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New South Wales, where the attack took place, will offer gun owners cash to give up their firearms.
Four works were taken during public holiday, the day after Italian police recovered paintings by Cézanne, Renoir and Matisse Four of the most important works of art by the 15th-century Renaissance master Antonello da Messina were stolen during a national holiday from a museum in the Sicilian port city of Messina. Thieves gained access to the regional museum of Messina , or MuMe, on Saturday evening, possibly capitalising on attention being focused on La Vara, a huge religious festival that takes place in the city on 15 August, when Italy marks the ferragosto national holiday. Continue reading...
Virus spreading in DRC faster than containment efforts.
Authorities warn residents to take precautions as storm expected to bring rain and strong winds to the island chain.
Hamas chief Khalil al-Hayya to meet Egyptian intelligence chief Hassan Rashad in Cairo amid ongoing Gaza tensions.
Dr Jason Arday has been found dead days after resigning from Cambridge University due to plagiarism allegations.
His decision to reduce the partnership came after South Korea recently declined to aid his war effort in Iran.
Police say 23 more bodies have been recovered from Lake Kariba after the overloaded vessel capsized on Tuesday.
A USS Lincoln sailor's wife said President Trump's response to the 'appalling' conditions aboard the ship was 'infuriating,' as officials dismiss concerns.
George Smyth (pictured) vanished in November while on a solo hiking trip in the Bucegi Mountains, in central Romania.
Whole towns in Indiana were consumed by walls of murky water as overflowing rivers broke their banks and residents resorted to using kayaks to escape.
Brazil's Lula launches reelection bid, aims to win back workers to his Workers Party reuters.com
Scotland faced a devastating blow after it lost out to Canada at the World Pipe Band championships this weekend.
India marked its 80th Independence Day at Delhi’s historic Red Fort.
1.6m dozen eggs from Texas recalled amid one of the largest recorded foodborne illness outbreaks in US history A massive egg recall affecting nearly 1.6m dozen eggs has been elevated to the US Food and Drug Administration’s highest-risk warning as officials investigate a salmonella outbreak that has sickened nearly 100 people. The FDA on 12 August reclassified the recall of nearly 1.6m dozen white and brown cage-free eggs over concerns they may be contaminated with salmonella. Continue reading...
Vote counting in Thursday's presidential polls were briefly suspended amid security threats to the electoral process.
Robert Jenrick takes aim at disabled people and foreign nationals after saying UK guilty of ‘suicidal empathy’ Reform UK has been accused of excluding the most vulnerable from society and punishing non-Britons living in the UK as it prepared to outline £50bn of cuts to benefits for disabled people and foreign nationals. Robert Jenrick, Reform’s finance spokesperson, will detail the plans for £20bn of cuts to disability benefits overall, as well as another £21bn from stopping foreign nationals – including EU citizens with settled status – claiming almost any benefits, among other cuts. Continue reading...
Many complained online that piercingly loud tone was ‘overreach’ while others lamented lack of action on decarbonisation On Friday at 7pm, Thérèse Coffey was nine miles away from a nuclear power station when her phone made a loud, piercing and very worrying sound: it was a “severe” emergency alert . “Was expecting [a] much more specific alert, not a generic message on wildfires,” the former Conservative cabinet minister said on X. She wasn’t alone in being alarmed by the alarm sent to phones in England and Wales. In the aftermath, thousands of social media users expressed their shock at alert. Some shared funny memes and others lamented what they viewed as lack of government action on decarbonisation. Academic John Ritzema called it a “massive overreach” and said the alert system should be “be for ‘drop everything and prepare for something terrible’ situations”, something Coffey echoed, saying alerts should not become commonplace to avoid “Peter cries wolf situations”. Continue reading...
The BBC has attempted to subpoena members of Donald Trump's family to defend itself from the defamation lawsuit issued by the US President.
Huge crowds of men were seen storming the border crossing at the northern tip of the African continent.
A number of people have died and others have been seriously injured in a crash on a motorway in County Kildare in Ireland, police have said.
Australia close Day Three of the first Test against Bangladesh on 161-4, trailing the record-chasing tourists by 67.
The Taliban government brought security and stability but is facing increasing alienation of the general population.
South Wales Fire and Rescue service has issued a major incident update, and said it had already received 736 calls compared to an average of about 300.
UK's Burnham laments death of academic Arday as a "tragedy on so many levels" Reuters
Dozens more are seriously injured after the tourist bus overturned in the early hours of Sunday morning.
Trump's envoys in West Asia to push for Gaza peace plan The Financial Express
Cristiano Ronaldo has said the new football season is "probably" his last.
"Completely meritless": Selena Gomez's legal team hits back at Wondermind fraud allegations ANI News
German Wildfire Near Belgian Border Brought Under Control, Authorities Say pukmedia.com
Morocco has added barbed wire and more police near Spain’s Ceuta enclave after online calls for another mass crossing.
Belgium battling biggest fire in more than a century as flames near German border and 600 people told to evacuate Two people have died in fires on the Greek island of Salamis as firefighting aircraft were called on to help tame the biggest blaze in Belgium in more than a century in the latest wave of wildfires in Europe. The bodies of two people were recovered from the Peristeria beach area of Salamis on Sunday after two fires broke out on the island, a fire department spokesperson told AFP. Hundreds of people have been ordered to evacuate. Continue reading...
Scottish construction tech firm Kenoteq secures £900k to scale recycled production Yahoo News UK
Businessman Arron Banks is understood to have instructed Precision Risk and Intelligence (PRI), a private investigations company he once owned, to probe Kevin Hollinrake.
The stock market remains near all-time highs.
US to tell partners they must pick sides in AI race with China, World News AsiaOne
Romania's Defence Ministry didn't specify origin of the drone but has previously blamed Russia for similar incidents.
Firefighters are tackling a fire at a market in Kyiv, while Moscow reports that a warehouse was hit.
The 55.6-metre (182ft) concrete figure is head-and-shoulders above Rio de Jaineiro's Christ the Redeemer.
Japan defence minister visits contentious Yasukuni Shrine to war dead Reuters
One thing the Federal Reserve could always count on to keep inflation low was falling prices for computers, cell phones and other high-tech stuff — but not anymore.
The earthquake struck off Flores island in the country's east early on Saturday morning.
Police found the gunshot victims near the university's residence halls.
The USS Washington's movement comes amid reports of dire conditions on the USS Lincoln amid the ongoing Iran war.
A 55-year-old man died after he was attacked by the out-of-control animal, in Wakefield, West Yorkshire, yesterday afternoon.
DeepMind, acquired by Google in 2014, has been a cornerstone of the company’s AI strategy — and also a chronic source of organizational friction.
Nick Reiner allegedly lay in wait at his parents Rob and Michele's $13.5 million Los Angeles mansion in December, then slashed their throats as they slept. He wants access to his trust fund to pay lawyers.
The cyclists' union is "filled with anger" after the death of British rider Finlay Tarling during the Volta a Portugal race.
Uber Eats drivers can no longer be paid 'whatever the app decides' as historic Fair Work ruling kicks in.
The CEO spent millions of dollars of investor funds on a yacht, multiple luxury vehicles, clothing, jewelry, luxury travel and a luxury condo in Mexico before being sentenced to 20 years in prison.