Ghana celebrates after holding nervous England to 0-0 draw
Ghanaians took to the streets in celebration after the Black Stars held England to a 0-0 draw at the World Cup.
Cristiano Ronaldo becomes first player to score in six World Cups
Cristiano Ronaldo scored twice in Portugal’s 5-0 win over Uzbekistan
Kilts and bagpipes flood Miami streets as Scotland prepare to face Brazil
Kilts and bagpipes flood Miami streets as Scotland prepare to face Brazil.
Munoz sends Colombia into World Cup knockouts with 1-0 win over DR Congo
Daniel Munoz's 76th-minute goal guided Colombia to a Group K win over DR Congo, sending them to the round of 32.
NBA Draft 2026: Wizards select teen sensation AJ Dybantsa with No. 1 pick
The 6ft 8in (2.03m) 19-year-old forward was scooped by the Wizards after playing just one season of college basketball.
Mamdani-backed candidates sweep Democratic primaries in New York City
JFK’s grandson Jack Schlossberg fails to advance in election to replace Jerry Nadler in Manhattan district
Zohran Mamdani’s growing influence over the Democratic party was on show in New York City on Tuesday as three congressional candidates endorsed by New York’s democratic socialist mayor won closely watched primaries, while voters in Maryland, Utah and South Carolina cast ballots in primaries and runoffs.
Brad Lander, the former New York City comptroller who also ran for mayor last year before endorsing Mamdani, won his race comfortably, defeating the Democratic representative Dan Goldman.
Continue reading...Bondi Beach shooting hero pleads not guilty to alleged assault on his father
Ahmed al Ahmed tackled one of the gunmen who killed 15 people at a Jewish event in December.
Starmer’s exit exposes dirty secret: UK can’t afford Ukraine War – Responsible Statecraft
- Starmer's exit exposes dirty secret: UK can't afford Ukraine War Responsible Statecraft
- ‘We can’t stand Starmer’: Where it all went wrong for Britain’s prime minister The Washington Post
- Can anyone fix Britain? Regular change of PM a symptom of UK's malaise Reuters
- Brexit, 10 years later: 7 prime ministers, a demographic slide, and a 6% to 8% smaller economy Fortune
- Who is Andy Burnham, the man likely to replace British Prime Minister Keir Starmer after his resignation? CBS News
Admiral fired in Hegseth purge wins Democratic primary in South Carolina
Nancy Lacore will spearhead effort to flip Republican House seat in November’s midterm elections
A three-star navy rear-admiral fired by Pete Hegseth last year in the defense secretary’s purge of senior US military officials has won the Democratic primary in a closely watched congressional race.
Nancy Lacore secured the party’s nomination for the US House of Representatives in South Carolina’s first congressional district on Tuesday after defeating Mac Deford, a US Coast Guard veteran, in a runoff.
Continue reading...Sydney woman wakes from induced coma more than a week after shark attack
Leah Stewart, 34, had one of her arms amputated after she was bitten while swimming at Coogee Beach.
Chinese supercomputer leapfrogs best US machines to be ranked world’s fastest
China’s LineShine debuts at number one in Top500 – a list sometimes viewed as a national measure of global tech prowess
A supercomputer in China now outranks its US counterparts as the world’s most powerful. It is the first time since 2017 that a Chinese computer has topped a list sometimes viewed as a measure of a nation’s technological prowess.
The LineShine computer in Shenzhen displaced top-ranked US computer El Capitan in the Top500 rankings released on Tuesday. It was LineShine’s debut on the list.
Continue reading...Trains halted across Germany because of communication system problem – AP News
Federal judge blocks Trump policy that allows immigration court arrests
Judge vacates administrations policies, finding actions of ICE and another government arm ‘arbitrary and capricious’
A federal judge in California vacated the Trump administration’s nationwide policies expanding arrests at immigration courthouses and the duration for detaining noncitizens in short-term facilities, finding the actions of US Immigration and Customs Enforcement and another government arm “arbitrary and capricious”.
US district judge P Casey Pitts of the northern district of California on Tuesday vacated ICE’s policies that had rescinded previous strictures on arrests at immigration courthouses and allowed detainees to be held in short-term cells for up to 72 hours. He did the same for a similar policy undertaken by the US Department of Justice’s executive office for immigration review that removed limits on courthouse arrests.
Continue reading...Eight sentenced to 450 years in prison over anti-ICE riot where officer was shot
An officer was shot in the neck during the Texas disorder by "Antifa Cell operatives", prosecutors said.
Eight sentenced to 450 years in prison over anti-ICE riot where officer was shot
An officer was shot in the neck during the Texas disorder by "Antifa Cell operatives", prosecutors said.
Germany rail network briefly halted nationwide due to IT malfunction
Rail company Deutsche Bahn had to pause train services across the country for more than two-and-a-half hours.
Germany rail network briefly halted nationwide due to IT malfunction
Rail company Deutsche Bahn had to pause train services across the country for more than two-and-a-half hours.
DOJ issued subpoenas to force Post, WSJ reporters to testify before grand jury – The Washington Post
- DOJ issued subpoenas to force Post, WSJ reporters to testify before grand jury The Washington Post
- Justice Dept. Issued, Then Withdrew, Grand Jury Subpoenas of Journalists The New York Times
- Trump administration tried to force journalists to testify before federal grand jury in leak probe NBC News
- Trump’s DOJ Backs Off After Trying to Drag Reporters to Court The New Republic
- Trump’s DOJ withdrew subpoenas targeting Washington Post and WSJ reporters CNN
Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba sues US government over defence blacklist
It is suing the US defence department after it was added to a list of firms with ties to the Chinese military.
Stanford was their golden ticket – could AI help or hinder that?
The BBC spoke with Stanford University graduates about what they really think about artificial intelligence.