- Bulgarian PM says drone attack on two ships is 'flagrant' breach of maritime law Euronews.com
- Drone strike sinks ship in NATO waters as Zelenskyy warns of looming ‘massive strike’ Fox News
- Drones sink ships near NATO countries in “unacceptable” attacks, EU says Ars Technica
- Ship sinks and crew missing after Black Sea drone attack Yahoo News Singapore
- Search for missing crew after drones sink ship off Bulgaria's coast Euronews.com
Woman’s body found in stockyard trough close to NSW-Queensland border
Police say body found by trail bike riders at remote farm in Terragon is badly decomposed, sparking search of missing persons records
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A partially submerged body believed to be a woman has been discovered in a remote stockyard, with the death being treated as suspicious.
Officers were called to a property in Terragon, near Murwillumbah in northern NSW, at about 11.20am on Monday after reports of a dead body.
Continue reading...US households pay 62% more for water than they did a decade ago, study finds
For-profit water corporations, federal cuts and climate crisis are ‘supercharging water rate hikes’, study co-author says
US households are paying 62% more for drinking water than they did a decade ago – outpacing inflation, grocery prices and household incomes, according to a new study.
Food & Water Watch, a Washington DC-based non-profit, analyzed 2025 billing data from the 500 largest community water systems in the US, which together serve about 155 million people, or 45% of the country’s population. The analysis compared current rates with data from a similar Food & Water Watch survey conducted in 2015. The study does not include wastewater or storm water charges, which are often billed separately from drinking water service.
Continue reading...Axe used by Jack Nicholson in The Shining for sale as part of Stanley Kubrick auction
Exclusive: Weapon is one of hundreds of items to be sold as part of the influential late director’s personal archive
The axe wielded by Jack Nicholson as he delivered his chillingly manic line “Here’s Johnny!” in the 1980 horror movie The Shining is to go on sale.
Nicholson’s character, Jack Torrance, uses the axe to hack out an opening in a locked door protecting his terrified wife Wendy, played by Shelley Duvall. It is also the murder weapon in the killing of Scatman Crothers’ character, Dick Hallorann. One of cinema’s most famous axes could be yours for a list price of between £30,000 and £50,000.
Continue reading...Loss of green space could be issue that decides Holborn and St Pancras byelection
Labour could pay price for disappearance of parks and playgrounds around Euston station
When HS2 construction began around London’s Euston station in 2017 and people living nearby watched parks and playgrounds give way to diggers and rubble, they were promised that the lost green space would be replaced. “They have to give it all back,” said Dorothea Hackman. “But they are destroying it – so there’s nothing to give back.”
As the dust from the political party conference season begins to settle, disappearing green spaces and housing developments have become central issues in the Holborn and St Pancras byelection. On Thursday, Labour and the Green party will contest the seismic seat vacated by the former prime minster Keir Starmer.
Continue reading...Badenoch denies ‘British Iron Dome’ plan – after Tories use phrase in press release
Tory leader says proposed ‘Britannia Shield’ would not be comparable to Israeli missile defence system
Kemi Badenoch has denied she compared a new air defence system proposed by the party to Israel’s Iron Dome, despite using the term in her press release and a newspaper article.
The Conservative leader said the party’s proposed “Britannia Shield” would not be comparable to the missile defence system in Israel, which is primarily designed to counter short-range attacks.
Continue reading...Ukraine launches one of largest aerial attacks on Moscow in years – Yahoo
- Ukraine launches one of largest aerial attacks on Moscow in years Yahoo
- Ukraine fires nearly 900 drones at Russia as Kyiv braces for expected huge aerial attack AP News
- Putin Humiliated as Crisis Reaches Kremlin’s Doorstep The Daily Beast
- Ukraine launches major drone attack on Russia’s Moscow region, killing two Al Jazeera
- Ukrainian drones kill two, hit fuel hub in one of biggest attacks on Moscow region, Russian war bloggers say Reuters
The small African nation ready for Messi’s big night
Benin are about to have their own moment in the limelight as they visit Argentina for Lionel Messi's final game.
OpenAI has ‘work to do to rebuild trust’ in Australia, executive tells AI inquiry – The Guardian
- OpenAI has ‘work to do to rebuild trust’ in Australia, executive tells AI inquiry The Guardian
- Australian Lawmakers Question OpenAI Officials on Breaches The New York Times
- OpenAI came to Australia to apologise. It will leave without answering these key questions | Toby Walsh The Guardian
- OpenAI says its Australian Medicare hack 'not super sophisticated' Politico
- OpenAI admits response to Australian government hacks 'not good enough' BBC
ADAPTIVE INDOMITABLE UKRAINE’s Gift to Baltic States & NATO … Kaliningrad Grows Wobblier by the Day. Ru is Too Depleted to Stop It – Daily Kos
- ADAPTIVE INDOMITABLE UKRAINE’s Gift to Baltic States & NATO … Kaliningrad Grows Wobblier by the Day. Ru is Too Depleted to Stop It Daily Kos
- Putin’s Exploding Nuclear Threats May Presage Incursion On NATO State Forbes
- Putin warns West that Russia is ready to use every weapon to protect Kaliningrad BBC
- Russia is losing its grip on Kaliningrad, despite using the exclave for anti-Nato scare stories EUobserver
- Putin’s nuclear threats no longer work Financial Times
Far-right election win leaves migrants questioning their future in eastern Germany – AP News
Keeping up with the Bolsonaros: Flávio’s surprise first-round election win heralds rise of a political dynasty
Four members of disgraced ex-president Jair Bolsonaro’s family have been elected to office, most notably his wife and son Flávio, who won the first round of voting to be Brazil’s new president
The weekend’s elections in Brazil not only put Jair Bolsonaro’s eldest son, Flávio Bolsonaro, in the lead in the presidential race, but also underscored how far the former president has come in building a political dynasty.
As his far-right senator son heads into a runoff against the leftist incumbent, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, a sweeping far-right victory in congressional races also secured seats for Jair Bolsonaro’s wife, two of his sons and one of his brothers.
Continue reading...A medieval manuscript has confounded scholars for centuries. Have they been reading it wrong all this time?
Researchers argue incorrect binding of Voynich manuscript radically changes ideas about its drawings and indecipherable text
It has been called the world’s most mysterious manuscript: a medieval set of pages filled with botanical drawings, astronomical diagrams, pictures of nude women and indecipherable text. Claimed at various times to be a book in a lost language, a musical score, an instruction manual or just an elaborate hoax, the so-called Voynich manuscript’s true meaning has defied cryptographers and codebreakers for centuries.
Now, new research offers an explanation for why a scholarly consensus over this enduring puzzle has been so hard to come by: not only because its truth is so profoundly mysterious – but because everyone has been reading its pages in the wrong order.
Continue reading...OpenAI admits response to Australian government hacks ‘not good enough’ – BBC
- OpenAI admits response to Australian government hacks 'not good enough' BBC
- Australian Lawmakers Question OpenAI Officials on Breaches The New York Times
- OpenAI’s Jason Kwon gave even-toned, reassuring answers to the Australian government. Did … ChatGPT write this? The Guardian
- OpenAI, Anthropic tell Australia they would welcome data breach rules Reuters
- OpenAI says its Australian Medicare hack 'not super sophisticated' Politico
OpenAI admits response to Australian government hacks ‘not good enough’
Top executive Jason Kwon tells hearing company has added "more precautions" to its training environments.
Ukraine hits Moscow with one of its largest drone attacks in two years – France 24
- Ukraine hits Moscow with one of its largest drone attacks in two years France 24
- Moscow comes under large-scale drone attack – photos, videos Українська правда
- Largest oil facility in Moscow region erupts in flames following massive Ukrainian drone attack The Kyiv Independent
- Ukraine Targets Major Russian Oil Hub During Massive Drone Attack on Moscow Region Kyiv Post
- Mayor: Ukraine attacks Moscow region with 650 drones Yahoo
YCC passes statement of no confidence in Lewis, rejects tempered wording – Yale Daily News
Australian consumer confidence plunges to worst level since 1990s after RBA rate rise
Key indicator dropped about 20% after the Reserve Bank last month announced the highest interest rates since 2011
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Australian households are the most persistently pessimistic they have been since the early-1990s recession, after a fourth rate rise this year.
Confidence among Australian consumers has plunged about 20% since the Reserve Bank of Australia lifted interest rates to the highest levels since 2011, according to the Westpac–Melbourne Institute consumer sentiment index.
Continue reading...Ethiopian PM Abiy demands Red Sea access as tensions with neighbours rise – Al Jazeera
- Ethiopian PM Abiy demands Red Sea access as tensions with neighbours rise Al Jazeera
- Ethiopia again demands access to the Red Sea as tensions with neighbors escalate AP News
- Ethiopia: PM vows to secure sea access amid fears of return to war africanews.com
- Semantic Shifts and Strategic Deceptions: The Prosperity Party’s Rhetorical Pivot on the Red Sea Eritrea Ministry Of Information
- News: Abiy vows Ethiopia will secure sea access, seeks stronger role in regional affairs addisstandard.com
Parti Québécois Returns to Power, Reviving Quebec Sovereignty Push – The New York Times
- Parti Québécois Returns to Power, Reviving Quebec Sovereignty Push The New York Times
- Separatist party wins Quebec election, adding new test to Canada's unity BBC
- Bienvenue to Team Canada Politico
- Separatists Are Set to Win Quebec’s Election. What Will It Mean for Independence? The New York Times
- Secessionist party wins Quebec election in Canada Al Jazeera