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Bangkok declares disaster as heavy rains spark floodingDays of near continuous downpours have caused widespread flooding in the Thai capital.2 hrs agoAsia
Are claims of a white genocide in South Africa real?South Africa’s new ambassador to Washington has a personal reason to challenge Donald Trump’s assertion that there is a genocide against white Afrikaners – he is “a born Afrikaner” himself.”Is he talking about us?”, Roelf Meyer remembers thinking, when he first heard President Trump say it.His response to the US president’s claim is blunt. The notion of a mass attack on the white Afrikaner minority in South Africa does not exist, he told the BBC, adding that his identity gave him the legitimacy to say so.In an interview with the BBC,…
ReutersLuiz Inácio Lula da Silva announcing new economic measures in São PauloBrazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has announced a ban on online gambling, just days before an election in which he is seeking a fourth term as the country’s leader. Lula, who is running against the son of the incarcerated former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, signed a provisional order on Friday that “prohibits all sports betting and online casinos”. The online gambling industry in Brazil was legalised in 2018 and has since been blamed for widespread household income losses due to addiction. Lula described the industry as a…
Premier League clubs seek legal advice over Man City charges compensationPremier League clubs are seeking legal advice as to whether they would have a compensation claim over the Manchester City 115 charges case.9 hrs agoMan City
Manchester City found guilty of majority of 115 financial rule breachesThe club, which denies all wrongdoing, is accused of breaching the Premier League’s financial rules between 2009 and 2018.8 hrs agoMan City
Bloomberg via Getty ImagesIranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi says his country has proposed a deal to the US that would see the Strait of Hormuz reopened within a week.Araghchi told reporters at the UN in New York that this could be done “if the necessary conditions are met” and said these were contained within the memorandum of understanding (MOU) signed in June.”The choice now rests with the United States,” he said, adding the plan was delivered to the US via Qatar.Asked about the Iranian offer, a US official told the BBC positive discussions were taking place through mediators, including about…
ReutersOpenAI has been at the center of new concerns over uncontrolled AI activity.OpenAI has acknowledged that it alerted “dozens” of global institutions that their websites may have been meddled with by its AI bots acting improperly.AI agents attempted to get information from “governments, universities, public agencies, and other institutions,” including the SEC, Census Bureau and Department of Education, the company said.While some of the activity was due to the AI tools working to find “authoritative sources of public information”, some went beyond that with bots getting around security measures on websites.When attempting to get information from the Census Bureau, for…
Project Pressure/Klaus TymannOnly small patches of snow remain on Papua’s Sudirman RangeThe mountains of Papua are not far from the equator, but they’ve been topped with “eternal snow” for centuries.The peaks in this Indonesian region on the world’s second-largest island, just north of Australia, have offered scientists countless insights into the Earth’s climate history.They’re also the epicentre of the spiritual universe for many Papuans – a Mecca or a Vatican, as one activist puts it.But now, nearly all the snow is gone.But now there are only small areas around Puncak Jaya, also known as Carstensz Pyramid, with any snow at…
DSNS UkraineFour people were killed in a Russian drone strike on a business centre in Kyiv, Ukrainian officials saidPresident Volodymyr Zelensky says Russia has widened its attacks to target Ukraine’s data centres and internet providers, seeking to cause maximum disruption for ordinary people.”All this affects people’s ability to stay connected, study, work,” he said.On Friday a Russian drone hit a business centre in the capital Kyiv, killing four people and damaging a data centre. A separate attack killed a 14-year-old boy. Israel’s foreign ministry said he was an Israeli citizen.Russia confirmed it had targeted a data centre site, saying it…
Watch: U2 return to school where everything started for their 50th anniversaryExactly 50 years after they formed, U2 returned to Dublin to play a gig at the school where they met.”We’ve escaped from the lab,” declared Bono, as the quartet took to a stage in the playground. “How’s the experiment working for you?”The pupils of Mount Temple Comprehensive may not have been born when U2 were the world’s biggest band, but they gave them a hero’s welcome, waving signs that said, “I love U2”, “It’s a beautiful day – no school”, and, “Bono, my mum says hi!” The group treated…