Europe’s search and rescue bodies suspend contacts with Libyan counterpart
The newly-formed Justice Fleet has suspended contact with Libya's Joint Rescue Coordination Centre.
World’s Largest Spider Web, Created By 111,000 Arachnids In A Cave, Is Big Enough To Catch A Whale – IFLScience
- World's Largest Spider Web, Created By 111,000 Arachnids In A Cave, Is Big Enough To Catch A Whale IFLScience
- World's biggest spiderweb discovered inside 'Sulfur Cave' with 111,000 arachnids living in pitch black Live Science
- World’s Largest Spider Web Found In Albania, And Arachnophobes Are Calling It “Nightmare Fuel” AOL.com
- Sulfur cave spiders build an arachnid megacity and possibly the largest-ever spider web Phys.org
- World’s largest web houses 110,000 spiders thriving in total darkness New Atlas
Zohran Mamdani elected mayor of New York, challenges Trump
Zohran Mamdani has been elected mayor of New York City, becoming the first Muslim and South Asian to hold the post.
Five injured after man ‘deliberately’ drives car into people on French island
At least two people in intensive care and suspect arrested after pedestrians and cyclists hit on Île d’Oléron
Five people have been injured, two of them seriously, after a driver rammed into pedestrians and cyclists on Île d’Oléron, a popular tourist destination off France’s Atlantic coast, authorities have said.
The driver has been arrested and an investigation opened into attempted murder, the La Rochelle public prosecutor, Arnaud Laraize, said on Wednesday. France’s anti-terrorism prosecutor’s office said it was observing the case but was not so far involved.
Continue reading...Gaza toddler survives strike that killed his family during ceasefire
One-year-old is the sole survivor of an Israeli attack that killed his entire family during the Gaza ceasefire.
NYC mayor-elect Mamdani won with “affordability” pledge
" In New York City, we have, in terms of the sheer volume of voters, the most since at least 1969."
Pakistani officials told us ‘you are Hindu, you cant go with Sikh jatha’, says Hindu pilgrim – Tribune India
- Pakistani officials told us ‘you are Hindu, you cant go with Sikh jatha’, says Hindu pilgrim Tribune India
- Guru Nanak Jayanti in Canada: 9 Punjabi greetings to share with friends, family Hindustan Times
- Nearly 2,100 Indian Sikhs arrive in Pakistan for annual religious festivities AP News
- 'You're Not Sikh': 14 Indian Hindus Denied Entry By Pak On Guru Nanak Jayanti NDTV
- Guru Nanak feeds the soul; can Guru’s call to respect nature save a polluted river, Buddha Dariya, in Lud Times of India
More than 85 dead as typhoon wreaks havoc in the Philippines
Hundreds of thousands fled their homes as one of the year's strongest typhoons ripped through the Philippines.
Norway to allocate $7 billion in aid to Ukraine in 2026 – The Kyiv Independent
- Norway to allocate $7 billion in aid to Ukraine in 2026 The Kyiv Independent
- Ukraine gains historic enhanced JEF partnership as Healey meets defence ministers in Norway Forces News
- Ukraine and Norway Sign Memorandum on Defense Standards and Cooperation Букви
- Joint Expeditionary Force launches enhanced partnership with Ukraine as allies step up further GOV.UK
- Summit in the North: Agreed an Enhanced Partnership with Ukraine High North News
Japan deploys soldiers to deal with bear attacks – DW
- Japan deploys soldiers to deal with bear attacks DW
- Japan deploys troops to combat deadly wave of bear attacks Reuters
- Japan bear attacks: Troops deployed to Akita after record sightings NBC News
- Japan deploys soldiers to contain surge in bear attacks in Akita The Guardian
- Japan deploys the military to counter a surge in bear attacks abcnews.go.com
Global stock markets fall sharply over AI bubble fears
Drop in US, Asia and Europe follows warning from bank bosses that market correction could lie ahead
Global stock markets have fallen sharply amid concerns that a boom in valuations of artificial intelligence (AI) companies could be rapidly cooling.
Markets in the US, Asia and Europe have fallen after bank bosses warned a serious stock market correction could lie ahead, after a run of record stock market highs led some companies to appear overvalued.
Continue reading...Facebook’s job ads algorithm is sexist, French equality watchdog rules
Regulator found ads for mechanics skewed towards men while those for preschool teachers targeted women
The French equalities regulator has ruled that Facebook’s algorithm for placing job adverts is sexist, after an investigation found that adverts for mechanic roles skewed towards men while those for preschool teachers were targeted at women.
The Défenseur des Droits watchdog said the Facebook system for targeted job ads treated users differently based on their sex, and constituted indirect discrimination. The regulator recommended that Facebook and its parent company, Meta, took measures to ensure adverts were non-discriminatory, giving the company three months to inform the French body of the measures.
Continue reading...‘Ukraine does not defend Hungary’, Orban says in Zelenskyy rebuff – Euronews.com
- 'Ukraine does not defend Hungary', Orban says in Zelenskyy rebuff Euronews.com
- Orbán's accession veto 'specific support' for Putin, Zelenskyy says Euronews.com
- Ukraine’s Zelenskyy calls on Hungary’s Orban to stop blocking EU bid Al Jazeera
- Zelensky rejects ‘second-tier’ EU status, urges swift accession talks The Kyiv Independent
- Zelensky rejected idea of associate membership in EU Ukrinform
Prosecutors seize yachts, luxury cars from man accused of running Cambodia cyberscams – NPR
- Prosecutors seize yachts, luxury cars from man accused of running Cambodia cyberscams NPR
- Prosecutors in Asia seize yachts, luxury cars and cash from man accused of running cyberscams AP News
- How an Accused Scam Kingpin Built an Empire From Cambodia to London Bloomberg.com
- Taiwan seizes NT$4.5 billion in Cambodia's Prince Group probe Focus Taiwan
- Singapore cancels tax incentives for two family offices with links to Cambodia's Prince Group CNA
Israel says Hamas returned body of Israeli-US soldier held hostage
Itay Chen's remains were returned to Israel via the Red Cross on Tuesday, meaning seven dead hostages now remain in Gaza.
Japan deploys troops to trap bears after record wave of attacks and deaths – Reuters
- Japan deploys troops to trap bears after record wave of attacks and deaths Reuters
- Japan sends troops to northern region to help stop bear attacks after a record number of casualties abcnews.go.com
- Bear Attacks in Japan Prompt Military Response, Fuel Meme Stocks Bloomberg
- Japanese government advises using plastic bottles to prevent bear attacks 毎日新聞
- Japan dispatches troops to help combat deadly bear attacks New York Post
Cruise ship that left woman to die on Great Barrier Reef island boarded by investigators – BBC
- Cruise ship that left woman to die on Great Barrier Reef island boarded by investigators BBC
- Passengers on ill-fated cruise ship flown home after Lizard Island death of 80-year-old The Guardian
- Cruise passenger found dead after accidentally being left behind on island in Australia: "Mum died, alone" CBS News
- Elderly cruise passenger found dead after being abandoned on tropical island NBC News
- Cruise around Australia canceled after 80-year-old passenger's death USA Today
Cruise ship that left woman to die on island boarded by investigators
Officials from the Australian Maritime Safety Authority boarded the Coral Adventurer on Wednesday morning local time.
Hamas Returns Last Dead American-Israeli Hostage to Israel – The Wall Street Journal
- Hamas Returns Last Dead American-Israeli Hostage to Israel The Wall Street Journal
- Israel receives body said to be deceased hostage while gathering intel on longest-held remains CNN
- IDF receives casket with apparent body of hostage from Red Cross in Gaza The Times of Israel
- Remains of the Last American Hostage Held in Gaza Returned to Israel The New York Times
- Israel says Hamas returned body of Israeli-US soldier held hostage BBC
In Mamdani’s New York win, India’s Nehru finds an echo
At his New York victory rally, Zohran Mamdani gave a nod to Nehru’s iconic speech marking India's independence.