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For the first time, an artificial intelligence model has achieved a perfect score at the International Mathematical Olympiad (IMO) – and it was developed by Chinese social giant RedNote. The model, dots-note-3.0, solved all six puzzles and secured a perfect score of 42 at this year’s IMO, which concluded in Shanghai on Monday. The note variant, still in beta phase, is currently the lightest model in the dots3 family, which includes two larger versions – jazz and aria – tailored for different use cases and compute costs. Shanghai-based RedNote, known for its Instagram-style social community called Xiaohongshu in Chinese, said it would open-source…

Anthropic recently detailed the containment architectures it uses for Claude across its web, developer, and desktop products. It argues that agent safety depends on placing deterministic limits on an agent’s filesystem, network, and execution environment rather than depending solely on permission prompts or model-level safeguards. Most notably, it examines failures at trust boundaries and along permitted egress paths that led Anthropic to revise those designs. The company frames agent risk as a combination of user misuse, model misbehaviour, and attacks delivered through files, tools, or network-accessible content. Anthropic’s central argument is that…

Air India's first trial flight landed successfully at Bhogapuram International Airport near Visakhapatnam. File \| Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Commercial flight operations at Visakhapatnam will shift from the present airport at INS Dega to the new Alluri Sitarama Raju (ASR) International Airport at Bhogapuram in Vizianagaram district around mid-August 2026, two weeks after the airport is inaugurated on August 1. Prime Minister Narendra Modi, accompanied by Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu, will inaugurate the airport at 10 a.m. Rituals and launch timeline Preparations at the airport have been going on quietly over the past few weeks.…

When I decided to ditch Google Photos, I thought the real challenge would be finding an alternative with the features I'd become used to. Between the constant warnings about reaching my storage limit and Google's general streak of anti-consumerism, I'd started to feel like Google Photos was holding my files hostage. Google makes a great prison, though. Features like map view, timelines, and facial recognition had become necessities for me. So I was tentative at first, partly because this wasn't my first time digging for a replacement. My last search hadn't turned up great results. Then I found Immich, a self-hosting solution I'd heard of but never…

Transcript Jake Mannix: I'm Jake, another member of the Fellows community from Walmart. My colleague Aditya talked a bunch about agents. We work together all the time. We both are dealing with agents, because we're working on the agentic middleware that powers a lot of stuff at Walmart for the 20,000-something software developers and data scientists that are building agents like crazy right now. We're nearly done with the year of agents, but we're mostly software engineers in here. Let's talk about what it's actually like to build an LLM-based agent. To clarify specifically in the language Aditya was talking about, very much more abstract in the…

Britain does not have enough water for more data centres, the UK's water companies have said, in a damning indictment of Labour's AI growth plans. Water UK has told MPs that the Government fails to make 'a single mention of water' in any of its major AI strategies, and that Environment Agency forecasts on water use were 'fatally flawed' because they did not factor in data centre use. It has warned that the current infrastructure is not prepared for the demands of data centres, which it has accused of favouring cheaper and wasteful 'open loop' cooling to keep equipment from overheating, often evaporating water through cooling towers. If controls aren't…

On Tuesday, OpenAI published a blog post with a fairly unassuming name: "OpenAI and Hugging Face partner to address security incident during model evaluation." Once you dig in, it reads like a cyberpunk novel in which OpenAI created an advanced AI hacker agent and put it in an isolated environment for testing. The AI agent then autonomously hacked its way out of OpenAI's isolated environment and then hacked Hugging Face, an open-source repository of AI-related projects, to find a solution to an advanced test designed to evaluate an AI's hacking abilities. In other words, the AI proved that it is, indeed, really good at hacking things. But this is…

China’s Moonshot AI is raising money at a pace that would make most startups dizzy. The lab should close a round that values it at $31.5 billion in the coming days, Bloomberg reported. It then plans to open another almost immediately, targeting a valuation of as much as $50 billion. Two rounds, one summer The second raise would begin as early as August. It would be the final private infusion before an initial public offering in Hong Kong, which could come as soon as this year. SCMP reported the same August timing, describing it as Moonshot’s last private raise before listing. The company is also unwinding its offshore “red-chip” structure by the end…

AMD's custom Instinct MI450-based AI accelerator for Meta will use three times less memory than the fully-fledged Instinct MI455X and will be optimized primarily for recommendation systems operated by Facebook and other social platforms, according to SemiAnalysis. If the report is accurate, it is reasonable to expect Meta to keep using Nvidia hardware for training frontier AI models and running inference. Go deeper with TH Premium: CPU (Image credit: Tom's Hardware) The custom Instinct MI455X for Meta will carry 144GB of HBM4 memory using six 8-Hi packages, whereas the full-blown Instinct MI455X will be equipped with 432 GB of HBM4 memory, according…

Computer science was the safe bet. For twenty years, enrolment in the US only went up. In the 2025-26 academic year, it went down. The reversal The finding comes from Jacob Light, an economist at Stanford’s Hoover Institution. Business Insider reported his research. His dataset is vast: more than 50 million course sections since 1996, across 1,019 US colleges. In it, computer science’s share of enrolment fell for the first time in roughly two decades. At the average school, enrolment in CS classes dropped about 4.6% year on year. National figures point the same way. The National Student Clearinghouse reported undergraduate computer-science enrolment…

Any time there's potentially positive news about storage and memory supply—such as increasing supply from China—I can't help but think 'sure, but the AI industry will guzzle through it regardless.' Not only is demand seemingly insatiable, but sometimes new developments that encourage even more memory use come along. Case in point here with Nvidia Rubin. As SE Daily reports (machine translated), Nvidia's new 'context memory storage' (CMX) tech, which should be here with its new Rubin servers later this year, is going to chomp through a whole bunch of NAND. "Nvidia's CMX is equipped with 576 SSDs, providing a total storage capacity of 9,600 TB. The…

When OpenClaw hype was at its peak in the beginning of 2026, a lot of people bought Mac Mini just to keep an agent running around the clock. I never understood why people would spend $500 on a device to run OpenClaw like agents that are merely inferences to a commercial LLM like Claude and ChatGPT. But these 'claws' are here to stay, and people are utilizing them to run their agent on dedicated hardware. And that's why we have dedicated hardware built around these agents. Autonomous is a company known for standing desks and ergonomic chairs, although they did start as Robotbase, making personal robots. Seems like they are back to their roots, sort of.…

The cycle is over. For years, cybersecurity followed a familiar pattern: defenses improved, attackers adapted, and the back-and-forth continued. Today, AI-equipped attackers are simply outpacing defenses. Most intrusions now bypass endpoint and malware-based detection entirely. The CrowdStrike Global Threat Report estimates around 79% of attacks are malware-free, as threat actors rely on credential theft and DLL side-load techniques to bypass host-level monitoring. Perimeter vulnerabilities compound this exposure; firewalls and VPN gateway breaches climbed 19% according to the latest Verizon Data Breach Investigations Report. Once an adversary gains…

As the spotlight fell on the Mylapore Fine Arts Club stage on July 18, performers were seen carrying paint buckets, empty cartons, metal pipes, washing machine tubes, water cans and a car wheel, leaving the audience intrigued. Moments later, these everyday objects transformed into percussion instruments. As the beats fell into perfect sync, one of the best performances of the evening came alive, sweeping the audience away with its rhythm. “The piece was inspired by three of the five elements of nature – Earth, Water and Air,” said S Muralikrishnan, also known as Drums Murali, the curator of the show and the founder of the institute Jus Drums. From…

It is rare that a crowdfunded hardware startup gets a second shot at a first impression. Halliday is taking it. The company unveiled the G2 on Tuesday, priced from $499, shipping in September. A brutal first act The original glasses were panned. Engadget scored them 54 out of 100, one of the lowest marks in its history. Android Police gave 5 out of 10 and called them a “buzzword-laden curiosity.” The culprits were a fiddly projector display mounted by your eye, tinny speakers, and a laggy control ring. Chief operating officer Carter Hou owns it. He told Engadget the company made “many mistakes,” and has since rebuilt its engineering and supply-chain…

One reason I'm so anti-generative AI is because many models rely on a data set containing written or visual work used without the original creator's permission. As a writer myself, it's a small comfort then that the copyright suit brought against Anthropic has been settled in favour of the author plaintiffs. Anthropic leveraged a library of millions of pirated books to train its Claude chatbot and, as a result, the AI company is now set to pay out a copyright settlement of $1.5 billion (via Euro News). Some of the affected authors argued this pay out was too small but, as of July 20, a US judge has now approved the deal, closing the book on one of the…

OpenAI has revealed that two of its most advanced artificial intelligence models breached a controlled testing environment and autonomously hacked another AI company, Hugging Face, describing the incident as an “unprecedented cyber incident.” The company said the incident occurred during an internal test designed to assess its AI models’ advanced hacking capabilities, with the usual safeguards against high-risk cyber activity temporarily turned off for the evaluation. According to OpenAI, the models involved included GPT-5.6 Sol and a more capable pre-release model with reduced cyber refusals. “We consider this incident to be an unprecedented cyber…

On Tuesday, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent went on television with a warning for China. On the same day, the chief executive of the company that powers the entire AI boom went the other way. The threat Bessent said the US will scrutinise Chinese open-source models for stolen intellectual property, as Bloomberg first reported. It could then hit their makers with sanctions. “This administration supports open source models, but what we do not support is IP theft,” he said. His evidence is watermarks. “We are finding watermarks of our US large language models on many Chinese models,” he said. The technical term is distillation, training one model on…

The National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON) has introduced new regulations for licensed private Hajj and Umrah tour operators ahead of the 2027 pilgrimage, including a mandatory N250 million bank guarantee and stricter operational requirements aimed at protecting pilgrims and improving service delivery. The reforms, contained in a July 20, 2026 circular signed by the Deputy Director of Operations, Mrs. Hafsatu Baba Tela, replace the previous refundable cash deposit with a bank guarantee. Under the new guidelines, operators must be registered with the Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC), possess valid International Air Transport Association (IATA)…

With the digital revolution in the 1990s, cognitive research has shifted towards the impact of screens on education. Fast forward to the Covid pandemic and research began to reveal the impact they were having on reading ability. Beginning with literacy – a skill needing time for deep reading – cognitive scientists like Maryanne Wolf worried that “digital media encourages us to get as much information as we can, as fast as we can, and often while multitasking”. She noted further that “sequencing of information and memory for detail change for the worse when subjects are read on a screen”. Denmark education minister Mattias Tesfaye framed…

Apple Says 'Update in Progress' at Visitor Center There is an "update in progress" at the Apple Park Visitor Center in Cupertino, California, according to a new notice posted on Apple's website. The building remains open to the public while the work is completed, but the area housing a 3D augmented reality model of Apple Park is temporarily closed. "Please pardon our appearance while we improve our store," says Apple. "During this time, the Exhibition Space is temporarily closed." Opened in November 2017, the Apple Park Visitor Center functions as both a store and a tourist attraction. While the Exhibition Space is closed for now, visitors can still…

SAVE OVER $10: As of July 22, the Lego Icons Kingfisher Bird has hit a new low on Amazon at $33.99. That's $16 off its full price of $49.99. $33.99 at Amazon $49.99 Save $16 The Lego Icons Kingfisher Bird's retirement may be on the horizon, but Amazon's offering shoppers a chance to grab this awesome Lego build at a discount before that happens. It's not just any regular discount, either. As of July 22, the retailer has dropped this set to a new low price of $33.99. Usually, this Lego Kingfisher costs $49.99, so this is a great opportunity to save $16. As someone who's built this Lego Kingfisher set myself, I can confirm that it's definitely worth…

Samsung is set to reveal a new slate of foldables at this summer’s Galaxy Unpacked, which kicks off at 9AM ET / 6AM PT from London. In addition to a Galaxy Z Fold 8 that adopts a wider form factor, Samsung is expected to reveal an upgraded Z Fold 8 Ultra with a larger battery, and a refreshed Z Flip 8. We might see some new wearables, too, as rumors point to launches for the Galaxy Watch Ultra 2 and Watch 9. You can follow along with all the news from Samsung’s July Galaxy Unpacked below.

In Kyiv, the testing zone for fifth-generation mobile communications technology, or 5G, will cover the city center, from Independence Square to Bessarabska Square. The Ministry of Digital Transformation said this in a press release, Ukrinform reports. "Mobile operators have already successfully tested the technology in Lviv, Kharkiv and Borodianka. Specialists have gained unique experience in deploying networks under different infrastructure conditions, from historic city centers and railway stations to frontline cities and small communities. Now testing is moving to the capital," the ministry said. The next-generation network will initially operate…

PUBLIC SECTOR Ireland stalls €1B Microsoft tender amid digital sovereignty questions Government plans another Redmond-only procurement despite calls to consider European rivals The Irish government has kicked a Microsoft procurement potentially worth €1 billion into touch amid a political debate about the nation's overreliance on US tech providers and a move to free and open source software. In Ireland's parliament (Dáil Éireann), Frankie Feighan, Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation, said the recent tender for suppliers to take part in a framework agreement to supply Microsoft software and services…

US data center electricity usage is expected to quadruple by 2035 There has been a surge in signups for Trump's Ratepayer Protection Act Residential electricity rates have risen by 25% over the past four years US data centers are expected to use four times more electricity by 2035 than they currently use, bringing the total consumption to one fifth of the country's electricity production. In an attempt to quell the national dissatisfaction with AI and the data centers needed to support capacity, over 200 entities have joined President Trump’s pledge to not pass on rising electricity costs to consumers. But Trump’s pledge is entirely voluntary, and has…

MANILA, Philippines — The Philippines and South Korea launched a digital platform to speed up farm interventions and track supply chains in real time. The Agriculture-Based Central Data Ecosystem (AbCDE) Platform will enable the DA to verify beneficiaries, monitor interventions, and track supply chains. READ: Philippines gets $16-M South Korean grant for aquaculture, agribusiness “The integrated system will improve planning, policy making and program implementation while laying the foundation for stronger food security,” the DA said in a statement on Wednesday. South Korea funded the AbCDE Platform with a $3.5-million or P165-million ODA grant,…

For the longest time, Windows on Arm has been the purview of Snapdragon processors with Adreno CPUs (and occasionally some repurposed Mac silicon). A couple of months ago, though, Nvidia finally announced RTX Spark, an Arm processor with some real GPU grunt. And it seems that might have sparked (sorry) the onset of being able to use at least some Nvidia GPUs with the forked operating system. As spotted by Windows Latest, a developer on Chinese forum Bilibili has managed to get an RTX 4060 working on Windows on Arm using a driver based on the "RTX Spark laptop driver". The dev responsible, VoidTech, suggests this is driver 590. This is an older Nvidia…

If you're looking for a cheap portable monitor for travel, then I definitely recommend the AOC 16T35 for $60 (was $90) at Best Buy. This is a very limited-time deal though, which runs out soon. We tested the AOC 16T3EA, which is identical in size, weight, and screen, awarding it 4.5 stars and a Highly Recommended badge in our review. Now, the AOC 16T35 is a significant upgrade that's actually cheaper to buy. Notably, it boasts two USB-C ports rather than one, an additional mini HDMI port and, addressing one of our issues with the stripped back version, it has built-in speakers. They're not ultra loud, but I always find it's better to have them if…

Joe Maring / Android Authority TL;DR Latest crowdsourced reports from Ookla and Opensignal establish T-Mobile as the fastest and the most reliable major network in the US. AT\&T posted the highest growth in terms of download and upload speeds. Verizon dominated with the widest network coverage in the US. Telecom industry analysis firms Opensignal and Ookla have released their half-yearly reports detailing the performance of various carriers across the US, and there’s a clear winner. Both reports once again hail “the un-carrier” T-Mobile as the leader across various performance parameters based on crowdsourced data. Ookla held T-Mobile as the “Best…

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A supply chain report says that the iPhone 18 Pro and Pro Max models have now entered mass production ahead of their launch in September. Assembly partner Foxconn is said to be offering significant bonuses to returning workers as it seeks to ramp up recruitment to peak levels … The Standard reports. Foxconn, Apple’s primary contract manufacturer, has entered its peak recruitment season as the iPhone 18 series enters mass production and ramps up capacity, according to supply chain sources cited by mainland media. The report pointed out that At Foxconn’s Zhengzhou Port Area A business group, hourly wages are currently as high as 27 yuan (HK$31.24), with…

Fans of The X-Files can now bring one of the most iconic sci-fi series of the nineties into the brick-built world, as Lego has unveiled a new set inspired by the beloved show. The X-Files Lego set recreates some of the most recognisable elements from the series, including FBI Special Agent Fox Mulder’s office, a mysterious forest scene and a hovering UFO. The 1,478-piece set has been designed with adult fans in mind, so OG fans of the show are well catered for. To mark the launch, Gillian Anderson has returned to the role of Dana Scully in a new cinematic mini-film, where she investigates the Lego set itself. Anderson, who played Scully throughout the…

MANILA, Philippines — Kadiwa stores nationwide has generated more than P4 billion in cumulative sales as of July this year, largely driven by the government’s subsidized rice program, the Department of Agriculture (DA) said. Based on DA’s data, Kadiwa ng Pangulo outlets recorded P4.42 billion in sales from July 2022 to July 20 this year, benefiting more than 12 million consumers through 22,178 marketing activities. READ: Malacañang mulls over fully funding Kadiwa centers More than half of Kadiwa sales came from the Benteng Bigas, Meron Na program, which sold P2.4 billion worth of cheaper rice to about 12.1 million beneficiaries. […]...Keep on reading:…

If you’ve ever watched a professional streamer, there’s a good chance they’ve been using an Elgato Stream Deck device. These clever devices offer a bunch of customizable keys to switch scenes, adjust settings, and much more, but what you might not know is that they’re kind of great for just about any user. Here’s why Elgato’s Stream Deck is for much more than showing off your gameplay or chatting with subscribers. For those unfamiliar, the Stream Deck offers a control panel with buttons that can be customized within an easy-to-use, very intuitive app. It has access to just about anything you can think of, across PC and Mac. Use a Stream Deck to raise…

Vornado Transom Window Fan for $135: I was impressed with the features of this fan—it's got a remote control (there's also a version with Alexa compatibility), it can suck in air either inside the room or out, and it's relatively quiet. It's definitely a step up from less expensive versions. However, the foam blocks for fitting it in the window didn’t provide as tight a fit as I'd prefer. Also, the fan can only be installed horizontally, and the thermostat is located on the inside—a problem that plagues space heaters as well—so it struggled to cool a south-facing bedroom during my testing. Vornado Strata Photograph: Kat Merck Vornado Strata for $133:…

RAM pricing in Germany has suddenly gotten a lot steeper The price of DDR5 memory is now 448% more costly than a year ago On top of that, TSMC is reportedly set to increase its chip production prices by up to 10% next year, which will mean more expensive CPUs The RAM crisis appears to be getting considerably worse right now, based on memory pricing in one country anyway — and we've also had some bad news from a big chip maker. First off, RAM pricing in Germany is what's been under the microscope courtesy of 3D Center (via Wccftech), which regularly takes the temperature of the market in the country, finding that July has seen a notable price hike.…

Garmin has made waves in the fitness and wellbeing world, officially announcing its first screen-free smart band: the cirqa. The new wearable is designed to help users monitor their health, fitness and recovery, without the distractions of a traditional smartwatch. Following the rise of screen-free trackers such as Whoop, the Garmin cirqa takes a more discreet approach to everyday health tracking, focusing on detailed insights rather than notifications and apps on your wrist. However, unlike some competitors, Garmin’s latest wearable doesn’t require a subscription. When you buy the device, you have instant access to its health and fitness features…

A Bloomberg report yesterday suggested that Apple is about to launch a new Apple Upgrade leasing contract to replace the iPhone Upgrade Program. There appear to be two significant differences between the two, and one of those is potentially very worrying … The iPhone Upgrade Program is a straightforward one. The cost of your purchase is split over 24 months, and at the end of the two-year period, you own the device outright. There is no charge for the credit. (Additionally, you have the option of upgrading to a new iPhone after 12 months. In that case, a new two-year contract begins, and you are in effect selling the old device back to Apple for the…

TEHRAN – The UNESCO-listed Bisotun archaeological site has completed preparations to receive pilgrims travelling to Iraq for Arbaeen commemorations, with authorities planning to hold a handicrafts market along the pilgrimage route, the site’s executive director said on Wednesday. The management of the World Heritage site said infrastructure had been readied to accommodate visitors passing through the area during the annual pilgrimage to the Iraqi city of Karbala, one of the largest religious gatherings in the world, Mirase-Aria reported on Wednesday. Executive Director Samet Ejraei said the handicrafts market was intended to provide services for…

In an official statement, the General Command of the Bahrain Defence Forces announced that its air defence systems "confronted, intercepted, and destroyed a number of Iranian aerial assaults". "Iran continues its hostile approach through its sinful attacks targeting civilians in the Kingdom of Bahrain. The General Command reiterates that all its units are at the highest level of readiness and on full alert," the statement said.

Residents of several communities in Ugboju District of Otukpo Local Government Area, Benue State, have abandoned their homes after a fresh armed attack claimed the life of a 15-year-old boy, left one person missing and led to the rustling of hundreds of cattle. The attack reportedly occurred around 7:00 a.m. on Monday in Olahimu village, where gunmen allegedly targeted cattle belonging to the family of the late Ardo Risku Muhammad, who was killed in a similar incident a few weeks earlier. In a statement released on behalf of the family, Muhammed Idris disclosed that his younger brother, Muhammad Isiyaku, 15, was fatally shot during the assault. He…

DUBAI, July 22 (Reuters) - The Trump administration backs a nuclear energy pact with Riyadh allowing Saudi Arabiato enrich uranium and process spent atomic fuel, two sources have said, a move that may worry regional states concerned about weapons proliferation. Here are some of the main issues at play: WHAT HAS HAPPENED SO FAR? Washington and Riyadh have for years been discussing a nuclear cooperation deal that would give Saudi Arabia access to U.S. technology and American companies a chance to win big contracts for Saudi atomic energy facilities. As always with nuclear technology, worries about security, weapons proliferation and political…

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The US and Saudi Arabia are expected to announce a deal that will allow the Gulf kingdom to develop a civilian nuclear programme, according to US media reports. An announcement is expected from US President Donald Trump's administration on Wednesday, US officials were cited as saying. The agreement could be worth billions of dollars to the US, whose companies could be involved in building a facility to produce enriched uranium, which can be used as fuel for power plants but also to make nuclear bombs. Nuclear experts and former officials in Israel - the US's top ally in the Middle East - have voiced concern that the plan could ultimately lead to Saudi…

“I strongly condemn this cowardly attack. This heinous act will not go unpunished. J\&K Police and our security forces are on the ground and will bring those responsible to justice,” Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant-Governor Manoj Sinha said. File photo: X/@manojsinha_ via ANI Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha on Wednesday (July 22, 2026) condemned the killing of a policeman in a terrorist attack in Anantnag district and said the heinous crime will not go unpunished. Head Constable Ashiq Hussain, posted on Amarnath Yatra security duty, was shot dead by a terrorist at Lal Chowk in Anantnag around 12.30 p.m. “I strongly condemn this cowardly…

KRASNODAR, July 22. /TASS/. One of the ten people injured in a Ukrainian drone strike on a warehouse in the southern Russian city of Krasnodar has died in the hospital, bringing the death toll from a large-scale attack on the Krasnodar Region to two, Governor Veniamin Kondratyev said. "Unfortunately, a young woman who was injured in the warehouse attack in Krasnodar has died in the hospital. Another three people remain hospitalized, while six received outpatient care," he said. Earlier, Kondratyev reported that an employee of an industrial enterprise had been killed in a drone strike in the city of Armavir.

Sen. John Fetterman, D-Pa., expresses concern over the Democratic Party's changing stance on Israel on 'Sunday Morning Futures.' NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Republicans are ready to embrace a maverick Democrat eying an exit from the party to further grow their thin majority. Sen. John Fetterman, D-Pa., recently drew a sharp line in the sand on what it would take to leave the Democratic Party, and Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., would be happy to have him officially cross the aisle. "Yes, we would welcome him," Thune said. "And I haven't talked to him recently. I have had conversations with him in the past, as have many of my…

Why haven’t Ukraine’s drone and missile attacks on Russia triggered Moscow’s use of tactical nuclear weapons, as it has threatened? When Russia is attacked time and again, one wonders what purpose it serves to have the world’s largest nuclear arsenal. The Ukraine war is at a stalemate . Though roughly 90 per cent of the territory in East Donbas is under Russian control, its ground advances have slowed to less than 100 metres a day, according to a July 1 report by the Centre for Strategic International Studies. Could Russia use tactical nuclear weapons as a game-changer? The answer is probably no. Historically, nuclear weapons have proven largely…

Within a few months of Russia’s February 2022 invasion of Ukraine, more than 500,000 Ukrainian refugees arrived in the Czech Republic. Social service nonprofits responded immediately. They organized emergency housing, connected refugees with schools and healthcare, helped families navigate government services and distributed food and other basic necessities. In the first weeks of the crisis, those nonprofits relied on volunteers and existing community networks to meet urgent needs. I research nonprofits. My Fulbright Scholarship in the Czech Republic coincided with Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, providing an unexpected opportunity to study how…

The Omoku Zonal Commander of the Ogba/Egbema/Ndoni Local Government Area Organised Security Planning and Advisory Committee, OSPAC, Ozomela Stephen Nwaocha, has been shot dead by unidentified gunmen in Rivers State. Nwaocha was killed alongside three women during an attack on Tuesday evening along Oba Road in Omoku, while two other persons sustained gunshot wounds and are receiving treatment at a hospital. The incident sparked panic across the community as frightened residents fled the area, while business owners hurriedly shut down their shops over fears of further violence. Speaking in an interview, the Public Relations Officer of OSPAC in Rivers…

Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Wednesday noted that Pakistan’s military advancements in indigenous defence capabilities were an “integral part” of its national defence. He made the remarks at the two-day Indus Robotics and Autonomous Systems (RAS) Expo 2026 that opened today at the Pak-China Friendship Centre in Islamabad. Addressing the event, PM Shehbaz noted that Pakistan has “made remarkable progress in developing indigenous autonomous capabilities in the field of defence and security under the dynamic leadership” of Chief of Defence Forces (CDF) and Chief of the Army Staff Field Marshal Syed Asim Munir. He recalled that during the conflict with…

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The Tamil Nadu government has issued an order renaming the Chief Minister’s Breakfast Scheme after former Chief Minister K. Kamaraj. The scheme will henceforth be known as the Perunthalaivar Kamarajar Breakfast Scheme. The Breakfast Scheme for students in Classes I to V in government and government-aided schools was launched during the previous DMK regime. After the TVK-led government assumed office, Chief Minister C. Joseph Vijay directed that the scheme be expanded to cover students in Classes VI to VIII in government and government-aided schools as well. A Government Order to this effect was issued by the Department of Social Welfare and Women…

On May 9, 2014, a 13-ton armored vehicle tore through pro-Russian barricades in Mariupol, launching a young battalion commander into Ukrainian legend as a symbol of raw, improvisational resistance. Today, that soldier, Maj. Gen. Mykhailo Drapatyi, assumes command of Ukraine’s armed forces in a fraught moment of military and political transition, leading his country in a battle that could have scarcely been imagined a decade ago. It is a war both of grinding attrition and high-tech innovation, where survival is dictated by which side can adapt faster and better integrate ever-evolving weapons into the daily slog of fighting under skies saturated with…

He's remembered for his spectacular success in battle as well as his humanity as a commander. But Lord Nelson was also an authoritative leader who ordered the execution of a mutinous British sailor, a never-before-seen book of Naval commands reveals. The order was one of 46 issued directly by Admiral Horatio Nelson in 1799 and copied down in the pocket book of the captain of the Bellerophon. The commands paint a 'vivid' image of him as a 'war-time commander' who is principally 'concerned with authority' while at war, an expert said. The document shows Nelson order the execution of one of his men while stationed in the Bay of Naples. The notebook…

Rubio's blunt Iran threat sparks chaos in global oil market By ROSS IBBETSON, ASSOCIATE EDITOR Published: 08:14 EDT, 22 July 2026 \| Updated: 08:21 EDT, 22 July 2026 Oil prices have rocketed to their highest level in more than a month after Marco Rubio warned the US would keep striking Iran for as long as it throttles the Strait of Hormuz. Brent crude surged almost 4 percent to nearly $95 per barrel on Wednesday as US forces pounded Iran for the eleventh straight night and traders braced for a drawn-out war. The Secretary of State delivered the blunt threat to reporters at the ASEAN foreign ministers' meeting in Manila, insisting Washington would keep…

A fighter jet that needs no runway is a step closer to flight. Shield AI and GE Aerospace say they have completed engine light-off testing for the X-BAT. It is an AI-piloted strike aircraft, built to take off and land vertically. The two firms announced the milestone this week. The nozzle that does the trick The key part is a nozzle. Engineers slotted an Axisymmetric Vectoring Exhaust Nozzle, or AVEN, into GE’s F110-GE-129E engine. Then they fired it up at a test site in Peebles, Ohio. The nozzle pivots the engine’s exhaust in three dimensions. That lets the jet steer with its thrust. It can also balance on its tailpipe to rise and land straight up.…

MANILA /Philippines/, July 22. /TASS/. Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has announced that he will meet with US Secretary of State Marco Rubio on July 23. He noted that information about the current German government's intention to gain access to nuclear weapons is alarming. According to Lavrov, sentiment in a number of countries about the need to possess nuclear weapons for self-defense will grow following the US and Israeli aggression against Iran. He also stated that the US is not simply assisting, but directly participating in the targeting of Ukrainian weapons at civilian facilities in Russia. TASS has compiled Lavrov's key statements.…

Three people were rescued after sustaining severe injuries in a multi-vehicle accident caused by a truck that reportedly suffered brake failure along the LASU–Isheri Road at Iyana School, inward Igando, Lagos. The Lagos State Traffic Management Authority, LASTMA, disclosed this in a statement, saying its officers swiftly responded to the scene, rescued the trapped victims and restored the free flow of traffic after the crash. According to the agency, preliminary findings showed that the accident occurred when a MACK flatbed truck reportedly lost its brakes, causing the driver to lose control before crashing into a Toyota Sienna and two commercial…

Leachate from Mittaganahalli landfill entering Srinivasapura Lake, Sathanur, in the northeastern outskirts of Bengaluru. \| Photo Credit: Chetan B.C. Mittaganahalli landfill is once again at the centre of a controversy over the discharge of leachate into Srinivasapura Lake, located approximately 800 metres away from the landfill. Srinivasapura Lake, also called Baiyappanahalli Lake, is located on the northeastern outskirts of the city and spans 23.36 acres, of which about 13.2 acres is open water. The waterbody had eroded bunds, rampant growth of invasive species, and poor water quality. In June 2024, a non-governmental organisation took up…

The Akwa Ibom State Police Command has confirmed the unfortunate death of an unidentified woman in a fire incident at a residential building along Ikpa Road in Uyo, the Akwa Ibom State capital. DAILY POST gathered on Wednesday that the incident occurred in the early hours of Tuesday, July 21, after the victim had accompanied her male companion to the residence. The man reportedly met the deceased at a local nightclub in Uyo and decided to take her home before a fire incident broke out in the apartment. It was gathered that while the male resident was able to escape the burning structure unharmed, the woman was trapped inside and suffered fatal burns.…

Hong Kong police have arrested four boys as young as 12 years old after they allegedly pelted wet tissue balls and splashed water at passers-by while cycling along Tsuen Wan’s waterfront and in a public park. Chief Inspector Leung Wai-yee said on Wednesday the arrests followed the circulation of videos of the incidents on social media, which took place between July 18 and 20. Four local boys, aged 12 to 14, were arrested on Wednesday morning in Tsuen Wan and Kwai Tsing on suspicion of common assault. The boys, who study in Form One and Form Two at schools in the two districts, knew each other but had no prior connection to the victims, Leung said. The…

In Tunisia long power outages across the country have added to the strain of an intense heatwave, with temperatures as high as 49C, leaving many fearing for their livelihoods. For days, the STEG state electricity and gas company has been issuing daily heat alerts listing neighbourhoods where it would cut electricity to reduce pressure on the national grid. STEG Chief Executive Faycel Trifa said heavy air conditioner use had pushed the electricity network to its limit. Another company official told state television that electricity demand may have reached a record six gigawatts on Tuesday, after hitting 5.6 gigawatts only days earlier. Power and water…

A commercial robotic spacecraft called LINK launched on an emergency mission to save NASA’s Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory, which has been slowly falling toward Earth, on July 3, 2026. Over the coming weeks, LINK, built by Katalyst Space Technologies, will try to grasp the telescope, then spend months raising it to a safer orbit. VIDEO A commercial satellite is the key to a difficult mission that aims to rescue NASA’s Swift telescope in orbit. For most of the space age, satellites have been disposable: moved aside or replaced when they ran low on fuel or failed. That wasn’t much of an issue decades ago, when orbit was far less crowded. Now, space…

INCHEON, July 22 (Yonhap) -- A massive blaze at a Coupang Corp. warehouse was fully extinguished Wednesday, about 109 hours after it broke out, firefighting authorities said. The Incheon Fire Headquarters said it extinguished the fire at the retail giant's logistics center in Seongnam-dong, Incheon, just west of Seoul, at 8:35 p.m. The blaze broke out at the logistics center Saturday, leaving two firefighters injured and forcing the evacuation of hundreds of nearby residents. A warehouse of retail giant Coupang Corp. in Incheon, west of Seoul, on July 21, 2026, as firefighters continue to battle the fire. (Yonhap) (END)

An incident commander for a complex of fires burning near Kimberley, B.C., says more resources are on the way to help firefighters battle the fires as heat peaks this week. Hugh Murdoch says there are seven fires in the so-called Bootleg Complex, including two wildfires of note that have prompted evacuation alerts in the city. He says there has been minimal growth on the fires in the past few days, crediting the work from the crews with “assistance from Mother Nature.” But Murdoch says crews are expecting what he calls a “significant weather day” on Thursday, so they are looking to develop what he calls a “large water delivery system” using…

A cut-price cruise missile containing engines bought from landfill is threatening to level the playing field in Ukraine's war against Putin's forces. FP-5 Flamingo missiles are allowing Zelensky's men to hit targets deep into Russian territory for the first time, as foreign correspondent Chris Pleasance's explains in the latest episode of the Daily Mail's War On Tape. The projectile's distinctive name stems from the fact that prototypes were painted bright pink to make them easier to retrieve, while FP is the initials of the manufacturer Fire Point. The missiles power and range are so extensive that many analysts initially refused to believe that they…

MANILA, Philippines — The low pressure area (LPA) inside the Philippine area of responsibility (PAR) has a “high chance” of developing into a tropical depression in the next 24 hours, the state weather bureau said on Wednesday, July 22. In the 5 p.m. weather forecast of Pagasa (Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical, and Astronomical Services Administration), weather specialist Benison Estareja said that the LPA was last located 940 kilometers east of Southeastern Luzon as of 3 p.m. READ: Habagat to bring scattered rains to Cebu; LPA monitored outside PAR The trough of the LPA is affecting parts of Southern Luzon and Eastern […]...Keep on reading: LPA…

By Staff The Canadian Press Posted July 22, 2026 8:17 am 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size Evacuation orders in B.C.’s Fraser Canyon are spreading as the Brunswick Creek wildfire continues to burn out of control. The latest call for locals to get out comes in the Hells Gate area, just downstream of the community of Boston Bar, where the Fraser River’s flow tightens. Get daily National news Get daily Canada news delivered to your inbox so you'll never miss the day's top stories. Another covers an unspecified number of properties along Scuzzy Creek Forest Service Road, on the west side of the river. Earlier Tuesday…

A group of volunteer clowns led by a physically disabled community leader is bringing smiles to children in rural neighborhoods across southern Türkiye through free entertainment events designed to spread joy and support vulnerable communities. The Volunteer Clowns Group, founded in 2010 by a group of young people in the city of Adana, has grown into a network of nearly 100 volunteers from a wide range of ages and professions. The group organizes events featuring music, dancing, face painting and interactive games for children living in rural areas with limited access to such activities. The initiative is headed by Fırat Arsunar, who uses a wheelchair…

Austria opened Adolf Hitler’s birthplace as a police station Wednesday, aiming to deter neo-Nazi pilgrimage to the infamous site. A memorial stone is to remain in place outside the house in Braunau am Inn near the German border with the inscription, "For freedom, democracy and liberty. Never again fascism. Millions of dead remind us." Hitler was born in the building on April 20, 1889. His family moved to another residence in Braunau am Inn after only a few months, before settling temporarily in Passau in southern Germany. Fueled by racial fanaticism, Hitler's Nazi regime killed approximately 6 million Jews and other minorities and groups during the…

By Staff The Canadian Press Posted July 22, 2026 8:04 am 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size Ontario’s Ministry of Natural Resources is listing 173 wildfires as active this morning in Ontario’s north, including 12 that had been sparked in the last 24 hours. Early estimates suggest the flames have ravaged more of the province’s forests this season than any previous year on record, burning through more than 7,250 square kilometres so far. Get daily National news Get daily Canada news delivered to your inbox so you'll never miss the day's top stories. Most of the fires in the province have burned in the last 10 days, and…

Iranian singer Vahid Taj, accompanied by a group of men and women, performed the patriotic song "I Will Rebuild You Again, My Homeland" on Karaj's B1 Bridge. The performance took place on the B1 Bridge in Karaj, located in Alborz Province, north of Tehran. The bridge, which was on the verge of opening to the public, was struck in two rounds of US airstrikes on March 2. According to official reports, the attacks killed eight civilians and injured 95 others.

ICE officer Gregory Simmonds describes the heroic moment he rescued a 6-year-old from drowning in a Florida pool on May 16, as captured by surveillance video. Simmonds jumped in fully clothed, pulled the unconscious child out and performed CPR to save the child's life. He also addresses current criticisms facing the agency. NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A Florida "hero" mom died after using all her strength to keep her 4-year-old son above water when he fell into the St. Johns River, allowing rescuers to pull the boy to safety, authorities and her family said. Nicole Grayson, 43, jumped into the river after her young son fell into the…

INQUIRER FILES TUGUEGARAO CITY – A 39-year-old lineman was declared a “line warrior” for his service after dying from electrocution while repairing a power cable during line upgrading work in this city on July 20. Micheal Fernandez, 39, of the Cagayan Electric Cooperative, Inc. (CAGELCO I) stationed in Solana, Cagayan was killed near the Tuguegarao City Islamic Muslim Association Inc. building in Centro 10 village. READ: Construction helper electrocuted in Tuguegarao Article continues after this advertisement A resident was allegedly using a generator set and failed to put off the circuit breaker, which resulted in a power backfeed that electrocuted…

Residents, risking their safety, carry a motorcycle over a landslide in Sitio Balakayo, Barangay Kalagangan, San Fernando in Bukidnon, allowing stranded motorists to pass through for a fee covering labor and passage. (Photo by JEI R. CAPAO) VALENCIA CITY, Bukidnon — Clearing operations at a massive landslide site in Sitio Balakayo, Barangay Kalagangan, San Fernando, Bukidnon may take about four months to complete, the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) said. The landslide, triggered by continuous heavy rains enhanced Super Typhoon Inday on July 6, buried a large section of the highway linking Bukidnon to Davao del Norte via San Fernando,…

Two trams collided on the Erasmus Bridge in Rotterdam, Netherlands, 22 July 2026. EPA-Yonhap ROTTERDAM, Netherlands — Two trams collided on a key bridge in Rotterdam on Wednesday leaving at least 15 hurt, one seriously, officials said. The Erasmus Bridge is a major landmark in the Dutch port city, spanning the Maas river, and a major transport hub. Webcam footage of the bridge showed a tram steaming into the back of another, sending debris flying across the lanes of traffic and damaging both trams. An AFP reporter on the scene saw extensive damage to both trams, with mangled metal and shattered glass. Authorities have cordoned off the scene and the…

A fast-moving wildfire that broke out in the Var department in southern France has forced 400 people to flee their homes and burned more than 2,500 hectares – the latest in a string of fires amid three heatwaves since early June.

TEHRAN – During the Neolithic period, the inhabitants of Iranian plateau used reed mats as floor coverings in their shelters and also wrapped the deceased in them for burial. Thousands of years later, during the Safavid era, the use of silk brocade carpets woven by the artisans of Tabriz became widespread. Archaeological excavations at Ali Kosh Tepe in Dehloran county of Ilam province, uncovered a fragment of a reed mat on natural bitumen measuring 13.5 × 22 centimeters, dating to approximately 7,000–7,350 BCE. The find indicates that Neolithic inhabitants used reed mats woven in a “two-over, two-under” pattern to cover the floors of their dwellings,…

Karyn Frick likes to think big. In college, she spent the summer after her junior year studying the neurobiology of memory in a lab at Johns Hopkins University. For hours at a time, Frick would watch rats scurry through mazes, entranced by their behavior. For Frick, that early experience sparked an interest in memory that would ripple throughout her career. Years later, in a study on mice, she observed that middle-aged females were mentally older - and had worse memory - than their male counterparts. Now a neuroscientist and professor of psychological and brain sciences at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, she's working to study how estrogens…

File photo of ABVP members staging a protest against the NEET 2026 paper leak in New Delhi on May 13, 2026. \| Photo Credit: SHASHI SHEKHAR KASHYAP The Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP), the student wing of Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), on Wednesday (July 22, 2026) condemned the violence that broke out during a protest at Jantar Mantar over NEET-UG and other education-related issues, alleging that “anti-social elements” and political interests had hijacked students’ legitimate agitation. The student body, in the same vein, also urged the Union government to constitute a high-level committee to review the transparency and integrity of…

The American chestnut tree was a dominant and iconic species in many Appalachian forests until it was devastated by an introduced fungus from Asia called chestnut blight. Healthy American chestnuts were giants in the forest. Forest History Society, Durham, N.C. A majestic forest tree, an American chestnut was typically 50 to 100 feet (15 to 30 meters) in height, but could grow as tall as 150 feet (45 meters) over its several-hundred-year lifespan. Its leafy canopy provided shade and beauty from Maine to Mississippi. The chestnuts it produced had helped to nourish wildlife, Indigenous peoples and European settlers alike. Its rot-resistant wood was also…

MOSCOW, July 22. /TASS Correspondent Irina Skalina/. The Pomors, or coast-dwellers, always lived as if on boundaries between worlds - between the sea and the sky, between the river and the forest. The boundaries were expanding as people continued traveling further to the north to explore the unknown. For more information, see the TASS article below. The Pomors cross It's not just a navigation sign. Clearly, people used it to indicate a dangerous location, but the cross had several more functions. In case of an accident, where people miraculously escaped a tragedy - the Pomors used to put up a cross, at the same time marking the dangerous location.…

Rod Ronnen Suskin, born 1 January 1963, died 18 July 2026. Rod Suskin spent four decades elevating astrology beyond banal newspaper horoscope columns, earning a reputation as one of South Africa’s leading astrologers and most thoughtful spiritual teachers. He brought intellectual rigour and gravitas to a discipline too often dismissed as entertainment. He did it with birth charts and planetary transits, with tarot cards rather than the divining bones of the tradition that had trained him, and with a patience that clients and colleagues remembered long after their hour with him had ended. Suskin died in Cape Town on 18 July, after a long illness, at…

Electron and proton motion often work together in both living systems and engineered materials. The most familiar example is proton-coupled electron transfer (PCET), a process that plays a central role in bioenergetics, cellular respiration, photosynthesis, and nitrogen fixation. PCET has also influenced the design of many artificial materials used for energy conversion and storage. More recently, scientists identified another related process known as proton-coupled singlet energy transfer (PCEnT). Building on earlier studies of PCET and PCEnT, a team led by Prof. Kaifeng Wu at the Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics of the Chinese Academy of…

After the Revolutionary War, historians say soldiers were given pieces of Ohio land, as payment for fighting. 7,000 are believed to be buried in and around the state. Ohio’s State Historic Preservation Office has a project to locate these war heroes. NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! The remains of a teenage Revolutionary War soldier have finally been identified — over 246 years after he was buried in an unmarked grave. The discovery, which researchers believe is the first identification of a Revolutionary War soldier using DNA and forensic genetic genealogy, was announced in June. Researchers at FHD Forensics used advanced DNA analysis and…

An award-winning mathematician has called for Asia to set up its own maths union after Hong Kong lost out to Glasgow to host a top international meeting in the field. “My colleagues and I are deeply regretful about the voting result,” Yau said on Wednesday. “The voting power within the IMU is relatively entrenched. The European Mathematical Society, as a regional umbrella organisation representing Europe’s national mathematical societies, commands an overwhelming majority of votes, while Asian countries together hold less than a quarter of the total.” Yau said Europe, North America, Africa and Latin America had regional bodies to coordinate and…

The US will spend $5bn to tackle longstanding scientific problems across multiple fields using AI, ⁠the Trump administration said in a statement on Wednesday. The agencies will use the funding to identify the root causes ⁠of chronic diseases, accelerate drug ⁠discovery and ​develop longer-lasting building materials, among other tasks, according to the statement. Scientists will have access to the Department of Energy’s supercomputers, AI and specialized ⁠datasets, along with other components needed to run experiments using algorithms, said Michael Kratsios, chief technology adviser to Donald Trump, in an ⁠interview with Reuters. Fifteen federal…

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…

An amateur astronomer has discovered a meteorite crater on Google Maps The crater is thought to be 390 million years old The finding was verified when a scientists visited the site and found telltale rock formations Sometimes, I find myself idly browsing Google Maps, marveling at the wondrous locations I can spy from a satellite’s vantage point. Sadly, though, I’ve never discovered a 390-million-year-old meteorite crater while enjoying my nerdy pastime — but one clever Canadian has just managed to do exactly that. Speaking to The Canadian Press, amateur astronomer Joël Lapointe said he was plotting a summer hiking trip in Québec when he spied a…

A daring expedition to the bottom of the ocean has revealed the shipwrecks of Britain's greatest explorers as they have never been seen before. Researchers descended more than 1,000 feet (305 metres) beneath the Labrador Sea to find the remains of Quest, the ship where Ernest Shackleton died in 1922. From the safety of their submersible craft, scientists from the Royal Canadian Geographic Society (RCGS) became the first people in over 60 years to lay eyes on the ship. Then, less than a week later, the crew set out once again to find the remains of the Terra Nova, the ship that carried Robert Falcon Scott on his final expedition to the Antarctic. These…

I was alarmed this week to read warnings about the deadly side effects of ADHD medication – but not particularly surprised. I was diagnosed with the condition six years ago, at age 34, and have been taking Adderall on and off ever since. Unlike the antidepressants I’ve been taking for decades, these pills have a very pronounced impact on my mood, body and personality (and not always positive). It is certainly not a drug I would dream of giving my children, if they are ever diagnosed with ADHD. As the Daily Mail’s Dr Max Pemberton revealed on Monday, lesser-known studies show that after five years on ADHD medication, the risk of heart disease climbs by…

Quantum computing has fascinated the tech world for several decades. That’s because, while classical computing is binary, quantum bits (qubits), made from atoms, electrons and superconductors, can be in both “0” and “1” at the same time, providing computational power that is inaccessible to classical computers. Yonatan Cohen Social Links Navigation CTO \& Co-Founder of Quantum Machines. The implications of this computational power will be far-reaching, such as accelerating drug discovery, optimizing global supply chains, and revolutionizing material science for clean energy. If that’s not interesting enough, the new frontier of hybridizing quantum and…

In case you've been away from the internet for a few days, a new celebrity animal has been propelled into the spotlight. We're talking of course about Jimothy, the viral Seattle raccoon whose unusual shape — which professors have speculated may be a result of congenital spine deformity — has caused footage and photos of him to be shared far and wide. On Tuesday, Threads users noticed that Jimothy's fame has now been acknowledged by the search engine gods — namely, he has his own Google animation. Behold, this is what happens if you type "Jimothy" into Google on smartphone or desktop: Once he's scampered across the screen, a button pops up allowing you…

The Kerala government has sanctioned ₹90 crore for the construction of a permanent academic and administrative complex for Sreenarayanaguru Open University (SGOU). According to Higher Education Minister Roji M. John, the university, which began functioning in 2020 and is presently operating from rented premises in Kollam, will soon have its own state-of-the-art four-storey campus spread across 16,864 square metres. The new complex will feature modern classrooms, a high-tech office system, advanced electrical installations, fire safety infrastructure and comprehensive water supply facilities. “The new campus will not only fulfil the long-standing…

Lidar technology uses pulses of infrared light to calculate distances and create detailed 3D maps of the surrounding environment. This allows autonomous vehicles to detect objects in their path and respond quickly. However, conventional lidar sensors are often large and costly, and many rely on moving components that can wear out over time. These limitations make the systems difficult to use in a wider range of settings. MIT researchers have now developed an approach that could lead to smaller, more durable lidar sensors that operate without any moving parts. Their advance centers on a new silicon-photonics chip, a type of semiconductor device that…

It is midday on the Venezuelan coast, but the breeze feels like evening. The waves cross at odd intervals, silencing everything on the boat and making it feel, at the very least, like a rollercoaster. “You have to feel the sea to be able to cross it,” says Will from the stalled engine of his fishing boat. The boat has been used to carry donations to towns such as Puerto Cruz, Puerto Maya, and Cepe, about two hours by boat from La Guaira, the coastal city hardest hit by the June 24 earthquakes. The quakes left these coastal communities partially cut off from Catia del Mar, their main source of supplies. Brisón is a word heard along Venezuela’s central…

Galaxy Digital has pledged up to $5 million in grants to open-source developers building post-quantum cryptography for Bitcoin. The company also formed a quantum advisory council under its Bitcoin Quantum Readiness Initiative, which it announced Tuesday. The council includes Barry Sanders, professor and scientific director of Quantum City at the University of Calgary; Damien Bérubé, an MIT Sea Grant Knauss fellow; and Eran Tromer, professor of computer science at Boston University. The grants will fund quantum-resistant upgrade proposals, post-quantum cryptography, Bitcoin signature schemes, wallet and custodian migration tooling and formal security…

Eye Opener: Severe weather across U.S. as Gulf states prepare for Tropical Storm Bertha Powerful storms wreak havoc across the country as the Gulf states brace for Tropical Storm Bertha. Plus, details on a potential new nuclear deal with Saudi Arabia. All that and all that matters in today's Eye Opener.

Swelling from a razor-thin crescent into a cratered world before fading back into the darkness, Mars gave NASA's Psyche spacecraft both a spectacular view — and a 1,000-mph boost toward its namesake asteroid. A new time-lapse video released by NASA, stitched from images taken throughout May, captures the probe's month-long encounter with Mars. On May 15, Psyche swooped within 2,864 miles (4,609 kilometers) of the surface, using the planet's gravity to boost its speed and adjust its trajectory toward asteroid Psyche, a metal-rich world in the main asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter that the spacecraft is scheduled to reach in 2029. "This gravity…

WASHINGTON — Relativity Space struck a deal with Space Florida to build manufacturing and test facilities for its Terran R rocket on Florida’s Space Coast. Space Florida, the state’s space development and financing authority, announced July 21 that it signed an agreement to help finance construction of a new production facility for the company’s Terran R rocket near Cape Canaveral. The agreement also includes a commitment by Relativity Space to expand test and launch infrastructure at Kennedy Space Center (KSC) and Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. The Florida Department of Transportation will provide up to $134 million in financing for those…

Watch this simulation of a galaxy flipped from edge-on to face-on after a collision with a massive dwarf galaxy. Astronomers said on July 21, 2026, that this scenario likely happened to our own Milky Way galaxy some 10 billion years ago. Video via Auriga Project and Thomas Tomlinson. Science matters. Wonder matters. You matter. Join our 2026 Donation Campaign today. Our galaxy flipped after a collision, say astronomers Astronomers think that some 10 billion years ago, our Milky Way galaxy collided with another galaxy, which they’ve dubbed the Gaia Sausage. And on July 21, 2026, a team of astronomers at the Royal Astronomical Society’s National…

In June, Botswana became the sixth African nation to sign the Artemis Accords, joining Nigeria (2022), Rwanda (2022), Angola (2023), Senegal (2025) and Morocco (2026) as part of a growing bloc of more than 60 countries committing to the peaceful, transparent and responsible exploration of space. South Africa to date has not signed – although to be fair, neither have Algeria, Egypt nor Kenya, which together represent a large portion of the continent's most developed space industries. But South Africa's case is the most curious. It has one of Africa's oldest and most capable space sectors, a satellite heritage stretching decades and historic ties to…

MOSCOW, July 22. /TASS/. The US is actively advocating for Poland to become a new G20 member, Russia's Ambassador-at-Large Marat Berdyev said in an interview with TASS. "The US has made things difficult with the suspension of South Africa this year, pushing Poland as a new member. Such moves undermine the consensus principle and the atmosphere of trust, leaving the future of existing agreements in limbo," he stated. According to the diplomat, "the US itself is aware that many of its initiatives lack unifying potential and are often shaped by domestic priorities, particularly in trade and innovation." Berdyev noted that "the development aspects and…

This chart shows the constellation Scorpius the Scorpion, holding the red star Antares at the its heart. Antares will lead you to a great globular cluster called Messier 4 (M4). It’s visible in the evenings for the next few months. Chart via EarthSky. Bright red star Antares is easy to find in the prominent zodiacal constellation Scorpius the Scorpion. And if you look just slightly west of it through binoculars, you’ll see a small faint diffuse ball of light. Through a moderate-sized telescope, that fuzzy ball resolves into a tight collection of faint stars suspended in the darkness. That’s Messier 4, called M4 for short. M4 is a globular star…

WASHINGTON — The pilot of the Artemis 2 mission says NASA’s return to the moon should start with human landings in less challenging equatorial regions rather than go directly to the south pole. Speaking at the NASA Exploration Science Forum at Ames Research Center on July 21, Victor Glover made a plea to NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman to reconsider plans to have the first Artemis crewed landings go to the lunar south pole because of the difficulties of accessing that region. Asked in an extended discussion with conference attendees about his preferred landing site for the first crewed landing of the Artemis campaign, Glover emphasized the…

Our five favourite designer luxury homes for sale right now Save You have reached your maximum number of saved items. Remove items from your saved list to add more. AAA High-end materials, custom design, thoughtful floor plans, architectural lighting, landscaped gardens, high functionality, and enviable locations: there are many reasons why designer luxury homes are impressive. Here are five of our favourite designer luxury homes for sale right now. This four-bedroom brick residence is set within tranquil gardens designed by landscape architect Annie Wilkes, on a 1973 square-metre (approx.) estate in Wahroonga. The sandstone al fresco terrace makes…

A cottage perched on a clifftop in one of the UK's most sought after coastal destinations has been put on the market at £1.5million. Down End Cottage takes the term 'detached' to new heights as it stands alone with uninterrupted 180-degree panoramic ocean views, offering its owners ultimate seclusion and privacy. The four-bedroom bungalow sits within half-an-acre of private land, and offers access to a stretch of the South West Coast Path between the fishing village of Polperro and Talland Bay in south Cornwall. The 630-mile path starts in Somerset and runs along the coastline of Exmoor, continuing adjacent to the sea as it enters North Devon and then…

HELSINKI — Commercial launch firm Orienspace launched its third Gravity-1 solid rocket late Tuesday, sending nine satellites into orbit from waters off Shanghai. The 30-meter-long Gravity-1 solid rocket lifted off […] The post Gravity-1 sea launch off Shanghai puts 9 satellites into orbit appeared first on SpaceNews.

Sunny Joseph \| Photo Credit: H.VIBHU Amid the power crisis in the State, Electricity Minister Sunny Joseph on Monday said the Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) projects being implemented in Kasaragod district are progressing satisfactorily and will be commissioned by October, following an on-site review of the works at Mylatti at Mulleria substation. The Minister said the projects, being executed by the Kerala State Electricity Board, would make the district’s power distribution network more efficient, reliable and capable of supporting a modern renewable energy-based electricity system. He directed officials and implementing agencies to ensure…

Sanjay Nekkanti, founder and CEO of Dhruva Space, a space engineering solution provider, said the industry's reliance on former ISRO expertise is a natural consequence of how India's strategic sectors have evolved. “For decades, much of this expertise resided within ISRO, DRDO (Defence Research and Development Organisation), defence laboratories and public sector enterprises because these were the institutions entrusted with developing India's strategic technologies,” he told CNA. He added that retired ISRO scientists continue to mentor engineering teams and contribute to product development at Dhruva Space, alongside experts who have worked at NASA…

DONETSK, July 22. /TASS/. More than 6,200 jobs have been created in the Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR) under the special economic zone (SEZ) since 2023, while resident companies have invested 38 bln rubles ($485.31 mln), DPR Deputy Prime Minister Kirill Makarov told TASS. "Today, the special economic zone is one of the key instruments for developing the economy of the Donetsk People’s Republic. We can already speak about the first tangible results of its operation. According to the Territories Development Fund, the actual volume of capital investment by SEZ residents in the republic has reached 38 bln rubles," Makarov said. He added that more than…

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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…

During most times of the year, when you look up at a dark, clear night sky, the stars, planets, and perhaps the Moon shine brightly, along with if you’re lucky a view of the plane of the Milky Way. As far as objects moving through the sky go, you’re usually far more likely to see things artificial lights, like airplanes or satellites, than you are meteors. Across the entire sky, during most times of the year, you’re lucky if you can spot 2 or 3 meteor per hour: caused by random pieces of space debris, usually of cosmic (not human) origin, entering our atmosphere and combusting in a brilliant but brief flash of light. Even though collisions with…

“I believe that this nation should commit itself to achieving the goal, before this decade is out, of landing a man on the moon and returning him safely to the earth. U.S. President John F. Kennedy on May 25, 1961 Setting foot on the moon marked the fulfilment of a desire that had probably lasted ever since human beings set their eyes on Earth’s natural satellite. The success of the Apollo 11 mission in July 1969 – a little over five months before the end of the 1960s – also meant that Kennedy’s target was achieved. Here are snapshots from a week that saw Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin walk on the moon... Photo: NASA / REUTERS July 16, 1969: Lift-off…

MSME Minister Kondapalli Srinivas during a meeting with Union Civil Aviation Minister K. Rammohan Naidu in New Delhi on Tuesday. \| Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Seeking to strengthen women’s entrepreneurship in Andhra Pradesh, State MSME Minister Kondapalli Srinivas on Tuesday (July 21, 2026) urged the Centre to extend more financial and institutional support for self-help group (SHG) women under the Prime Minister Formalisation of Micro Food Processing Enterprises (PMFME) scheme. During a meeting with Union Ministry of Food Processing Industries Secretary Avinash Prakash Joshi and Joint Secretary Devesh Deval in New Delhi, the Minister proposed…

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has dismissed the country's army commander-in-chief, Oleksandr Syrskyi. It comes just days after the removal of popular Defence Minister Mykhailo Fedorov - a move that triggered street protests across the country. Initial rumours that the end of Fedorov's tenure was related to a conflict between him and Syrskyi were soon confirmed. Fedorov, 35, has been widely praised for energising the ministry and transforming the armed forces, as well as leading a drive against corruption. Syrskyi, 60, is seen by many in Ukraine as a Soviet-school commander reluctant to implement radical changes in the army. Syrskyi defended…

RFK Jr. says cyclosporiasis outbreak "under control" as CDC reports over 4,000 confirmed cases HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said Tuesday the cyclosporiasis outbreak is "under control" and claimed last year's federal budget cuts had no impact on the investigation. The CDC is now reporting more than 4,000 confirmed cases in 41 states. Carter Evans reports.

In Manicoré, when a pregnant woman goes into labor in a riverside community or an elderly person needs urgent medical care, no one waits for the wail of an ambulance siren. In this municipality in the Brazilian state of Amazonas — located 2,400 kilometers (1,490 miles) northwest of Rio de Janeiro — rivers are the roads. For that reason, many communities are accessible only by water and medical care usually arrives from the river. Moving slowly along the Madeira River, the floating primary care unit, Nossa Senhora das Dores, carries doctors, nurses, dentists, vaccines, medicines, and laboratory equipment. It is a floating health center that embodies…

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…

TEHRAN – Representatives from the Ministry of Health and Medical Education, the Veterinary Organization of Iran, the Department of Environment, municipalities, universities, and the World Health Organization (WHO) got together in Tehran on Tuesday to observe World Zoonoses Day 2026. A zoonosis (zoonotic disease or zoonoses -plural) is an infectious disease that is transmitted between species from animals to humans (or from humans to animals). The primary theme for World Zoonoses Day 2026 is “One World, One Health: Prevent Zoonoses”. To commemorate the day, experts and leaders from across the health, veterinary, environmental, academic and municipal…

Scientists at Johns Hopkins Medicine have found new evidence that small clusters of brain tissue grown from the cells of people with Alzheimer's disease could help researchers predict how different patients may respond to medications used to manage psychiatric symptoms linked to the condition. The research focused on laboratory-grown brain tissues called organoids. The findings add to growing evidence that these miniature brain models could eventually help scientists develop and select more precise treatments for specific groups of people with Alzheimer's disease. Alzheimer's is the most common form of dementia and affects more than 7 million…

The study looked at 287 European and Pacific New Zealand women aged 18-45 years and assessed if they were morning chronotypes (early bird) or an evening chronotype (night owl) \|Image used for representational purpose only \| Photo Credit: Getty Images/iStockphoto Night owls, who tend to consume foods high in energy, carbohydrates and fats late at night, could be associated with a greater body fat percentage, belly fat, and higher blood sugar and lipids, according to a study. "Chronotypes influences our preferences for food intake, our behaviours and our metabolism," author Rozanne Kruger, from Griffith University's school of allied health, sport and…

King Charles and Queen Camilla showcased their love of the outdoors as they attended the first-ever Royal Horticultural Society (RHS) show on their Sandringham estate today. The delighted royal couple were met with the sounds of cheers by elated well-wishers as they arrived by horse and carriage at the grounds in Norfolk. Their Majesties shook hands with excited members of the public while Camilla was met with a rather excited dog who jumped up on his back legs in an attempt to embrace the Queen. Dressed in an effortlessly elegant green and white collared dress which she paired with light brown shoes and a woven bag, Camilla was all smiles as she…

A new study finds that First Nations Children still face long-standing inequalities in health care access in Canada despite improvements made through the application of Jordan's Principle - a policy designed to ensure First Nations children receive the services they need. Jordan's Principle was created after the tragic case of Jordan River Anderson, a First Nations child who died in hospital while governments argued over who should pay for his home care. The policy requires that the first government contacted must pay for services right away, putting the child's needs first. While this "child-first" approach has the potential to transform care for…

The World Health Organisation (WHO) has warned that nearly 2.7 billion people worldwide still cannot afford the minimum diet needed for good health, despite improvements in access to healthy diets in recent years. Speaking in a video posted on X on Tuesday, the WHO Director-General, Tedros Ghebreyesus, noted that more than 200 million additional people were able to afford a healthy diet last year compared with 2021, but said the progress remains far from sufficient. Mr Ghebreyesus said the burden is unevenly shared, with Africa disproportionately affected, as about two-thirds of the continent’s population cannot afford a healthy diet. Africa bears…

Programme combining cash transfers with counselling associated with 7.4 percentage-point drop in low birthweight among 90,000+ newborns from tribal communities in southern Rajasthan JAIPUR, India , July 22, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- A Rajasthan state government-run maternal nutrition programme that paired conditional cash transfers with nutrition counselling and community outreach was associated with meaningfully better birth outcomes for mothers and newborns, according to a large-scale study published today in Nature Health, part of the Nature Portfolio, published by Springer Nature. The evaluation analysed routine health records of 90,732 newborns and…

Taylor Farms has issued a voluntary recall of different shredded lettuce products in the midst of the multi-state Cyclospora outbreak. However, it is not completely clear yet what the true source or sources of the outbreak may be and whether the outbreak has actually been contained. (Photo by Benjamin Fanjoy/Getty Images) Getty Images “Lettuce” be clear about this. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have not yet determined for sure the source of the ongoing Cyclospora outbreak. And despite US Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. claiming on Tuesday, “We do have the outbreak under…

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

At least 999 people have died from the Ebola outbreak in Congo , according to official data published overnight into Wednesday, a grim toll in what has already been declared the fastest Ebola outbreak in history. The latest update from Congo’s Ministry of Health shows that as of Monday, 2,473 cases have been recorded in the latest outbreak, and 999 people have died. At least 737 patients were currently in isolation and hospitals, it said. The outbreak declared on May 15 is unlike most previous Ebola outbreaks because the Bundibugyo virus responsible for it has no approved vaccines or treatments. It has also killed more people at a quicker rate than…

Want to stay on top of the science and politics driving biotech today? Sign up to get our biotech newsletter in your inbox. Good morning. I admit that I didn’t finish rereading “The Odyssey” before I saw the movie last weekend, but it’s never too late. For now, scroll down to read a related First Opinion essay and to sign up for office hours with Bob Herman, STAT’s own Homeric chronicler of the business of health care. Researchers supported by AHRQ have funds cut off Last week, dozens of researchers supported by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality received a letter confirming what they already suspected, and in many cases were already…

Gwyneth Paltrow sent pulses soaring as she posed naked in the shower to promote her latest Goop product. The actress, 53, showed off her age-defying figure in the racy video as she showed off her $38 unisex shower gel. In a video shared to Instagram, Gwyneth wore just a white towel after having a shower. She said: 'If I've been somewhere with a lot of people, and I need like a good scrub down body brush, sage myself, and then shower. 'This body wash, we worked on for a long time. It was really important to me that it have like a very grounding, beautiful smell, black pepper and the ginger. 'I wanted it to be unisex because my husband was asking for a…

MANDAUE CITY, Cebu — The Mandaue City Government is set to launch its Mental Health Hotline in September, a program aimed at providing immediate assistance to individuals experiencing mental health concerns. City Administrator Atty. Gonzalo Malig-on Jr. said the hotline was originally scheduled for an earlier launch but was moved to September to coincide with the observance of Suicide Prevention Month and Mental Health Month. READ: Mandaue City to launch 24/7 suicide and mental health hotline Malig-on said preparations for the hotline are nearly complete, with personnel already undergoing specialized training conducted by trainers from the National…

‘It was two weeks before my 30th birthday when I went to brush my teeth one morning and noticed that something didn't feel right. My mouthwash was dribbling out of the side of my mouth,’ says Denise, now 59, a business change management contractor from Milton Keynes. ‘When I looked in the mirror and tried to apply lipstick, I could see that my face was lopsided. I went into work as usual that morning and mentioned it to my colleagues. My team insisted I go to A\&E that day. ‘It was scary at first, because I wasn’t sure if I had had a stroke, but as soon as I walked in and mentioned my face, the doctor told me immediately I had Bell’s palsy. For…

“I told the Prime Minister yesterday that the conditions for me to stay in the government were no longer being met and I presented my resignation to the president today as a result,” Barbut wrote in a post published on LinkedIn. The most contested measure allows, by a waiver, the use of acetamiprid - part of the neonicotinoid group of pesticides - on hazelnuts and flupyradifurone on sugar beets, apples and cherries. Environmental campaigners and some unions representing small-scale farmers have said the bill benefits the large-scale agro industry and ignores scientific warnings about risks to pollinators, ecosystems and health, with Greenpeace…

Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer death in American women — and a growing share of new cases are in women who've never smoked. Former YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki was one of those women. A non-smoker, she died nearly two years ago of lung cancer at age 56. It was such a shock. I had interviewed Susan over the years and she had been to my home for a walk and met my children. I so admired her as a friend, a mom to five children, and a female tech leader. Her sister, Anne Wojcicki, sat down with me for my latest episode of "Healthful," to discuss an urgent threat to women's health. We were joined by Anne's friend, Shira Kupperman Boehler — a…

Kingston Health Sciences Centre (KHSC) says new hours at the urgent care centre are intended to make access more predictable, despite concerns the service is being scaled back. Beginning Wednesday, July 22, the urgent care centre at Hotel Dieu Hospital will register patients from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday to Friday and from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. on weekends. The change shortens the centre’s posted schedule, but KHSC executive vice-president of patient care Jason Hann says patient care will not stop when registration closes. “This is not about actually reducing access to urgent care,” Hann said. “Our goal is to provide more reliable and predictable access.”…

France passes law banning some social media apps for kids under 15 France has become the latest country to crack down on social media usage for children, passing a new law to ban some apps for kids under 15 years old. Jo Ling Kent reports.

AirTags are a great way to protect and track luggage, but adding them to smaller devices like cameras can be tricky. Some people just put them in a generic holder attached to the camera strap, but this isn’t exactly discreet, and a thief would likely immediately spot and remove it. Fortunately, there are better solutions … Apple is careful to emphasize that AirTags are not primarily designed for protection against theft. The anti-stalking protections mean that thieves will eventually be alerted to the presence of an AirTag. However, you do have a window of several hours during which you can track your property before a thief is alerted, so many of us…

Former Acting DHS Secretary Chad Wolf discusses the White House's new guidance allowing I.C.E. agents to resume traffic stops if at least one agent is wearing a body camera following recent fatal shootings on 'America Reports.' NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! The Trump administration has lost or abandoned hundreds of cases in which it accused anti-ICE protesters and migrants of assaulting federal immigration agents, a report said. An analysis from The New York Times showed that of the 558 people charged, 191 cases were dismissed and 22 people were acquitted. Only four were convicted after trial, while 246 pleaded guilty and another 95…

The State Department on July 16, 2026, hosted what officials billed as a ministerial on the resurgence of left-wing political terrorism. Secretary of State Marco Rubio invited representatives from more than 60 countries to Washington to hear an argument that many of them appear not to believe: that a transnational far-left terrorist movement called antifa threatens the democratic world. At the event, allies were asked to mobilize against that enemy despite nations like the Netherlands and Germany politely noting to their host that they cannot find evidence of any such group. Some intelligence analysts have declined to brief on antifa at interagency…

The cosmetics giant Estée Lauder is notifying staff of a data breach after hackers slipped into the Oracle software it uses to run human resources. BleepingComputer first reported the disclosure. Nearly a year in the dark The timeline is the uncomfortable part. According to the company’s notification letter, an intruder reached its Oracle E-Business Suite system on or around 9 August 2025. Estée Lauder says it only confirmed the theft on 19 June 2026. The letters went out on 17 July. That is close to a year of exposure. The haul is broad. The stolen records include full names, postal and email addresses, dates of birth, social-security numbers,…

MANILA /The Philippines/, July 22. /TASS/. Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s statement that Tokyo may review its three non-nuclear principles should be taken as a "serious signal," Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said. "I have heard what Prime Minister Takaichi said when she stated that it was time to review the three principles enshrined in the Japanese constitution, under which the country neither produces, possesses nor hosts nuclear weapons. It is certainly a serious signal," the top Russian diplomat noted after ASEAN events in the Philippines. According to Lavrov, the signal "echoes the processes underway in Japan's neighboring…

Security Greedy ransomware crews return for seconds after victims cough up first extortion payments Some never saw their files again either, infosec biz Proofpoint finds Authoritative advice against paying ransom demands is everywhere in UK PLC, and one warning keeps proving true in 2026: paying doesn't mean the crooks leave you alone. Fresh Proofpoint data shows that 58 percent of extorted organizations in Britain pay their ransom. Worse, 22 percent of those who pay get extorted again anyway. The UK’s data tracks the global picture: 54 percent, of victims pay, though the rate swings sharply by region, from just 19 percent in Japan to 93 percent in…

The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) on Tuesday ordered U.S. government agencies to prioritize patching an actively exploited vulnerability in the Langflow visual framework for building AI agents. Tracked as CVE-2026-0770, this critical security flaw allows unauthenticated threat actors to gain remote code execution as root in low-complexity attacks. "The specific flaw exists within the handling of the exec_globals parameter provided to the validate endpoint," Trend Micro researchers who found and reported the flaw explain. "The issue results from the inclusion of a resource from an untrusted control sphere. An attacker can…

Delhi Police personnel deployed during the Cockroach Janta Party-led (CJP) protest march to Parliament, demanding the resignation of Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan, on July 20, 2026. \| Photo Credit: Shiv Kumar Pushpakar The Delhi High Court on Wednesday (July 22, 2026) sought responses from the Centre and the Delhi Police on pleas alleging “excessive” use of force against protesters during the Cockroach Janta Party-led march to Parliament on July 20. A Bench of Chief Justice D.K. Upadhyaya and Justice Tejas Karia directed the authorities to preserve all relevant records in relation to the police action, including CCTV camera footage and any…

Cloud storage costs tend to creep up over time, since most services charge monthly or annually for as long as you use them. FileJump’s Lifetime Plan skips that model entirely, offering 2TB of cloud storage for a single payment of $59 (MSRP $467). The plan includes zero-knowledge encryption, meaning files are encrypted on your device before upload, so FileJump itself cannot access your data. Uploads work through a drag-and-drop interface, with a 15GB per-file limit and no cap on downloads. Built-in preview support lets you view images, videos, PDFs, spreadsheets, and Word or PowerPoint files without downloading them first, and file version history goes…

The Doppler radar of IMD-Hyderabad in Begumpet \| Photo Credit: Serish Nanisetti Weather forecasts and alerts could soon arrive on WhatsApp for residents of villages across Telangana as the India Meteorological Department (IMD) is rolling out a panchayat-level dissemination system under the Mission Mausam initiative, according to information shared during question hour in the Lok Sabha on Wednesday (July 22, 2026). Information that would be disseminated The initiative will enable automated delivery of weather forecasts and agrometeorological advisories to Panchayat members, Ward members and Panchayat Secretaries through WhatsApp, allowing critical…

Mandya’s Deputy Commissioner Kumar presided over a preparatory meeting for Bharat Jodo Yuva Sangha rollout in his office on July 21, 2026. \| Photo Credit: File photo Deputy Commissioner Dr. Kumar has directed officials to take all necessary steps to ensure the successful formation of Bharat Jodo Yuva Sanghas across Mandya district, following an initiative by the government of Karnataka to promote sports, culture, scientific temper and social harmony among the youth. Presiding over a preparatory meeting in his office on July 21, Dr. Kumar said a taluk-level committee has been constituted to oversee implementation of the programme, and stressed the…

Microsoft has reminded customers that it will stop shipping security updates for Exchange 2016 and 2019 through the Extended Security Update (ESU) program in October. This comes after a 6-month extension announced in April 2026 to the original ESU program, which began in October after Exchange Server 2016 and 2019 reached the end of support. Exchange 2016 reached mainstream support in October 2020, while Exchange 2019 mainstream support ended in January 2024. "Over the last several weeks we have received several questions about possible extension of the Exchange Server 2016/2019 ESU program past October 2026," the Exchange Server team saidin a Monday…

When Microsoft assigned Asha Sharma as the new leader of the Xbox division in February, replacing the Phil Spencer regime, the executive brought along some of her former colleagues with her. Now, one of those recent hires is leaving. Read more

MANILA, Philippines — Filipino youth starting businesses will soon have access to a P1-billion Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) loan facility as the agency promotes youth entrepreneurship. On Wednesday, Trade Secretary Cristina Roque said the Youth Enterprise Fund will provide P30,000 to P500,000 loans to entrepreneurs aged 18 to 30. The Small Business Corp. (SBCorp.), the DTI’s financing arm, will administer the financing. The loans will carry a 1-percent monthly interest rate on a diminishing balance and a 3-percent processing fee. Borrowers will have up to three years to repay, with a one-year grace period available. No collateral will…

Shimul Sood / Android Authority I daily drive two smartphones — an Android phone and an iPhone — and use a Mac for work. I also have a Windows laptop that I use sporadically to keep up with the latest updates, and an iPad for consuming content. With that many multi-ecosystem devices, using the built-in or platform-exclusive apps would be a recipe for disaster. All of my data would be scattered across different apps and devices, which means I’d need to have all my devices with me at all times to access any data whenever I need it. Thankfully, there are many cross-platform apps out there that solve this problem. Here are 10 such apps that keep me sane…

The Trump administration has sued at least five states and the city of Philadelphia over laws that supporters say would hold law enforcement—including Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers—accountable for misconduct on the job. The specifics of the laws vary, but the Trump administration takes particular issue with the fact that the laws would prohibit ICE officers from wearing masks during immigration raids, and require them to wear some sort of individual identifier. Having to show their faces, lawyers for the Trump administration argue, would put ICE officers in danger. In complaints filed against New York, Virginia, Connecticut, New Jersey,…

Kerala Home Minister Ramesh Chennithala \| Photo Credit: R. K. Nithin Kerala Home Minister Ramesh Chennithala on Wednesday formally inducted auto-rickshaw drivers in Thiruvananthapuram as ‘Toofan Warriors’ as part of expanding the community-based network of Operation Toofan, the State’s anti-drug enforcement initiative. Addressing the gathering, the Minister termed the ongoing fight against narcotics as “a war that the society must win through collective action.” He urged the public to recognise the devastating impact of drugs, saying no parent would want their own children to fall prey to addiction and that the same concern should extend to every…

Cybersecurity risks in water infrastructure have consequences that reach far beyond systems and networks. Across the sector, the systems responsible for treatment and distribution are becoming more connected. Pumps, sensors and control environments that once operated in isolation are now linked to wider networks, often in the name of efficiency or modernization. The problem is that these systems were never built with continuous exposure to cyber threats in mind and connecting them has introduced new attack surfaces that are difficult to maintain visibility of and control. Latest Videos From Michael Vallas Social Links Navigation Global Technical…

SOFTWARE Redmond's reaper cometh: October 2026 set to bury a graveyard of Microsoft products Office LTSC 2021, Windows Server 2022, Publisher, and Entra ID risk policies all facing the chop within weeks of each other October 2026 is shaping up to be a busy month for administrators as it heralds the end of several big products, along with the retirement of components that could mean sleepless nights for the ill-prepared. After the demise of Windows 10 in October 2025, sysadmins might have hoped for some respite from Microsoft's ax, but 2026 will see the demise of more beasts. First, there's the end of support for Office LTSC 2021, which means…

Webtoons have already escaped the printed page. Now researchers want them to escape the screen too. ComiXR is an open-source platform for XR comics that turns a physical room into part of the story. Instead of scrolling through panels, readers look around to follow characters and uncover dialogue. It’s still an early experiment, but the concept feels closer to entering a comic than opening one. How does a room become a comic ComiXR pulls characters and speech bubbles out of conventional panels and places them around the reader. One character could stand across the room while their dialogue remains hidden until the reader looks in that direction. KAIST…

Google Calendar has always been where I keep track of my plans. Meetings, appointments, birthdays, and reminders all go in there, and I never really expected it to do much more than that. Then I stumbled across a feature I'd completely overlooked. Google Calendar's built-in Browse calendars feature lets you subscribe to calendars for regional and religious holidays, sports schedules, moon phases, and more. Now I never have to wonder when my favorite team's next game is, whether a public holiday is coming up, or even when the next full moon falls. Related These small changes subtly reshaped how I plan my days Google Calendar isn't limited to the events…

Most of the time, the ultimate game to play if you’re someone who loves Stardew Valley is just more Stardew Valley. Sorry to sound like a human Steam page, but it’s true: with hundreds of hours of content and a bunch of ways to optimize your farm, it’s a game that never really ends. But if you’ve tired yourself out with endless harvests, forays down the mines, and trips to Clint’s shop where you arrive just a few minutes after he’s already closed up for the night, it might be time for a little break. Luckily, there are plenty of similar games to check out if you’re still hoping to scratch that Stardew itch while trying out something new,…

The second-hand video game market stands in jeopardy in the wake of Sony's decision to end the manufacturing of PlayStation discs by January 2028. The market, which analysts estimate is worth $7.2bn globally, could be destroyed as a result of Sony's controversial move. That's according to analysis by Dataintelo (via CNBC), which said the figure represents pre-owned games, console hardware, accessories and peripherals involved in transactions in 2025. The firm estimated it would reach $13.8bn by 2034. Of that $7.2bn, consoles accounted for 42.3 percent of revenue. North America was the dominant region, and is responsible for 36.8 percent of that sum,…

Katie Porter addresses her on-camera viral moments in a new campaign ad that pokes fun at her own behavior. (Credit: Youtube/ Katie Porter for Governor) NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Former Rep. Katie Porter, D-Calif., appears to be retiring from politics, telling the Sacramento Bee that it's unlikely she runs for office again after a series of failed bids for national positions. Porter, fresh off a fifth-place finish in the California governor's race, told the Bee "I am closing the door on being a candidate," in a Friday interview with the outlet. "I cannot foresee that path back," she added. Porter, who left her Congressional seat to…

While it’s not a series of truly Hitman-scale murder sandboxes, 007 First Light does make good on its promise of enabling multiple Bond, James Bonding disciplines: shooting, sneaking, punching, and my personal favourite, getting immediately discovered then bullshitting something about being a door technician for supervillain lairs. But, were it not for some rejigging work on IO Interactive’s part, First Light might well have ended up with an undue preference for the brawling, bloody, Daniel-Craig-in-a-bathroom approach. That’s according to senior combat designer Tom Marcham, whom I briefly interrogated at a taping of the UKIE’s For One Night Only…

Earlier this month, Microsoft gutted The Elder Scrolls Online, with 379 staff across ZeniMax gone. And this is the second time it's happened in two years. As Harvey and I put it a few weeks ago, ESO's developers deserved better. The developer, now claiming to be the same size it was 10 years ago (similar to id Software), has just debuted ESO's new seasonal structure but will have to continue carving that path with reduced capabilities. Mere weeks after these layoffs, and we're already seeing their effects. Community manager Kevin Gbolie posted an update on the ESO forums outlining updates to the Crown Store, the game's premium cash shop. "To help…

TEHRAN – Iran defeated Pakistan 4-1 on Day 2 of the 2026 Women’s Asian Hockey5s on Wednesday. The day’s action began with Iran producing a commanding performance to defeat hosts Oman 11–0. Iran showcased clinical finishing throughout the contest, with Setareh Abedinifar earning the Player of the Match award after an outstanding display. In the Challenger Pool, Iran secured its second victory of the tournament with a 4–1 win over Pakistan, extending their lead at the top of the standings. Setayesh Zarebidoki delivered another exceptional performance and was deservedly named Player of the Match. Following the conclusion of Day 2, India and China sit…

Xbox has revealed the next batch of games coming to its Xbox Game Pass subscription service during the remainder of July and in early August, with Halo: Campaign Evolved and Hell Is Us spearheading the selection. Game Pass subscribers can look forward to the following games making their way onto the service in the coming weeks: The Planet Crafter (Cloud, Xbox Series X/S, and PC) - 21st July, via Game Pass Ultimate, Game Pass Premium, PC Game Pass Shift at Midnight (Cloud, Xbox Series X/S, and PC) - 22nd July, via Game Pass Ultimate, PC Game Pass Hell Is Us (Cloud, Xbox Series X/S, and PC) - 23rd July, via Game Pass Ultimate, Game Pass Premium, PC Game…

Riftbound landed late in 2025, and the general vibe around Riot’s League of Legends card game has been that it’s fun to play - it’s just not always easy to get hold of. Still, with stock getting easier to come by, and with more sets on shelves, that could be a problem of the past. Is Riot's crack at a physical TCG game ready to go toe-to-toe with the likes of Magic, Yu-Gi-Oh!, and Pokémon? Here’s everything coming to Riftbound this year, updated thanks to Riot's latest roadmap. February 13, 2026 - Spiritforged Spiritforged was the first post-launch set for Riftbound, and gave us a good idea of what to expect going forward. New this time around are…

It’s hard to believe we’re approaching our fifth Magic: The Gathering set of the year, with Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles feeling like it was years ago - despite launching in March. One of the coolest parts of the set was Turtle Team Up, a unique co-op boxed product for 2 to 4 players, and now it’s seeing a steep discount on Amazon. In fact, it’s hit the lowest price since launch and is now just under $30. TMNT - Turtle Team-Up Box 4 Magic’s Co-Op TMNT Adventure Just Got a Huge Price Cut The list price of the box was $49.99 at launch, but you can save 40% right now at the retailer, bringing it down to $29.99. You’ll need to play with friends, but…

Disney Lorcana has the unique advantage of being able to pull from the entire Disney universe for its collectible card game, and Ravensburger has been doing just that. 2026 began with a flurry with Winterspell, and Wilds Unknown followed in May. Now we're in Attack of the Vine territory, but there's more to come this year (and beyond). Here's everything coming to the game in 2026. Lorcana Release Schedule 2026 - At a Glance While Ravensburger has confirmed some new products coming this year, the second half of 2026 still remains something of a mystery. Here’s all we know coming to Disney Lorcana in the coming months, and we’ll update this as we hear…

I don't think I've encountered anyone, in the wild, who actually uses Steam's Remote Play game streaming feature since the days of the hardware Steam Link (and what tremendous days they were). In 2026, I think most people making use of in-home streaming tend to default to programs like Apollo and Moonlight. But Valve keeps working on it, perhaps with renewed vigour owing to the recent release of the Steam Machine and upcoming release of the Steam Frame. In a new update for the Steam client, Valve introduced some new fixes and features for Remote Play, while also bringing in patches for Steam Input, the Steam overlay, the Workshop, and various other…

The Steam Deck was once a budget champion, but no longer. Ever since the price hikes earlier this year, Valve's handheld has become difficult to argue for as a value proposition—and according to recent sales estimates by Boiling Steam, it appears that consumers may agree. The site has attempted to estimate the number of Steam Deck units sold by tracking its position on the Steam Top Sellers listing, and extrapolating data in relation to the entries above and below it (via XDA). This back-of-the-napkin maths is hardly definitive, but it suggests that when the Steam Deck dropped from around fourth and fifth on the chart position to between tenth and…

Duh, duh, duh. Duh, duh, de-duh. Duh, duh, duh. Duh, duh. That's how the riff to Deep Purple's tune about a fire burning down a Swiss casino goes. As with any riff, it's just a sequence of inputs you make on your instrument of choice. Usually, this would be a guitar. I've been trying to use the cat piano and singing gnome of jobbing composer sim Offbeat, which is out in early access today, July 22nd. Sadly, I don't think I've cracked it, but I have been having plenty of fun making funky jingles and wedding tunes. Watch on YouTube In truth, I think that if I'd started ofs with something simpler and more piano-specific once Offbeat gave me the…

Woot's latest update to its 'Summer of Gaming Sale' is absolutely your best option if you're hoping to score some decent video game deals right now. From now through to July 27, there's a whole bunch of Switch 2, PS5, and Xbox games with some hefty discounts up for grabs. But the real kicker is the LEVEL22 promo code, which grants an extra 22% off every single one of the games on sale. The catch? It's only applicable until 11:58 pm CT on July 22, so there's an extremely limited time to use it. The best discounts are undoubtedly on Nintendo Switch games, however, so I've taken the time to find the genuinely top bargains you can snag right now. Check…

TEHRAN – Iran water polo lost to China 10-6 at the 12th Asian Age Group Championships on Wednesday. The team failed to book their place in the competition’s semifinals. Iran lost to Japan, Kazakhstan and China and defeated Thailand, Hong Kong and Singapore. The competitions are being held in Bangkok, Thailand, from July 17–25, 2026, featuring swimming, diving, water polo, and artistic swimming. The best young athletes from across Asia come together to compete, inspire, and chase their dreams on the continental stage.

The biggest thing to happen in Arc Raiders recently (if you don't count the Expedition near miss) was Embark's decision to rework the matchmaking to be more attuned to players' actions in solo, duo, and trio queues. The only problem with having better matchmaking is having to wait a bit longer in queue for the game to actually fulfil this promise. "Starting today, we'll be testing adjustments to our matchmaking algorithm aimed at improving the quality of your matches," a dev explains in an official blog post. "One thing to note: the algorithm may take a little longer to find a match, since it's now working harder to find you a better one." (Image…

Live service games face an interesting conundrum, I think: how do you keep offering the core experience of a game while also periodically reinventing it, and varying it, in such a way that will make it feel new? Overwatch is a game facing such a conundrum, and Blizzard has tried all kinds of different things to mix it up: switching to five-person teams from six, developing a PvE mode that never materialised, and for the past year or so, offering a MOBA-like mode called Stadium. But now Stadium has been earmarked for the scrapheap. Stadium isn't a MOBA - don't be fooled by that. There are no lanes or PvE enemies or anything of the kind. The MOBA link…

The developers of RPCS3 have announced that their PlayStation 3 emulator’s minimum system requirements have been adjusted to include a crop of even older Radeon graphics cards. This well-regarded application already supported ATI Terascale 2 GPUs from the Radeon HD 5000 and 6000 series, but now gamers still cradling Radeon HD 2000, 3000, and 4000 series can join in the fun. Some of these GPUs date back nearly 20 years. Please note that while RPCS3 is available for a range of platforms, this extended ATI architecture support is only for Linux users. Fine wine on Terascale 2 Back in 2021, the RPCS3 devs lowered the emulator’s system requirements to…

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This is our latest story to be turned into an MIT Technology Review Narrated podcast, which we publish each week on Spotifyand Apple Podcasts. Just navigate to MIT Technology Review Narrated on either platform, and follow us to get all our new content as it’s released. The must-reads I’ve combed the internet to find you today’s most fun/important/scary/fascinating stories about technology. 1 OpenAI says one of its models carried out an autonomous hackIt escaped its testing sandbox and breached AI research platform Hugging Face. (Reuters $) + OpenAI described it as a cybersecurity test that went badly wrong. (WSJ $) + The hack is among the first known…

1. The number you should not trust An agent skill is a simple package of instructions for an AI agent. In practice, it is a folder with plain-English directions such as “open a pull request” or “triage these tickets.” Claude Code and most agent stacks load those directions when they seem relevant to the task. That makes skills easy to share. It also makes them risky. Anyone can publish one, and you install it the way you install anything else from the internet: drop it in the folder and go. So the security question is familiar: is this package safe? A new kind of scanner has shown up to answer that question. You point it at the folder, run the…

We may earn revenue from the products available on this page and participate in affiliate programs. Learn more › TL;DR: Get Microsoft Visual Studio Professional 2026 for $29.97 instead of $499.99 and build, test, debug, and collaborate from one professional Windows IDE. This deal ends July 26 at 11:59 p.m. PT. Every ambitious app begins as an empty file and a slightly unreasonable idea. Microsoft Visual Studio Professional 2026 provides the tools to turn that blinking cursor into functional software, and it is currently available for $29.97, down from its regular price of $499.99. That works out to roughly 94 percent off a professional, single-user…

The flip phone is back, and this one has a cause. Light, the Brooklyn maker of deliberately boring phones, has unveiled the Light Flip, its first clamshell and its fourth device in a decade. It costs $299 and lands with a pointed message: as Apple and Google push AI deeper into everything, Light is building the escape hatch. A phone that leaves things out The pitch is subtraction. The Light Flip runs LightOS, the company’s stripped-back operating system, showing white text on a black screen. There is no web browser. There is no Google Play Store. There is no social media feed to scroll. It is not quite a dumbphone, and definitely not a smartphone.…

Fox News correspondent Brooke Taylor meets Saronic CEO Dino Mavrookas to unveil the future of modern warfare with an exclusive look at autonomous drone boats. These innovative vessels are capable of military rescues without putting service members in danger, marking a significant milestone. Mavrookas emphasizes the ability to build thousands of these cost-effective, complex mission-ready ships, including the new 52-foot Mirage. NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Watching a diving bird vanish beneath the water can feel almost unreal. One moment it cruises through the sky. Seconds later, it swims after prey before returning to the air. Around…

The digital wall we built ourselves Why 95.9% of the world’s top million sites still fail the people who need them most. Press enter or click to view image in full size Photo by Ann H from Pexels I remember the first time I truly understood what it meant to be locked out of a website. A quiet Tuesday afternoon, watching a friend with a visual impairment try to book a train ticket. He tabbed through the page, screen reader rattling off incomprehensible strings of code, button after button labelled “click here”, images announcing themselves as “image.jpg”. After fifteen minutes of frustration, he closed the laptop and asked me to do it for him. “It’s…

A new GNOME extension called Simple-taskbar does a pretty good job of giving GNOME 50 a taskbar and start menu very much like the ones from Windows 11. It's so new that it's still not listed on the GNOME Extensions website – at the time of writing, it's still under review. We built it and installed it, and it works. This single extension merges GNOME's built-in panel (across the top of the primary screen) and what it calls the "dash" – the icon bar down the left side – into a single taskbar, styled like Windows 11: icons centered, a Start menu with columns, a search box, and so on. The handy feature here is to have all this in a single, integrated…

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…

OpenAI says its AI went rogue and launched 'unprecedented' cyber-attack BBCOpenAI and Hugging Face partner to address security incident during model evaluation OpenAIOpenAI says its AI technology acted on its own in an 'unprecedented' hack of another company WISNOpenAI says its AI models escaped control and hacked into AI company Hugging Face FortuneOpenAI Says Its A.I. Models Went Rogue and Attacked a Digital Library The New York Times

OpenAI said on Tuesday it lost control of two AI systems during a security test, which went rogue and hacked into the online start-up Hugging Face. The ChatGPT-maker said its agents - AI bots which can operate alone after some human instruction – were being tested in a controlled environment, but found vulnerabilities and managed to escape. They targeted Hugging Face, one of the world's largest hubs for sharing AI models, gaining access to some internal company systems. OpenAI said the incident was "unprecedented", external, and it was working with Hugging Face to investigate what happened and strengthen safeguards. Gina Neff, head of the Minderoo…

Increasingly convinced that they hadn’t defamed anyone, the Bark staffers weighed their options. After school, Mueller, Schneider, Bishop, and another Bark editor sat down on the blue couches in their newsroom for a grueling four-hour debate. Painstakingly, they double-checked every single word on Mueller’s slide, verifying it against the federal documents. They were on the verge of deciding to leave the Instagram post alone. But after Schneider headed out for the evening, the students kept second-guessing themselves. They ended up deciding to temporarily archive Mueller’s most controversial slide until they could meet with school officials in person.…

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

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

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

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

Four open source projects dominate LLM fine-tuning today. Unsloth, Axolotl, TRL, and LLaMA-Factory all wrap the same underlying PyTorch and Hugging Face stack. They diverge on where they spend engineering effort. Unsloth rewrites kernels. Axolotl composes parallelism strategies. TRL defines the trainer APIs the others build on. LLaMA-Factory optimizes for breadth of model coverage and zero-code operation. This comparison covers three axes engineers actually hit: training throughput, peak VRAM, and multi-GPU scaling. Understand each framework TRL is the reference implementation layer. It ships SFTTrainer, DPOTrainer, GRPOTrainer, KTOTrainer,…

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

The observability tax Every team eventually asks the same question: "Why is the checkout page slow — and is it the database, the cache, or that payment API?" The usual answers come with a tax attached. SaaS APM agents (Datadog, New Relic) are excellent — and priced per host, per month, forever, while your traffic data flows to someone else's cloud. Homegrown solutions — logging microtime() into files, pushing counters to Redis — add code, add latency, and tend to die of neglect. There's a third option that has quietly worked on high-load PHP farms since 2009: the Pinba extension. It's a PHP extension written in C that hooks the request lifecycle,…

Impetus, a global leader in software-led AI services and solutions, today announced the appointment of Samir Gosavi as its Chief Revenue Officer. Samir joins Impetus as the company continues to expand its AI capabilities and offerings, deepen industry expertise, and accelerate global growth. With more than 25 years of global leadership experience, Samir brings a proven track record of building and scaling technology businesses. Prior to joining Impetus, he served as Executive Vice President and Chief Business Officer at LTIMindtree, where he led global business growth and strategic customer relationships. Samir has held senior leadership positions at…

They are technically insolvent: balance sheets that do not balance, cash flows that do not flow, and obligations that far outstrip revenue. Unlike private companies, they do not disappear. They simply decay, while citizens absorb the cost. The anatomy of collapse Technical insolvency in a municipality is a slow-motion catastrophe. The causes are well documented: unfunded budgets adopted as political theatre, revenue collection rates barely clearing 70%, electricity and water distribution losses swallowing half of what is produced, and debt compounding faster than any grant can cover. Add vacancy rates in senior management that leave institutions…

As healthcare costs continue to rise, more Americans are looking beyond their regular doctor’s office for care. Some travel to Mexico for prescriptions, routine visits or diagnostic tests. Others turn to telehealth companies that promise convenient access to treatments such as weight loss medications. Increasingly, insured Americans are navigating more than one healthcare market at once. For example, they may buy some prescriptions from their in-network primary care provider and have a separate provider for their cash-based GLP-1 medication. As researchers who study consumer decision-making, healthcare markets and consumer vulnerability, we wanted to…

MOSCOW, July 22. /TASS/. Russian President Vladimir Putin cited domestic demand as a key factor in GDP growth. At a meeting on economic issues, the head of state said that Russia's GDP grew by 0.3% in May and by 0.2% for the first five months of 2026. "One of the key factors here is, of course, domestic demand, both from the government, businesses, and citizens," the Russian leader explained. The president also reported an increase in the money supply. "As of July 1, it had increased by approximately 13% year-on-year. This dynamic allows us to expect a further stable increase in domestic demand," he noted.

MOSCOW, July 22. /TASS/. Russian President Vladimir Putin described the country’s key economic sectors as resilient. He noted that Russia’s GDP grew by 0.3% in May and 0.2% in the first five months of 2026. The president also stressed that the difficulties being created for Russia in the fuel market are temporary and will not affect the country’s economic trajectory. TASS has compiled the key statements made by the head of state at a meeting on economic issues. Russian economy The key sectors of the Russian economy remain resilient: "At the outset of our meeting, I would like to note that the state of the Russian economy and its key sectors remains…

Affirm Holdings is bound to bounce as the stars line up for the buy now, pay later stock making it a prime addition to investors' portfolios, according to Bernstein. The investment firm initiated coverage of Affirm with an outperform rating and a price target of $100 per share, implying 34% upside from Tuesday's close. "Affirm, in our view, is at a unique intersection of several tailwinds - expanding [total addressable market (TAM)], compounding network effects, and several optionalities," analyst Harshita Rawat said Tuesday in a note to clients. She noted that one of the biggest drivers of upside to Affirm may be its opportunity to serve the…

Check out the companies making the biggest moves premarket: Super Micro Computer — Shares surged about 17% after the server maker reported preliminary fourth-quarter results that featured much stronger profitability than investors had expected, offsetting revenue that came in near the low end of its guidance. Dell Technologies , Hewlett Packard Enterprise — Super Micro Computer's surge spilled over to its server peers, with the group as a whole boosted by the better-than-expected preliminary results. Dell and Hewlett Packard Enterprise were both up more than 4% before the bell. Pegasystems — The software company tumbled more than 14% after it reported…

Nigerian students who are beneficiaries of the Nigerian Education Loan Fund (NELFUND) have expressed concern over the delay in the payment of their monthly upkeep allowance, saying the situation is causing financial hardship and affecting their academic activities. Some of the affected students told Campus Reporter that they last received the ₦20,000 monthly upkeep allowance in April, while others said they received the May stipends only towards the end of July. Some other students said they haven’t received both May and June stipends as of Wednesday, 22 July. One student of the Usmanu Danfodiyo University (UDUS), Lukman Kamaldeen, said he only…

Hindustan Unilever, NTPC, Power Grid, and Titan were among the winners. Photo: Special Arrangement Benchmark indices Sensex and Nifty tumbled nearly 1% on Wednesday (July 22, 2026), taking the losses to the third consecutive day, following a sharp spike in crude oil prices and selling in bank stocks. The 30-share BSE Sensex tanked 715.06 points, or 0.92%, to settle at 76,755.05. During the day, it slumped 828.92 points, or 1%, to 76,641.19. The 50-share NSE Nifty declined 191.45 points, or 0.79%, to end at 23,996.25. From the Sensex pack, InterGlobe Aviation, Infosys, State Bank of India, UltraTech Cement, ICICI Bank, and Axis Bank were among the…

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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…

S&P Global Ratings on Wednesday upgraded Pakistan’s long-term sovereign credit rating to ‘B’ from ‘B-’, citing an improving external position and gradual macroeconomic stabilisation, while assigning a stable outlook. The agency also affirmed the country’s short-term sovereign credit rating at ‘B’ and raised its transfer and convertibility assessment to ‘B’ from ‘B-’. In a statement, S&P said the change in rating was based on its belief that the country had strengthened its institutional capacity, allowing it to implement reforms of the International Monetary Fund (IMF). “Our upgrade on Pakistan is predicated on improved institutional stability that…

Brazil · Business Key Facts —XP’s card TPV in 2025. R$52.2 billion (US$10.3 billion), up 9% year over year. —Active cards. 1.5 million in the fourth quarter of 2025, including 1 million credit cards. —Total client assets. R$1.5 trillion (US$295.9 billion) at the end of 2025. —Client base. 4 million clients, with a goal of capturing 25% of Brazil’s investment market. —Market value. Roughly US$12 billion, according to a NeoFeed report. XP, the Brazilian financial giant best known for shaking up the country’s investment industry, is now muscling into a new arena: the humble card machine on a shop counter. The move pits the brokerage directly against…

Mortgages Just under a third of households have a mortgage, according to the government's English Housing Survey, external. About 500,000 homeowners have a mortgage that "tracks" the Bank of England's rate. That means any cut means a reduction in the monthly repayments on their outstanding loan. An additional 500,000 homeowners on standard variable (SVR) rates rely on their lender choosing to pass on any Bank rate cut. But the vast majority of mortgage customers - some 87% - have fixed-rate deals. While their monthly payments aren't immediately affected by a rate change, their future deals are. As at 22 July, the average rate on a new two-year fixed…

MOSCOW, July 22. /TASS/. Russia's GDP grew 0.3% in May and 0.2% over the first five months of 2026, President Vladimir Putin said at a meeting on economic issues. "According to the Economic Development Ministry's estimates, Russia's GDP continued to grow in May, albeit at a modest pace, remaining in positive territory at 0.3%. Overall, growth totaled 0.2% during the first five months of this year," the president said. Putin noted that one of the key drivers of economic growth was domestic demand from the government, businesses, and consumers.

President Donald Trump, joined by Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent (left) and Commerce Secretary nominee Howard Lutnick (right), signs an executive order directing officials to develop a plan for establishing a U.S. sovereign wealth fund in February 2025. AFP via Getty Images President Donald Trump has put an old economic policy idea back on Washington’s agenda. In February 2025, he ordered the Treasury and Commerce departments to come up with a plan for a United States sovereign wealth fund. Six months later, the federal government took a $8.9 billion stake in Intel, equal to a passive 9.9 percent share. Both moves would have seemed unusual for a…

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

Fox News Flash top headlines are here. Check out what's clicking on FoxNews.com. NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! For decades, U.S. policymakers have highlighted the vulnerabilities of relying on foreign supply chains for essential medicines. Yet over 70% of the primary manufacturing facilities for prescriptions filled in the United States remain outside our borders. Over time, a suffocating web of state and federal regulations meant that companies investing millions or billions to build facilities in the U.S. would see those investments sit idle for up to 14 months waiting for standard post-construction reviews. This paralysis has driven…

A "Coming Soon" sign outside a home for sale in Hercules, California, US, on Wednesday, June 17, 2026. David Paul Morris \| Bloomberg \| Getty Images Mortgage rates continued their climb last week, but homebuyers trickled back into the market, perhaps taking advantage of less competition and some price cuts. That helped push total mortgage demand last week 1.9% higher compared with the previous week, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association's seasonally adjusted index. The average contract interest rate for 30-year fixed-rate mortgages with conforming loan balances, $832,750 or less, increased to 6.69% from 6.65%, with points decreasing to 0.62…

MOSCOW, July 22. /TASS/. Operations at warehouses of the Wildberries e-commerce company in Krasnodar and Nevinnomyssk have been suspended, according to the WB Partners Telegram channel. Deliveries scheduled to these warehouses can be canceled or transferred to any other location, and storage costs will no longer be charged starting July 22. Earlier, Russian banks announced they would support Wildberries sellers affected by the Ukrainian Armed Forces attacks. TASS has compiled the key information on the situation. Warehouse operations "Wildberries, together with relevant services, is working to mitigate the consequences of the attacks on its logistics…

TOKYO, July 22. /TASS/. Japan considers it important to maintain humanitarian exchanges with Russia despite strained relations, planning to send a group of 15 students to St. Petersburg in August to study the Russian language, the first government-level trip to Russia in seven years, the Japanese Foreign Ministry told TASS. The ministry underscored that due to the situation around Ukraine, "the study is still difficult in Russia for Japanese students." However, the MFA added that "taking into account the wishes of Japanese students regarding trips and study in Russia," as well as "taking into consideration the revised travel advisories issued last…

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

A financial analyst, Kalu Aja, has knocked the Deputy Speaker of Nigeria’s House of Representatives, Benjamin Kalu, over the controversial N1 billion allocation in the 2026 budget for churches in his constituency. Recall that the National Assembly and President Bola Ahmed Tinubu have come under fire over controversial allocations in the 2026 budget. Specifically, it was reported that N1 billion was allocated to churches and mosques in the 2026 budget. Kalu, in his defence, clarified that the fund, which stood at N750 million after the removal of Value Added Tax, VAT, is meant for 130 churches, with N6 million allocated to each church for youth…

A discreet British foreign office event beginning on Wednesday is mired in controversy after it emerged that a representative of the Rapid Support Forces' (RSF) political wing will be attending, Middle East Eye can reveal. Nasredeen Abdulbari, a leader in the Sudanese paramilitary's Tasis coalition, is attending a UK-run conference at Wilton Park alongside a delegation from the United Arab Emirates, according to multiple British and Sudanese sources. Sudan's army-backed government was not invited to the conference, which runs from Wednesday to Friday and was described by multiple British government sources as a "discreet" event. The decision to invite…

About 6,600 people who indicated they were noncitizens while obtaining New Jersey driver's licenses and other state IDs were improperly registered to vote in 2023 and 2024, Gov. Mikie Sherrill said on Tuesday. The governor, a Democrat who took office this year, blamed a Motor Vehicle Commission system software error but said a preliminary analysis showed that fewer than 400 of the people registered that way went on to cast ballots. The revelation comes as President Trump and other Republicans continue to assert that voting by noncitizens is rampant in U.S. elections, even though it's rare and, when caught, can be punished as a felony that can lead to…

Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh. File image \| Photo Credit: ANI Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Wednesday (July 22, 2026) expressed serious concern over the ongoing students' protest in Delhi and accused the Opposition of attempting to use it as a "political tool" to fulfil its political interests. Mr. Singh urged the Opposition to raise issues in Parliament instead of on the streets. *Also Read \| Rahul Gandhi misused LoP privileges, protest outside PM’s residence childish: BJP* His remarks came as protests led by the Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) at Jantar Mantar entered the second month, with more supporters joining the agitation.…

MANILA, Philippines — U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio warned Asian leaders Wednesday that Iran’s demand to control and collect tolls in the Strait of Hormuz would threaten the world’s economy and set a precedent that could be repeated elsewhere in the world. Rubio spoke at the start of an annual meeting in the Philippine capital, Manila, with counterparts from the Association of Southeast Asian Nations who have expressed alarm over the resurgent war in the Middle East that has battered their region. Despite Washington’s preoccupation with the war, Rubio said “we’re with ASEAN 100%.” “If we create a precedent […]...Keep on reading: Iran's demands…

Sen. JV Ejercito —Photo from his office MANILA, Philippines — The Senate will continue to go after those behind flood control project anomalies, even as the impeachment of Vice President Sara Duterte is in progress, Senior Deputy Majority Leader JV Ejercito said in a recent statement. “The preparations of the Ombudsman for filing criminal charges against those involved in the flood control projects scandal are ongoing. The Ombudsman said eight ‘cong-tractors’ are next to be charged,” Ejercito said in Filipino. “The real culprits must be identified and held accountable, particularly ‘cong-tractors’ and those who started allocables,” he added. Article…

MANILA /The Philippines/, July 22. /TASS/. Moscow is just as concerned as its ASEAN partners about the AUKUS military alliance's compliance with International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) rules, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said after ASEAN events in the Philippines. Asked if Russia and its partners had discussed the possible expansion of AUKUS beyond just members Australia, the UK and the US, Lavrov said: "We did not discuss AUKUS, although our colleagues made it clear in bilateral conversations they are concerned that the parties to this project have shown, to put it mildly, very conditional compliance with the IAEA rules and principles…

TEHRAN – Pakistan’s Federal Minister for Education and Professional Training, Khalid Maqbool Siddiqui, has highlighted the significance of bilateral ties between Iran and Pakistan, noting that Islamabad is committed to boosting scientific and technological diplomacy with Tehran. The Pakistani official met with Minister of Science, Research and Technology, Hossein Simaei-Sarraf, on Tuesday on the sidelines of the 6th Meeting of Science Ministers of the Economic Cooperation Organization (ECO) in Islamabad on Tuesday. During the meeting, the two sides acknowledged the growing momentum in bilateral educational cooperation and reaffirmed their…

Students in 10 fields including physiotherapy, speech pathology and clinical psychology will receive financial assistance to complete mandatory placements under a major expansion of the federal government’s paid work experience program. The prime minister, Anthony Albanese, will make the announcement in a speech to open the Labor national conference on Thursday, which will cast “practical” policies as the key to combating the anxiety and frustration gripping the electorate. Labor MPs, trade unionists and rank-and-file members will use the triennial conference to thrash out the party’s policy agenda for the next three years. Sign up for the Breaking…

Ukrainian Prime Minister Sergii Koretskyi and Verkhovna Rada Chairman Ruslan Stefanchuk have agreed on specific steps to strengthen coordination between the government and parliament. Koretskyi announced this on Telegram, Ukrinform reports. "The government will hold regular meetings with the leaders of parliamentary factions and groups. We also agreed to strengthen coordination between parliamentary committees and ministries," the Prime Minister said. The two officials also agreed to resume the work of the Coalition Council to improve the quality of government-sponsored legislation and ensure more effective cooperation between the Cabinet of Ministers…

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A research professor, Nigerian Institute of International Affairs, Femi Otubanjo, has described as a ‘hogwash’ the one-term presidential agreement talk by Peter Obi and Rabi’u Kwankwaso. Otubanjo said this on Wednesday when he appeared as a guest in an interview on Arise Television’s ‘Morning Show’. Recall that Kwankwaso, had in an interview on television said he had an agreement with Obi to spend only one-term if the Nigeria Democratic Congress, NDC, wins the 2027 general elections. DAILY POST reports that Peter Obi is the party’s presidential candidate while Kwankwaso is his running mate. Airing his own opinion, Otubanjo said, “If Peter Obi wins the…

SINGAPORE – Singaporeans continue to hold the world’s most powerful passport, with visa-free or visa-on-arrival entry to 192 destinations. It retained its top spot in the latest Henley Passport Index, which was released for the second time in 2026 on July 21. The United Arab Emirates was the biggest mover since the last report in January, climbing three places to join Japan and South Korea in second place with access to 188 destinations each. Sweden is ranked third with access to 187 destinations, followed by 11 other European countries tied for fourth. The fourth-ranked countries that have access to 186 destinations are: Belgium, Denmark, Finland,…

Thousands of ‌supporters of India’s youth-led “cockroach” movement have been camping in the capital, New Delhi, for more than a month to demand the resignation of Education Minister ⁠Dharmendra Pradhan over a series of examination paper leaks. The Gen Z-led protests, during which more than 100 people were severely wounded in baton and tear gas attacks by police on Monday, represent the ⁠biggest public challenge to Hindu majoritarian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s rule so far in his third term. Recommended Stories list of 4 itemsend of list India’s main opposition parties have joined the daily street demonstrations and courted arrests, amplifying the…

Listen to this article Estimated 3 minutes The audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology. Mispronunciations can occur. We are working with our partners to continually review and improve the results. Ottawa has revealed the text of a controversial agreement with the U.S. to open the long-awaited Gordie Howe International Bridge near Windsor, Ont., which has been at the centre of recent political tensions. The deal — posted online late Tuesday night and described as a "proposed agreement in principle" — says that for the first 15 years, Canada will split half of the bridge's net revenue with an economic development fund…

Plans to build a massive 20m-high space radar station in Pembrokeshire will be decided by Welsh government ministers. The Ministry of Defence (MoD) wants to build 27 radar dishes at Cawdor Barracks in Brawdy. The dishes, standing at 66ft (20m) high and 49ft (15m) wide, would form part of a trilateral AUKUS security partnership with the US and Australian governments. Fewer than a dozen planning applications, out of about 25,000 in Wales, are called in each year - a process which means ministers make the final decision not a council. Campaigners People Against Radar Campaign (PARC) - which claimed the project could allow US President Donald Trump to…

Congress workers clash with BJP workers near BJP State office after cadre of the latter party staged a protest march from BJP State office to Gandhi Bhavan in Nampally in Hyderabad on Wednesday (July 22, 2026) \| Photo Credit: SIDDHANT THAKUR High drama unfolded on Exhibition Grounds Road in Hyderabad, where both the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Telangana office and the Congress Party’s Gandhi Bhavan are located, as workers of both parties clashed on Wednesday (July 22, 2026) amid protests linked to recent political developments in New Delhi. Telangana BJP president N. Ramchander Rao and several party workers were taken into preventive custody by the…

Arsenal have completed the signing of Real Madrid captain, Misa Rodriguez. The 27-year-old goalkeeper moves to the English club after the expiry of her contract. She will be part of Arsenal’s goalkeeping options that already includes Daphne Van Domselaar, Anneke Borbe and Isabella Damm. Rodriguez made 215 appearances for Real and also has 24 caps for Spain. She becomes Arsenal’s seventh signing of a very busy summer transfer window, after moves for Damm, Georgia Stanway, Geraldine Reuteler, Selina Cerci, Ona Batlle and Lisa Baum. The Spaniard is also the fifth free transfer made by Arsenal this summer, after Stanway, Batlle, Cerci and Reuteler.

Pain had Torrie Lewis in tears just warming up. But weeks later, she smashed a national record Updated July 22, 2026 — 10:49pm,first published 11:41am Save You have reached your maximum number of saved items. Remove items from your saved list to add more. AAA Just weeks ago, Torrie Lewis sat on the track and cried. It was only the warm-up for training, and she couldn’t even get through that without pain knifing up her leg. If it were not for the Commonwealth Games coming up, she would have put a line through her season. Australian sprinter Torrie Lewis has again broken her own national record.Getty Images The same Achilles that had torn last year and…

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Spain could lose up to 30 per cent of the $50 million prize money it earned for winning the 2026 FIFA World Cup to United States federal taxes. La Roja beat Argentina 1-0 in the final at the New York New Jersey Stadium on Sunday, July 19. Under US tax laws, income earned from activities in the country is generally taxable. Payments to non-resident foreign athletes are typically subject to a 30 per cent federal withholding tax unless reduced by a tax treaty or another exemption. Speaking on the potential tax burden, Republican Congressman Tim Burchett of Tennessee, as reported by Fox News on Tuesday, described it as excessive. “I think it’s a rip-off,”…

Dan Dakich gives his reaction to Ryan Clark being laid off by ESPN on Monday while he was live on air. What a week over at ESPN. It looks a little different today, if you haven't heard. The World Wide Leader laid off dozens of employees this week, starting with Monday's on-air debacle with Ryan Clark. OutKick broke that story, by the way, despite what the PR folks at ESPN want to tell you. Anyway, that's neither here nor there. Clark was let go, along with Cam Newton and Tom Pelissero, among others. Clark was the biggest name because he was the biggest gaslighter, but the other two were somewhat stunning, too. Newton had become a fixture on First…

The call for FIFA President Gianni Infantino to resign after Spain won the 2026 World Cup over Argentina has attracted mixed reactions. Recall that LaLiga President, Javier Tebas, had urged Infantino to resign following the conclusion of the 2026 tournament which Spain defeated Argentina 1-0 in the final. Tebas criticized FIFA’s management of the World Cup, especially the implementation of hydration breaks and the musical performance during the final in New Jersey. The 63-year-old also referenced the United States striker Folarin Balogun incident as an example of Infantino’s mismanagement of the federation, insisting that it necessitates his…

19 July 2026, United States, East Rutherford: Soccer, Men's, 2026 World Cup, Final, Spain vs. Argentina, New York-New Jersey Stadium in East Rutherford. The South Korean K-pop band BTS will perform during the halftime show at the World Cup final. PLEASE NOTE: In accordance with (Photo by Tom Weller/picture alliance via Getty Images) dpa/picture alliance via Getty Images From concert tours to international sporting events, some of the world's biggest cultural stages are increasingly serving as platforms for independent designers, attracting more eyes than ever to their work. London-based jewellery house DOSIS G6C seized the opportunity to dress BTS…

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Footballer's brother, two, dies after distraught parents find him unresponsive in Spanish holiday villa swimming pool By ELIZABETH HAIGH, SENIOR NEWS REPORTER Published: 07:43 EDT, 22 July 2026 \| Updated: 08:25 EDT, 22 July 2026 A British toddler whose brother is a professional footballer has died after being found unresponsive by his parents in a swimming pool at a holiday villa in Spain. Hartley Wareham, who was 28 months old, was on holiday with family and friends when the tragedy happened at the villa where they were staying. He was the younger brother of Jayden Wareham who plays for League Two side Exeter City. His father is said to have pulled…

Josh Jacobs (8) of the Green Bay Packers stiff arms Trevon Diggs (7) of the Dallas Cowboys during a 2025 game. Getty Images The Green Bay Packers were arguably the most disappointing team in football last year. And perhaps no one did less with more than Packers’ coach Matt LaFleur. Green Bay headed into the 2025 season with one of the NFL’s top rosters, then traded for star defensive end Micah Parsons 10 days before the year began. Suddenly, Packer Nation was dreaming of their first Super Bowl appearance since 2010. Instead, Green Bay went a remarkably unsatisfying 9-8-1 overall and was the NFC’s No. 7 seed for a third consecutive year. The Packers…

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Liloan’s pride, Lawrence Mangubat, erupted for a game-high 22 points as the Jose Rizal University (JRU) Heavy Bombers continued their Cinderella run in the FilOil EcoOil Preseason Cup 2026 Best-of-Three Finals with a 70-59 Game 1 victory over the formidable and heavily favored reigning NCAA champions, the San Beda Red Lions, on Tuesday, July 22, at the FilOil Centre in Manila. The former Cebu Institute of Technology-University (CIT-U) Junior Wildcat standout from the Municipality of Liloan in northern Cebu led the Heavy Bombers to the upset win, moving JRU just one victory away from capturing the […]...Keep on reading:…

TEHRAN - Iran's men's national basketball team climbed two places in the latest FIBA World Ranking, moving up to 26th in the world following the conclusion of the third window of the 2027 FIBA Basketball World Cup Asian Qualifiers. According to the updated rankings released by the International Basketball Federation (FIBA), the United States remain at the top of the standings with 920.7 ranking points. Germany, Serbia, France, Canada, Spain, Australia, Argentina, Brazil, and Lithuania complete the top 10 in that order. Iran improved to 26th place with 455.7 ranking points, maintaining their position as Asia's fourth-ranked team, behind Australia,…

Olympic rowing legend Olaf Tufte has died aged 50 after an astonishing career which saw him win two gold medals and compete in seven Summer Games. He was found unconscious at his family farm and transported to a hospital in Oslo, where he died, according to Norwegian media. Tufte, who took gold in the single sculls in Athens in 2004 and Beijing in 2008, is survived by his wife and two children. He also claimed silver in the double sculls at Sydney in 2000 and a bronze in the same event at Rio de Janeiro in 2016. Norwegian prime minister Jonas Gahr Store said: 'Tufte brought immense joy through sport to us as a nation. 'He was one of Norway’s greatest…

When Sean McCann stood behind the blocks of the 50-metre swimming pool at Loughborough University for the very first time, he was an 18-year-old with a dream. He dreamed to compete for Scotland and Team GB on the senior international stage. And on Saturday, at the age of 21, after years of surviving 'disgusting' training sessions, McCann is on the cusp of realising his life goal. Almost two decades on from the tragic disappearance of his older sister Madeleine, who was abducted from the family's holiday apartment in Praia da Luz, the Scot will take to the pool to compete in the 400m freestyle heats at the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow. Sean was in the…

Wolves cancelled their training session on Tuesday, after Super Eagles’ striker, Tolu Arokodare refused to leave the pitch. Arokodare was ordered not to train with squad but refused to leave. According to the UK Mirror, the new manager, Cesar Peixoto, is adamant he will not tolerate player power and poor discipline levels Extra security was enforced Wednesday at Compton Park, to make sure Arokodare was not at the training ground. Arokodare will also not be part of the squad travelling to Maidenhead United tomorrow night. The Nigerian international is subject of interest from a few clubs, with Fiorentina already having a bid rejected.

Manchester City midfielder Phil Foden has signed a new four-year contract which will keep him at the club until 2030. The 26-year-old's previous deal was due to expire next summer but he has opted to extend his stay under new head coach Enzo Maresca. Foden was given his first-team debut as a 17-year-old by former boss Pep Guardiola and has gone on to make 369 appearances for City, winning six Premier League titles, one Champions League and two FA Cups. He was left out of Thomas Tuchel's England World Cup squad in May after an inconsistent season where he made only 23 Premier League starts. Foden says "he can't wait" to work with Maresca again, with…

Go a little deeper into the latest fallout between Manchester United and their fanbase, and it’s about more than just tickets, touts and technology. It has become an issue of trust. Yes, United’s trust in supporters who say they have been made to feel like ‘suspects’ over the club’s purge on touting that has led to thousands of fans receiving emails over the last week warning that their accounts are being restricted and season tickets put at risk. But, more significantly, it is once more testing the supporters’ trust in the club and co-owner Sir Jim Ratcliffe, whose intentions are under scrutiny again. ‘I feel angry about it – they just want us gone,’…

Mirabai Chanu at a training session in Modinagar, Uttar Pradesh, on March 05, 2026. \| Photo Credit: FILE PHOTO: SHASHI SHEKHAR KASHYAP Olympic and World championships medallist Mirabai Chanu need not push herself to claim her third consecutive gold at the Glasgow Commonwealth Games, said National chief coach Vijay Sharma. Mirabai totalled 205kg at the National championships at Modinagar in February before pulling out of the Asian championships at Gandhinagar in May due to a shoulder injury. The soon-to-be 32-year-old will be eyeing her fourth CWG medal of any colour in a row in Glasgow while trying to stay injury-free. Since an Asian Games medal has…

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Like many children of Latino immigrants in Los Angeles, Juan grew up a Dodgers fan. He watched their baseball games from home when he was little – even though his parents, who are Guatemalan, were more interested in soccer and basketball – and has been to Dodger Stadium many times as an adult. He sports a Dodgers logo, among other symbols, on an elaborate tattoo on his left forearm. These days, though, he’s not sure about his allegiance. Juan – whom the Guardian is only identifying by his first name amid the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown – saw his family ripped apart when his father, who had been in the US for close to 30 years, was…

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Jade Thirlwall appeared to hint at her split from boyfriend Jordan Stephens in a recent interview, weeks before it emerged their relationship was over. The former couple lived together and split their time between properties in London and Margate in Kent, but are said to have separated earlier this year. Jordan, 34, has since wiped all trace of Jade, 33, from his Instagram and she has also removed all images of the singer from her own page. Jade appeared to allude to her relationship woes in an interview last month, as she shared she was 'going through something privately.' Speaking about writing her upcoming second album, the hitmaker said she was…

Elon Musk has said his AI platform Grok Imagine will make a “historically accurate” adaptation of Homer’s Odyssey, after the success of Christopher Nolan’s blockbusting treatment which the SpaceX founder has regularly criticised over its casting. In a post on X, Musk said: “Before this year ends, Grok Imagine will make a full-length movie of The Odyssey that is historically accurate and true to the art of Homer.” Musk also linked to a post containing a three-minute clip of footage that the user said had been generated from Grok Imagine, showing a scene between Odysseus and the nymph Calypso. Musk has been attempting to stoke a culture war around…

Jessica Morgan has been confirmed as the new director of Tate, marking her return to the arts organisation where she worked as a curator for more than a decade, at a critical juncture in its history. Morgan, the clear frontrunner in the race to replace Maria Balshaw, who left this spring after nine years in charge, is currently based in New York, where she has led the Dia Art Foundation since 2015. One talking point around Morgan was her wages at Dia, which were thought to be substantially more than the £220,000-£225,000 Balshaw earned at Tate. Tate’s chair, Roland Rudd, said he had paid Morgan the most he could “under the constrictions he faced”,…

One year after actor Malcolm-Jamal Warner drowned in Costa Rica at the age of 54 while on vacation with his family, his widow, Tenisha Warner, has filed a lawsuit against his mother, Pamela Warner, in her capacity as successor trustee of the Warner family trust. The suit seeks to recover at least $1.2 million from that family trust and alleges, in part, that Malcolm-Jamal Warner — known for playing Theo Huxtable on "The Cosby Show" — did not "purchase and maintain a term life insurance policy on his life in the amount of $1 million" or on Tenisha Warner's life, as allegedly stipulated in their premarital agreement. Tenisha Warner sat down for an…

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Millie Bobby Brown is among the stars who have remembered the "talent" and "kindness" of US actress Kaylee Hottle, who died in a car crash aged 18. Hottle was killed in a single-vehicle accident in Frederick, Maryland on Tuesday morning. The young actress, who was deaf, appeared alongside Bobby Brown in the 2021 blockbuster Godzilla vs Kong. Bobby Brown shared her sadness, alongside a black and white image of Hottle, to her Instagram story. Over the photo, the Stranger Things star wrote: "I'm so devastated to hear this. "You will be deeply missed Kaylee." Hottle played a young orphan named Jia in the monster film series, and reprised the role in the…

In the grand tradition of Matt Johnson and Jay McCarrol, aka Nirvanna the Band, let’s make a plan. On July 24, their movie, Nirvanna the Band the Show the Movie, is coming to streaming on Hulu. It’s a beyond brilliant, hilarious sci-fi tale that makes you marvel at the art of filmmaking in ways you never thought possible. At the same time, the show that the film is based on, Nirvanna the Band the Show (which was recently not available to stream anywhere), is making its return to streaming on the same platform. This is fantastic news, but now you have a choice: Choice 1: Watch Nirvanna the Band the Show, which is two seasons of eight episodes each, to…

(INQUIRER / Michael B. Jaucian) LIBON, Albay — Colorfully dressed performers took to the streets on Wednesday (July 22) as the municipality staged its annual Paroy Festival to honor the resilience of farmers despite the challenges posed by the prolonged dry spell. Seven contingents showcased the different stages of rice farming—from land preparation and planting to harvesting—through street dancing and theatrical performances, while reminding the public of agriculture’s vital role in ensuring food security. The festival, launched in 1997, is one of the highlights of Libon’s fiesta in honor of St. James the Greater. Article continues after this…

Andrei Tarkovsky’s 1983 film is a mysterious, imagist cine-poem about alienation and belonging, whose title means a yearning not simply for a lost time or lost place but for something, anything, else – with a profound anguished sense that the here-and-now of existence is unsatisfactory. The movie takes something from the poetry of the director’s father Arseny Tarkovsky, which is quoted in the film. A distinguished Russian scholar is in Italy to research the life of the (fictional) Russian composer Pavel Sosnovsky who is supposed to have travelled there before being overwhelmed by homesick longing and returning to the motherland. His beautiful,…

Tom Holland calls Zendaya his wife publicly for first time Tom Holland referred to Zendaya as his wife for the first time in public, a month after he confirmed that the couple had married. During an appearance on Nick Grimshaw and Angela Hartnett’s Dish podcast, the 30-year-old actor was asked who he would like to take on a holiday to Greece. “I think probably my wife would be pretty good,” he said. “It would be a bit strange if I went, ‘Sorry babe, I’m gonna take Matt [Damon] actually.” In June, the actor confirmed that he and Zendaya married whilst addressing fake AI photos that had been circulating online. Asked by Esquire if he had to inform…

Veteran Spider-Man producer Amy Pascal has said she hopes Tom Holland will play the role "forever" — despite the actor having already discussed handing over the part to a younger star. Holland is of course set to appear in this month's Spider-Man: Brand New Day, and has privately suggested he will return for at least one more sequel. Publicly, however, Holland has been vocal about wanting to eventually hand over the Spider-Man mantle, and even suggested actors to take on the role in future. Sony seems keen to keep Holland around — possibly with an eye on the fact that Brand New Day looks set to become enormously successful, with the movie's trailer…

Davina McCall married husband Michael Douglas for a second time in a secret ceremony at their home in Tunbridge Wells, Kent earlier this year. The presenter, 58, first wed the hairdresser back in December at Marylebone Town Hall with just close friends and family present. Just months later, the couple exchanged vows in a much larger celebration in their dream £3.4million mansion. Davina built her home for her three children Holly, 24, Tilly, 22, and Chester, 19, for a 'fresh start' back in 2020, following her split from ex-husband Matthew Robertson. It wasn't until 2023 that Davina and Michael officially moved in together after several years of…

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Cher Lloyd has hinted at the reason she split from her husband Craig Monk, after it emerged their marriage was over. The X Factor star, 32, reposted a TikTok video days before the split was announced, with the caption: 'I heard someone say ''the disrespect at the end was louder than any good memory we ever had, and that's when I knew I was done.' On Tuesday, Cher shared a candid picture which included Drake's song Yebba's heartache which is about grief and heartbreak The day before, Cher had publicly revealed she has split from her husband after 13 years of marriage, just three months after her father's death. She first sparked speculation over her…

Stills from ‘Raayan’ and ‘Amaran’ \| Photo Credit: Special Arrangement The 72nd National Film Awards, which honoured films that received certification from the Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) during the 2024 calendar year, were announced today, July 18, 2026. The evening saw many Tamil films, actors and technicians bag top honours. The evening saw actor-director Dhanush’s film Raayanwin the Best Tamil Film award. Produced by Sun Pictures and directed by Dhanush, the neo-noir revenge drama set in Chennai also featured SJ Suryah, Sundeep Kishan, Dushara Vijayan, and Kalidas Jayaram. Meanwhile, Dhanush himself got a Special Mention for his…

There is one photograph which perhaps best encapsulates the depths of my husband’s deception. In it, his arm is around me, and I’m nestled against his 6ft 2in frame, my hand on his chest. We’re both beaming, as we pose against the backdrop of a breathtaking vineyard, perched high on the cliffs of the Amalfi Coast. That night, we returned to our cruise ship where, exhausted and happy, we had a romantic dinner on what was night four of our nine-day voyage along Italy’s coastline. Part of our conversation was about where we could renew our wedding vows later that year after two decades together. Sardinia, perhaps. Or Nice could be an option. Wherever it…

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I am not going to argue the point with Christoper Nolan that the ideal viewing format for his new film The Odyssey is IMAX 70mm. The images that I've seen, framed in the format's tall, squarish aspect ratio, are majestic. Nolan went to enormous expense and trouble to shoot the entire movie with huge, noisy IMAX film cameras to achieve the effect; it's as the artist intended. And I love that Nolan has, almost single-handedly, got general moviegoers excited about seeing movies projected on film again. There's nothing like it. I look forward to seeing The Odyssey in IMAX 70mm. But I will be looking forward to it for some time. I live in London, UK, where…

Games Workshop has confirmed that Ork Warboss Nazdreg Ug Urdgrub is not only getting a new miniature for the Warhammer 40,000 tabletop game, but that he’s also in Creative Assembly’s upcoming strategy game, Total War: Warhammer 40,000. Nazdreg is boss of the Bad Moon clan, sitting comfortably behind the all-conquering Ghazghkull Thraka, the mighty prophet of the Waaagh!, in the pantheon of Ork characters. In a post on Warhammer Community, GW revealed Nazdreg’s impressive mini, which includes his Kustom Blasta X and Bad Moon banner, as well as a screenshot of how he looks in Total War: Warhammer 40,000. Nazdreg in Total War: Warhammer 40,000. Image…

Swara Samrat Festival, which began 14 years ago in Kolkata in memory of Ustad Ali Akbar Khan, has expanded to other cities over the past three years. The second Delhi edition of the festival, held recently, featured only young musicians. The festival opened with a dhrupad vocal recital by Bangladesh-born Niloy Ahsan, who is currently training under Ustad Wasifuddin Dagar. Earlier, he studied with the Gundecha Brothers. Niloy possesses a powerful voice, and the range he displayed, extending into the mandra saptak, was particularly impressive. He presented Mian ki Malhar, beginning with an expansive 45-minute alap that left him with barely 10 minutes…

Sharon Adeleke, businesswoman and sister of singer Davido, has urged Nigerian celebrities and public figures to normalise repeating their outfits. Speaking in a recent vlog, Sharon advised celebrities not to let society or anyone pressure them into avoiding repetition of clothes. She said her team often questioned her decision to repeat clothes but she doesn’t let it change her position on repeating outfits. She said, “Last Sunday, I have an event and I did not have anything made for it. So, I decided to wear something that I have wore before and my team objected that people have seen it before and they will see it again. But I wore it anyway. “Don’t…

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Mexico · Culture Key Facts —Municipal reduction. Querétaro cut its Hay Festival contribution from 11.18 million pesos (about US$643,000) (US$604,000) to 4 million pesos (about US$230,000) (US$216,000). —Percentage drop. The 7.18-million-peso cut represents a 64.22% reduction in municipal support. —Total public funds lost. Combined public support fell from 13 million pesos (US$702,000) to 4.6 million pesos (US$248,000). —Federal offset. The festival obtained 600,000 pesos (about US$34,500) (US$32,400) from the Profest 2026 federal program. —2026 dates. The Querétaro edition runs from 4 to 6 September 2026. The Hay Festival in Querétaro, the Mexican…

A new chapter is about to unfold as the Global Hallyu star BYEON WOOSEOK is set to return to the Philippines as he brings his undeniable charm back to Manila for the 2026 ByeonWooSeok Asia Fanmeeting Tour in Manila—a highly anticipated fan meeting happening on October 10, 2026 at the SM Mall of Asia Arena, presented by PULP Live World. Following the overwhelming success of his previous visit, the upcoming fan meeting promises an even bigger and more unforgettable experience for Filipino fans, featuring a larger stage, special segments, and more intimate moments that highlight his genuine connection with his ever-supportive Filipino fanbase. Rising…

The tide has crossed the halfway mark. Deezer said this week that AI songs made up more than 50% of its June uploads. It is a first for the French streamer. From a trickle to a flood The climb has been steep. Deezer started counting in January 2025, when AI made up roughly 10% of daily uploads. It hit 18% by that April, then 34% by November and 44% in April 2026. Now it is above half, at about 90,000 tracks a day. Deezer can measure this because it built detection tools for machine-made music. They flag tracks from AI generators like Suno and Udio. It tags the songs and keeps them out of recommendations and playlists. The point is fraud The volume is…

Mysuru railway jrailway unction station. The special trains will halt at Mandya, KSR Bengaluru, Krishnarajapuram, Bangarapet Jn, Salem Jn, Erode Jn, Tiruppur, Podanur Jn, Palakkad Jn, Shoranur Jn, Tirur, Kozhikode, Vadakara, and Thalassery. \| Photo Credit: SRIRAM MA In order to facilitate passenger travel during the forthcoming Onam festival, South Western Railway (SWR) has announced the operation of special express trains from Mysuru and Bengaluru Cantonment to Kannur in Kerala. The SWR will operate two trips in each direction. Train No. 06227 Mysuru–Kannur Special Express will depart Mysuru at 10:30 PM on Tuesday (25.08.2026) and reach Kannur at 2…

Mexico · Culture Key Facts —Date and time. August 29, 2026 at 8:30 p.m., single performance. —Venue. Auditorio Nacional in Mexico City, a 10,000-seat arena. —Tickets. From MX$800 (US$46) to MX$4,600 (US$265) on Ticketmaster. —Creator. Mexican dancer Isaac Hernández, a principal at English National Ballet. —Notable guests. Roberto Bolle, Maria Khoreva, and Kristián Mensa debut. Despertares, the ambitious dance gala that transforms a massive Mexico City arena into an intimate celebration of movement, returns for its twelfth edition on August 29, 2026. Creator Isaac Hernández has again assembled a cast of international stars for a single night at the…

Why video game music is the future of orchestral concerts Save You have reached your maximum number of saved items. Remove items from your saved list to add more. AAA Leonard Weiss would like people to consider the theme to Super Mario Bros, that slinky eight-bit bop composed in 1985 by Japanese sound designer and Nintendo executive Koji Kondo. “This was composed essentially for two electronic sounds at once. Going back 40 years in video game history, you can’t write a chord,” Weiss says. “So one voice goes bom bom bom bom and plays the chord but spread out, while another voice plays the tune. And then a percussion track goes underneath. Leonard…

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Chile · Culture Key Facts —Dates. October 14, 16, and 17, 2026, at Estadio Nacional in Santiago. —Venue. Estadio Nacional is Chile’s largest sports and events stadium, located in the Ñuñoa district of the capital. —Attendance. All three shows sold out, with roughly 48,000 fans expected per night, totaling about 150,000 attendees. —Stage weight. The 360-degree stage design exerts roughly 600 tons of load on the central field. —Economic lift. The concerts are expected to drive a major short-term boost in travel, lodging, and hospitality across Santiago. BTS will play three sold-out nights at Santiago’s Estadio Nacional this October after a tense permit…

Tyson and Paris Fury's daughter Valencia has become the latest nepo child to land a brand deal at the age of eight. The boxer, 37, and his wife, 36, announced on Monday that Valencia has released an exciting new collaboration with Superdrug, full of beauty and hair accessories. The aspiring influencer told viewers she's 'so obsessed with makeup' in the Instagram video while urging followers to 'get down to their local Superdrug stores'. Beauty and hair products from Valencia's Fantasy Cosmetics collection range between £1 and £3. Tyson proudly wrote: 'Congratulations to my baby girl Valencia on her collaboration with @superdrug she is made for it. my…

According to the M.I.T. Technology Review, rather than building thousands of smaller buildings, tech giants are investing in massive "hyperscale" campuses, with some individual AI sites requiring up to 5 GW of electricity—more than the peak demand of entire U.S. states like New Hampshire. Frank Racioppi Artificial Intelligence (AI) has already seeped into our society, culture, economy, and daily routines. AI decides who gets their health claim paid. AI help millions with their administrative work at their jobs. AI answers our phone calls when we have a customer service problem. Millions of students try to use AI to ease the burden of learning, or to…

As the southwest monsoon strengthens across northern India, school operations are beginning to reflect the changing weather. Jammu and Kashmir has extended school holidays till July 26, while neighbouring Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand remain on alert as the India Meteorological Department (IMD) has forecast widespread rainfall across the region over the coming days. The move in Jammu and Kashmir comes as authorities shift from dealing with a prolonged heatwave to preparing for heavy rain. Schools that were scheduled to reopen on July 20 after summer vacations will now remain closed for another week. J\&K extends school holidays The Jammu and…

For three days in June, JoJo Siwa fans could do more than watch her perform. They could go on vacation with her. The JoJo Siwa Cruise departed from Port Canaveral, Florida, on June 12 for a three-night sailing aboard Royal Caribbean's Utopia of the Seas, where a regular cruise itinerary became a floating fan weekend: rhinestone bow decorating, a dance class, nightly parties hosted by Siwa, a cabana beach day, and a concert at sea. Siwa, the singer, dancer, internet personality, and former Dance Moms star, first became famous as a child performer known for her oversized bows, high-energy music, and brightly colored brand. In the years since, she has…

Nigerian singer, Damini Ogulu, popularly known as Burna Boy, has made history as the first male artiste to reach number 1 on Spotify’s newly Launched Global Music Video Chart. He achieved the feat as his World Cup song with Shakira, ‘Dai Dai,’ topped the newly launched chart, making him the first African and first male artist to hit the milestone. Meanwhile, ‘Dai Dai’ also reached a new peak of number 13 on the Billboard Hot 100 Chart this week. The song is projected to enter the top 10 next week following Burna Boy and Shakira’s World Cup Final Halftime Show performance on Sunday. ‘Dai Dai’ remains the most-streamed music video of 2026 on YouTube…

Mithun Shyam \| Photo Credit: K. Pichumani Mithun Shyam, disciple of Padmini Ramachandran, presented an engaging Bharatanatyam recital at the Music Academy's Mid-Year dance festival 2026. He commenced with Thodayamangalam in ragas Kedara and Husseni, setting the tone for the evening. This was followed by a traditional alarippu in Sankarabharanam, set to Rupaka tala. The centrepiece of the recital was Veenai Sesha Iyer’s varnam ‘Devadhi deva’, choreographed by Padmini Ramachandran, and set in raga Shanmukhapriya, Adi tala. Preceded by a virutham in raga Revathi, the piece invoked Nataraja of Chidambaram through the Bhikshatanar episode from the…

Africa · Northern Key Facts —The death. Composer Hany Shenouda died on 20 July 2026 at the Armed Forces Medical Complex in Maadi, Cairo, following a sudden health crisis. —The legacy. He founded Al-Masryeen in 1977, widely considered Egypt’s first modern pop band, and launched the careers of Amr Diab and Mohamed Mounir. —The honour. He received Egypt’s State Appreciation Award in the Arts in 2023, one of the country’s highest cultural distinctions. —The soft-power asset. His six-decade career helped cement Cairo’s role as the Arab world’s music production hub, a pillar of Egyptian influence now under pressure from Gulf competitors. —The timing.…

Narelle Cowan and Aimee Lipley's gardens have a few things in common. Both have pretty plants, chairs for al fresco dining - and one of the UK's busiest motorways. About 75,000 vehicles travel over the elevated concrete monolith hanging about 45ft (14m) above their plot every day on the main route between London and south Wales. "I call it my free gazebo," said Aimee. "I love it under here, when it's raining you can walk to the shops without getting your hair wet." The two-lane carriageway in the sky was one of the first sections of the M4 and a relic of the 1960s freeway building boom after the explosion in post-war car ownership.

Hollywood star Rebel Wilson wins defamation case brought by young actress CNNAfternoon Update: Rebel Wilson wins defamation case; Brittany Higgins decries Hanson’s DV comments; and Milky Way splendour The GuardianActor Rebel Wilson did not defame colleague in social media posts, Australian court finds ReutersRebel Wilson Triumphs In Explosive Court Battle With ‘The Deb’ Co-Star Charlotte MacInnes DeadlineRebel Wilson cleared in defamation case brought by actress in her own film BBC

Global hunger declined for a third consecutive year in 2025, demonstrating that progress is possible. However, the improvements remain fragile, unevenly distributed and insufficient to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals by 2030, according to The State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World 2026 (SOFI 2026) report, released on Tuesday by five United Nations specialized agencies. The report estimates that 7.8 percent of the global population faced hunger in 2025, down from 8.1 percent in 2024 and 8.6 percent in 2022, confirming a sustained, albeit slow, improvement. This means that around 645 million people were affected by hunger in 2025,…

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Lake Van, the world's largest soda lake, plays a crucial role in moderating the climate of eastern Türkiye by limiting extreme summer temperatures and preventing excessive winter cooling, according to a researcher at Van Yüzüncü Yıl University. Assoc. Prof. Mustafa Akkuş of the university's Faculty of Fisheries said the lake's high heat capacity enables it to act as a massive natural heat reservoir, stabilizing temperatures across the surrounding region and providing significant environmental benefits. Speaking about data collected by the European Space Agency's Sentinel-3 satellite, Akkuş said imagery from July 21 showed land surface temperatures…

After wild turkeys attacked an 83-year-old woman in May 2026, sending her to the emergency room for stitches, police warned residents of Alameda, California, to avoid interacting with the animals. Wild turkeys can be particularly aggressive during mating season. They can also damage property: digging up gardens, staining decks with their droppings and occasionally attacking cars and windows when they mistake their own reflections for rival turkeys. Turkeys may be a nuisance to Alameda’s human residents, but they have also been highly valued by multiple cultures throughout the history of North America. Given these threats to human safety and property,…

We feel your pain: PM sets election battle lines with One Nation, pledges cost of living relief Save You have reached your maximum number of saved items. Remove items from your saved list to add more. AAA Prime Minister Anthony Albanese will set up his bid for a third term with a promise of further expensive cost of living measures to address financial stress fuelling One Nation’s ascension as he expands a program to pay health workers as they study. However, Labor ministers are downplaying the prospect of a tax on gas exports before a fight at its national conference on the popular proposal, signifying tension in Labor ranks over how aggressively…

In early July 2026, the Trump administration quietly tapped Matthew Wielicki to lead the U.S. Global Change Research Program. The move places a podcaster known for downplaying the threats of climate change – and importantly, someone who has not been meaningfully involved in research on climate change or its impacts – at the top of one of the country’s most important scientific enterprises, one mandated by federal law. Under the law, the Global Change Research Program – USGCRP for short – is required to prepare and submit a National Climate Assessment to the president and Congress at least every four years. Its purpose is to help the country’s…

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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…

Race to rescue beluga whales from defunct Canadian marine park Marine experts are relocating nearly three dozen beluga whales from a shuttered Canadian marine park in an enormous undertaking expected to last weeks. July 22, 2026

Every summer, Alberto Gómez lives with a fear most people never consider. The 36-year-old Spanish physics and chemistry teacher has a rare genetic skin disorder that leaves him unable to sweat properly -- and therefore unable to cool himself naturally during extreme heat. "If you're having a hard time, imagine what it means for me. My fear is suffering a heatstroke and not being able to recover from it," he told AFP at a gym near his home in Arroyomolinos near Madrid. As Spain's increasingly intense summers bring more frequent and prolonged periods of extreme heat, Gómez is among a small number of people living with the condition. For them, a day that…

A French firefighter responds to a flare-up to prevent the fire from reigniting in the Fontainebleau Forest, in Noisy-sur-Ecole, in the Paris' Ile-de-France region on July 21, 2026. AFP-Yonhap CONDEMIOS DE ABAJO, Spain/COTIGNAC, France — F irefighters battled wildfires in Spain and France on Wednesday, with the risk of more blazes very high across much of Spain even as a major fire raging in its central Guadalajara province receded, allowing some residents to return home. In France, where two firefighters died on Tuesday as their truck was engulfed in flames in the southwest region of Gironde, authorities urged people to avoid using barbecues in areas…

The presumption that US elections are legitimate died last week in Washington. It was 237 years old. It did not die of one wound. It died of three, inflicted in a single day, in daylight, on the record. And the country, running to the loudest of them, never examined the one most likely to kill. In critical care we distinguish the mechanism of death from its cause. The mechanism was a Thursday. The cause was chronic, progressive and untreated. The morning belonged to the secretary of state. Before officials of more than 60 countries, he announced that the counterterrorism architecture of the free world, built over a generation against jihadist mass…

French Minister of Ecological Transition Monique Barbut announced Wednesday that she would "submit her resignation today" to President Emmanuel Macron in protest to the reintroduction of harmful pesticides. However, Macron did not accept her resignation, and Barbut will stay in her post due to the "urgency to address the consequences of climate change," her team said in comments carried by the AFP news agency. Government spokesperson Maud Bregeon later said that Barbut will stay in office. What Barbut said about her resignation In a post on LinkedIn, Barbut wrote that "contrary to the commitments that had been made to me, the government prevented any…

From a solar-powered e-boat cruising through the maze of mangrove creeks in Pichavaram and honey produced through scientific beekeeping in the same ecosystem, to hybrid solar power systems installed at government buildings that reduce electricity consumption and the desilted waters of the Buckingham Canal that strengthen the health of the local ecosystem, these interventions now define daily life in Killai, Tamil Nadu’s first fully operational Climate Resilient Village (CRV). Implemented under the Tamil Nadu Climate Change Mission (TNCCM) of the Department of Environment and Climate Change, Killai has transformed a climate-vulnerable coastal…

Japanese cities are experiencing “cruelly hot days”, a new meteorological term devised this year to warn people of intense heat above 40 degrees Celsius (104 Fahrenheit), with emergency officials describing the soaring temperatures on Wednesday as “a disaster”. Heatstroke alerts were issued across almost the whole country and emergency officials said at least 14 people had died from heat-related causes in the past week. Three central cities logged scorching temperatures on Tuesday above the new threshold, called kokushobi, which translates to “cruelly hot day”, according to the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA). Large areas, including the central hub…

Burnham wants to move quickly to show people he can improve their lives, after Britain went through seven prime ministers in 10 years in an unprecedented bout of political instability while living standards flatlined. On Monday, he said his government would remove a tax from domestic electricity bills from October 1 to save around £45 a year, and the move to cap bus fares at £2 from a previous £3 will come into force in January. EARLY SHOW OF GOVERNMENT’S INTENT While the sums may be small, the announcements on the first two days of Burnham’s tenure are designed to show his intent to give people what he calls more “breathing space” in life.…

British Columbia wildfire crews have managed to stamp out dozens of recent fires or contain them to just a few hectares but hot weather is on the way and some communities are still threatened. The Canadian Press

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

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Three members of Enoch Burke’s family have been banned from attending court hearings relating to the schoolteacher’s ongoing litigation. Judge Brian Cregan said the behaviour of the Burkes is indefensible and unacceptable in a court of law. "Their behaviour is an affront to the administration of justice and will not be tolerated any longer by the court,” the judge added. Cregan on Wednesday made an order banning Enoch’s mother Martina and his siblings Isaac and Ammi from attending in-person at hearings of the teacher’s dispute with his former workplace, Wilson’s Hospital School, and other related litigation that Enoch is involved in. In a judgment,…