Trump threatens to bomb Iranian bridges, power plants over ship attacks
Iranian official says Tehran would respond to US attacks by sparking power outages in countries hosting US troops.
The Morocco-Algeria rivalry is remaking Europe’s North Africa policy
As Rabat and Algiers compete for influence, closer ties with one now carry consequences for relations with the other.
French model recruiter with close ties to Jeffrey Epstein found dead
Under investigation in France, Daniel Siad was accused of helping Epstein to traffic and abuse women.
AusAlert test will blast emergency warning siren over most phones in Australia on Monday. Here’s what to know
National emergency test alert will be sent to all mobile devices on 27 July, with domestic violence advocates advising how to turn off safe phones
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Virtually every phone in the country will blare an emergency siren at 2pm AEST on Monday 27 July as part of the first Australia-wide test of a new national warning system called AusAlert.
Most phones, and some smartwatches and tablets, will receive a pop-up notification and an alert sound that cannot be silenced – even if your device is on “do not disturb” or silent mode.
Continue reading...How will Australia’s emergency services cope if satellites go down? With a sextant and a street directory
Military and SES personnel being taught analog communication and navigation techniques as experts warn solar flare could knock out ‘critical space infrastructure’
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Australia’s emergency services and military personnel are being trained to read paper maps, navigate without GPS support and sail by the stars in case something knocks out the nation’s space capabilities.
A panel at the 19th Australian Space Forum in Adelaide on Wednesday was asked to consider what would happen “if we suddenly lost access to critical space infrastructure – no satellites, no GPS, no remote sensing, no secure communications?”
Continue reading...Why are OpenAI and Anthropic cheering on regulation in Australia? The answer has global reach
The companies hope to follow in the footsteps of SpaceX, which raised $86bn and soared to a $2.1tn valuation after it listed on public markets in June
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Top US AI developers Anthropic and OpenAI cheered when Australia announced it would set new AI rules.
Big tech celebrating limits on their Silicon Valley VC-funded free-for-all might seem counterintuitive but there’s a much broader play than just what happens in one relatively small market.
Continue reading...Great Barrier Reef microbiome mapped as researchers discover 500 bacterial species previously unknown to science
Research identifies 808,585 viral genomes belonging to what scientists estimate to be 362,802 different viruses
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More than a decade after the human microbiome was comprehensively mapped, scientists have now identified the vast communities of microbes that make up the Great Barrier Reef.
Analysing DNA from seawater samples of 48 reefs, researchers have mapped the microbiome of the Great Barrier Reef, documenting more than 360,000 distinct viruses as well as more than 500 new bacterial species not previously known to science.
Continue reading...Why Traore has opened a new front with Burkina Faso’s Muslim community
New legislation and arrests are driving a rift between Burkina Faso's military government and Muslim scholars.
Mysterious white foam draws crowds on Nigerian highway
The environmental agency has warned people to avoid going near the substance as it could pose a health risk.
Tankers make sharp U-turns after Houthi shipping threat
All of the ships were travelling to or from Saudi ports before changing course, ship-tracking data shows.
Tankers make sharp U-turns after Houthi shipping threat – BBC
- Tankers make sharp U-turns after Houthi shipping threat BBC
- Houthis deploy missiles and drones to attack ships in southern Red Sea, naval group says CNBC
- Houthi Red Sea threat would challenge a stretched US military Channel 3000
- Houthis enforce Red Sea blockade, bringing fears of further economic disruption The Washington Post
- Iran War Latest: Key Oil Chokepoints in Mideast Face Disruption as Threats Mount Bloomberg.com
Andy Burnham’s domestic revolution could unobtrusively pull Britain closer to Europe
The new PM talks less about the continent than his predecessor, but his agenda is more closely aligned with the EU’s
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Europe’s leaders queued up this week to welcome Andy Burnham as Britain’s seventh prime minister since the Brexit vote – all expressing the hope that his tenure would continue the thaw in EU-UK relations initiated by his predecessor, Keir Starmer.
Ursula von der Leyen, the European Commission chief, said she was looking forward to strengthening cross-Channel ties, adding that a “very good” first discussion had confirmed a common commitment to “bringing the EU and UK closer and closer”. France’s Emmanuel Macron said he hoped for a deeper relationship that gave “new momentum to the partnership” between the EU and the UK. Germany’s Friedrich Merz said he, too, was looking forward to forging an even closer bond.
Continue reading...Ukraine’s strike on Russian retail giant Wildberries’ warehouses may have cost sellers at least 150 billion rubles – Meduza
- Ukraine’s strike on Russian retail giant Wildberries’ warehouses may have cost sellers at least 150 billion rubles Meduza
- Russia’s Amazon-style retail giant Wildberries is now in Ukraine’s crosshairs. Here's why CNBC
- A New Target for Ukraine’s Long-Range Attacks: Russia’s Version of Amazon The New York Times
- Ukrainian drones hit Russian online giant retailer Wildberries for second time BBC
- Ukraine war briefing: War on Wildberries burns two more warehouses The Guardian
British woman jailed for blackmail after accusing banker of rape in Hong Kong
Isabel Rose was convicted of trying to extort £100,000 from the UK banker and perverting the course of justice.
British woman jailed for blackmail after accusing banker of rape in Hong Kong
Isabel Rose was convicted of trying to extort £100,000 from the UK banker and perverting the course of justice.
Food price fears after Europe’s heatwave destroys estimated €2bn of crops
Record June temperatures expected to cut grain harvest by 9m tonnes to its lowest level since 2018
The heatwave that swept across Europe in June is estimated to have cost the continent’s grain farmers €2bn (£1.7bn) in lost revenue and destroyed 9m tonnes of crops, sparking concern about the impact on the price of food.
Coceral, the European cereals and oilseeds trade association, made the estimate for the harvest of crops such as wheat, barley, maize and oats following the heatwave.
Continue reading...Zelenskyy sacks Syrskii: How many generals have Ukraine, Russia fired?
Several Ukrainian and Russian generals have been sacked from their militaries over the course of the war in Ukraine.
Nearly 1,000 people have died from Ebola in DR Congo
According to WHO figures, 999 people have died in DRC and two in Uganda due to the Bundibugyo strain of the virus.
France becomes first European Union country to ban social media for kids under 15 – CBS News
- France becomes first European Union country to ban social media for kids under 15 CBS News
- French lawmakers approve a sweeping social media ban for children under 15 NPR
- France becomes the first EU country to ban social media for children CNN
- France passes law banning under-15s from social media BBC
- French lawmakers race to introduce an under-15 social media ban before the new school year AP News