Kylian Mbappé and Real Madrid defeat Elche despite late scare
Real Madrid narrowly defeated Elche (3-2) in Matchday 6 of La Liga. Kylian Mbappé scored a goal and provided an assist.
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Football: Kylian Mbappé and Real Madrid defeat Elche despite late scare
Real Madrid narrowly defeated Elche (3-2) in Matchday 6 of La Liga. Kylian Mbappé scored a goal and provided an assist.
Hague court to deliver verdict in war crimes trial of Kosovo’s former President Thaci
Former Kosovo President Hashim Thaci will learn his fate on Wednesday as international judges in The Hague deliver verdicts in his war crimes trial
Sydney man who allegedly called 13-year-old Muslim girl a ‘terrorist’ berates judge after bail refused
Omar Yassine was arrested and charged with stalking and intimidation after allegedly hurling insults at year 8 student wearing a hijabGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastA middle-aged man accused of a “disgusting” Islamophobic attack on a 13-year-old girl has berated a judge after he was denied bailOmar Yassine made an eventful court appearance on Wednesday after being held ...
What’s the Pinglu Canal, China’s new gateway to Southeast Asia?
China's first modern river-to-sea canal could significantly cut down time and costs of trade to Southeast Asia.
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Republican forces Congress to hold impeachment vote for Pete Hegseth
United States Representative Thomas Massie is forcing fellow Republicans to vote whether to impeach Secretary of Defense
EU chief calls for creation of ‘European Security Council’, backs partnership with Canada
EU chief Ursula von der Leyen called for the creation of a "European Security Council", with countries including Britain and Ukraine, in her State of the European Union speech to the European Parliament in Strasbourg on Wednesday. Addressing this year's special guest, Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney, von der Leyen said she wants to open the door for Canada to become the bloc's first associate ...
Live: EU chief calls for creation of ‘European Security Council’, backs partnership with Canada
EU chief Ursula von der Leyen delivers the annual State of the Union address before the European Parliament in Strasbourg on Wednesday, at a time when the European Union is being hit by multiple crises, including migration, AI, climate change and Russia’s war on Ukraine.
Live: EU's von der Leyen to invite frontier labs for talks on tackling AI risks
EU chief Ursula von der Leyen delivers the annual State of the Union address before the European Parliament in Strasbourg on Wednesday, at a time when the European Union is being hit by multiple crises, including migration, AI, climate change and Russia’s war on Ukraine. Watch live on FRANCE 24 at 9am Paris time (GMT+2).
Live: 'We are dealing with openly hostile world,' says EU chief von der Leyen
EU chief Ursula von der Leyen delivers the annual State of the Union address before the European Parliament in Strasbourg on Wednesday, at a time when the European Union is being hit by multiple crises, including migration, AI, climate change and Russia’s war on Ukraine. Watch live on FRANCE 24 at 9am Paris time (GMT+2).
Live: EU chief Ursula von der Leyen gives State of the Union address
EU chief Ursula von der Leyen is set to deliver the annual State of the Union address before the European Parliament in Strasbourg on Wednesday, at a time when the European Union is being hit by multiple crises, including migration, AI, climate change and Russia’s war on Ukraine. Watch live on FRANCE 24 at 9am Paris time (GMT+2).
Anthropic lands deal in $31bn datacentre in western Queensland, David Crisafulli says
Premier describes deal as ‘major win’ that will deliver more jobs for the state and put more energy into its gridAnthropic, the AI giant behind the large language model Claude, has done a deal to lease the site of its first Australian datacentre in western Queensland.The $31.9bn data centre will be the largest of its kind in Australia, according to planning documents. Continue reading...
Anthropic to build $31bn datacentre in western Queensland, David Crisafulli says
Premier describes deal as ‘major win’ that will deliver more jobs for the state and put more energy into its gridAnthropic, the AI giant behind the large language model Claude, has done a deal to lease the site of its first Australian datacentre in western Queensland.The state premier, David Crisafulli, announced the decision in parliament on Wednesday. Continue reading...
Increase in air pollution takes a toll on your sleep
The human respiratory system is extremely sensitive to short-term fine particulate matter changes even in relatively clean urban environments, a new study found.
Three dead after LA news helicopter crashes while covering deadly bus collision
The NBCLA news helicopter was flying near the scene of a fatal bus crash.
Why is European money financing the American AI boom?
Eurozone households have hundreds of billions of euros invested in US technology. Analysts say Europe has the money and promising companies, but too few become accessible investments for ordinary savers.
South Korean court orders North Korea to pay $32.5 million for blowing up joint liaison office
A South Korean court has ruled that North Korea should pay the South 44.6 billion won, or about $32.5 million, for blowing up a joint liaison office between the countries in 2020
South Korean killer’s drone escape from Philippine prison foiled by test footage
A South Korean crime lord convicted of murder in the Philippines reportedly planned to escape prison by strapping himself to a drone – until his own accomplice’s rehearsal footage gave the game away. Park Wang-yeol, 47, was sentenced in 2022 to 60 years behind bars for the killing of three South Koreans in a sugar cane field outside Bacolod City in 2016, a crime that earned him the nickname “sugar...
Australian politics live: Lambie says AI companies ‘like dinosaurs in Jurassic Park testing fences’; Burke plans to get net overseas migration down
Follow the day’s news liveGet our new political email, free app or daily news podcastSports precinct funding report reveals a ‘pattern of behaviour’, Wilson saysTim Wilson says there are questions for Labor to answer over an ABC report which says health minister Mark Butler’s office asked an Adelaide council to put forward a $6m sports precinct upgrade for federal funding before any detailed costi...
News helicopter crash in Los Angeles kills three, injures one
NBC Los Angeles helicopter crashes while covering deadly metro bus collision from the air.
At least 10 dead, dozens missing in Gaza building collapse
At least 10 Palestinians are dead and up to 70 more are believed missing after a building collapsed in Gaza City.
‘Anywhere, anytime’: Victoria police and PSOs to get random stop and search powers after Labor backflip
Premier Ben Carroll adopts Coalition’s stance on Jack’s Law, which gives police and PSOs power to randomly search people for knives with metal detectors The Victorian premie has made another policy backflip, announcing a re-elected Labor government would give police and protective services officers the power to stop and search people for knives using handheld metal detectors – despite experts warn...
'A wake-up call': California music festival cancelled after El Niño-linked hurricane erodes beach
"Whether you’re an athlete, an entertainer or a fan, we all have a stake in protecting the cherished spaces that bring us together."
California music festival cancelled after El Niño-linked hurricane erodes beach
Ocean Way is not the first festival to be affected by climate change.
Music festival cancelled after El Niño-linked hurricane erodes beach
Ocean Way is not the first festival to be affected by climate change.
News helicopter crashes in Los Angeles, killing 3
Three people were killed Tuesday in a fiery crash when a US news media helicopter covering a deadly bus crash came down in a Los Angeles neighbourhood. Media in the city had scrambled to cover a deadly accident, after an SUV ploughed into a bus in the Chatsworth area, northwest of downtown, killing another three people and injuring many others in a city where news outlets routinely fly over large ...
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Think you’re the same person when on holiday? Plenty of travellers say otherwise
From staying out later than planned to buying things they’d normally consider unnecessary, travellers are more willing to break their everyday habits when they’re away, new research suggests.
Slave-trade wealth was embedded in Britain’s financial system, research finds
Dozens of Bank of England directors and founding subscribers invested in trafficking of enslaved AfricansThe Bank of England and the British financial system were for centuries deeply involved in the enslavement and transatlantic trafficking of millions of African people, according to new research on Britain’s slavery history.Research by historians compiling the Register of British Slave Traders h...
Revealed: the UK towns with the fewest jobs for young people
Rotherham has 46 online vacancies for every 1,000 young people but there are 288 in Cotswold district council areaYoung people in Rotherham face a local jobs market with the fewest suitable opportunities in Britain, according to a report that warns stark regional divisions are fuelling a crisis in youth work.As ministers push to combat rising youth unemployment, the analysis from the Institute for...