Two volunteers among three dead off NSW coast after rescue boat rolls while trying to help sinking yacht

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‘Hero’ rescuers aged 78 and 62 confirmed dead, while four others made it to shore after yacht broke up

Two marine volunteers who died while attempting a dangerous rescue mission have been remembered for their courage and heroism.

The men were deployed as part of a six-person Marine Rescue New South Wales team after a good Samaritan saw a yacht in distress near the breakwater at south Ballina, in the state’s north, on Monday night.

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Mysterious green rocks in Pyrenees cave hint that prehistoric people were working copper there for 4,000 years – Live Science

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  1. Mysterious green rocks in Pyrenees cave hint that prehistoric people were working copper there for 4,000 years  Live Science
  2. Above 2,000 meters: Cova 338 redefines Pyrenean prehistory  EurekAlert!
  3. Prehistoric mining: Ancient malachite processing found in Spanish highlands  Open Access Government
  4. Prehistoric child’s finger bone, bear tooth pendant, and more discovered in Spanish cave  Popular Science
  5. Ancient Copper Mining Camp Unearthed in the Pyrenees  Discovery Alert
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Next Scottish government faces ‘really difficult’ spending choices, economists say

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Parties accused of ‘fiscal denial’ and failing to tell voters the scale of the challenge

The next Scottish government will need to make “really difficult” spending decisions soon after taking power, including tackling its large public sector pay bill, senior economists have said.

Economists with the Fraser of Allander Institute, at the University of Strathclyde, believe the manifestos published by Scotland’s political parties during the campaign failed to tell voters about the true scale of the challenge.

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Merz’s strategy for dealing with Trump’s anger: Tell him he’s right – politico.eu

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  1. Merz’s strategy for dealing with Trump’s anger: Tell him he’s right  politico.eu
  2. Why Friedrich Merz decided to risk Donald Trump’s wrath | Jörg Lau  The Guardian
  3. Friedrich Merz’s ill-timed tussle with Donald Trump  The Economist
  4. Merz 'not giving up' on Germany's relationship with US  dw.com
  5. Trump’s war of words with Friedrich Merz takes toll on US-German relationship  The Hill
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Canadian fiddler sues Google after AI Overview wrongly claimed he was a sex offender

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Ashley MacIsaac, who is seeking $1.5m in civil lawsuit, says inaccurate information led to concert cancellation

An acclaimed Canadian fiddle player has launched a $1.5m civil lawsuit against Google, alleging that the online giant defamed him by falsely identifying him as a sex offender in an AI-generated summary of his life and career.

Ashley MacIsaac, a three-time Juno award-winning musician, filed the claim in the Ontario superior court of justice, asserting that Google was liable for the “foreseeable republication” of its AI-generated Overview feature, which previously published defamatory claims that he had been convicted of multiple criminal offences, including the sexual assault of a woman, internet luring involving a child with the intention of sexual assaulting the child, and assault causing bodily harm.

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US supreme court expedites Voting Rights Act ruling so Louisiana can redraw its maps for midterms

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Ketanji Brown Jackson blasted the decision, saying the court has hastened it ruling only twice before in 25 years

The US supreme court went out of its way on Monday to help Louisiana Republicans redraw their congressional maps before this year’s midterm elections by allowing a recent ruling that gutted a key part of the Voting Rights Act to take effect ahead of schedule.

The procedural move comes less than a week after the court’s landmark decision striking down Louisiana’s congressional map and gutting section 2 of the Voting Rights Act. Usually, the court waits 32 days to formally issue its judgment to the lower court. Last week, Louisiana asked the court to speed up that process, citing the urgency with which it needed to redraw its congressional maps. On Monday, the court agreed to do so.

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Alberta separatist group says it has enough signatures to trigger referendum vote on leaving Canada – Politico

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  1. Alberta separatist group says it has enough signatures to trigger referendum vote on leaving Canada  Politico
  2. Alberta separatists say they have enough signatures for referendum on leaving Canada  Fox News
  3. Alberta separatists say they have enough signatures to trigger independence referendum  BBC
  4. Alberta separatist group says it has enough signatures to trigger referendum on leaving Canada  AP News
  5. Separatist group tries to trigger referendum on province leaving Canada  Sky News
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