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The B block of the panchayat union primary school at Kondappanaickenpatti in Salem district. \| Photo Credit: M. Sabari Air travel as reward for competitions, library time, smart boards, dedicated cleanliness staff and multiple sections for every class. These are not the features of a posh private school, but of a 71-year-old panchayat union primary school at Kondappanaickenpatti, a panchayat belonging to the Salem Panchayat Union near Yercaud Foothills. On May 7, 2026, it became the first government primary school in the district to receive the ISO 9001:2015 certification and is a shining example of what a government school can be. Established in…

Hyderabad-based GGF Astraa Analytica Pvt. Ltd. has expressed interest in establishing a ₹400-crore drone cluster in Kurnool Drone City. The company has sought around 100 acres of land for the project. Minister for Investments, Infrastructure, and Roads \& Buildings B.C. Janardhan Reddy has assured the company of all support if it submits a comprehensive proposal. The proposal was discussed during a meeting at the Secretariat on Thursday, where Mr. Janardhan Reddy met GGF Astraa Analytica CEO and Director Sai Prasad, Tech Director Sai Vignyan Reddy, and Operations Director T.S. Kiran. The company, which develops drone-based applications, has…

Minister Shibu Baby John emphasised the State government’s commitment to building a premier skilling ecosystem that is aligned with global industry demands. (File photo) The Kerala Academy of Skills Excellence (KASE) has exchanged a Letter of Intent (LoI) with Germany’s national railway company, Deutsche Bahn. The partnership aims to establish world-class training standards and structured migration pathways for skilled technical professionals from Kerala seeking employment in Germany’s railway and allied technical sectors. Speaking on the occasion, Forest and Skill Development Minister Shibu Baby John emphasised the government’s commitment to building…

Of the total number of students enrolled in higher education in Karnataka, Dakshina Kannada’s share stood at 6% and Udupi district’s at 2.44%, according to the Union government. Quoting the All India Survey on Higher Education (AISHE) 2023-24 by the Union Ministry of Education, Union Minister of State for Education Sukanta Majumdar told the Rajya Sabha on Wednesday that the total number of students enrolled in higher education in Karnataka was 27,59,933. Of this, enrolment at 320 higher education institutions in Dakshina Kannada stood at 1,70,293 (6%), while at 108 higher education institutions in Udupi district it was 67,515 (2.44%). Enrolment was…

Ashiss Kumar Dash. File picture Infosys on Thursday (July 23, 2026) announced the appointment of Ashiss Kumar Dash as CEO-designate, effective Apr 1, 2027. Mr. Dash is set to succeed Salil Parekh as Infosys Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer on April 1, 2027, following the completion of the latter's second term, after over 9 years. Mr. Dash's appointment is based on the recommendation of the Nomination and Remuneration Committee of the Infosys Board, and is for a period of five years, subject to the approval of shareholders, India's second largest IT services company said in a release. He is currently the global head of a diverse business…

Salamanca High School in New York introduces Sally, a 5'2" humanoid robot, as a teaching assistant for upper grades. Sally features lifelike silicone skin and designed facial expressions. The school district emphasizes that the $57,000 robot won't replace human teachers and operates on a closed AI system with no student data transmitted to manufacturers. NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Ask a robot to put a coffee mug in the cabinet, and you quickly see how complicated an ordinary chore can become. You know where the mug belongs. You can step around a chair, avoid the clutter on the counter and open the right cabinet without giving it much…

ChatGPT owner OpenAI has admitted an “unprecedented cyber incident” – two of its most capable artificial intelligence models hacked into another AI company on their own – stirring debates over the need for stronger technology guardrails. The company said its AI systems broke out of a testing environment and hacked startup Hugging Face. The startup had disclosed on July 16 that its servers were hacked by an unknown but sophisticated agent acting on its own. Here’s the latest on how companies, some governments and lawmakers have responded to the first such publicly disclosed cyberattack: OpenAI CEO Sam Altman arrives at the federal court, as the trial…

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Ready for another round of latest happenings in Linux world? Here, we go. Vocalinux 0.14 beta adds custom recording shortcuts, fixes Wayland text injection on GNOME, and handles CPU usage better on hybrid laptops. It didn't run cleanly during testing, but it's pre-release software, so that's a given. GNOME's entire security tracking operation has been one person since 2020. That person is leaving in December. There's space for a replacement, but they will have to modernize the current system. Nothing to panic about. GNOME Foundation should take care of it. Speaking of GNOME, the GNOME OS' development is going on nicely, with the developers sharing…

The Incident At Galley House: An enthralling deduction game that can't escape the genre's challenges. Developer: William Rous and Evil Trout Publisher: Evil Trout Release: Julth 14th, 2026 On: Windows 10 and up From: Steam Price: £17.75 Reviewed on: Intel Core i7-8700, 16GB RAM, Nvidia GeForce GTX 1070, Windows 11 The machine before me looks like Frankenstein's homebrew version of Guess Who. Its main panel is composed of three rows of portraits. Some show men in 1930s suits, others women in flapper dresses, still more are simply blue people-shaped silhouettes. Below each portrait is a simple on/off switch. To the left of the portraits is a slide…

The exact launch timings of the iPhone Ultra remain unclear as a new supply chain report says that Foxconn is making “final adjustments” to the manufacturing process. It follows an earlier report stating that mass production had begun. Recent reports indicate that Apple will unveil the new folding iPhone at its September event, but that initial availability may be limited … What we know for sure is that Apple set a high bar for quality control in production of its first ever folding iPhone. The company waited until its display partner Samsung was able to produce a creaseless inner display before proceeding with the project. Those very exacting…

When the trio of Samsung Galaxy Z 8 foldables — the Galaxy Z Fold 8, Galaxy Z Fold 8 Ultra, and Galaxy Z Flip 8 — arrive in consumers' hands in the coming weeks, they will be among the first mainstream handsets, aside from the Motorola Razr Fold, to feature silicon-carbon batteries. That's a big deal for the industry, but perhaps an even bigger deal with Samsung, which, a decade ago, had one of the biggest negative smartphone battery stories in a generation. That was way back in 2016 when the Note 7, an otherwise excellent phablet (yes, that was a thing), occasionally blew up because of battery manufacturing imperfections. Ever since then, Samsung has…

Google has been fined €890 million by the EU for breaching its laws including by giving more prominence to its own services such as shopping, hotels and sports scores in search results. The European Commission, which is the EU’s executive arm and enforces competition rules, handed out two separate fines worth €460 million and €430 million. It said it found two cases of non-compliance, one for self-preferencing on Google Search, and another for preventing the steering of customers towards potentially cheaper services on Google Play. Google breached the Digital Markets Act by giving preferential treatment to its own services, including shopping, hotels,…

Alphabet’s Google was fined a total of €890 million ($1 billion) on Thursday for flouting European Union rules aimed at reining in the power of Big Tech, the European Commission said. However, the US tech giant is likely to avoid fresh fines as EU regulators lauded good progress in its ongoing efforts to comply with the landmark legislation. The fines underscored Europe’s determination to prevent Big Tech companies from thwarting rivals, defying US criticism and retaliatory tariff threats. One fine of €460 million was handed out to Google by the European Commission under the Digital Markets Act for favouring its own services in shopping, hotels,…

Arctic's latest under-the-desk Senza PC design is using an AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 mobile processor. Sure, the upgrade has also allowed Arctic to shove ‘AI’ in the product name, but this is a very appealing design with great build quality, good performance, a reasonable selection of ports, and silent operation as the cherry on top. Design of the Arctic Senza AI 370 Image 1 of 6 (Image credit: Tom's Hardware) (Image credit: Tom's Hardware) (Image credit: Tom's Hardware) (Image credit: Tom's Hardware) (Image credit: Tom's Hardware) (Image credit: Tom's Hardware) This definitely isn’t the smallest mini PC around. Its dimensions could probably fit more like…

With the version rolling out today, users who rely on SmartGym’s iPhone app will find it easier to adjust and log their sets during workouts. Here are the details. SmartGym makes it easier to adjust and log sets during workouts SmartGym’s Apple Watch app has long allowed users to quickly adjust details such as reps and weight as they log each set. With today’s update, that flexibility comes to the iPhone app. Users can now choose between the current logging interface and the new Inline Logging interface, which lets them adjust values, log sets, and add new sets without leaving the same screen. The new interface also includes a small badge in the…

Ultrahuman overhauls its app, brings all of its analysis on-device It’s simpler and easier to parse. Ultrahuman I've always been a fan of the dense, data-rich layout of Ultrahuman's app, but sadly other people don't feel the same. That's why the company has dramatically updated its platform with a focus on simplifying and decluttering its layout for easier parsing. Codenamed Emerald, the overhauled app puts contextual information on the default tab, customized to your needs at any given time. The second biggest innovation is in something the company is calling Ultrasphere, a "decision engine" which generates a series of "next best actions."…

Prime Video just got a massive free upgrade that should be on your radar if you're interested in playing popular video games like Fallout 4, Fortnite, and EA Sports FC 26 on your TV at no extra cost. From today, Amazon Prime subscribers using Fire TV devices in the US or UK will be able to access Amazon Luna titles from directly within the Prime Video app. Luna is the company's cloud gaming service, and lets you play entire games by streaming them directly to your device like you would a TV show or movie — simply pick what you want to play in the new games tab, connect your phone (or a compatible gamepad) to use as a controller, and you can dive…

Ultrahuman is rolling out Emerald today, its biggest platform update in four years. If you own an Ultrahuman Ring Air, Ring Pro, or any of its other health devices, your app is about to look and feel very different. What is UltraSphere, and why does it matter? The big update is the UltraSphere, a decision engine Ultrahuman claims is a first for a smart ring. Instead of throwing another chart at you, it sits front and center on the home screen and hands out more than 60 Next Best Actions based on your sleep, recovery, HRV, stress, movement, and even glucose data if you use the M1 or M2 CGM. Ultrahuman These suggestions change depending on where you…

Sign Up For Goods 🛍️ Product news, reviews, and must-have deals. 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. The home doesn’t announce its upgrades the way a phone does. Progress shows up as a battery that recharges in about ten minutes, a wall paint that’s EPA-registered to kill germs, and a shower that reuses the water it just heated. For our second annual Home of the Future Awards, we evaluated dozens of new products and selected those that use new or clever technology to do something…

Palestinian youths stand next to bags after collecting reusable items at a landfill in Deir al-Balah, in the central Gaza Strip, Thursday (local time). AP-Yonhap The world’s leading authority on food insecurity said Thursday that the situation in Gaza had improved since famine was declared in parts of the Palestinian territory last year, but warned that conditions remained at crisis levels and could slip back into catastrophe. The Integrated Food Security Phase Classification, or IPC, said a reduction in fighting and the fact that Israel was allowing more aid into Gaza had a “significant impact, albeit unevenly across areas.” But it noted that most…

ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan on Thursday rejected Amnesty International’s call for an investigation into a March airstrike on a drug rehabilitation center in the Afghan capital that the rights group said could amount to a war crime, dismissing the allegations as unsupported and describing the operation as a lawful act of self-defense. Foreign Ministry spokesperson Tahir Andrabi told a news briefing in Islamabad that Pakistan “completely rejects the allegations” made by Amnesty International, calling it “unfortunate” that such serious claims had been made “without any credible evidence.” His remarks came a day after Amnesty International said it had found…

An elderly couple allegedly ended their lives at their residence on Wednesday (July 22) night in Manjunath Nagar, Bengaluru. The police suspect that mounting medical expenses may have driven them to take the extreme step. The deceased have been identified as Eshwar Achari, 73, and his wife Gowri, 66. According to the police, Gowri had been bedridden after losing mobility due to a prolonged illness. The couple’s two daughters had reportedly been bearing the cost of her treatment. However, Eshwar and Gowri were reportedly distressed over the financial burden their medical expenses had placed on their children. The incident came to light when one of…

By Al Jazeera Staff, AFP and AP Published On 23 Jul 202623 Jul 2026 Indian authorities have released prominent Kashmiri human rights activist Khurram Parvez and journalist Irfan Mehraj on bail after years in prison on “terrorism” financing charges although both remain under tight court-imposed restrictions. The two men walked free from a New Delhi jail late on Wednesday, their relatives said, as India’s National Investigation Agency seeks to overturn their bail – the latest chapter in what rights groups call New Delhi’s sweeping crackdown on activists, journalists and dissidents in India-administered Kashmir since 2019 when it scrapped the region’s…

MOSCOW, July 23. /TASS/. Russian troops liberated the community of Belitskoye in the Donetsk region over the past 24 hours in the special military operation in Ukraine, Russia’s Defense Ministry reported. "Battlegroup Center units liberated the town of Belitskoye in the Donetsk People’s Republic through active operations," the ministry said in a statement. Kiev loses 1,420 troops along engagement line in past day - latest figures The Ukrainian army lost roughly 1,420 troops in battles with Russian forces in all the frontline areas over the past 24 hours, according to the latest data on the special military operation in Ukraine released by Russia’s…

LUGANSK, July 23. /TASS/. Ukraine’s new commander-in-chief, Mikhail Drapaty, was involved in the Kiev regime's crimes in Donbass in 2014, so it's not outlandish to say that he could continue to seek the genocide of Russian-speaking peoples in his new role, military expert Andrey Marochko believes. "Drapaty may introduce the practices he carried out back in 2014. That is, regarding his combat experience, he is that general who served in the hot spots in Donbass and, naturally, was involved in bloody crimes, which indicates that our residents will be subjected to genocide by Ukraine in the same way. \<…> Being an official representative of the People's…

A Palestinian was killed by the Israeli army, following an alleged stabbing attempt on an Israeli soldier in the occupied West Bank. The stabbed soldier sustained light wounds, according to Israeli media reports. The incident, which took place near Jenin, comes after an earlier one in which two Palestinians were shot after an Israeli settler was stabbed in Nablus Governorate.

President Donald Trump said on Thursday (Jul 23) that a civil nuclear deal between the US and Saudi Arabia is conditional on Riyadh joining the Abraham Accords to normalise relations with Israel. The US and Saudi Arabia announced an agreement on Wednesday on civil nuclear power, letting the kingdom enrich uranium and build nuclear reactors using US technology, without requiring the snap UN inspections that Washington has previously demanded from Iran. The deal has to pass the US Congress to go into force. "The Civil Nuclear Deal (There will be no enrichment of material!) ... pertains only to non-military use such as the ones that Iran and UAE (and…

Rebuilding Gaza will cost seven times more than all previous rebuilding efforts in Gaza combined in the last two decades, according to a new joint Oxfam report. The devastation from more than two years of war has killed at least 73,000 Palestinians, injured 173,000 and displaced 1.9 million. It has left the Gaza Strip needing an estimated $71.4bn to recover, according to the UN-EU-World Bank Rapid Damage and Needs Assessment (RDNA) released in April. Human development has been set back by 77 years according to the new report by Oxfam, the Palestine Economic Policy Research Institute (MAS) and the Palestine Trade Centre (PalTrade), which asserts that…

U.S. strikes Iran for 12th straight night as Rubio says "every night the price gets higher" The U.S. struck Iran for a twelfth consecutive night. President Trump renewed threats to target Iranian infrastructure, and Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Iran will continue to pay a high price until negotiations continue. CBS News' Aaron Navarro has more.

Survivors of the tragic canoe accident at Malamawar Yandutse in Ringim Local Government Area of Jigawa State have recounted their harrowing experiences, describing how local fishermen and farmers risked their lives to rescue them from the river. The accident occurred when a canoe ferrying about 40 passengers, mostly women and children, capsized while they were returning from rice farms. Survivors said the canoe had reached the middle of the river when it suddenly became unstable and overturned, throwing everyone into the water. Many passengers, unable to swim, cried out for help as they struggled to stay afloat. Seventeen-year-old survivor, Anti…

Fans of Tamil Nadu Chief Minister C. Joseph Vijay celebrating the release of Jana Nayagan at Albert Theatre in Chennai on July 23, 2026. \| Photo Credit: R. Ragu The release of Jana Nayagan, starring Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) president and Tamil Nadu Chief Minister C. Joseph Vijay, drew several Ministers and MLAs to theatres across Tamil Nadu on Thursday (July 23, 2026), with many of them turning emotional during the screenings. Considered Mr. Vijay’s swansong before his transition to full-time politics, Jana Nayagan, which was originally expected to be released ahead of the 2026 Assembly elections, hit the screens on Thursday after a prolonged…

By Devin Stevens The Canadian Press Posted July 23, 2026 9:23 am 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size Halifax Regional Police are investigating a violent home invasion in Dartmouth. Police say they were called to Trenholme Street in the Woodside neighbourhood around 7 p.m. Monday. The suspect had reportedly forced his way into the home and assaulted and threatened the victim with a gun. Get breaking National news Get breaking Canada news delivered to your inbox as it happens so you won't miss a trending story. He then fled the scene in the victim’s vehicle. More on Crime More videos The victim was taken to hospital with…

MOSCOW, July 23. /TASS/. Since July 22, no vessels have been able to enter Ukrainian ports, Vladimir Zelensky said at a press conference with Irish Prime Minister Micheal Martin, with its footage being aired by the TSN TV channel. "Yesterday, not a single vessel was able to enter our ports," he said. According to data reviewed by TASS from Ukraine’s sea ports administration, all shipping traffic to the Ukrainian ports of Odessa, Chernomorsk, and Yuzhny (the so-called Greater Odessa region) has come to a complete halt. Earlier, Agrarian Policy and Food Minister Taras Vysotsky said that carriers had suspended operations with Ukrainian sea ports starting…

SINGAPORE – Motorists on the East Coast Parkway (ECP) saw heavy traffic on the evening of July 23, after a sports car caught fire earlier. The Singapore Civil Defence Force said it was alerted to a fire on the highway, towards Changi and before the Still Road South exit, at about 5.20pm. The fire, which involved the car’s engine compartment, was extinguished using a water jet, it added. No injuries were reported and the cause of the fire is under investigation. A video posted on Facebook on July 23 shows a bright green car in flames on the road shoulder. Cones are seen blocking off the left-most lane, but traffic appears to be moving normally. In a…

A New Jersey couple lost both their children in a boating accident after the youngsters were flung from a boat being driven by their grandfather. Sigmund and Jennifer Golabek lost daughter Mya, 9, and son Sigmund, 7, after the children's grandfather Steven Schneider struck a channel marker on Sunday while boating off Berkeley Township, New Jersey. State police said that Steven, 63, was behind the wheel of the 30-foot Tidewater Custom 280 at the time of the collision, with the force throwing the siblings into the water. Their grandfather and grandmother Laurie Schneider, 64, desperately pulled the two back aboard but officials in the Garden State said…

Tropical Storm Bertha heads toward Texas after making landfall in Louisiana Tropical Storm Bertha brought dangerous surf, wind and rain to Louisiana. CBS News' Lana Zak has more on the storm's path and severe flooding in West Virginia.

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…

It usually starts small. A conference room that never quite cools down, no matter how many times the technician comes back to check it. A server room that trips its breaker every harmattan afternoon, right when the heat is at its worst. A shopping mall where the chillers run flat out, the transformer hums a little louder than it should, and nobody thinks to connect the two, until the day the building goes dark. Or worse, the day something sparks. This is the quiet failure playing out across offices, hospitals, hotels and factories in cities all over Nigeria right now. Not because the equipment is bad. Because the people who designed the air…

Star Trek: Strange New Worlds season four opens back in time… and goes back even further. “Valles Marineris” opens with Pike (Anson Mount), La’An (Christina Chong), and Dr. M’Benga (Babs Olusanmokun) riding horses in a spacey, yet still Wild West-type area. When they are beamed back to the Enterprise, Spock (Ethan Peck) is waiting for them. He offers to take Pike’s saddle from him, but it is just a sly excuse to get a glimpse at La’An in her riding gear. She invites him back to her room instead. Wink, wink. Nudge, nudge. Admiral April (Adrian Holmes) is on the Enterprise to see Pike. He offers Pike a promotion to Commodore, but he has some…

All cellular life-from humans to bacteria-possesses two layers of immunity: innate and adaptive. Scientists have long understood how these two types of immunity work together in higher organisms but not in the microbial world. Bacteria and archaea use CRISPR-Cas as their sole form of adaptive immunity-a precise, sequence-specific defense that remembers past invaders. But what about innate immunity? Now, a study led by Prof. LI Ming from the Institute of Microbiology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) reveals that CRISPR-Cas plays a broader role. Rather than acting alone like a solitary sniper shooting at phages, it also serves as a central…

Long-term exposure to road traffic noise is associated with a higher risk of Parkinson’s disease, the biggest study of its kind has found. Parkinson’s disease is a progressive disorder in which parts of the brain become damaged over time, affecting movement and balance. Existing research has found potential biological pathways that link noise exposure to Parkinson’s disease, largely due to stress responses and disrupted sleep. The researchers modelled noise exposure at the most and least exposed exterior of the residence of each participant and calculated the difference in noise levels. The magnitude of the effect was modest but consistent; at the…

Demolition of a British Columbia high school that was the site of a deadly mass shooting earlier this year has begun. School District 59 officials said in a notice last week the work to remove Tumbler Ridge Secondary School will continue throughout the summer and is expected to be completed in the fall. Six people were killed when 18-year-old Jesse Van Rootselaar opened fire at the northeastern B.C. school on Feb. 10. Before the school shooting, Rootselaar killed her mother and half-brother at their home. Rootselaar died at the school from a self-inflicted gunshot injury. Premier David Eby announced in May that the school would be torn down, saying…

Psychologist Paul Bloom explains why morality, the thing that makes cooperation and trust possible, is also what drives cruelty, cycles of revenge, and wars where both sides believe they’re the moral ones. This video The psychology of revenge, in 19 minutes is featured on Big Think.

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…

Most Americans don’t read the rules that govern the federal grants funding science. Those rules, called the Uniform Guidance, shape how cancer research is funded, graduate students are trained, clinical trials are sustained, universities stock their labs and discoveries from those labs move into broader society. When the Trump administration announced on May 29, 2026, its intentions to revise these rules, many researchers were alarmed. The Office of Management and Budget – the White House agency tasked with implementing the president’s policies across the executive branch – proposed requiring political appointees to review grant decisions for whether…

Anyone who has spent time on a college campus lately has probably heard laments from faculty about their students’ reading habits, or rather nonreading habits. Such complaints are more than an unfounded nostalgia for a bygone age. Reading – not just any kind of reading, but reading long, complex, challenging books – is quickly vanishing from the American scene. As Sunil Iyengar, who directs the Office of Research \& Analysis at the National Endowment for the Arts, observed in 2024, approximately 49% of adults reported reading at least one book in the past year. That compares with nearly 55% of adults who reported the same 10 years earlier. This…

President Donald Trump signed proclamations on July 13, 2026, cutting the size of Utah’s Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante national monuments by roughly 90% – meaning nearly 3 million acres will lose monument status and revert to ordinary public lands management in September. The Antiquities Act of 1906 requires presidents to use proclamations to establish or modify national monuments. The cuts followed a long campaign by Utah’s Republican leadership to remove the designation and reopen the land for mining. Gov. Spencer Cox and members of the state’s congressional delegation stood with Trump at the signing, and Sen. Mike Lee said he had been…

Researchers say the archaeological find, which includes hundreds of burned olive pits, could help date the Tel Shiloh site and offers a rare glimpse into life at the ancient settlement where the Bible says the Ark of the Covenant was kept for centuries. NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Archaeologists in Egypt recently uncovered an ancient Christian city — complete with a church and a deacon's home — that dates back to the religion's earliest centuries. The discovery was announced by Egypt's Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities on July 3. The remnants were uncovered during excavation work at the Ain al-Sabil archaeological site in the Dakhla…

As spectacular (and somewhat gruesome) underwater sights go, this one is right up there: a pair of orcas teaming up to ram a sharp-tail sunfish so forcefully that it explodes into tiny pieces. The only good news from the sunfish’s perspective is that it was already dead at the time. It's behavior that's now been observed twice, as detailed in a study published in Frontiers in Ethology. On both occasions, one orca held the deceased sunfish in place, letting go just before another whale rammed into it. What's prompting the behavior? We know that orcas are smart predators with a variety of hunting techniques. These whales have previously been observed…

Published Jul 23, 2026, 9:14 AM EDT It's Lego's first The Original Series set Lego Star Trek 60th anniversary set revealed showcasing the Enterprise bridge Lego Icons Star Trek: U.S.S. Enterprise NCC-1701 Bridge (11385) Image: The Lego Group Star Trek turns 60 this year as The Original Series debuted in 1966. Lego is celebrating Star Trek's birthday by partnering with Paramount for Lego's second set based on the franchise, and the first that showcases the crew of the original U.S.S. Enterprise NCC-1701. The set recreates two iconic Enterprise interiors: the bridge and the transporter room. It comes complete with various computer stations, a screen…

The house of Muthulakshmi Reddy at Adyar, Chennai \| Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Work to renovate the stately home of Muthulakshmi Reddy, the country’s first woman medical graduate and the first woman to enter Indian legislature, located in Adyar in the city, will begin soon. This has become possible after the Tiruvannamalai Sri Arunachaleswarar Devasthanam, which owns the land on which the building is located, took steps to implement a Madras High Court order permitting the Cancer Institute (W.I.A.) to renovate the house. Dr. Reddy, the force behind the founding of the Cancer Institute (W.I.A.) Adyar, and founder of Avvai Home for Girls, lived…

Investments and Infrastructure Minister B.C. Janardhan Reddy with Athiraj Singh Chawla of Knots Aerospace Pvt. Ltd. at the Secretariat in Amaravati on Thursday. \| Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Delhi-based Knots Aerospace Pvt. Ltd. has expressed interest in setting up a Flight Training Organisation (FTO) in Andhra Pradesh, with a proposed investment of around ₹100 crore over the next five years. The proposal was discussed at a meeting between Investments and Infrastructure Minister B.C. Janardhan Reddy and the company’s representative, Athiraj Singh Chawla, at the Secretariat on Thursday (July 23, 2026). The company, which has experience in pilot…

If you're of a Martian persuasion, "Strange New Worlds"' season 4 opener couldn't have timed itself much better. Not only does this week mark the 50th anniversary of Viking 1 touching down on the surface of the red planet, new research from University of Oxford scientists recently suggested that Mars once had an active, interconnected system of magma beneath its surface. If accurate, this discovery might have made our Solar System next-door neighbor more habitable in its distant past. While life on Mars has long been an obsession of sci-fi creators — from HG Wells' "War of the Worlds" to "Doom" via John Carter and John Carpenter — "Star Trek"'s…

For most people, knowledge of what life on the job is like for healthcare workers comes primarily from two limited vantage points: watching television shows and experiencing their own patient care. The same is true even for many people who eventually become doctors and nurses, as Grace Farris reminds us early on in her sensitive, energetic graphic memoir, See One, Do One, Teach One: The Art of Becoming a Doctor. "Before I started medical school," she writes, "I was completely unprepared." But, as she shows in her new book, once someone has switched over to becoming a professional healthcare worker, a whole new set of issues presents itself. At that…

The moon's south pole has long been the target of NASA's Artemis lunar landing missions, but one Artemis astronaut is questioning if that's still the best plan. NASA's Victor Glover, who piloted the Artemis II mission around the moon this past April, proposed a different approach while speaking at the NASA Exploration Science Forum at the agency's Ames Research Center in California on July 21, according to a report published on Space News. "I think we need to be realistic and work our way to the south pole, and maybe not try to go there first," Glover said. Instead, Glover suggested aiming closer to the moon's equator, where missions can land in areas…

Before Cultural and Natural Wonders Earn UNESCO World Heritage Status, They Are Put on a ‘Tentative’ List. Here Are Five Nominees Worth Visiting Now Featuring more than 1,800 sites from 181 countries and territories, UNESCO’s tentative list is a treasure trove of lesser-known marvels Finland's Lake Saimaa is 111 miles long, 87 miles wide, dotted by about 14,000 islands, pierced by dozens of narrow straits, and surrounded by sheltered bays perfect for ringed seal breeding. Soularue Guillaume/Hemis.fr/Hemis/Alamy UNESCO’s World Heritage List started small, featuring just 12 inaugural sites back in 1978. Ranging from natural wonders, like Ecuador’s…

WASHINGTON — Airbus executives say the turnaround in the company’s space business came just in time to tap growing demand, particularly from Europe, for space capabilities as it pursues a joint venture with Thales and Leonardo. Mike Schoellhorn, chief executive of Airbus Defence and Space, said at a July 21 business update that efforts to improve the performance of its space systems business unit were yielding benefits across the division as demand for its capabilities grows. “There couldn’t have been a better time to fix the space business and to be ready for the significant orders and demand that we are currently seeing,” he said. That demand is…

Auster at Dome Mountain currently under final construction along the Yellowstone River AMB West For the past 25 years, Arthur M. Blank has quietly purchased ranchland in Montana’s Paradise Valley, adding one property at a time in a place he loves. What began as a personal connection to the valley has grown into a 33,000-acre collection of ranches, conservation land and hospitality ventures. With the opening of Auster at Dome Mountain, Blank is making one of those properties available to the general public year-round for the first time. After losing his job at a regional hardware chain in 1978, Blank turned a career setback into one of American…

The Moon is still in its Waxing Gibbous phase, with more than half of its surface now lit up. This means we're getting closer to the Full Moon, which is now less than a week away. What is today’s Moon phase? As of Thursday, July 23, NASA's Daily Moon Guide tracker tells us the Moon phase is in Waxing Gibbous phase, with 58% of its surface visible. You won't need any visual aids to be able to spot the Mares Crisium, Fecunditatis, and Tranquillitatis. Binoculars will also help you to see the Mare Nectaris, Alphonsus Crater, and the Alps Mountains. A telescope widens your view further, bringing the Apollo 17 landing spot, Caucasus Mountains, and…

Epilepsy affects over 50 million people worldwide, making it one of the most common neurological disorders. Although medication helps many patients achieve seizure control, approximately one-third continue to experience seizures despite treatment. Seizures often arise when the brain's excitation-inhibition (E/I) balance breaks down. In healthy conditions, specialized inhibitory neurons act as a natural braking system, releasing a neurotransmitter called gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) that helps prevent excessive electrical activity. When this inhibitory control is weakened, abnormal bursts of activity can spread through the brain and trigger seizures.…

Top of the morning to you, and a fine one it is. Sunny skies and mild breezes are enveloping the Pharmalot campus once again, making it possible for the official mascots to eat breakfast on the deck and take long naps. As for us, we are firing up the coffee kettle to make another cup of stimulation. Our choice today is hot buttered rum, an old standby. Please feel free to join us. Meanwhile, here is the latest menu of tidbits to help you on your journey. We hope you have a meaningful and productive day and, of course, do stay in touch. … Eli Lilly reported more results showing its next-generation obesity drug is highly effective at weight loss, but…

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Mario covers technology in health care, including FDA regulation of artificial intelligence; how Medicare pays for health tech; the use of AI in clinical care; mental health chatbots; and consumer wearables. He’s also the co-author of the free, twice weekly STAT Health Tech newsletter. You can reach Mario on Signal at mariojoze.13. You’re reading the web edition of STAT’s Health Tech newsletter, our guide to how technology is transforming the life sciences. Sign up to get it delivered in your inbox every Tuesday and Thursday. Good morning health tech readers! Today, intel on what HHS is trying to learn about AI. Plus Teladoc’s new offering, a ton of…

Ebola outbreak with no vaccine or treatment spreading too fast to contain, doctors warn Doctors have warned that the fastest-growing Ebola outbreak in history is spreading too fast to contain. As of Wednesday (22 July), more than 1,000 people have died in the outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, according to the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention. There are no specific treatments or vaccines for the Bundibugyo virus responsible for the current outbreak. Cases have been confirmed in five provinces, but the outbreak is mostly concentrated in remote Ituri province. Officials have warned that 80 per cent of new cases have…

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. Gummy vitamins taste like candy and make you healthier, right? What’s not to like? The global market for vitamin gummies has exploded in recent years, valued at nearly $9 billion in 2025 and predicted to double by 2033. Nearly a quarter of that consumption is in the United States. Driving this boom is the idea that these chewable vitamins are…

Pregnant Vogue Williams showed off her blossoming bump in a green bikini as she continued her family getaway in Spain on Wednesday. The Irish TV star, 40, is currently on holiday with her husband Spencer Matthews, 37, and their three children. Vogue looked radiant and glowing as she cooled off in the ocean while laughing at her husband flexing his muscles. Making the most of the summer holidays, Vogue and Spencer have treated their children Theodore, seven, Gigi, six and Otto, three, to a lavish trip. Vogue enjoyed the watersports and larked around with her family during their fun-filled beach day. The couple announced in April that they were…

Ed’s stories explore prescription drug pricing, affordability and access, as well issues surrounding patents, litigation, and legislation. He is also the author of the morning Pharmalittle newsletter and the afternoon Pharmalot newsletter. A leading advocacy group petitioned the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to ban direct-to-consumer advertising of prescription medicines, a move that comes as the Trump administration leans on drugmakers to provide more balanced information in their ads. In arguing its case, Public Citizen maintained that director-to-consumer, or DTC, ads often “mislead consumers because they are designed to persuade rather than to…

Nigerian music artist manager, Ubi Franklin, has revealed why he attempted suicide on third Mainland bridge in Lagos state despite being wealthy. He made the revelation in a video shared on his Instagram page to educate his fans through his life story. Speaking about his marriage to his ex-wife, Lilian Esoro, he explained that he got depressed, and embarrassed because she left him without him doing her wrong despite his career success. While noting that “not every love story ends the way you imagined”, Ubi Franklin, who disclosed that he attempted suicide several times, explained that he once drove to the third Mainland bridge to commit suicide before…

A patient with a severe infection is prescribed a potent antibiotic. Hopes for improvement are high, but just after treatment is given, resistance to the drug increases thousands of times. How could this happen? Scientists at the University of Washington School of Medicine report an unexpected mechanism in a paper published July 23 in Nature Microbiology. Resistance developing inside patients was thought to be caused by the accumulation of mutations in the bacterial genome. Because this process is gradual, physicians have time to react." Dr. Sardar Karash, research assistant professor of microbiology and study's lead author However, the researchers…

Courtney Stodden has spoken out after Seinfeld star Jason Alexander publicly apologized over a sexualized sketch they appeared in together in 2012 when she was 17 and he was 52. On Wednesday, Alexander, 66, expressed his regret over the Funny Or Die segment which saw him rubbing his phone against her bust while making quips about 'signal in her chest.' At the time, Stodden was the target of tabloid scrutiny and public shaming due to her age-gap marriage to The Green Mile actor Doug Hutchison. The two wed when she was 16 and he was 50. They divorced in 2020. Stodden told Variety that she was 'taken aback' by Alexander taking 'accountability' and…

Guardio Labs found CVE‑2026‑48294 in Adobe Acrobat Chrome extension, enabling cross‑site data disclosure Attackers could steal WhatsApp Web chats if victims opened malicious landing pages with extension active Adobe patched the flaw in version 26.7.2.0; update recommended for 314M extension users If you have Adobe Acrobat’s extension for Chrome, and you like chatting through WhatsApp Web, there is a potential security vulnerability you might want to address. Security researchers from Guardio Labs discovered a “universal cross-site scripting (UXSS)-class cross-origin data disclosure vulnerability”, which is another way of saying that a website could…

security One ChatGPT link could smuggle a rogue AI agent into your company Researchers say OpenAI flaw let phishing bait create an autonomous corporate mole armed with employee access One click on what looked like an ordinary ChatGPT link could plant an attacker-controlled AI agent inside a company's ChatGPT workspace, according to researchers who uncovered a flaw in OpenAI's workspace agents. Security firm Zenity Labs has dubbed the bug "AgentForger," saying its proof-of-concept showed it was possible to silently create, configure, publish, and schedule a malicious workspace agent inside a victim's ChatGPT account. The technique depended on the…

The US Department of Justice is attempting to prosecute an Atlanta resident in connection with the movement against the police training center known as Cop City because he had GrapheneOS on his phone, an open-source operating system that enables users to enter a passcode and wipe a phone clean. The case, which had its first hearing on Monday, centers on a little-known US federal statute that makes it a crime to destroy property in an effort to prevent it from being seized. Experts said it may be the first time the law has been aimed at the operating system, which works on Google Pixel phones, and expressed concerns about a technology created for…

Fox News co-host Kayleigh McEnany and panel discuss a Wall Street Journal report on wealthy parents spending up to $250,000 on staff to raise their children on ‘Outnumbered.’ NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A parent’s passport can be revoked if they fail to pay child support thanks to a new Trump administration enforcement policy. The tool has proven effective in putting children first, compelling many noncustodial parents to immediately pay thousands in overdue child support, some making single payments of upwards of $100,000. Since 1996, the State Department, in partnership with the Office of Child Support Enforcement at the Department…

Finding yourself locked out of your Google account for whatever reason is a stressful situation to be in—what with all your emails, documents, photos, and other data suddenly out of bounds—but there's now a new way to prove your identity and regain access: a simple selfie video. It's always wise to have multiple sign-in methods set up, beyond the basic password and email address, as each additional one gives you a better chance of getting your account back if something goes wrong. The recovery contacts feature is a good example, where Google uses verified, trusted contacts of yours to prove your identity. Now you can also use a selfie video. By…

Our 30-minute car ride turns into an elaborate guest shift. We take off from the Four Seasons hotel set in the glossy heart of corporate Kuala Lumpur, with dramatic views of the iconic Petronas towers. Our guide for the evening’s bar crawl is the award-winning bartender who runs Four Seasons’ Bar Trigona, Rohan Matmary, and is friends with everyone behind a bar in the city. Rohan is generously willing to share his contacts and insider tips. Which is how we get into Coley, set in the southwestern part of the city in Bangsar, a quaint, residential neighbourhood dominated by classic row houses. Sandwiched between two shops, Coley has an unassuming…

security If you get knocked on the head and get all your devices stolen and have amnesia, Google will let you back in with a selfie You'll need to be able to move your head side to side to make sure you're not a deepfake Tired of worrying about how you might recover all the precious data stored in your Google account if you somehow lose your devices and forget your email address and phone number? Just give Google a video of your face and AI will recognize you to restore access. Selfie sign-ins are now available for Google accounts, the Chocolate Factory announced on Thursday. This option is restricted to regaining access after email or phone recovery…

Matt Shumer, co-founder and CEO of OthersideAI, details Anthropic's new AI model, Mythos, on 'The Sunday Briefing'. The model's "emergent capabilities" to find software vulnerabilities autonomously raised alarms, prompting Anthropic to restrict public access. Shumer explains the proactive move of granting major companies and the US government early access to Mythos for cyber defense, anticipating future threats to critical infrastructure and national security. NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Most of us tap Update Now and move on. However, a lot happens before that security patch reaches your phone or computer. Researchers must find the…

Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority TL;DR Chrome 155 will feature redesigned notification prompts on Android. The prompts will be less intrusive and will automatically disappear if ignored. A new “Notifications” option will also be added to Chrome’s site controls UI. Google has been hard at work improving the user experience of Chrome on Android. The company recently added new features, including a redesigned navigation bar. Now, it’s working on a change that will make pretty much every internet user breathe a sigh of relief. In a post on the Chrome for Developers blog, the company announced that it’s making some changes to how the browser displays…

Amazon's head of gaming Jeff Gattis has told the BBC he believes the rising cost of tech means people will turn to streaming games online rather than buying new consoles. He said the tech has developed a lot in recent years, making it more viable than it used to be - but accepted some people will still buy their own hardware. While cloud gaming has long been billed as the future of video games, previous efforts have failed to gain widespread adoption - leading to the high-profile closure of Google Stadia in 2023. Many firms already offer this as part of their subscription services, including giants Sony and Microsoft, but people continue to favour…

Call of Duty has brought matchmaking back into the conversation. Activision has announced that Black Ops 7 is introducing a new matchmaking system, available to players today with the launch of Season 5. "Over the past year, we've continued to learn a lot about multiplayer matchmaking through player data and community feedback," the announcement said. "We're also excited to see all the recent love for Black Ops and Black Ops 2, which reinforced that there are many elements of those experiences that players appreciate." As such, Black Ops 7's new matchmaking system is "inspired by" the recently released PlayStation ports of Black Ops 1 and 2 and will…

By Yoo Jee-ho SEOUL, July 23 (Yonhap) -- Ha Ju-suk, former No. 1 overall draft pick in South Korean baseball, was traded Thursday. The Hanwha Eagles dealt Ha to the Kia Tigers in exchange for reliever Lee Hyeong-beom, moments after defeating the Tigers 9-3 at Gwangju-Kia Champions Field in the southwestern city of Gwangju. Ha, 32, was the top selection at the 2011 Korea Baseball Organization (KBO) draft, but has not lived up to his hype over his 15-year career. The oft-injured player played more than 100 games in a season just five times. He leaves the Eagles with a .268 career batting average in 997 games, along with 53 home runs and 373 RBIs. Ha…

Lego and Nintendo just delivered the official details on their previously teased Donkey Kong Lego set, and it seems like another creative build. Inspired by the original 1981 Donkey Kong arcade game, it features Jumpman (aka Mario), Donkey Kong, and Lady (aka Pauline) in a recreation of the game’s iconic first level. What makes things particularly interesting is that the set features interactive elements. There’s a lever that, when pushed forward, will continuously release rolling barrels. Jumpman can be controlled with a joystick that lets you move him around, and you can press a button to make him leap over barrels. Lego Super Mario Donkey Kong…

A young American man arrives in a dilapidated British seaside town to take on the renovations of an equally run-down hotel, inherited from a mysteriously absent father he never knew. His power tools talk to him in a Scottish accent, the local people speak in baffling slang, and occasionally people burst into song. Oh, and there are ghosts. There Are No Ghosts at the Grand is a novel mix of genres – no bad thing in these times of sequels and remakes – but, according to the creative director of independent developers Friday Sundae, Anil Glendinning, it grew organically from a single goal: to tell a very British ghost story. Based in Bristol, Anil and…

Amazon brings Luna game streaming to the Prime Video app The rollout starts today on Fire TV devices in the US and UK. Amazon Amazon is getting its Luna game streaming service in front of more eyeballs by adding it to the Prime Video app. Starting today, Prime subscribers in the US and UK with a Fire TV will start seeing games alongside movies, shows and live TV. A Games tab will appear at the top of the Prime Video app too. Amazon plans to expand the integration to more countries and devices in the coming months. Prime subscribers can play games on Luna at no extra cost. All you need is a phone or controller to start streaming them. There are lots of…

PC gaming isn't always the most inclusive space. Besides the high price of everything from components to games, standard gaming peripherals such as a keyboard and mouse can exclude lots of folks with limited mobility. An expanding array of assistive devices is attempting to bridge that gap. Augmental describes itself as a company specialising in 'Skinware,' "body-coupled interfaces that let people control computers, communicate, and interact with AI without relying on their hands." Its latest project is the Mouth Pad, a custom-fit mouthpiece that allows users to control PCs, tablets, and phones with just their tongue. The device is now available to…

MANILA, Philippines– George King seems to be having the time of his life as San Miguel Beer’s reinforcement in the 2026 PBA Governors’ Cup. King is not only racking up numbers but also enjoys being with the team on a 3-0 start for the Beermen in Group A. From his trademark gesture of placing an imaginary crown on his head to dancing with teammates to being greeted on the bench with barking chants, there’s a reason for King to have fun. “For me, it’s easy to lose focus that this is a game,” King said. “And if I go back […]...Keep on reading: PBA: George King embraces fun as San Miguel rolls

Following Xbox mass layoffs earlier this month, employees at Bethesda's Montréal studio have reportedly been told they'll receive the "smallest" severance pay legally possible. That's according to Bethesda workers union OneBGS, which made the claim on social media Bethesda reportedly notified employees in Montréal of their termination on 17th July, detailing an exit package OneBGS calls "the smallest severance legally possible without bargaining with the union." The union also claims this contradicts what employees were told in a video call on 6th July: that they would be employed until September and that severance was being negotiated with the union.…

Paramount and Gameplay Group International have just revealed a major snag for the Xbox version of Avatar Legends: The Fighting Game. Set to release on all platforms today, it has now been delayed until September 3 on Xbox Series S/X due to “unforeseen circumstances on a backend feature.” Fans on Microsoft’s gaming platform are in disbelief. The official Avatar Legends: The Fighting Game account announced the delay roughly ten hours ago, which isn’t much of a heads-up considering that the game was scheduled to release today, July 23. “As we approach launch, we want to update our community on a few platform-specific details,” the team stated on X. “For…

Man sues OpenAI, alleging bad medical advice: "It manipulated me" A former pastor is speaking out, claiming ChatGPT's guidance landed him in the hospital. He's now suing OpenAI and its CEO. The company said, in part, "ChatGPT is not a doctor and should never be used as a substitute for medical care." Jo Ling Kent reports.

From writing ‘Cop Killer’ to playing a cop on SVU, ICE-T is no stranger to personal evolution. After losing both parents by seventh grade, he was sent to Los Angeles, where he learned to survive without a family. Here, he hustled for money and respect until rap gave him another route. Eventually, acting opened another path, forcing him to step outside the persona he built to protect himself. Now, in his late 60s, he understands that the chaos of his early life existed to propel him forward, and that there is more to life than just survival. We created this video for The Me I Used to Be, a Big Think interview series created in partnership with Unlikely…

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ServiceNow CEO Bill McDermott calls for move from "AI chaos to AI discipline" Comments come after OpenAI model infiltrated Hugging Face McDermott says ServiceNow tools come with a "kill switch" to prevent such incidents ServiceNow CEO Bill McDermott has laid out why his company's AI offerings have an advantage over the competition, partly because of built-in controls which can cut off access when needed. Speaking to CNBC, McDermott said ServiceNow's tools are helping businesses move “from AI chaos to AI discipline.” “We have a kill switch that stops AI agents that go rogue, so those things don’t need to happen, and they wouldn’t happen when companies…

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Alert on AI fake influencers selling supplements and cloths ABC News' Chief Investigative Correspondent Aaron Katersky reports on the AI generated ads allegedly promising miracle cures, using fake doctors and wellness influencers. July 23, 2026

When a new platform team set out on implementing their roadmap through forced workflows with poor documentation, developer experience declined. Success came from simplifying governance, prioritizing what matters, and rolling out compliance incrementally through prevention, detection, and communication, as Davide de Paolis explained in the video of his talk The Road to Compliance from Dev Summit Munich. Empathy, focus, and shared purpose drove successful adoption. When the need for a dedicated platform team became clear, the organisation formed one by bringing together experienced developers with strong DevOps and cloud backgrounds from product teams,…

A nine-year-old race condition vulnerability in the Linux kernel's XFS filesystem, tracked as CVE-2026-64600, allows local attackers to overwrite protected files and gain root privileges. Dubbed RefluXFS by the Qualys Threat Research Unit (TRU), which found and reported it, the security flaw affects systems with an XFS filesystem with reflink enabled (a default configuration on major enterprise Linux distributions), running Linux kernel v4.11 or later, with a directory writable by an unprivileged local user, and a high-value target (a root-owned configuration file or SUID-root binary). Also, standard defenses (including the Security-Enhanced Linux…

He also pushed back on suggestions he supports "far right" views. Minton Beddoes said both data and her own experience of living in the UK told a different story to the image portrayed by the trillionaire in his X posts. "You come see my country that I live in all the time," she said when Musk offered to take her on a tour of the country. Asked when he had last visited the UK, Musk said "a few years ago". The trillionaire was also asked about his sharing of a film on X reportedly banned in Germany for its violence and anti-migrant message, external. "My partner is... she's half Indian, and I have four children with her," Musk said of his partner…

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My top 10 things to watch Thursday, July 23 1. The 5% decline in Alphabet shares on plans for increased AI spending is pressuring stock futures this morning. Red across the board, and the Dow is going to feel it, too. Alphabet is now one of the 30 stocks in the Dow. U.S. oil prices above $91 per barrel on Iran war escalations, and the recently accompanying rise in bond yields, are also weighing on equities. 2. Club name Alphabet posted a good, but not great quarter. Extraordinary numbers from Google Cloud, with revenue growth of 82%. But higher levels of capex sparked concerns. How can they monetize this? Wells Fargo analysts see increased spending as…

MOSCOW, July 23. /TASS/. MMK Group's net loss under the International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) totaled 19.1 bln rubles ($244.3 mln) in January-June 2026, compared with a net profit of 5.6 bln rubles ($71.6 mln) a year earlier, according to the company's financial statements. The group's revenue for the reporting period declined by 10% to 282.3 bln rubles ($3.61 bln) due to lower selling prices. EBITDA fell by 40.9% year-on-year to 24.7 bln rubles ($315.9 mln) as a result of lower revenue. Free cash flow for the first six months of 2026 totaled 2.6 bln rubles ($33.3 mln), exceeding the level recorded in the same period last year, primarily…

Christine Lagarde, president of the European Central Bank (ECB), during a rates decision news conference in Frankfurt, Germany, on Thursday, June 11, 2026. Alex Kraus \| Bloomberg \| Getty Images The European Central Bank voted on Thursday to leave its main interest rate unchanged at 2.25%, in a move that fell broadly in line with market expectations. But traders are already anticipating a rate hike in September, as ECB president Christine Lagarde warned renewed Middle East hostilities and the resultant rebound in oil prices poses upside risk to the euro zone inflation outlook. The ECB said it stands ready to adjust all of its interest rates to ensure…

MOSCOW, July 23. /TASS/. MMK Group kept its steel production in the first half of 2026 at the same level as in the first six months of 2025, at 5.19 mln metric tons. Pig iron production increased by 2% to 4.6 million mln tons, the company said. Sales of steel products rose by 2.1% year-on-year to 5.02 mln metric tons, primarily reflecting higher sales of semi-finished products, long steel products, and premium products, while sales of hot-rolled steel declined. Steel production in the Q2 increased by 12.2% compared with the Q1, reaching 2.75 mln metric tons. Pig iron production declined by 4.8% quarter-on-quarter to 2.27 mln metric tons due to major…

Futures-options traders work on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange's NYSE American (AMEX) in New York City, U.S. July 15, 2026. Brendan McDermid \| Reuters U.S. equity futures fell on Thursday, as oil prices surged amid escalating conflict in the Middle East, while investors weighed quarterly results from two of the largest companies in the world. Futures tied to the Dow Jones Industrial Average lost 601 points, or 1.2%. S\&P 500 futures dropped 1.1%, while Nasdaq 100 futures lost 1.5%. Oil prices put more pressure on stocks, as they soared after Yemen's Tehran-backed Houthi militant group claimed attacks on two Saudi Arabian tankers in the Red…

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Global oil prices neared $100 a barrel on Thursday as the conflict in the Middle East escalated, with Iran-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen targeting shipping in the Red Sea. Brent crude, the international standard, reached $98.82 a barrel, up $4.75, or 5.05%, according to oilprice.com. West Texas Intermediate, the U.S. benchmark, hit $90.67 a barrel, up $3.84, or 4.42%. Gas prices are also climbing higher, with the national average hitting $4.09 a gallon on Thursday, up from $3.94 a week earlier, AAA data shows. Houthi rebels claimed they struck two Saudi oil tankers in the Red Sea on Wednesday. The attacks threatened shipping in the Bab el-Mandeb…

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Shanghai is exploring dedicated funds to tackle “choke point” technologies and new channels for offshore yuan capital to invest in China’s tech board, while allowing pre-profit tech firms in AI and nuclear fusion to go public. The municipal government will encourage the launch of dedicated funds focused on addressing “supply-chain gaps and breaking through ‘choke point’ technologies”. The funds would pool investment from corporate investment arms of state-owned enterprises, government-backed funds and private investors to support companies developing critical technologies. The city will also seek to attract offshore yuan capital to invest in the…

With a minimum of 30 days of paid leave per year, French people have the reputation of being on vacation all the time. During the summer months of July and August, the country virtually shuts down. So what's behind this phenomenon? And what do they do with all those cherished "congés payés"? We take a closer look.

State president of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Rajeev Chandrasekhar has accused the Congress of using the students’ protest to unleash anarchy and violence and challenge law and order by violating the high security zone around Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s residence. Addressing a press conference here on Thursday, Mr. Chandrasekhar said that the Union government fully understood the concerns and the anger of the students over the exam question paper leak. The government also understands that the students have a legitimate right to protest. However, some vested interests are trying to hijack the students’ protest, bring violence into it and…

The office of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu described Saudi Arabia's joining of Abraham Accords as a "historic leap forward." "The joint American and Israeli military action against the genocidal regime in Teheran and Israel's crushing of Iran's terror axis have created the possibility to expand the circle of peace," the office said in a post on X. "As President Trump has said, Saudi Arabia's joining of the Abraham Accords would be an historic leap forward for peace in the Middle East," the post added.

Samajwadi Party national president Akhilesh Yadav. File \| Photo Credit: ANI Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav on Thursday (July 23, 2026) accused the Centre of functioning with arrogance instead of democratic values and said pressure on the student protesters will not work, urging the government to admit its "mistake" and start dialogue. *Also read \| Jantar Mantar protest updates on July 23* He also took a swipe at the BJP government, claiming its understanding of "accountability" refers to the "ability to fill accounts" in the context of the ongoing probe into the alleged Ram Temple donation theft. Talking to reporters at the Lucknow airport…

Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch has told the BBC she leads "a brand new party full of new people" - after it emerged in the Spectator, external that the former cabinet minister and Tory party chairman Sir Grant Shapps has been rejected as a Conservative Party parliamentary candidate. Sir Grant, who has declined to comment, served in nine ministerial roles in government as well as co-chairing the party. In cabinet, he served as home secretary, defence secretary, transport secretary, business secretary, energy secretary and net zero secretary. He was also a Foreign Office Minister, housing minister and international development minister, external. He…

HANOI, July 23. /TASS/. Specialized personnel training forms the bedrock of nuclear industry cooperation between Russia and Vietnam, Dmitry Raspopin, head of Rosatom's representative office in Vietnam, told TASS in an interview. Between 2017 and 2025, 400 Vietnamese students graduated from Russian universities, including Rosatom’s partner schools such as MEPhI (Moscow Engineering Physics Institute -TASS), Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University, and Tomsk Polytechnic University. Around 30 of them majored in fields directly tied to the nuclear industry. "This is the ultimate key to success. Without qualified personnel, it is incredibly…

Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Mykhailo Drapatyi and Acting Defense Minister Yevhenii Khmara will have to work together to accomplish two key tasks: strengthening air defense and reforming military recruitment centers (TRCs). President Volodymyr Zelensky made the statement during a joint media briefing with Irish Prime Minister Micheál Martin, according to an Ukrinform correspondent. "Without a doubt, both Drapatyi and Khmara will have to accomplish the main tasks facing us today after this long and exhausting war for everyone. These are the tasks I assigned both to Fedorov and Syrskyi – because it cannot be separated into someone…

YSR Congress Party (YSRCP) State general secretary G. Srikanth Reddy on Thursday accused Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu of misleading the people on investments and employment figures, alleging that official data from the Centre contradicted the State’s projections. Addressing the media at the party central office at Tadepalli, Mr. Srikanth Reddy said the data from the Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT), submitted in Parliament, showed that projects worth only ₹6,900 crore were under implementation. These involved 10 industrial units, of which two were progressing and would generate around 22,000 jobs on completion.…

President Trump claimed Thursday the new nuclear deal the U.S. signed with Saudi Arabia will not include uranium enrichment and requires the kingdom normalize its relations with Israel.Why it matters: Trump is responding to two of the bigger criticisms of the deal: that it could open the door to nuclear enrichment and that Washington gave up leverage to push a peace deal with Israel.What he is saying: "The Civil Nuclear Deal (There will be no enrichment of material!) being made between the United States Department of Energy and Saudi Arabia, which pertains only to non-military use such as the ones that Iran and UAE (and others) already have, will be…

Following the fatal shooting of a 25-year-old Colombian man by a federal agent, the issue of immigration enforcement has become a flashpoint in Maine's Senate race -- one of the most consequential of the year in the fight for control of the Senate. On July 13, an ICE agent fatally shot Johan Sebastián Guerrero in Biddeford, Maine, after agents tried to stop the car he was driving. Guerrero was not the target of the operation, Sen. Angus King, I-Maine, told ABC News. A Department of Homeland Security spokesperson said that Guerrero "illegally entered the United States on September 1, 2023, via the southern border." The DHS spokesperson said Guerrero…

There is no concrete evidence to prove or disprove whether alumina exports from Ireland ended up being used by Russian weapons manufacturers, the Taoiseach has said. Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskiy has said he would support sanctions on alumina, but also that he supported other ways of preventing alumina from being exported from Ireland to Russia. Micheál Martin said he had briefed Zelenskiy in a meeting in Kyiv on Thursday about an Irish investigation into alumina exports from a Limerick-based refinery. Taoiseach Micheál Martin (left) and Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskiy during a press conference at the Presidential Palace in Kyiv,…

New Arsenal signing, Christos Tzolis’ jersey number has been revealed after he joined the Premier League champions. Arsenal on Thursday announced the signing of the 24-year-old forward from Club Brugge. Tzolis made 108 appearances in all competitions for Club Brugge, scoring 43 goals and assisting 45 times. He will wear the number 17 shirt at Arsenal this coming season. The forward has already joined up with his new teammates at the Sobha Realty Training Centre for pre-season. Speaking about Tzolis, Arsenal’s Sporting Director Andrea Berta said, “We are delighted to have completed the signing of Christos Tzolis.”

ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — A cycling-enthusiast governor rode into an unexpected political storm in Turkey when he found himself sacked after photos showing him in snug cycling shorts went viral. He has since also become the center of a campaign pressing for his return to office amid an outpouring of affection. Mehmet Fatih Cicekli, the governor of Ardahan province in eastern Turkey, was removed from his post on July 17 by a presidential decree signed by President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. While no reason was given for his dismissal, it came after some Turkish politicians criticized him for wearing cycling tights during a public event promoting the sport 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…

Amy Hunt is waiting for her mum, Claire, to arrive on the train from Newark to London. ‘We always enjoy a leisurely ladies' lunch when we’re here,’ she explains, putting down her Gucci handbag and sipping on a double espresso in the Daily Mail Sport offices in Kensington. ‘Sometimes it needs to be a quick Wagamama but if it’s Mum then I like to treat her. I’m now in a position where I’m lucky enough to be able to spoil my parents and really take care of them. I like fine dining. I like to give her a boujie experience and make her feel all lovely. ‘It wasn’t easy raising two incredibly sporty, high-achieving daughters. My mum would be at cricket…

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

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

Arsenal have signed "extremely versatile attacking player" Christos Tzolis from Club Brugge for £34m. The 24-year-old Greece international has joined the Premier League champions on what they describe as a "long-term contract". Tzolis scored 43 goals and provided 45 assists in 108 appearances for Club Brugge. He joins Arsenal after the departure of Belgium forward Leandro Trossard to Besiktas earlier this month "Christos naturally operates on the left but is comfortable across the front line," said Arsenal sporting director Andrea Berta. "He's an excellent finisher with both feet, thrives in tight spaces, and possesses incredible technical ability.…

Some people are fans of the Las Vegas Raiders. But many, many more people are NOT fans of the Las Vegas Raiders. This 2026 Defector NFL team preview is for those in the latter group. Read all the previews so farhere. Your team: Las Vegas Raiders. Angela Weiss/AFP via Getty Images Who needs the silver part, really? Your 2025 record: 3-14. Every time the Raiders welcome in a new leadership administration, they give off signals that they’re finally ready to operate like a normal NFL franchise. And then they don’t. They SO don’t. They just end up the same brand of weird and shitty every time. The 2025 Raiders might have been the most normal-coded effort…

MANILA, Philippines— Jose Rizal University completed a sweep of San Beda with a 74-67 victory in Game 2 on Thursday to capture the 19th Filoil EcoOil Preseason Cup title at Playtime Filoil Centre in San Juan. Lawrence Mangubat scored 27 points, adding three rebounds and three assists, including the clinching free throws with 10.5 seconds left, as the Heavy Bombers secured their first Filoil preseason championship. “I didn’t want to lose,” said Mangubat, who was named tournament MVP, in Filipino. Chris Hubilla anchored JRU’s defense with eight points, eight rebounds and five assists, highlighted by a block on Daniel Marcelo […]...Keep on reading: JRU…

What is WAFCON? The Women's Africa Cup of Nations is the continental tournament to find the best women's international team in Africa. It has existed in some form since 1991 but the current competition's history really starts in 1998, since when it has generally been held every two years. Holders Nigeria have won a record 10 titles with only Equatorial Guinea (2012 as hosts) and South Africa (2022) having broken their domination of the tournament. Originally planned as a 12-team tournament, the African football federation (CAF) added four more teams after qualification. Those four sides had all lost out in the second phase of qualifying but were then…

WeaponsÂdirector Zach Cregger’s upcoming Resident EvilÂfilm has gotten a bit of blowback from fans of Capcom’s horror series who felt it was shaping up to be Resident Evil in name only, considering it doesn’t feature characters like Leon Kennedy and Chris Redfield. Though the existence of the film has been circulating online for months, up to this point the actual trailers and glimpses we’ve gotten of it haven’t established any clear connections between the movie and the games. That changes with the latest trailer, which finally namedrops Raccoon City in its closing stinger. A lot of what we see in this trailer is expanding on what we saw in the…

Kannywood actor Uzee Usman has attributed the slow growth of the Hausa-language film industry to insufficient investment and sponsorship. Although the industry has produced hundreds of films and cultivated a loyal audience across northern Nigeria and parts of West Africa, it has yet to secure the corporate financial support that Nollywood enjoys. Speaking about the industry’s development on The Morayo Show this Wednesday, Usman acknowledged Kannywood’s progress, including its international recognition. However, he maintained that its expansion remains hindered by a lack of backing. “I’m one of the people who really pushed it out there to the global…

Dana Perino discusses the anticipated Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce wedding, offering her perspective on marriage. She stresses that happiness in a marriage is built on mutual trust rather than extravagant costs or prenups. Perino emphasizes a commitment-first approach for couples considering long-term unions. NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Laura Clery is giving fans an inside look into some of her darker moments in her memoir. In her new memoir, "What Doesn't Kill You Makes You Hotter," the 39-year-old actress and comedian opened up about her relationship with her ex-husband, Stephen Hilton, and their tumultuous separation. The "Shanked"…

Modern action movies really want to make sure you understand them. Characters explain the plan before carrying it out, remind us of the stakes while it's happening, and recap what just happened once it's over. Somewhere along the way, many blockbusters stopped trusting audiences to simply watch. Motor City has no interest in doing that. Director Potsy Ponciroli's revenge thriller strips dialogue down to a bare minimum, trusting viewers to follow along without constant reminders of who everyone is, why they matter, or what they're feeling. That's hardly a revolutionary idea, but in 2026, Motor City feels surprisingly unusual simply because it assumes…

Amazon is making one of the most obvious changes to its gaming strategy yet: putting its cloud gaming service, Luna, directly inside Prime Video. Launched on Thursday, Prime members in the U.S. and U.K. using a Fire TV can launch Luna games from a new Games tab inside the Prime Video app. The feature means eligible Prime subscribers can jump into Luna's rotating games catalog without downloading additional software, using either a compatible controller or their smartphone as a gamepad. Amazon has spent years trying to establish Luna as a cloud-gaming alternative, but the service has struggled with a discoverability problem that goes beyond the “too…

Huma Qureshi and Mrunal Thakur in ‘Pooja Meri Jaan’ \| Photo Credit: ZEE5 The first look from Huma Qureshi and Mrunal Thakur’s upcoming movie, Pooja Meri Jaan, was unveiled by streaming service ZEE5 on Thursday (July 23, 2026). Directed by Navjot Gulati, the film is produced by Dinesh Vijan’s Maddock Films and will be released soon on ZEE5. As per a press release, the film “delves into the unsettling consequences of obsession, accusations and prejudice, exploring how the actions of one individual can give rise to sweeping judgments and misplaced suspicion.” It is part of ZEE5’s Hindi film slate of the year. The first look opens with a voiceover of a…

A four-hour documentary about Elon Musk, Martin McDonagh’s dark CIA comedy “Wild Horse Nine” and films featuring Robert Pattinson, Penélope Cruz and Javier Bardem are among the movies premiering at the Venice Film Festival in September. Alberto Barbera, the festival’s artistic director, unveiled the lineup Thursday for the 83rd edition of the festival, the first of many in a busy fall film season that culminates in the Hollywood awards showdown. Like the Cannes Film Festival earlier this year, the selection is lighter on Hollywood studio films than in years past. “Wild Horse Nine,” starring John Malkovich and Sam Rockwell as CIA agents in Chile before…

Jon Bernthal has been playing the definitive version of Marvel's ruthless vigilante, Frank Castle, ever since he showed up in season 2 of Daredevil on Netflix back in 2016. From the very start, Bernthal brought a perfect blend of unpredictable, righteous violence to the anti-hero known as The Punisher, but on July 31, he faces his biggest challenge yet: a Marvel movie. Bernthal's Punisher appears alongside Tom Holland in Spider-Man: Brand New Day from Sony and Marvel Studios. This might seem like just another day at work for an actor who's been fighting crime in the Marvel Cinematic Universe for a full decade, but the experience of making a capital-M…

One year after the death of actor and director Malcolm-Jamal Warner, his widow, Tenisha Warner, reflected on what she calls the worst day of her life, saying it's difficult to relive. "All I could think about was my daughter and what I needed to do to continue to be her mother and be her only parent," Warner told "CBS Mornings" in an exclusive interview. Malcolm-Jamal Warner, his wife and their daughter, who was 8 at the time, were vacationing in Costa Rica last summer when "The Cosby Show" actor drowned at the age of 54. Tenisha Warner said his death "feels unfair," adding that she "can't remember the details" of that day or recall where she was at…

CNN reporter Sara Sidner questions UFC President Dana White about President Donald Trump's presence at sporting events, suggesting his tactics resemble authoritarian leaders. Journalist Emily Austin criticizes CNN's comparison as 'ridiculous,' noting presidents historically attend sports to unify the country. She claims media networks are creating unnecessary friction. Donald Trump has put his foot down on one of the biggest issues in all of sports ... Nope. It's got nothing to do with Caitlin Clark, or the WNBA, or anything in the the transgender category. Nothing to do with the NFL, or CTE, or the MLB and the looming labor dispute. Not college…

Robbie Williams has once again addressed the white substance incident after fans spotted something white falling from what appeared to be his nostril during an interview at the World Cup Final on Sunday night. The singer, 52, performed during the opening ceremony of the game, but later when he was chatting to pundits, fans spotted something white fall onto the microphone before the star quickly removed it and then stuck it onto his forehead. Robbie first poked fun at the viral clip in an Instagram apology on Monday when he explained it was a mint that fell out his mouth – and the star has now revealed the post has reached 27 million views. And after…

One of the world’s biggest pop stars, Sam Smith is the formerly suave and suited songbird who now takes to the stage in outrageous diamante jumpsuits. But now their – Smith uses ‘they/them’ pronouns – millions of fans are being served a different slice of their idol, for they have started a side hustle as a food vlogger. And it is not in latex corsets or dangerously oversized shoulder pads that they tour word-of-mouth delis and patisseries, but in everyday jeans, T-shirts and shorts. This pared-back version of Smith looks the most joyful yet – you could say they're happy as a pig in the proverbial. And that is not being unkind, for they call their…

Imagine you are the parent of an inquisitive seven-year-old who loves his family, playing baseball, and hanging out with his friends. It’s the life you’ve always wanted. And then the worst thing that ever could happen happens: A freak accident takes your son away. But as it turns out, you don’t have to live with the grief for long, because now there’s an AI company that can bring your kid back in the form of a robotic double that looks indistinguishable from a human. This is the world that acclaimed director Hirokazu Kore-eda, who won the Palme d’Or for his 2018 feature Shoplifters, has created with his latest sci-fi drama, Sheep in the Box. It’s the…

Young Indians are keeping up the pressure - continuing their demands for the Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan - to step down. This as their online satirical group the "Cockroach People's Party" grows in stature and support. It won millions of followers on social media and tens of thousands of sign-ups since its launch in May.

Global music and beauty entrepreneur Rihanna has once again drawn attention from Turkish fans after following another Turkish account on social media, fueling renewed speculation about her interest in the country. The Barbados-born artist, whose full name is Robyn Rihanna Fenty, has recently made headlines for a series of unexpected social media moves. Although she has remained largely away from the music stage in recent years, her online activity has continued to attract widespread attention. The 38-year-old singer, who is also known for the success of her beauty brand, previously surprised fans by following Ankara Airport's official social media…

"Risk It All" rises to a new No. 2 peak on Billboard's Pop Airplay chart, missing out on becoming his thirteenth leader as Jennie and Tame Impala's "Dracula" rules. LAS VEGAS, NEVADA - OCTOBER 16: Bruno Mars performs onstage during the 25th annual Keep Memory Alive 'Power of Love Gala' benefit for the Cleveland Clinic Lou Ruvo Center for Brain Health at Resorts World Las Vegas on October 16, 2021 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Bryan Steffy/Getty Images for Keep Memory Alive) Getty Images for Keep Memory Alive Bruno Mars is a tried and true hitmaker across multiple genres. Throughout his career, he has succeeded in both pop and R\&B, and much of his…

A heartbroken mum's £6,500 'holiday of a lifetime' with her two children ended in tears at the boarding gate after staff discovered a mistake on her daughter's passport. Victoria Vigors had spent two years saving for the dream two-week break to Hurghada, Egypt, with her children Riley, 15, and Roxie, nine. The 41-year-old said it would have been the family's first two-week holiday abroad together and their first experience of staying at an all-inclusive resort. But after checking in online, dropping off their luggage and passing through airport security at London Gatwick without any problems, the family was stopped moments before boarding their…

SEOUL (AP) — Lim Kim has spent the past decade figuring out where she fits — in the music industry, in adulthood, in the rooms she found herself in. Her new album, “Exit to Nowhere,” traces that search across seven tracks. The 32-year-old South Korean singer’s second full-length album looks back on a decade of change as she moves from the uncertainty of her early 20s. “It has seven tracks, and they reflect the emotions and feelings I’ve experienced from my early 20s until now — like a chronicle of my life,” Kim told The Associated Press. The album, released seven years after her last major project, the 2019 EP “GENERASIAN,” marks a return for an…

NEW YORK (AP) — Before Shania Twain became Shania Twain, she was a child performing in Canadian bars, singing to miners, lumberjacks, fishermen and hunters drinking the night away. “It was a bit more of a rugged crowd. And they were small crowds,” she says in a recent interview with The Associated Press. “I could only enter after the bar closed. That was after midnight because I was underage. And as long as the bar wasn’t still serving, then I could go in and play while everybody was finishing up their last call.” It was “character building,” she says, painting an image of a bygone era of her life in Northern Ontario and one dramatically opposed to…

Rising costs force Amsterdam’s Kwaku festival to change July 23, 2026 Lauren Comiteau The festival in Amsterdam. Photo: Ramon van Flymen/ANP See more DutchNews articles in your Google search results See more DutchNews articles in your Google search results Add as a favourite source on Google Add DutchNews as a favourite source on Google Due to rising costs and regulatory pressure, this year’s Amsterdam Kwaku Summer Festival will be the last in its current form, its organizers have said. “Kwaku is more than a festival – it is a unique social phenomenon that has traditionally meant a great deal to many people,” the organisation said in a press release,…

The district administration has launched a major exercise to identify mango growers in Chittoor and strengthen climate preparedness measures amid concerns over the possible impact of El Nino on agriculture and horticulture crops. Addressing a review meeting with the officials here on Thursday, District Collector Sumit Kumar directed them to immediately start field-level verification of mango cultivation across the district and submit a report to ensure that subsidies reach only genuine beneficiaries. Speaking to the media, the Collector said that the initiative was significant for Chittoor, one of Andhra Pradesh’s leading horticulture hubs, where…

Spain set to face third brutal heatwave of summer 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…

A team captured first-of-its-kind footage of orcas holding a sunfish carcass still and ramming it so hard that it burst into fragments, which may be a form of social play. “We could hear the sound,” said one researcher.

Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar drew attention to key challenges threatening global peace and stability at a forum of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) in the Philippines on Thursday. Foreign ministers and delegates from 27 member states of the Asean Regional Forum (ARF) gathered for the summit, which comes amid a flare-up in the war between the United States and Iran. The conflict is a key concern for the 11-nation Asean, which has a combined gross domestic product of about $3.8 trillion heavily reliant on Middle East oil. Addressing the 33rd ARF Ministerial Meeting in Manila, DPM Dar highlighted eight “key…

Chennai may have chances of thunderstorms during evening/night hours, and the maximum temperature may remain near normal. File \| Photo Credit: B. Velankanni Raj A feeble trough extending along Tamil Nadu coast is likely to bring a brief break from dry weather, with scattered rainfall expected over parts of the State till July 28. Rainfall is likely to become more significant during the weekend as favourable weather conditions develop. However, the Regional Meteorological Centre (RMC) has noted that temperature levels would continue to climb above average in isolated pockets of interior Tamil Nadu. Searing heat is likely to persist in interior parts…

Sri Sathya Sai district administration has adopted a two-pronged strategy to address adverse climatic conditions and ensure drinking water security in light of the El Nino threat perception and deficit rainfall in the second quarter of the year. As part of the initiative to create awareness among farmers, Collector A. Shyam Prasad inspected the fields in Amidalagondi and surrounding villages of Madakasira division on Thursday. He emphasised the need for climate-resilient agriculture and proactive water management in the face of an El Nino impact. While reviewing the implementation of the Pre-Monsoon Dry Sowing (PMDS) model under natural farming and…

Viral video from Positano shows tourists packed onto a tight cliffside path with little room to move, drawing backlash online as experts say tour groups, day-trippers and social media are fueling overwhelming crowds. NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! An Italian town is warning tourists against strolling through its streets shirtless or in swimwear — threatening hefty fines for visitors who ignore the rules. Varenna, a popular lakeside village on Lake Como in northern Italy, recently updated its urban police regulations to prohibit visitors from walking around town shirtless or wearing only swimwear. "Throughout the entire municipal territory…

On 23 July 2024, when you signed the Climate Change Act 22 of 2024 into law, South Africa reached an important milestone. After years of public consultation and parliamentary deliberation, South Africa finally passed and promulgated a legislative framework to coordinate its response to climate change in accordance with its international obligation. The Act was widely welcomed because it recognised both the scale of the climate crisis and the need for a coordinated, whole-of-government response to protect vulnerable people and systems while safeguarding the environment for present and future generations. Among those who welcomed the promulgation of the…

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…

Sustainable business practices are often seen as a luxury that only rich countries can afford. And these days, some of the biggest economies, including the U.S., are backtracking on those commitments. But what if businesses had an incentive to adopt practices that help the environment because it made sense for the bottom line? We are researchers of business and sustainability who ran projects in both Jordan and the U.S. to see how entrepreneurs could adopt environmentally friendly practices in their day-to-day operations. In essence, we tried to embed in their business model the principle known as “circularity”: Products and materials should stay in…

Representative image \| Photo Credit: Getty Images The Western Zone Cyber Crime police of Greater Chennai Police arrested a key accused involved in a multi-State cyber slavery and financial scam syndicate. The accused, who had been on the run for two years, was intercepted at the Chennai airport immediately upon his return from abroad. The arrest was made following a complaint lodged on February 8, 2024, by M.K. Ezhilvani, 59, a resident of Kolathur. According to the police, the victim received an intimidating phone call on February 1, 2024, from an individual posing as a Delhi Customs official. The scammer claimed that a fraudulent parcel from Kuala…

Senior lawyers and legal figures in the UK have warned that the prosecution for contempt of court of a leading human rights barrister who represented Palestine Action activists is having a chilling effect across the bar. Rajiv Menon KC is alleged to have breached the judge’s directions in a closing speech he delivered in January at the conclusion of the first trial of six Palestine Action defendants accused of causing criminal damage to weapons at an Israeli arms factory outside Bristol. Menon is alleged, in particular, to have breached the judge's directions by reminding the jury of their right to acquit on conscience – something the trial judge, Mr…

By Staff The Canadian Press Posted July 23, 2026 9:21 am 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size Police in Halifax have laid a first-degree murder charge in the shooting death of a North Preston man last year. Police say they arrested a 29-year-old Cole Harbour man Wednesday in connection with the murder of Jayden Tynes. The 28-year-old-victim was found suffering from gun shot wounds near the intersection of Cain Street and Clarence Street in North Preston on Nov. 2, 2025 and later died from his injuries. Get breaking National news Get breaking Canada news delivered to your inbox as it happens so you won't miss a trending…

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails A police officer who took his own life earlier this year was a violent rapist and sex offender who targeted multiple women over a number of years, reports have revealed. PC Alan Greer’s first known victim told police last year that he had raped her in her Glasgow home in 2012 after she called the police to report a crime. He was arrested in April and was under investigation by Police Scotland when he died in May this year. Detectives have since uncovered eight more…

What comes next for ousted Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro? Former Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro faces drug trafficking charges in the U.S. and is scheduled to go on trial in June 2027. CBS News legal reporter Katrina Kaufman explains what to expect from Maduro's legal proceedings.

New questions emerge in Nolan Wells' death after family's independent autopsy The family of Nolan Wells released its preliminary independent autopsy on the Mississippi teen who was found dead after a Fourth of July boating trip with friends. CBS News legal contributor Caroline Polisi explains the limitations of the second, independent autopsy.

Epstein associate found dead in France Daniel Siad, a close associate of Jeffrey Epstein, has been found dead in France. Siad was a model scout who recruited young women and girls for Epstein over many years. He denied any knowledge of Epstein's crimes and also faced serious allegations of his own.

Fans of Chief Minister C. Joseph Vijay celebrating the release of Jana Nayagan at Albert Theatre in Chennai on Thursday, July 23, 2026. \| Photo Credit: RAGU R The release of Jana Nayagan, starring Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam president and Tamil Nadu Chief Minister C. Joseph Vijay, drew several Ministers and MLAs to theatres across Tamil Nadu on Thursday, with many of them turning emotional during the screenings. Considered Mr. Vijay’s swansong before his transition to full-time politics, Jana Nayagan, which was originally expected to be released ahead of the 2026 Assembly elections, hit the screens on Thursday after a prolonged legal battle to obtain…

Montreal·New Lawyers to present arguments in trial of Montreal man accused of killing daughter in New York Lawyers are expected to make their opening arguments this morning in the trial of a man accused of killing his nine-year-old daughter, Melina Frattolin, in 2025 during a trip to New York. Luciano Frattolin charged with 2nd-degree murder and concealment of a human corpse The Canadian Press · Posted: Jul 23, 2026 9:02 AM EDT \| Last Updated: 20 minutes ago 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…

Protests after police shoot and kill man allegedly armed with a knife in Wisconsin Four police officers are on leave after a man who was allegedly armed with a knife was shot and killed in Madison, Wisconsin, on Wednesday. Within hours of the deadly shooting, there were protests and a vigil held for the man. Mark Strassmann has more.

MOSCOW, July 23. /TASS/. Russia's international reserves stood at $722.9 billion as of July 17, 2026, up $0.5 billion over the week, Central Bank data showed on Thursday. As of July 10, the reserves amounted to $722.4 billion. Russia’s international reserves are highly liquid foreign assets available with the Bank of Russia and the Russian government. They comprise foreign currency, Special Drawing Rights (SDRs), a reserve position in the International Monetary Fund and monetary gold. Following the onset of Moscow’s special military operation in Ukraine Western countries slapped sanctions against the Bank of Russia. Apart from freezing Russia’s gold…

Michael Saylor’s Strategy announced the launch of the Bitcoin Security Consortium, a group of financial institutions and Bitcoin companies supporting the long-term quantum security of the Bitcoin network. The consortium pledged an aggregate $15 million over the next three years to support developers securing the Bitcoin network against the threat of a quantum computing breakthrough, Strategy announced in a Thursday press release. Other founding members include Anchorage Digital, ARK Invest, BlackRock, Block, Blockstream, Coinbase, Fidelity Digital Assets and Galaxy. The consortium’s day-to-day work will be coordinated by Mike Schmidt, who serves in a…

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MANILA, Philippines — State-run Land Bank of the Philippines (LandBank) saw net income slip 4 percent to P24.2 billion in the first half of the year as higher operating expenses offset stronger earnings from its core lending and investment businesses. In its latest financial statement, the lender said net income as of end-June fell from P25.2 billion a year earlier. READ: Landbank Q1 profit slips to P12B Despite the lower profit, LandBank’s net interest income rose 8.6 percent to P57.9 billion as interest income grew 4.7 percent to P79.1 billion. A nearly 20-percent increase in investment income to P34.6 billion offset […]...Keep on reading: LandBank…

In brief The UN Office on Drugs and Crime says Southeast Asia's once-fragmented crime syndicates have merged into a single, tech-driven economy built on shared fraud and laundering infrastructure. Scam operations across the wider region drove an estimated $88.3 billion to $114.1 billion in losses in 2025, much of it crypto investment fraud run from industrial-scale compounds. The agency urged regional police to get specialized crypto training to trace and seize proceeds, warning that disruption-focused strategies are not working. Southeast Asia's scam industry has hardened into a single, interconnected criminal economy whose losses now rival the…

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Every day, across Nigeria, tens of millions of people send money to loved ones, pay for groceries, buy airtime, settle electricity bills or receive payments for their businesses. These transactions take only a few seconds. People tap a button, receive a notification and move on with their day. What most people never see is the technology working behind every one of those moments. Every successful transfer, every merchant payment, every withdrawal and every bill payment depends on a complex network of systems operating around the clock. This invisible technology processes transactions, protects customer data, detects fraud, keeps services available and…

Morning Minute is a daily newsletter written byTyler Warner. The analysis and opinions expressed are his own and do not necessarily reflect those of Decrypt. GM! Today’s top news: Crypto majors mostly flat despite falling stocks \& rising oil; BTC at $65.5k Senate Republicans publish new Clarity Act draft, Dem Leaders still oppose SEC Commissioner Pierce warns some DeFi vaults and onchain lending fall under securities law BTC ETFs see 7 straight days of inflows; ETH validator exit queue goes to 0 Rhynotic’s new FWA protocol token runs to $11M, pumps multiple NFT sets 🏦 Bitwise’s CIO Says Wall Street Moving Onchain Will Drive the Next Bull Market The…

Sen. Loren Legarda —Photo from her office MANILA, Philippines — With Congress preparing to deliberate on the proposed 2027 national budget, addressing the nationwide classroom shortage should be one of the government’s most urgent priorities, Sen. Loren Legarda said in a statement issued on Thursday. “When a child goes to school, the only thing he should be thinking about is his studies and not where he will sit or if the classroom is safe or if there’s still space for him,” Legarda said in Filipino. “It’s hard to learn in a classroom that’s crowded, hot, and unsafe. Teachers also find it hard to teach when there’s a lack of space and facilities.…

In early July, a Suzhou court ordered the Chinese tea chain Molly Tea to pay Louis Vuitton 10.3 million yuan (US$1.5 million) after ruling that its four-petal floral pattern infringed on the French luxury house’s registered trademarks. Many online users, angered by the eastern Chinese court’s ruling, shared images of similar motifs found in Tang dynasty (618–907) textiles, musical instruments, and Suzhou garden architecture, arguing that these precede Louis Vuitton’s founding in 1854 by centuries. The dispute quickly evolved in mainland social media into a deeper and more unsettling question: can a luxury company “privatise” a visual language used by…

Apple and Ford today announced announced that Apple Maps will power the navigation system in Ford's upcoming Universal Electric Vehicle (UEV) Platform, launching in 2027 at a price point around $30,000. The integration leverages Apple's new MapKit for Automotive SDK, allowing Ford to embed ‌Apple Maps‌ directly into the vehicle's displays while maintaining the ability to customize the experience to match Ford's design language. Drivers will get turn-by-turn directions using natural language search, real-time traffic and incident information, and intelligent EV routing that includes battery preconditioning. The mapping data will also support Ford's…

Today Apple announced a unique partnership with automaker Ford, which will bake Apple Maps into its upcoming Universal Electric Vehicle (UEV) Platform for navigation. Here are the details. Apple Maps is coming to Ford’s Universal Electric Vehicle Platform in 2027 Per Apple Newsroom: Apple and Ford today announced that Apple Maps will be integrated directly into Ford’s upcoming Universal Electric Vehicle (UEV) Platform through Apple’s new MapKit for Automotive SDK. Coming to Ford’s UEV Platform in 2027, this integration will deliver a beautiful and easy-to-use navigation experience powered by Apple Maps directly to the vehicle’s displays. Road-level…

The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) has issued a Letter of Acceptance (LOA) for the installation of solar-powered highway lights at 37 accident-prone locations along the Icchapuram–Narasannapeta–Ranasthalam–Anandapuram section of National Highway-16 in Andhra Pradesh. The project, estimated to be implemented at a cost of ₹6.75 crore, will cover a 197-km stretch of the highway. It is aimed at improving visibility and enhancing road safety at identified black spots through the installation of solar highway lighting systems. According to NHAI, the initiative is expected to significantly improve night-time visibility at accident-prone…

Many growers are unable to capitalise on the increased rubber prices due to a shortage of skilled tappers, leaving plantations untapped. \| Photo Credit: VISHNU PRATHAP With a severe shortage of skilled tappers leaving thousands of rubber trees untapped despite record prices, the Kottayam district panchayat has proposed bringing rubber tapping under the revamped rural employment guarantee scheme, Viksit Bharat–Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission (Gramin). Even as natural rubber has traded above ₹250 a kg for the past two months, many growers have been unable to capitalise on the rally, with plantations lying untapped for want of workers. Seeking…

MANDAUE CITY, Cebu — The Mandaue City Government is set to receive about ₱5 million worth of drone equipment from the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) for its Digital Twin project, a key component of the city’s Smart Mandaue initiative. City Councilor Carlo Fortuna said that the grant consists of drone technology that will create detailed maps of the city and identify areas vulnerable to flooding, fires, traffic congestion, and other hazards. The Mandaue City Council recently authorized Mayor Thadeo “Jonkie” Ouano to sign a Memorandum of Agreement with the DOST. READ ALSO: Mandaue drainage improvements ongoing in Banilad, […]...Keep on…

Image used for representation \| Photo Credit: Getty Images/iStockphotos SBI Foundation, the Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) arm of the State Bank of India (SBI), has announced the launch of the SBI Platinum Jubilee Asha Scholarship 2026 — one of India’s largest corporate scholarship programmes under which 25,707 meritorious students from economically disadvantaged families across the country will receive annual scholarships ranging from ₹15,000 to ₹15,00,000, depending on the category they belong to. The scholarship is for students across multiple academic pathways, including School students (Classes 9–12), undergraduate and postgraduate…

A long road trip can quickly become frustrating when Google Maps keeps suggesting inconvenient routes, Android Auto feels cluttered, or constant notifications interrupt the drive. That is why I never start a highway journey with my usual everyday setup. Before leaving, I spent a few minutes adjusting a handful of Google Maps and Android Auto settings to improve the navigation, reduce distractions, and keep essential controls within easy reach. Related Navigation isn't why I keep using Gemini in Android Auto My everyday setup was not road-trip ready I downloaded the entire route offline For everyday driving, my usual Google Maps and Android Auto setup…

Multi-energy cars would be assembled at an idle factory in Almussafes, near Valencia, after the two companies set up a venture, with deliveries expected to begin in 2028, according to a statement by Geely on Thursday. The Chinese group would hold a 34 per cent stake, while Ford would control 66 per cent, it added. Three Ford-branded multi-energy vehicles and two electric Geely-branded models would be assembled at the plant. “By optimising factory utilisation and sharing development costs, the partnership will bolster operational excellence and provide long-term stability and employment opportunities for Valencia’s world-class automotive workforce,”…

Meta has confirmed a revamped experience for WhatsApp on Android Auto and CarPlay, delivering better support for drivers behind the wheel. Rolling out now, WhatsApp for Android Auto is getting a refresh that makes it easier to use the app while driving. Specifically, Meta explains that you can now “make calls, see your call history, and reach your favorites” from Android Auto with voice commands. We’ve completely refreshed the WhatsApp care audio experience. Now you can hear and respond to messages, make calls, see your call history, and reach your favorites – hands-free and right from your car’s screen. No images of the updated Android Auto app were…

The Shark flexbreeze hydrogo arrived in the depths of a UK heatwave, so I was very grateful that it came with some charge already in the battery. There’s nothing worse than unboxing a gadget designed to cool you down, only to discover you need to wait several hours before using it. Getting started is refreshingly simple. The fan arrives with removable stickers showing you what each button does, highlighting a power button, a mist button (which also switches between constant and intermittent mist modes), and a fan button that cycles through the five speed settings. The removable information stickers make setup simple (Izzy Howells/The Independent) The…

Electricity bills in Alderney will be subsidised for the rest of the year if the cost of a barrel of crude oil exceeds $100. The current price of crude oil is $99.76, according to the Financial Times, external. The States of Guernsey said it would give Alderney Electricity (AEL) £200,000 to offset bills on the island, which has a population of 2,167. Its Policy and Finance Committee approved the temporary subsidy to help mitigate the impact of short-term increases in global prices on island electricity consumers. Jeannie Cameron, who chairs the committee, said the funds would be applied directly to customers' bills. She said: "The recent rise in…

File photo. President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. —Screenshot from RTVM video MANILA, Philippines – President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. on Thursday inaugurated the Ibato-Iraan Small Reservoir Irrigation Project, Palawan’s first reservoir-type dam, in Aborlan, Palawan, amid the challenges posed by El Niño and climate change. The project, located in Barangay Sapongan, is the island’s largest irrigation facility and first reservoir-type dam. According to Marcos, it is expected to help lessen the impact of increasingly unpredictable weather. “Nowadays, especially in the middle of the dry season or El Niño. We cannot just rely on the arrival of the rain,” Marcos said.…

MANILA, Philippines — The country remains firm on having its first kilowatts from nuclear power plants by 2035, despite moving away from the initial 2032 target as energy officials await progress on regulatory and safety approvals. “The grid integration, barring no changes yet made in the Philippine Grid Code and all of the other technical requirements, the actual injection of the capacities will start at around 2035 through 2038,” Department of Energy (DOE) Energy Utilization and Management Bureau director Patrick Aquino said during a public consultation on Thursday. READ: DOE has yet to see bid to build nuclear power plant […]...Keep on reading:…

Dangote Refinery has increased its gantry price for Premium Motor Spirit, PMS and resumed the sale of its refined petroleum products in naira. The refinery announced the development in a statement issued on Wednesday, confirming that marketers can once again purchase the product in the local currency. According to the 700,000-barrel-per-day refinery, it has pegged its petrol gantry price at N1,215 per litre, up from N1,175 per litre, which was the previous price before sales were suspended on July 14, 2026. “Dangote Petroleum Refinery has resumed the sale of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) in naira, providing a measure of relief to marketers and consumers.…

As demand grows for intelligent, energy-efficient and sustainable buildings across Nigeria, Chrema Technologies Limited is strengthening its position as a leading Building Management Systems (BMS) specialist. The company designs, deploys and maintains integrated BMS platforms that provide centralized monitoring and control of critical building services, enabling property owners to improve operational efficiency, reduce energy consumption, enhance occupant comfort and maximize asset performance. Meeting the Needs of Modern Buildings Modern commercial facilities rely on interconnected systems. Without a centralized BMS, HVAC, lighting, power, fire…

According to police, nine workers employed at M Engineering Company were staying in a room on the second floor of the PG. \| Photo Credit: Special arrangement 1. Bengaluru LPG cylinder explosion: 10 migrant workers from West Bengal injured at Bommasandra PG Ten migrant workers sustained serious burn injuries after a suspected LPG cylinder explosion ripped through Jai Sai Comforts, a PG accommodation in Bommasandra on the outskirts of Bengaluru, when the occupants were preparing breakfast at around 6.30 a.m. on July 23. The building is owned by Nagaraj Reddy and had reportedly been leased to another person. According to police, nine workers employed at…

In a tent in the Nigerian metropolis of Lagos, two worlds collide: Three fashionable influencers sit on cushioned stools across from Germany's 63-year-old Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul. For half an hour, the senior politician meets Africa's young creative scene. These young people are among the stars of Nigeria's creative industry — in a country with a population of around 240 million and a median age of just under 18. Wadephul wants to understand what moves the younger generation. What issues are on their minds? How do they view Germany? And what do they expect from a collaboration? After a brief hesitation, they reply: Germany and Europe listen…

Sitting in his family home in Bihar’s Nawada town, Abhishek Kumar has spent the last week glued to his phone. A bout of typhoid has left him barely able to walk, but he cannot look away. On his screen, the protests at Delhi’s Jantar Mantar unfold, stirring a powerful sense of déjà vu. He understands the protesters’ anger. In December 2024, the 28-year-old was among hundreds of aspirants who spent three months braving the biting cold, sleeping in the open at Patna’s iconic Gandhi Maidan to demand action over the alleged leak of the Bihar Public Service Commission (BPSC) exam papers they had taken. It was just one of nearly 150 competitive examinations…

Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha discussed the next steps toward EU accession and the security situation in the Black Sea with Moldova's reappointed Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Mihai Popșoi. Sybiha announced this on X, Ukrinform reports. The diplomat said the two sides discussed their bilateral agenda and the next steps toward EU accession, emphasizing the importance of opening all negotiating clusters without delay. " Particular attention was paid to the security situation in the Black Sea. Russia's continued attacks on civil vessels and Ukraine's port infrastructure are a direct threat to freedom of navigation in the Black…

Russian businesses have been feeling the effects of the war in Ukraine through tax increases, rising costs caused by fuel shortages, and supply chains disrupted by sanctions. Now, there is another risk to contend with: Ukrainian drone strikes on their facilities. As Ukraine wages a campaign to bring the conflict home to ordinary Russians, it has opened a new front aimed at the online marketplace Wildberries, a pillar of the country’s retail economy and a potent symbol of modern life in Russia. In recent days, Ukraine has hit five warehouses belonging to Wildberries, a Russian analog to Amazon, as well as storage sites for other large retailers. Eight…