- What we know about Israel's missile attack on Iran BBC.com
- Iranian FM mocks Israeli drone attack, threatens Tel Aviv and Haifa The Jerusalem Post
- Satellite photo seen by ToI shows damage to radar system near Iran's Isfahan Airport after alleged IDF strike The Times of Israel
- A full jury has been picked in Trump criminal trial in New York NPR
- Middle East crisis live: Iran threatens Israel over further ‘adventurism’; explosion hits military base in Iraq The Guardian
U.S. Military to Withdraw Troops From Niger – The New York Times
- U.S. Military to Withdraw Troops From Niger The New York Times
- US agrees to withdraw troops from Niger amid Sahel region’s pivot to Russia Al Jazeera English
- Russia funneling weapons through Libyan port, eying gateway to Africa Defense News
- U.S. Troops in Niger Say They're “Stranded” and Can't Get Mail, Medicine The Intercept
- U.S. agrees to withdraw American troops from Niger The Washington Post
North Korea tests ‘super large’ warhead – DW (English)
- North Korea tests 'super large' warhead DW (English)
- North Korea conducts test on new ‘super-large warhead’: State media Al Jazeera English
- North Korea launched cruise and anti-aircraft missiles on Friday: State media NK News
- North Korea says it tested 'super-large' cruise missile warhead and new anti-aircraft missile ABC News
- North Korea says it tested 'super-large' cruise missile warhead and new anti-aircraft missile Yahoo! Voices
Israel and Iran’s apparent strikes and counterstrikes give new insights into both militaries – The Associated Press
Exclusive | Hamas Explores Moving Political Headquarters Out of Qatar – The Wall Street Journal
- Exclusive | Hamas Explores Moving Political Headquarters Out of Qatar The Wall Street Journal
- Hamas leaders said looking at leaving Qatar amid growing pressure in hostage talks The Times of Israel
- Report: Hamas Leadership Considering Leaving Qatar - Israel News Haaretz
- Why Qatar is unlikely to withdraw from the Gaza hostage-ceasefire talks CNN
- Hamas leadership is considering leaving Qatar The Jerusalem Post
Disasters, dancers and a Duke: Photos of the week
A selection of striking images from around the world, taken over the past seven days.
Explosion rocks military base in Iraq housing Iranian-aligned forces – New York Post
- Explosion rocks military base in Iraq housing Iranian-aligned forces New York Post
- Israel has carried out a strike inside Iran, US official tells CNN, as region braces for further escalation CNN
- Blast at Iraq military base kills one, injures several FRANCE 24 English
- Muted Reactions to Israeli Strikes on Iran Hint at De-Escalation The New York Times
- Explosion hits base of Iranian-aligned Iraqi army unit The Guardian
From WhatsApp to Greggs – why is tech going down more?
Experts say tech outages do seem to be happening more often.
Watch: Rio’s Christ the Redeemer statue lit up green
Watch: Christ the Redeemer statue in Rio turns green for indigenous day
Nigerian breaks chess marathon record
The 29-year-old chess master plays for 58 consecutive hours and counting on New York's Times Square.
US Congress close to passing long-awaited Ukraine aid
A huge $61bn support package that could help reshape Kyiv's war effort will go to a vote in coming days.
VW workers vote to unionise in major win for labour
The United Autoworkers Union took a risk in a Republican - and often anti-union - part of the US.
Baby Reindeer star on ‘role of a lifetime’ in disturbing stalker drama
Actress Jessica Gunning plays an obsessive and delusional stalker in Netflix's word-of-mouth hit.
An audible sigh of relief in the Middle East
The latest round in the longstanding, dangerous rivalry between Israel and Iran seems over for now, Lyse Doucet writes.
How Taylor Swift captured modern dating despair
From partners who wasted our time, to comfort-eating after a breakup. We've all been there and so has Swift.
After hunt for impartiality, who are the 12 Trump jurors?
The five women and seven men make up a highly educated group who will deliberate on the case.
Second person charged with rioting outside Sydney church after bishop stabbing
Man charged over alleged involvement in incidents outside Assyrian Christ the Good Shepherd church in Wakeley
A second person has been charged with rioting outside a Sydney church after the stabbing of bishop Mar Mari Emmanuel on Monday.
A man from Fairfield Heights in western Sydney was charged on Friday with riot and “threaten violence, cause fear” after he was allegedly involved in wild scenes outside the Assyrian Christ the Good Shepherd church on Monday night.
Continue reading...California officers charged in killing of man held face-down for five minutes
Three police officers charged with involuntary manslaughter in death of Mario Gonzalez, whom they held down on the ground
Three California police officers have been charged with involuntary manslaughter in the 2021 killing of a man they restrained in a prone position for five minutes until he lost consciousness.
Pamela Price, Alameda county district attorney, announced the charges on Thursday, three years after the asphyxia death of Mario Gonzalez, 26. The officers, Eric McKinley, James Fisher and Cameron Leahy, face up to four years in prison.
Continue reading...What we know about Israel’s missile attack on Iran
There are competing claims about the scale of Friday's attack on the Isfahan region.
Oxford shuts down institute run by Elon Musk-backed philosopher
Nick Bostrom’s Future of Humanity Institute closed this week in what Swedish-born philosopher says was ‘death by bureaucracy’
Oxford University this week shut down an academic institute run by one of Elon Musk’s favorite philosophers. The Future of Humanity Institute, dedicated to the long-termism movement and other Silicon Valley-endorsed ideas such as effective altruism, closed this week after 19 years of operation. Musk had donated £1m to the FIH in 2015 through a sister organization to research the threat of artificial intelligence. He had also boosted the ideas of its leader for nearly a decade on X, formerly Twitter.
The center was run by Nick Bostrom, a Swedish-born philosopher whose writings about the long-term threat of AI replacing humanity turned him into a celebrity figure among the tech elite and routinely landed him on lists of top global thinkers. OpenAI chief executive Sam Altman, Microsoft founder Bill Gates and Tesla chief Musk all wrote blurbs for his 2014 bestselling book Superintelligence.
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