AI cancer cures slowed by chip shortage, says UK’s biggest tech boss
The head of chip designer Arm says modelling how a DNA marker is impacted by cancer cannot be done now, but computers are "going to solve it".
Cities in Great Britain most vulnerable to extreme heat revealed
OS index examines which ‘urban heat islands’ suffer the most – and which cope the best with rising temperatures
Portsmouth, Leicester, Exeter, Bristol and Nottingham will be among the cities that warm the most by the end of this century as global heating turns British cities into urban heat islands, according to research.
Analysis from Ordnance Survey (OS) has created a heat vulnerability index for all cities in Great Britain. Portsmouth, which sits on the south coast of England and is home to 208,000 people, is the most vulnerable to extreme heat today and into the future, according to the research from the OS, the Met Office and the data analysis company 4 Earth Intelligence.
Continue reading...Rubio heads to Ecuador, Colombia, Peru after right-wing victories in region
Rightward shift in Latin America comes as Washington pledges to grow influence, take militaristic approach to cartels.
Hawaii braces for Hurricane Lowell
Threats of cyclones and deadly surf as the Category 3 storm path approaches Hawaiian islands on Monday night.
Flight recorders recovered from Amazon cargo plane crash
Five people were killed and five others seriously injured when the Boeing 767-300 overshot the runway at Miami International Airport.
Iran says improved ballistic missile shows it will take preemptive action against threats – AP News
- Iran says improved ballistic missile shows it will take preemptive action against threats AP News
- Iran airs footage purporting to show missile strikes on US warships Middle East Monitor
- Iran targets two US Navy warships with ballistic missiles NavalToday
- What is Iran’s Castle Breaker missile, used against US bases? aljazeera.com
- Jordan’s alliance with the US makes the kingdom a target for Iranian strikes The Boston Globe
Palestinian parents fear for children’s lives at school as settler attacks grow
A headteacher in the occupied West Bank has installed new barbed wire fencing after three pupils were killed this year.
Palestinian parents fear for children’s lives at school as settler attacks grow – BBC
- Palestinian parents fear for children's lives at school as settler attacks grow BBC
- Israel raids 2 West Bank schools on 1st day of academic year Daily Sabah
- Civil Society Organizations Call for Protecting Right to Education and Ending Israeli Occupation Measures in Palestine شبكة يافا الإخبارية
- Gaza: Teaching in an impossible environment Islamic Relief Worldwide
- School Year in the West Bank: A Hurdle Race and Absent Child جريدة القدس
Britain Set to Target Israeli West Bank Settlements With Trade Ban – The New York Times
- Britain Set to Target Israeli West Bank Settlements With Trade Ban The New York Times
- UK government expected to announce restrictions on trade with West Bank settlements BBC
- UK moves to sanction Israeli settlements as PM Burnham risks clash with Trump: report Fox News
- UN expert Francesca Albanese calls for ‘true paradigm shift’ as Miliband resets policy on Israel theguardian.com
- ‘Rhetoric differs’: How the UK’s relationship with Israel took a downturn aljazeera.com
Giuliani says Mamdani should skip 9/11 ceremony during rant against Islam
New York City mayor confirms he will attend memorial service but declines to respond to Giuliani’s remarks
New York mayor Zohran Mamdani is set to come face-to-face with Rudy Giuliani at the main September 11 memorial service, just days after the former mayor – who led the city at the time of the 2001 terrorist attacks – disparaged his Muslim religion and said he should skip the ceremony.
In an interview with right-leaning Newsmax at the weekend, Giuliani said: “Having lost friends there and being very close to many of the families, it offends me that he’s coming.”
Continue reading...Thousands of Serbs Gather to Mourn Ratko Mladic, the ‘Butcher of Bosnia’ – The New York Times
- Thousands of Serbs Gather to Mourn Ratko Mladic, the ‘Butcher of Bosnia’ The New York Times
- War criminal Ratko Mladić to receive full military honors in funeral as crowds gather CNN
- Thousands turn out in Serbia for funeral of 'Butcher of Bosnia' Ratko Mladić BBC
- Ratko Mladić, the ‘Butcher of Bosnia’, given hero’s funeral in Serbia theguardian.com
- An Exception in World Affairs | Aryeh Neier The New York Review of Books
Syria’s Assad-era reactor configured for nuclear weapons: IAEA – aljazeera.com
- Syria’s Assad-era reactor configured for nuclear weapons: IAEA aljazeera.com
- Syrian reactor could have been used for nuclear weapons if completed, UN says theguardian.com
- Secret Syrian nuclear reactor bombed by Israel in 2007 was almost complete, IAEA says The Times of Israel
- Syrian nuclear site destroyed by IDF in 2007 was useful for weapon production, IAEA chief says jpost.com
- Syrian nuclear reactor could have been useful for weapons, IAEA chief says Reuters
Police seek to identify protesters behind Portsmouth anti-migrant disorder – BBC
- Police seek to identify protesters behind Portsmouth anti-migrant disorder BBC
- Why are far-right masked men protesting at British ports? CNN
- UK minister condemns anti-migrant protests in Portsmouth Reuters
- UK government condemns anti-migrant protests at ports over Channel boat crossings AP News
- Hundreds of far-right protesters descend on Portsmouth after small boat arrival theguardian.com
Two Russian Su-35 Jets Collide in Mid-Air Over Kursk Region – UNITED24 Media
- Two Russian Su-35 Jets Collide in Mid-Air Over Kursk Region UNITED24 Media
- Two Su-35S Fighters Collide in Russia Мілітарний
- Fighterbomber published a photo from the crash site EADaily
- Russian stuff blowing up: Russian jets collide over Kursk Daily Kos
- Two Russian Su-35S fighters collided in Kursk Oblast Наша Ніва
The Film Industry Is Worried About Survival. France Wants to Save the Day. – The New York Times
- The Film Industry Is Worried About Survival. France Wants to Save the Day. The New York Times
- Macron Calls on YouTube to Finance Content, Warns of Threat to Culture Variety
- Lumière Summit launches with independent cinema support plan, €1bn France, Korea pact screendaily.com
- Macron meets Netflix and Disney bosses to discuss future of film The Times
- France & Korea Pledge $1.16B For Global Screen Industries At South Of France Cinema Summit Deadline
Russia shutters German consulate as diplomatic freeze deepens – aljazeera.com
- Russia shutters German consulate as diplomatic freeze deepens aljazeera.com
- Lavrov Warns That Germany Is Moving Toward War With Russia Bloomberg.com
- EU struggles to find an effective response after Germany blames Russia for a failed drone attack AP News
- EU and Nato vow to step up pressure on Russia after 'new escalation' in Germany BBC
- Germany plans anti-sabotage shield after airport drone attack Reuters
UK to adopt tougher stance on Israel with illegal settlements trade ban
Ed Miliband to reassert support for Palestinian rights and a two-state solution in move likely to draw fierce criticism from US and Israel
Ed Miliband will announce what he has described as a broad reset of the UK’s relations with Israel on Tuesday, promising the government will take a more active approach in supporting the Palestinian cause.
In an intervention that is expected to draw fierce criticism from the US and Israel, the foreign secretary will impose a UK ban on the trade in goods and some services from illegal Israeli settlements.
Continue reading...Tech explores Argentina’s Patagonia for mega data centers – Reuters
- Tech explores Argentina's Patagonia for mega data centers Reuters
- Tech Firms Plan Billion-Dollar AI Data Centers in Patagonia TechRepublic
- Big Tech Looks To Argentina As US Data Center Projects Face Resistance Benzinga
- Patagonia: The New Frontier for Data Centers - Investor's Hidden Gem Devdiscourse
- The AI arms race: Patagonia is Argentina’s cybernetic frontier latinoamerica21.com
German chancellor vows to stay in office despite AfD triumph in state election
Friedrich Merz said his conservative CDU was shaken ‘to its very foundations’ after far-right victory in Saxony-Anhalt
A “shocked” and chastened Friedrich Merz has vowed to stay in office despite the far right’s triumph in a state election that has brought anti-immigrant, pro-Kremlin politicians within striking distance of power.
The German chancellor, appearing ashen-faced in front of reporters in Berlin, said on Monday that the landslide victory by the Alternative für Deutschland (AfD) in Saxony-Anhalt had shaken his conservative Christian Democratic Union (CDU) “to its very foundations”.
Continue reading...Alleged killers of Australian surfers and American friend go on trial in Mexico – theguardian.com
- Alleged killers of Australian surfers and American friend go on trial in Mexico theguardian.com
- Jake and Callum Robinson: Trial over alleged murders of Australian brothers starts in Mexico BBC
- Witnesses 'intimidated' before murder trial over brothers killed in Mexico ABC News & Headlines – Australian Broadcasting Corporation
- Mother of Aussies slain in Mexico speaks as murder trial begins Nine.com.au
- ‘We want to find out why’: Parents face men accused of killing Australian brothers as Mexico trial begins SMH.com.au