanpreet Kaur from captaincy is a solution as the Indian women's team do not have quality back-up options in any of the departments. While another legendary former skipper, Mithali Raj, has urged the selectors to look at the bigger picture and groom a young captain like Shafali Verma for WT20Is, Chopra doesn't find it a feasible course correction. "Why are we even talking about a change (in captaincy)? You can make anybody the captain. That doesn't mean that the rest of the 10 players will start performing differently. And if that…

The Hundred men's competition, Utilita Bowl Southern Brave 135-7 (100 balls): Miller 44 (35); Jansen 2-17 Welsh Fire 138-4 (98 balls): Salt 47* (37); Chaudhary 2-19 Welsh Fire won by six wickets Scorecard. Table Welsh Fire captain Phil Salt led from the front as his unbeaten 47 helped them begin the 2026 Hundred season with a six-wicket win against Southern Brave in Southampton. Former world number one-ranked T20 batter Salt is The Hundred's all-time leading scorer, having hit 1,138 runs in five seasons with his former side Manchester Originals. Having signed for Fire as their captain before this year's competition, he is aiming to guide the Welsh…

Vaibhav Sooryavanshi. File \| Photo Credit: ANI Indian batting prodigy Vaibhav Sooryavanshi has acknowledged that he has endured "several ups and downs" in the past four months, but his confidence remains intact heading into the T20I series against Zimbabwe, beginning here on Thursday (July 22, 2026). Riding on his IPL blitzkrieg, the 15-year-old made it to India's T20I tours of Ireland and England. Although he did not feature in the two-match series in Belfast, he made his international debut in the second T20I against England in Manchester, becoming India's youngest-ever international cricketer, eclipsing Sachin Tendulkar's long-standing record.…

Major League Soccer says it is investigating allegations of tampering by Inter Miami after the club signed Brazil midfielder Casemiro. On Wednesday, Miami announced they had signed the 34-year-old - who left Manchester United at the end of last season - on a deal that runs to the end of the 2027 MLS campaign, with an option to extend until June 2029. But moments later, the MLS released a statement saying it was "reviewing a tampering allegation" against the club. "The league is gathering all relevant information and will refrain from further comment until the review is complete," it added. "While Inter Miami CF and the LA Galaxy have reached a…

It's not easy for Gordon Bray to name his favourite memory from a lifetime involved with rugby union. Regarded as one of international rugby's greatest broadcasters, Bray called almost 400 Test matches, including a host of significant moments in the Wallabies' storied history. World Cup victories, the 1984 Grand Slam, series wins over the All Blacks, and British and Irish Lions … Bray was behind the microphone for so many of Australian rugby's milestone achievements. His service to the game and sport broadcasting was recognised in 2005 when he was made a Member of the Order of Australia in the Queen's Birthday Honours list. Gordon Bray called rugby…

Spain's Ferran Torres is fouled by Argentina's Leandro Paredes. \| Photo Credit: Reuters FIFA opened an investigation Monday (July 21, 2026) after Spain's celebrations on beating Argentina in the World Cup final took an ugly turn when players briefly clashed on the field. Video replays showed several players involved in a scuffle, including Argentina midfielder Leandro Paredes. He appeared to shove Spain's Eric Garcia by the throat. When Spain substitute Gavi jumped in to intervene, Paredes pushed him to the ground. He appeared to shove Spain's Eric Garcia by the throat. When Spain substitute Gavi jumped in to intervene, Paredes pushed him to the…

“Welcoming the FIM World Supercross Championship to Christchurch is a major moment for the city and another wonderful milestone for One New Zealand Stadium,” Harvie-Teare said. “Staging the season finale here in December 2026, underlines One NZ Stadium and Christchurch’s place on the global stage as a world-class sport and entertainment venue, while giving fans the chance to see the world’s best riders compete for championship titles in an incredible atmosphere. “One NZ Stadium is a purpose-built multi-use facility, like no other here in Aotearoa, and we couldn’t be more excited to showcase Christchurch, our venue and New Zealand to a global audience…

Ole Miss HC Lane Kiffin has left his position to become the next head coach of LSU. Colin Cowherd asks if this was a problem due to the incoming playoffs. TAMPA, FL - Pete Golding took the stage on Wednesday at SEC Media Days and was clearly prepared to give his opinion about the current state of college football, along with the obvious questions about Lane Kiffin. If you know the Ole Miss head coach, none of this should come as a surprise, given his lack of filter regarding life, or just about anything else. Florida coach brings laughs, no filter and Lane Kiffin comparison rebuttal to first SEC media days Obviously, one of the main questions some in…

Beauty influencer Adriana Garcia, 30, dies after undergoing cosmetic surgery By RAVEN SAUNT, US LIFESTYLE EDITOR Updated: 16:35 EDT, 22 July 2026 Beauty influencer Adriana Garcia has died aged 30. The content creator, from Culiacan, Mexico, had reportedly been undergoing cosmetic surgery on Tuesday morning when she suffered complications. She is survived by a six-year-old daughter. Garcia had built up a legion of loyal fans across both TikTok and Instagram but also worked closely with Drop Shop – a store selling limited-edition sneakers, caps and luxury watches. The company confirmed her death in a statement that read: 'Today we say goodbye to a…

Arsenal have confirmed defender William Saliba is set to miss an "extended period" after suffering a back injury while at the World Cup with France. The 25-year-old had been managing a back issue for several weeks and carried the problem into the World Cup but was forced off after 30 minutes of France's semi-final loss to Spain. After returning to London and being seen by a specialist, it was decided that surgery is not needed with a managed recovery programme to be commenced instead. Saliba was forced to sit out France's World Cup bronze final defeat by England. Earlier in the World Cup, he said: "I've had some minor niggles for several months. "I've…

Michael Jordan , the six time NBA champion and one of the greatest athletes that the world has ever seen, was a force to be reckoned with on the court. While Michael Jordan achieved immense success in his professional life, his personal life was struck by tragedy after his father was murdered when Jordan was at the peak of his career. A tragedy so brutal that it seems Michael Jordan never really came to terms with it. Michael Jordan’s words on what his father, James Jordan Sr., taught him as the NBA icon struggled with grief after his brutal murder Michael Jordan’s father, James Jordan Sr., was tragically murdered in July 1993 when he was resting…

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Elon Musk made headlines overnight when he expressed interest in funding a hypothetical film production of The Odyssey directed by Mel Gibson. The billionaire quickly pivoted to a pledge to just make the same feature-length movie with his AI tool Grok and shared an example of what that might look like. As you can probably guess, it looks like dogshit. Musk has spent recent weeks complaining about Christopher Nolan’s new version of The Odyssey, which has raked in over $300 million globally since its blockbuster debut last weekend. The Tesla CEO and his legion of whiny man-babies believe the film is too woke since it contains non-white actors and a…

‘First show’ tickets had been sold for as high as ₹500 to ₹700 in certain pockets of Tamil Nadu. Despite having been leaked online ahead of its theatrical release, Jana Nayagan, starring Chief Minister C. Joseph Vijay, has witnessed strong advance ticket sales across Chennai and its neighbouring districts, though the response has been mixed in other parts of Tamil Nadu. While some cinemas reported a full house over the weekend, others said bookings were highest for the opening day, with Friday witnessing a comparatively low demand. Cinema owners added that bookings had been driven largely by members of the Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK), youngsters…

When you’re looking for a great miniseries to binge over a weekend, your first stop is most likely HBO Max for shows like Watchmen and True Detective, or Netflix, for the likes of The Haunting of Hill House and Midnight Mass. But while Disney Plus has not been one to brand itself as the home of great limited series, there are still some truly perfect miniseries on the streamer. Thanks to Disney owning the likes of Hulu, Star Wars, Marvel, and numerous other properties, it boasts a pretty impressive array of limited series under its umbrella. Here are seven miniseries that are absolutely perfect from start to finish. 1 WandaVision The Marvel Cinematic…

In some ways, the omnipresence of mystery in everyday life can be comforting. Why is it always cold at the end of the hallway? How did my cat make that noise at 2 in the morning? Why does my car’s brake light keep going out on the driver’s side? Sure, there may be explanations, but I’m not going to be the one to get to the bottom of this. I didn’t grow up watching Ghostbusters aspirationally. Today’s gossip raises the age-old question: Who you gonna call? If your house might actually be haunted and your kids are freaking out, you’d better come up with an answer. Our guest this week is Amber Singletary, a comedian, writer and host of the Judgy series…

Alan Ritchson in "Motor City." Independent Film Company Reacher star Alan Ritchson’s new revenge thriller Motor City is revving up some positive reviews from Rotten Tomatoes critics. Rated R, Motor City plays in preview screenings on Thursday before opening in theaters on Friday. In Motor City, which is set in Detroit in the 1970s, Ritchson stars as John Miller, a working-class local who is framed by a powerful gangster and sent to prison after he falls in love with the criminal’s girlfriend. When Miller is released from years of lock-up, he seeks revenge on the man who put him there. Forbes‘Masters Of The Universe’ Prime Video Streaming Release This…

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

IMPERILED Aerial photo taken on April 16, 2026, shows the mangroves at Ticao Island, in the province of Masbate. The Philippines has lost over 60 percent of its mangrove cover since 1918, government data show. —Photos by Jam Sta Rosa/Agence France-Presse MANILA, Philippines — Standing knee-deep in coastal waters, environmentalist Andrea Pimentel guides workers as they drive bamboo poles into the seabed to block sediment from choking the tidal channel sustaining a mangrove forest. Mangroves are a key natural defense against storm surges and coastal erosion in the Philippines, which is hit by around 20 typhoons each year. But the country has lost over…

The federal government released the text of what it’s calling an agreement in principle with the United States for the Gordie Howe International Bridge, which outlines how revenues could be collected — and shared — for the bridge that was entirely financed by Canadian taxpayers. Portions of it appear to contradict what Prime Minister Mark Carney has said about how money will be split and how much the U.S. will get before Canadians are repaid for the debt of the bridge. Carney said last week that Canada will not share any tolls collected from the bridge until Canada’s $6.4-billion debt from building it is repaid, but he also said that “net revenues”…

A $40,000 1-year CD account will produce a substantial return for savers who maintain the account through its maturity date. skaman306/Getty Images Whether you inherited it, painstakingly saved it in the inflationary economic climate of recent years or earned it via a home sale or inheritance, you'll have plenty of places to invest a large amount of money such as $40,000 now. Real estate, stocks, bonds and even precious metals can all be tempting for savers who have accumulated that much money in their savings account. Each of those investments, however, comes with inherent risks that certain savings accounts won't. And, if you move it into a…

Topline Stella Lefty, a singer-songwriter whose country-tinged breakout hit “Boston” surged to new heights on the Billboard charts this week, has billionaire roots as the daughter of Groupon co-founder Eric Lefkofsky—though some have questioned whether she’s an “industry plant,” or if she’s ripping singer Noah Kahan’s sound. Stella Lefty earned her first top 10 hit on the Billboard Hot 100 this week. (Photo by Tibrina Hobson/Getty Images) Getty Images Key Facts “Boston” surged to No. 6 on this week’s Billboard Hot 100 singles chart, marking Lefty’s first-ever appearance in the flagship chart’s top 10, partially thanks to TikTok virality and radio…

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The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) has unveiled its 2025 Bye-Laws, marking the first comprehensive review of the authority’s regulatory framework in 21 years. The new bye-laws were officially launched by the Chairman of the FAAN Board, Umar Ganduje, who commended the management for successfully reviewing the legal framework to reflect current realities in the aviation industry. He described the revised bye-laws as a significant milestone that will strengthen airport governance and enhance operational efficiency across the authority. Speaking at the unveiling, the Managing Director/Chief Executive of FAAN, Olubunmi Kuku, said the previous…

The southern greater glider (Petauroides volans) is a nocturnal marsupial native to the forests of southeastern Australia that’s capable of gliding from one tree to another thanks to a flexible membrane fixed between its forearms and hind legs. In a new study published in Australian Mammalogy, researchers recorded 41 such tree-to-tree leaps. The animals launched from an average height of 71.5 feet, landed at an average of 15.4 feet, and covered an average distance of 62.7 feet. Those are impressive jumps through space, especially when you add in that the maximum horizontal distance covered in a glide was 162.7 feet. Credit: Ana Gracanin There’s a…

Opinion I couldn’t wait to leave the town I grew up in. Now I love going back In this series, My Happy Place, our writers reflect on the holiday destinations in Australia and around the world that they cherish the most. July 23, 2026 — 5:00am Save You have reached your maximum number of saved items. Remove items from your saved list to add more. AAA Ripples on the Mitchell River mirror a dozen sulphur-crested cockatoos soaring overhead, their spread-winged reflections swimming below. The soft scent of eucalyptus drifts through damp air, rooted in the generations of Gippsland red gums that frame this gravel track, sweating so sweetly. As a June sunrise…

July 23, 2026 — 5:00am Save You have reached your maximum number of saved items. Remove items from your saved list to add more. AAA As I have edged past middle age and moved towards, well, later middle age, I have noticed myself becoming less judgmental. I don’t care about a person’s life choices, as long as they are nice human and do no harm to others. Just the other day, for example, I was listening to a podcast about polyamory as I was climbing the escalator at my local Westfield. Wouldn’t be my cup of tea, I thought, as a woman described her relationships with her three partners, but hey, good for her! As I congratulated myself on my…

Colombia · Business Key Facts —The trigger. Planned maintenance at the SPEC LNG regasification terminal in Cartagena ran from 30 July to 3 August 2026. —Ecopetrol’s response. Nine contingency contracts placed 81 GBTUD of natural gas onto the market to protect thermal power, homes, and vehicles. —Who was covered. Supply was directed to thermal generators, residential distributors, and compressed natural gas filling stations. —The fiscal shadow. Colombia’s fuel-subsidy system carries a potential COP$10 trillion (US$2.47 billion) financing gap. —Energy-security link. Without the bridge gas, the Caribbean coast risked power curtailments during the…

PARIS: France recorded 5,764 more deaths than usual during a record-breaking heatwave last month , health authorities said on Wednesday (Jul 22), describing the excess mortality among people aged 15 and older as "unprecedented". It was the highest excess mortality rate during a heatwave in the country since a devastating episode of high temperatures in 2003 that killed around 15,000 people, they added. Three heatwaves have swept across France since May, the latest in increasingly frequent such extreme weather events that scientists have linked to made-made climate change. The soaring temperatures caused havoc in a country where many homes, schools and…

Environment Canada issued heat warnings for most of B.C. on Wednesday as the hot weather is expected to stick around for a few days across the province. The organization says everyone should be careful as there is a risk to health with such high temperatures. This ridge of high pressure will bring elevated temperatures during the day and while it will cool down at night, temperatures will remain high. In the Fraser Canyon, where three wildfires are burning in the Boston Bar area, temperatures are expected to reach 40 C on Wednesday afternoon. A gradual cooling trend is expected later this week, according to Environment Canada. Heat affects everyone,…