French DJ Kavinsky found dead in Paris home, local media reports
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French DJ Kavinsky found dead in Paris home, local media reports

French DJ Kavinsky, who produced the pounding track "Nightcall" that featured in the hit 2011 film Drive and performed alongside Belgian singer Angèle at the closing ceremony of the 2024 Olympics, has been found dead in his Paris home, local media reported Wednesday. He was 50 years old. 

Burnham to give speech on social care as Louise Casey plays down cost concerns saying many families ‘already paying’ – UK politics live
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Burnham to give speech on social care as Louise Casey plays down cost concerns saying many families ‘already paying’ – UK politics live

PM will not discuss details but will focus on need to find ‘common ground’ and to build political consensus Zack Polanski, the Green party leader, has said he made an “inadvertent mistake” by sharing an Instagram post of a man wearing a T-shirt featuring an image of a guillotine and the phrase “we’re only making plans for Nigel”, but he repeatedly said he would not apologise to Nigel Farage. Aleth...

持ち運びが可能なエアコン約300台 熊本空港へ 防衛省

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被災地では停電が発生し、エアコンを使うことができない避難所などがあることから、防衛省は自治体の要請を受けて29日午後、航空自衛隊の輸送機で持ち運びが可能なエアコンおよそ300台を熊本空港に運びました。今後、熊本県内各地の避難所などに運び込まれるということです。

China should lean into its defining AI advantage – accessibility

China should lean into its defining AI advantage – accessibility

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China’s emerging advantage in artificial intelligence (AI) is not that it already has the world’s best chips or strongest frontier models. It is that Chinese companies are increasingly providing capable intelligence at a price the global market can afford. AI is fast becoming everyday infrastructure. It is metered by usage and embedded in businesses, public services and devices, much like electric...

九州新幹線 筑後船小屋~博多 上り運転再開

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JR九州によりますと、九州新幹線は始発から運転を見合わせていましたが、安全確認ができたとして、午後5時すぎに福岡県の筑後船小屋から博多に向かう上りが運転を再開しました。この区間の下りは、午後6時すぎ以降再開する見通しです。この区間については、29日は本数を減らして運転するとしています。一方、筑後船小屋と鹿児島中央の間は終日、上下線で運転を見合わせるということです。

Mother went to South Australia police station day before suspected murder-suicide

Mother went to South Australia police station day before suspected murder-suicide

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Police say chance of finding missing baby alive ‘zero’ after bodies of mother Helena Wright and toddler found in ocean near Port MacdonnellGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastHopes of finding a three-month-old boy alive have faded as South Australian police investigate the death of his mother and sister as a murder-suicide.The bodies of Helena Wright, 36, and her 23-month-ol...

Zack Polanski will not say sorry to Farage for sharing guillotine image

Zack Polanski will not say sorry to Farage for sharing guillotine image

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Green party leader says post was ‘inadvertent mistake’ after Reform UK accuses him of ‘inciting murder’The Green party leader, Zack Polanski, has said he made an “inadvertent mistake” by sharing an Instagram post of a man wearing a T-shirt featuring an image of a guillotine and the phrase “we’re only making plans for Nigel”, but he repeatedly said he would not apologise to Nigel Farage.Polanski to...

France and Spain brace for fresh heatwave as warnings issued over risk of new wildfires – Europe live

France and Spain brace for fresh heatwave as warnings issued over risk of new wildfires – Europe live

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Authorities fear progress in containing the fires in the Gironde and Madrid regions may be set back by temperatures expected to hit the low 40sFrance and Spain are braced for the fourth heatwave of the summer to hit just as they were making progress battling destructive wildfires, with temperatures once again expected to cross into high 30s and low 40s celsius later today.Sophie Brocas, the ⁠prefe...

Victorian cults inquiry accidentally shares email address of anonymous survivors with group members

Victorian cults inquiry accidentally shares email address of anonymous survivors with group members

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Committee apologises for not concealing email addresses when alerting witnesses to final reportGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastA Victorian parliamentary committee investigating the harmful impact of cults accidentally sent the email addresses of anonymous survivors who made submissions to current members of such groups and to journalists.The committee, which had its repo...

Advanced technologies now account for 1 in 6 valid invention patents in China

Advanced technologies now account for 1 in 6 valid invention patents in China

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Advanced technologies now account for around one in every six valid invention patents in China, according to official data. By the end of last month, valid invention patents in fields such as artificial intelligence, cloud computing and big data made up 16.5 per cent of the country’s total valid patents, the China National Intellectual Property Administration said on Wednesday. “The accelerated ac...