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Apollo 15 astronauts discovered an unusually bright rock near Spur Crater on the Moon. This sample, known as the Genesis Rock, is an anorthosite and about four billion years old. Scientists believe it represents a piece of the Moon's primordial crust. Its mineral composition offers valuable clues about early lunar geological history. This ancient sample continues to aid understanding of the Mo...
“She continued to paint until her final days, never setting aside her brush, and continued exploration of forever love and eternal soul.” Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama, who splashed her signature polka dots on paintings, sculptures and museum installations around the world, has died aged 97.
Following a five-month recovery from severe drought conditions, platypuses were reintroduced to their original habitats. In an eighteen-month study, researchers tracked their activities as they reintegrated into the wild. The animals displayed quick adaptation, rediscovering their typical movement patterns and preferred foraging spots, thereby emphasizing the importance of effective conservation e...
The 89-year-old monarch has been in hospital in Oslo since 17 August with a blood disorder as senior royals cancel their engagements.
Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama, known for her polka dot art, has died aged 97.
Prime minister intervenes after reports Tony Burke was planning to cut intake of 20,000 arrivals by a thirdFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastAnthony Albanese has guaranteed Australia’s annual refugee intake will not be cut next financial year, shutting down plans for the arrivals quota to drop by one-third to Coalition-...
Elon Musk has been awarded Ukraine's Order of Freedom for his exceptional contributions through Starlink. This prestigious recognition underscores his significant impact on safeguarding human rights and liberty. Following the invasion, Starlink emerged as a vital communication link for Ukraine. However, Musk's decisions have also stirred political tensions, as he limited Starlink's accessibility f...
Lawyers claim Eman el-Shazly, from Birmingham, was detained in effort to silence her sister, a critic of Sisi regimeThe UK Foreign Office has been asked to intervene to secure the release of a British-Egyptian woman who it is claimed has been arrested in Cairo because of her sister’s political activism.Eman el-Shazly, a 45-year-old based in Birmingham, was arrested on 16 August while visiting Egyp...
The once world-leading producer of crude oil has plunged into an energy crisis as Kyiv targets its refineriesA sanctioned shadow fleet tanker carries oil from Nato member Turkey to a Russian Baltic port. A deal is signed for Russian oil to be processed in Kazakhstan. Fuel cargoes arrive from India via Egypt. The Kremlin pressures allies to sell it badly needed fuel.The data points may be diverse, ...
Lightning bolt strikes Mecca’s clock tower
China should forge a national consensus on “regaining mastery of the oceans” and direct overseas investment returns into defence spending to brace for sea-power competition with the US, according to a prominent Chinese academic. Di Dongsheng, associate dean of Renmin University’s school of international studies in Beijing, warned on Tuesday that as economic ties between the United States, the domi...
A British man has become the first patient in the world to undergo brain surgery guided live by artificial intelligence, in an operation that saved his sight.
Kusama turned her hallucinations into works that ranged from polka dot paintings to 'Infinity Mirror Rooms'.
Former building commissioner David Chandler told inquiry of clashes with ‘loud and overbearing’ developer Jean NassifGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastA fugitive Sydney developer allegedly warned the then-New South Wales building commissioner that he would “harm” him if he got in the way of his projects which were being inspected for defects, the corruption watchdog has he...
Preliminary investigations by scientists have pointed to a collapsed glacier as the cause, highlighting the issue of rapidly melting Himalayan ice.
Shapiro’s film recycles decades-old anti-Muslim tropes to portray critics of Israel’s genocide in Gaza as extremists.
Hundreds have died in flooding and landslides on the border of Nepal and Tibet.
The suspect, lawfully residing in France, was not known to intelligence services and had never been convicted of a crime, according to authorities.
In Caen, France, a 26-year-old man deliberately drove into a group of pedestrians, killing two and injuring several others. He fled before being arrested later that evening in Ouistreham.
The US used Guantanamo, an isolated naval base, to hold militants captured during the "War on Terror" that followed the September 11 attacks in a bid to keep the defendants from claiming rights under US law.
MIT engineers have developed an AI-based machine-learning method that can create realistic scenarios for extreme weather events that have never been recorded. The system can generate maps showing the possible size, intensity and duration of rare storms. Using weather statistics and spatial data, it can model events that are more extreme than those in the training data. Researchers say the method c...
Mark Owen is pleased to welcome Peter Zalmayev, Director of the Eurasia Democracy Initiative. He argues that Ukraine’s expanding long-range strike campaign has helped Ukraine “stay in this game” by raising the economic, military and social costs of Russia’s invasion and, crucially, by bringing the consequences of a distant war increasingly into Russian life. As Ukraine braces for another brutal wi...
This blog is now closedNepal flash flood disaster – live updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe prime minister, Anthony Albanese, says Dfat officials are ready to provide consular assistance to Australians in Nepal, after the devastating flooding in the country.A local tourism official said they believed 34 Australians were missing in the area, among hundreds of fore...
Authorities say a driver has deliberately rammed a car into a group of people in northern France, killing at least one person and injuring others
The operator of the Hong Kong government’s 1823 platform will expand the use of artificial intelligence (AI) within this year to transcribe, summarise and triage residents’ inquiries, freeing frontline staff to handle more complicated cases. The Digital Policy Office also said on Thursday that it would start exploring the application of agentic AI from the fourth quarter of this year and study how...
Israel’s bitter political divisions obscure a broad consensus on Jewish supremacy, occupation and military force.
Rescue teams were searching for hundreds of missing people along the Nepal-China border after a deadly torrent of floods and mud swept through communities following a glacial collapse.
