- Falling rocks hit hikers on a trail in Canada’s Banff National Park, killing 1 and injuring 3 AP News
- One dead after rockslide near Bow Glacier Falls in Banff National Park Calgary Herald
- UPDATE: Rockfall in Banff National Park kills at least one hiker, injures others, some may still be missing Rocky Mountain Outlook
- Rockslide in Banff National Park in Canadian Rockies kills 1, injures 3 CBS News
- Hiker dies after rockslide in remote part of national park The Independent
Fear and shock in Iran: ‘I’m constantly afraid a missile might hit my home’
Anahita, a Tehran resident in her 30s, tells of fleeing the city, surging inflation and her hopes for regime change
The greatest impact of this war is fear and anxiety. We don’t know whether this situation will last for weeks, months or even years. Our lives have been thrown off routine, I spend most of my time just reading the news. I’m constantly afraid that a missile might hit my home, my city or the homes of my relatives and friends in other places.
I get the news from X and Instagram because we don’t have any reliable news networks and broadcasts that are not censored by the regime. We follow the updates through videos shared by people from different parts of the country on social media. The internet in Iran has become very slow and it was completely down yesterday [Wednesday].
Continue reading...Huge explosion filmed as Israel bombs Rasht in Iran’s north
Israel has bombed the northern Iranian city of Rasht, causing a massive fireball to rise through the night sky.
Adorable or just weird? How Labubu dolls conquered the world
The dolls have almost tripled their maker's profits - and, according to some, energised Chinese soft power.
David Lynch’s belongings fetch $4.25m at auction, including scripts for unfinished film
Items ranged from video cameras and guitars to taxidermy deer heads, props from Twin Peaks and Mulholland Drive – and the director’s personal coffee machine
Personal effects belonging to the film-maker David Lynch, who died in January, have fetched more than $4m at auction in Los Angeles, with the highest bid of $195,000 going to scripts for his unrealised film project Ronnie Rocket.
Wednesday’s auction of almost 450 items included props from Lynch’s films, personal items such as video cameras and music equipment, his director’s chair, two taxidermy deer heads, his 35mm print of his debut feature Eraserhead – and his beloved La Marzocco GS/3 home espresso machine, which fetched $45,500 and presumably produces a damn fine cup of coffee.
Continue reading...LA Dodgers block immigration agents from stadium ground
Officials at the LA Dodgers asked federal agents to leave the stadium car park after agents converged on the site.
Trial reveals flaws in tech intended to enforce Australian social media ban for under-16s
Operators of trial insist age assurance ‘can be done’ but preliminary report finds age verification tools ‘not guaranteed to be effective’
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Technology to check a person’s age and ban under 16s from using social media is not “guaranteed to be effective” and face-scanning tools have given incorrect results, concede the operators of a Australian government trial of the scheme.
The tools being trialled – some involving artificial intelligence analysing voices and faces – would be improved through verification of identity documents or connection to digital wallets, those running the scheme have suggested.
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Continue reading...Los Angeles Dodgers say they denied Ice agents entry to Dodger Stadium
Baseball team says Ice agents were denied permission to access parking lots but agency claims agents ‘were never there’
The Los Angeles Dodgers said on Thursday they denied US immigration enforcement agents access to the parking lot at Dodger Stadium earlier in the day.
“This morning, ICE agents came to Dodger Stadium and requested permission to access the parking lots,” the baseball team said in a post on X.
Continue reading...Three decades, one leader – how Eritreans had their hopes dashed
Isaias Afwerki promised elections when he came to power in 1991 but these have still not been held.
PM: Israel will ‘hit all nuclear facilities,’ has destroyed half of Iran’s launchers – The Times of Israel
- PM: Israel will ‘hit all nuclear facilities,’ has destroyed half of Iran’s launchers The Times of Israel
- Did Iran Try to Kill Trump? What to Know Time Magazine
- 'Not asking for US green light': Netanyahu says Israel will hit all nuclear sites in Iran; quiet on elim Times of India
- Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu implies Israel can take out Fordow without US help New York Post
- Israel can strike all of Iran's nuclear sites, but ‘all help is welcome’: Benjamin Netanyahu Hindustan Times
How Belarus dissidents in exile abroad are pursued and threatened
Some receive threatening messages or phone-calls, others say their relatives are visited by authorities back home.
More than 60 Israeli Air Force aircraft struck dozens of targets in Tehran | Live updates – Ynetnews
Embattled Sánchez resists clamour for resignation
A series of corruption scandals in the Spanish PM's Socialist party makes his position vulnerable.
Watch: Man gets stuck driving car down Rome’s Spanish Steps
The 81-year-old man and his car got stuck on the way down, before a crane lifted the car away.
Trump to decide on US action in Iran ‘within two weeks’
A White House spokesperson says President Trump will decide whether to attack Iran “within two weeks."
‘Each strike reinforces our air superiority’: Satellite images show damage to Arak nuclear reactor – Ynetnews
- 'Each strike reinforces our air superiority': Satellite images show damage to Arak nuclear reactor Ynetnews
- Israel and Iran launch new strikes even as diplomatic effort gets underway PBS
- What are the nuclear contamination risks from Israel's attacks on Iran? Reuters
- UN nuclear chief warns of disaster if Israel hits Iran’s Bushehr plant Al Jazeera
- IAEA Director General Grossi’s Statement to UNSC on Situation in Iran International Atomic Energy Agency
Prominent Nicaraguan dissident shot dead in exile in Costa Rica
Roberto Samcam was killed after an assailant disguised as a delivery driver arrived at his condo, according to his wife.
Messi inspires Inter Miami to win against Porto at Club World Cup
Lionel Messi hits late winner against Porto to push Inter Miami to verge of qualification at FIFA Club World Cup.
IAEA: No fear of ‘radiological effects’ after IDF hits Iran’s Arak heavy water reactor – The Times of Israel
- IAEA: No fear of ‘radiological effects’ after IDF hits Iran’s Arak heavy water reactor The Times of Israel
- Australia urged to press US to ‘act responsibly’ as threat of nuclear disaster rises amid Israel-Iran conflict The Guardian
- Israeli hospital hit by Iranian missile strike BBC
- Iran’s Arak heavy water reactor, hit by an Israeli airstrike, was part of Tehran’s nuclear deal AP News
- UN nuclear chief warns of disaster if Israel hits Iran’s Bushehr plant Al Jazeera
Judge blocks Trump plan to tie states’ transportation funds to immigration enforcement
States argued US transportation secretary lacks authority to impose conditions on funding appropriated by Congress
A federal judge on Thursday blocked Donald Trump’s administration from forcing 20 Democratic-led states to cooperate with immigration enforcement in order to receive billions of dollars in transportation grant funding.
Chief US District Judge John McConnell in Providence, Rhode Island, granted the states’ request for an injunction barring the Department of Transportation’s policy, saying the states were likely to succeed on the merits of some or all of their claims.
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