Uber brings forward trialling driverless taxis in UK
The autonomous cars with no human safety driver at the wheel will be trialled in London next spring.
Zelenskyy demands ‘action from America’ after latest Russian drone, missile attack – ABC News
- Zelenskyy demands 'action from America' after latest Russian drone, missile attack ABC News
- Russia launches one of war's largest air attacks on Kyiv Reuters
- Attack leaves Kyiv choked in smoke, hits Odessa maternity hospital The Washington Post
- Russia-Ukraine war live: 3 people killed in Kyiv, Odesa in Russian attacks Al Jazeera
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Four crew members missing as Singapore-flagged cargo ship burns off India coast
Two of the missing crew in the Singapore-flagged ship are from Taiwan, one from Myanmar and one from Indonesia.
Kerala: Four crew members missing as Singapore cargo ship burns off India coast – BBC
- Kerala: Four crew members missing as Singapore cargo ship burns off India coast BBC
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- India rescues crewmembers from burning cargo ship off Kerala DW
- Indian Navy vessel with 18 crew members rescued from fire-struck ship arrives in Mangaluru The Hindu
- Wan Hai vessel fire – search for missing crew continues Seatrade Maritime
Four crew members missing as Singapore-flagged cargo ship burns off India coast
Two of the missing crew in the Singapore-flagged ship are from Taiwan, one from Myanmar and one from Indonesia.
USS George Washington’s quiet departure coincides with Chinese naval activity in Pacific – Stars and Stripes
- USS George Washington’s quiet departure coincides with Chinese naval activity in Pacific Stars and Stripes
- Chinese carriers in Pacific show country's 'expansionist' aims, Taiwan says NBC News
- China Sends Two Aircraft Carriers Into the Pacific for the First Time The New York Times
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- Japan confirms China's aircraft carrier sailed east of Iwo Jima for first time Reuters
China’s Xi calls for stronger ties with South Korea – DW
- China's Xi calls for stronger ties with South Korea DW
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- China's Xi urges respect, 'right track' in call with South Korean counterpart Reuters
- Xi urges South Korea’s new leader to set relations with China on ‘right course’ South China Morning Post
- Lee invites Xi to APEC summit as both vow to forge 'new ties' The Korea Herald
Australia mushroom trial live: Erin Patterson says she felt anxious at hospital that doctors suspected death cap mushroom poisoning
Victorian woman, 50, has pleaded not guilty to three charges of murder and one of attempted murder following a fatal beef wellington lunch in Leongatha in 2023. Follow live
Prosecutor Nanette Rogers SC says Erin Patterson’s son gave evidence that she did not tell him she was sick on the day of the lunch.
“I don’t know if I did or I didn’t,” Patterson says.
The first thing he said to me was something like: I’ve got a sore tummy.
How could I? It’s vomit. Unless you can see a bean or a piece of corn.
Continue reading...Albanese says footage of Nine journalist Lauren Tomasi being shot by LA police with rubber bullet is ‘horrific’
The PM says he has expressed his concern to the US government over the incident that occurred during protests against immigration raids in Los Angeles
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Anthony Albanese says footage of the Nine correspondent Lauren Tomasi being shot by a rubber bullet live on air is “horrific” and he has expressed his concern to the US government.
Tomasi was shot while reporting on protests against immigration raids in Los Angeles, with the incident caught live on camera. Footage showed an officer taking aim in the direction of Tomasi and her camera operator and then firing.
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Continue reading...Russia skirts Western sanctions to ramp up its military footprint in Africa – AP News
- Russia skirts Western sanctions to ramp up its military footprint in Africa AP News
- Wagner to withdraw from Mali after 'completing mission' BBC
- Russia says plan to boost role in Africa includes 'sensitive' security ties Reuters
- Russia’s Wagner mercenaries leaving Mali, Africa Corps to remain Al Jazeera
- Focus on Africa: Russia's Wagner Group leaves Mali BBC
Doechii blasts Trump administration’s ‘ruthless attacks’ in LA amid Ice raids
Rapper turns BET awards speech into call for justice after White House deployed military forces on demonstrators
The rapper Doechii turned her acceptance speech at the BET awards on Monday night into a powerful call for justice as she criticized the Trump administration’s deployment of military forces on protesters in Los Angeles.
The Grammy winner used the stage to highlight the immigration raids and protest crackdowns happening just miles from where the ceremony took place in Los Angeles.
Continue reading...World fertility rates in ‘unprecedented decline’, UN says
Hundreds of millions of people are not able to have the number of children they want, the UN warns.
Eurostar vows to run direct trains from UK to Germany and Switzerland
Cross-Channel rail operator, which is trying to fend off rivals for its London depot space, regards early 2030s as feasible
Eurostar has vowed to run direct trains from the UK to Germany and Switzerland, as it attempts to fend off potential competitors eyeing its London depot space.
The cross-Channel rail operator’s chief executive, Gwendoline Cazenave, said she had no doubt the direct services would run in the early 2030s despite the failure of previous ventures to connect London and Frankfurt.
Continue reading...The real fertility crisis – United Nations Population Fund
- The real fertility crisis United Nations Population Fund
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‘You knew how suspicious it would look’: Erin Patterson makes series of denials in tense cross-examination
Patterson also tells triple-murder trial she’s ‘puzzled’ clinic she says she had an appointment with for a gastric bypass offers no such surgery
Erin Patterson says she is “puzzled” that a clinic in which she said she had an appointment for a gastric bypass offers no such surgery, and denies lying about making herself vomit in the hours immediately after the beef wellington lunch, a court has heard.
In her sixth day in the witness box, Patterson was repeatedly asked under cross-examination by prosecutor Nanette Rogers SC whether she was lying about the deadly lunch and other parts of her evidence before her triple-murder trial.
Continue reading...BTS stars RM and V discharged after completing military service in South Korea
Hundreds of fans, some of whom had travelled from as far away as Mexico, gathered to welcome the band members back to civilian life
K-pop superstars RM and V from the band BTS have been discharged from South Korea’s military after fulfilling their mandatory military service.
They each saluted upon their release on Tuesday in Chuncheon City as about 200 fans, some of whom travelled from Mexico, Turkey and Brazil, cheered.
Continue reading...Monash IVF admits second bungled embryo implant, this time at Victorian clinic
Patient’s own embryo instead of partner’s was ‘incorrectly transferred’, fertility company tells ASX, months after revealing separate Queensland clinic error
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A second bungled embryo implant at Monash IVF has sparked a new investigation and the expansion of a review into the first incident, which led to a woman unknowingly giving birth to a stranger’s baby.
Monash IVF said in a statement on Tuesday that in June “a patient’s own embryo was incorrectly transferred to that patient, contrary to the treatment plan which designated the transfer of an embryo of the patient’s partner”.
Continue reading...Sly Stone: A funky life – in pictures
The singer and front man of Sly and the Family Stone was known for his big style and even bigger hair.
Sly Stone: A funky life – in pictures
The singer and front man of Sly and the Family Stone was known for his big style and even bigger hair.
Israeli troops kill 17, say Gaza officials, as UN experts decry ‘obliteration’ of education
Palestinians reportedly killed while trying to reach food sites, while Israel accused of war crime in targeting schools
Israeli troops killed at least 17 Palestinians trying to reach food distribution sites on Tuesday, health authorities in Gaza said, as UN experts accused Israel’s military of committing war crimes including the “obliteration” of Gaza’s education system.
More than 130 people have been shot dead over the past two weeks in a series of brutally repetitive attacks on desperate crowds trying to access food handouts. Hundreds of others have been injured.
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