- 55-year-old Kami Rita Sherpa breaks his own record: climbing Mount Everest 31 times NPR
- Mount Everest: Nepali sherpa breaks own record with 31st summit BBC
- Sherpa climbs Mount Everest for a record-breaking 31st time CNN
- 🌟The Bright Side: Famed Sherpa guide breaks own record by climbing Mount Everest for 31st time France 24
- Climber Scales Mount Everest Four Times In 15 Days Yahoo
AI tool trial could save equivalent of 1.5m meals in food waste
Nestlé is among UK companies taking part in project to ‘design out’ waste by redistributing surplus product
Millions of meals worth of wasted food could be redistributed thanks to an artificial intelligence tool being trialled by companies across the UK, including Nestlé.
The AI tool, which has already generated an 87% reduction in edible food waste at one of the Swiss conglomerate’s factories over its first two-week trial period, is intended to “design out” food waste by providing real-time monitoring, tracking and insights of wasted ingredients and products.
Continue reading...Russian advance in Ukraine’s north east may be attempt to create ‘buffer zone’
The advance may be linked to Moscow's attempts to create "buffer zones" along the border, Ukrainian regional authorities say.
Shots fired as Gaza aid group struggles to distribute food – DW
- Shots fired as Gaza aid group struggles to distribute food DW
- Dozens injured in chaos at new Gaza aid site, UN says BBC
- One dead and 48 injured in Israeli gunfire at Gaza food point – reports The Guardian
- Opinion | Hamas Goes Against the Grain WSJ
- UN, aid groups slam US-Israel-backed initiative after deadly rush in Gaza Al Jazeera
Uncertainty Over AN/TPY-6 Guam Missile Defense Radar Emerges – The War Zone
Trump indicates ‘positive’ progress in US-EU trade talks
Wall Street up in early trading after US president commends bloc for calling to ‘quickly establish meeting dates’
Donald Trump has indicated there has been progress in US trade talks with the EU, helping send share prices rising on Wall Street, after he commended the bloc for calling to “quickly establish meeting dates”.
“I have just been informed that the EU has called to quickly establish meeting dates. This is a positive event, and I hope that they will,” Trump wrote on his Truth Social platform on Tuesday, saying the EU would be “very happy and successful” if it agreed a deal.
Continue reading...Hunt for ex-police chief convicted of murder who escaped Arkansas prison
Authorities say Grant Hardin, 56, escaped prison wearing clothes "designed to mimic law enforcement".
Presley Chweneyagae, star of Oscar-winning drama Tsotsi, dies aged 40
South African actor gained international recognition for his role in the drama which won best foreign language film
Presley Chweneyagae, the South African actor who gained international recognition for his leading role in the 2005 film Tsotsi, which won South Africa’s first ever Oscar for best foreign language film, has died. He was 40 years old.
His talent agency MLA on Tuesday confirmed Chweneyagae’s death and said South Africa had lost one of its “most gifted and beloved actors”.
Continue reading...Nigel Farage accused of ‘fantasy promises’ with expensive policy pledges
Reform UK leader unveils plans to reverse benefit cuts and bring in tax breaks without explaining how they would be funded
Nigel Farage has been accused of leaving a multibillion-pound black hole at the heart of his party’s spending plans after unveiling a series of expensive policy pledges to be paid for by cutting nonexistent items of government spending.
The Reform UK leader laid out a series of economic promises at a speech on Tuesday designed to take advantage of disquiet among Labour voters at the government’s policies on taxes and benefits.
Continue reading...Zelenskyy bound for Berlin with Merz boxed in by German coalition
The German chancellor’s desire to lift restrictions on longer range weapons for Ukraine has been frustrated by his SPD and Social Democrat partners
The German chancellor’s drive to keep a campaign pledge of more robust backing for Ukraine is running into blocks within his own government as he prepares to welcome Volodymyr Zelenskyy to Berlin.
Friedrich Merz made a full-throated declaration on Monday, hours before Zelenskyy’s one-day visit was announced, that Germany was for the first time lifting previous range restrictions on weapons supplied to Kyiv, along with Ukraine’s other main western supporters.
Continue reading...Chaos erupts as Palestinians rush to aid site after months of blockade
Chaos erupted in Rafah as thousands of desperate Palestinians swarmed a new aid distribution site.
Norway ship refloated after near miss with house
House owner Johan Helberg says he "wouldn't have traded this experience for anything" after the ship became stuck in his garden.
Norway ship refloated after near miss with house
House owner Johan Helberg says he "wouldn't have traded this experience for anything" after the ship became stuck in his garden.
Trump warns Putin he is ‘playing with fire’ after Russian attack on Ukraine
US president launches fresh criticism of Russian counterpart and suggests US sanctions could be increased
Donald Trump has warned Vladimir Putin that he is “playing with fire”, launching a fresh broadside at his Russian counterpart over stalled Ukraine peace efforts.
Trump’s latest comments came after he called the Kremlin leader “CRAZY” over the weekend following a mass Russian air attack on Kyiv, and warned that Moscow risked new sanctions.
Continue reading...Sweden charges jihadi over Jordanian pilot burned to death – DW
- Sweden charges jihadi over Jordanian pilot burned to death DW
- Swedish man charged over 2015 killing of Jordanian pilot burned alive by IS BBC
- Sweden charges jihadist over Jordanian pilot burnt to death in Syria The Times of Israel
- Stockholm court indicts Swedish Islamic State member for serious war, terrorism crimes in Syria The Jerusalem Post
- Sweden charges man over 2015 killing of Jordanian pilot who was burned alive by ISIS CBS News
French MPs back law to allow assisted dying
The proposals still have to go before the upper house and supporters hope it will become law by 2027.
Hundreds of lawyers call for UK sanctions on Israel over Gaza war
Their letter warns of genocide in Gaza, and calls on the UK to take concrete actions to meet its international legal obligations.
Triple trouble for Israel as its furious allies bail – The Economist
- Triple trouble for Israel as its furious allies bail The Economist
- Opinion | A genocide is happening in Gaza. We should say so. The Washington Post
- ‘The world does not care if we all die’: hunger and despair in the ruins of Gaza City The Guardian
- American Jewish Leaders Must Speak Up Against Israel's Inhumane War in Gaza Haaretz
- We must all raise our voices to stop the horror in Gaza | Letters The Guardian
King Charles hails ‘strong and free’ Canada in speech to open parliament
Monarch makes no direct mention of Trump amid US president’s threats to make Canada ‘51st state’
King Charles has said Canadians can “give themselves far more than any foreign power on any continent can ever take away” as he gave a rare speech in the country’s parliament that served as a rebuke of the US president, Donald Trump, and his threats to annex the country.
Charles, who serves as Canada’s head of state, is the first monarch since 1957 to preside over the opening of a new Canadian parliament.
Continue reading...France’s National Assembly votes in favour of legalising assisted dying
Bill passed by lower house 305-199, backed by centrist MPs and leftwing parties while most on right opposed it
France’s parliament has voted in favour of a bill to legalise assisted dying, paving the way for caregivers to help patients end their lives under what campaigners say would still be some of the strictest conditions in Europe.
After a sometimes emotional session, deputies passed the first reading of the bill by a vote of 305 to 199. They also unanimously backed a less contentious law establishing a right to palliative care in specialist end-of-life institutions.
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