NHK World •

岐阜 郡上市八幡で40.0度 初の「酷暑日」 熱中症に厳重警戒を

気象庁によりますと、21日も各地で気温が上がり、岐阜県郡上市八幡では午後1時56分に40度ちょうどを観測し、「酷暑日」となりました。気象庁は、ことしから最高気温が40度以上となった日を「酷暑日」と呼ぶ運用を始めていて、これが初めての「酷暑日」となります。命に関わる危険な暑さになっています。熱中症に厳重に警戒してください。

SpaceX slump fails to dent Hong Kong tech as investors seen pivoting

SpaceX slump fails to dent Hong Kong tech as investors seen pivoting

SCMP •

A sharp pullback in US space-technology giant SpaceX and renewed valuation pressure on Wall Street’s tech heavyweights are unlikely to trigger a major sell-off in Hong Kong equities, according to analysts, who note that local tech firms operate under distinct business models and lack the stretched valuations of their overseas peers. “I don’t think there will be much impact” in Hong Kong, said Kenn...

UK surrogacy law ‘creaking at seams’ as demand rises sharply

UK surrogacy law ‘creaking at seams’ as demand rises sharply

The Guardian •

Experts urge ministers to update legislation to prevent intended parents resorting to riskier arrangements abroadSurrogates, parents and children are being failed by the UK’s archaic laws, which are “creaking at the seams” as demand for surrogacy grows rapidly, experts have said.Figures obtained by the Guardian show there were just under 1,000 children born to surrogates in 2025, double the number...

Wealth tax on UK’s super-rich could raise £10bn a year, Andy Burnham told

Wealth tax on UK’s super-rich could raise £10bn a year, Andy Burnham told

The Guardian •

New prime minister urged to introduce 2% minimum charge on households with more than £100m in wealthA wealth tax on the UK’s super-rich households could raise £10bn a year, according to academics who urged Andy Burnham to include the measure in his plans to “make tax fairer” and pay for better public services.The sum could be raised through a 2% minimum charge on households with more than £100m in...

Gruel and graft: museum asks if you could survive a Victorian workhouse

Gruel and graft: museum asks if you could survive a Victorian workhouse

The Guardian •

Revamped Ripon attraction reopens as a more immersive experience telling ‘national story’ of poverty and welfareVisitors to one of Britain’s most complete surviving Victorian workhouses won’t have to strip and bathe in someone else’s bath water. But they might get some gruel, they can sweep the yard and there are “schoolmaster” volunteers happy to tell children how to behave.“You are literally goi...

Election voting advice from AI chatbots ‘inaccurate and unreliable’

Election voting advice from AI chatbots ‘inaccurate and unreliable’

The Guardian •

Research during Hungary election shows AI recommended parties not running and gave highly volatile answers to identical promptsAI chatbots provide inaccurate, inconsistent and unreliable guidance to voters asking which party they should back, a study suggests, often recommending the wrong party, not mentioning the right one, or listing parties not even running.“The results raise serious concerns a...

Kumanjayi Little Baby’s mother was not supported to protect her children while escaping domestic violence, review finds

Kumanjayi Little Baby’s mother was not supported to protect her children while escaping domestic violence, review finds

The Guardian •

Interim report not able to draw ‘nexus’ between matters referred to child protection and circumstances leading to five-year-old’s alleged murder•Warning: This story contains references to Indigenous Australians who have diedFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastKumanjayi Little Baby’s mother was “effectively” left alone to ...

ニューヨークの連邦庁舎に放火疑いで拘束 移民政策に反発か

NHK World •

アメリカ・ニューヨークで、20日、ICE=移民税関捜査局が入った連邦政府の建物に火が放たれる事件があり、3人がけがをしました。捜査当局は拘束された容疑者について、トランプ政権の移民政策に反発していたとみて動機を詳しく調べています。

「手足口病」 前週から1.3倍 35都府県で警報レベル

NHK World •

主に子どもが感染し、手足や口に発疹ができる「手足口病」の患者が前の週から1.3倍に増え、35都府県で警報レベルを超えています。専門家は「東北や北海道などこれから暑くなる地域ではさらに患者が増える可能性がある」として注意を呼びかけています。

Asia-Pacific cyberscam victims lost up to US$114 billion last year: UN

Asia-Pacific cyberscam victims lost up to US$114 billion last year: UN

SCMP •

Victims of transnational online scams in East Asia, Southeast Asia, Australia and New Zealand lost up to US$114.1 billion last year, a UN report said on Tuesday, with estimated losses at least tripling from 2023. Southeast Asia, especially Cambodia and Myanmar, has emerged as a regional hub for crime syndicates running fake romance and cryptocurrency investment schemes in which scammers – some wil...

Climate and rock art advocates take on Woodside’s ‘carbon bomb’ WA gas project in federal court

Climate and rock art advocates take on Woodside’s ‘carbon bomb’ WA gas project in federal court

The Guardian •

Albanese government’s approval of North West Shelf gas extension being challenged by the Australian Conservation Foundation and Friends of Australian Rock ArtThe Albanese government’s decision to approve one of the world’s largest gas projects in Western Australia is being challenged in the federal court, setting up a significant test of how Australia’s environment law deals with the threat of cli...

Teenager sent to detention centre for attempted voyeurism in school toilet

Teenager sent to detention centre for attempted voyeurism in school toilet

SCMP •

A 16-year-old Hong Kong student has been sentenced to up to six months at a detention centre for attempted voyeurism after he admitted to trying to spy on a female pupil in a school toilet. Kowloon City Court Magistrate Tsang Chung-yiu on Tuesday told the student to reflect on his actions as he spent the next few months at the Sha Tsui Correctional Institution, which is for young offenders. The de...

Almost 100 troops injured in recent weeks, Pentagon admits, as Iran launches reprisals on US allies

Almost 100 troops injured in recent weeks, Pentagon admits, as Iran launches reprisals on US allies

The Guardian •

Iran has attacked a tanker in the strait of Hormuz, forcing its crew to abandon the ship, after the US launched a tenth consecutive night of strikesMiddle East crisis live: follow latest updatesNearly 100 US service members have been injured over the last two weeks of escalating strikes on Iran, the Pentagon has said, as Tehran launched a wave of reprisals to the tenth consecutive night of attacks...

Almost 90 football fields of woody habitat were bulldozed every day in NSW – despite pledges to rein it in

Almost 90 football fields of woody habitat were bulldozed every day in NSW – despite pledges to rein it in

The Guardian •

Decline in clearing of trees and shrubs offset by sharp jump in clearing of non-woody vegetationFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastAlmost 90 football fields’ worth of woody habitat were bulldozed in New South Wales every day in 2024, according to new government data which shows the state has failed to rein in high rates ...

NSW land-clearing up 16% in 2024 as conservation groups say Minns government failing to rein in habitat loss

NSW land-clearing up 16% in 2024 as conservation groups say Minns government failing to rein in habitat loss

The Guardian •

Decline in clearing of trees and shrubs offset by sharp jump in clearing of non-woody vegetationFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastAlmost 90 rugby league fields’ worth of woody habitat were bulldozed in New South Wales every day in 2024, according to new government data which shows the state has failed to rein in high ra...

Australia news live: ‘millions’ in cash being moved in unmarked, un-armoured Hyundais, union says; Victorian teachers to strike on Thursday

Australia news live: ‘millions’ in cash being moved in unmarked, un-armoured Hyundais, union says; Victorian teachers to strike on Thursday

The Guardian •

Follow today’s news liveGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastAlpine ski resorts in New South Wales and Victoria saw climate records shattered at the weekend with maximum temperatures up to 12C above average.Ski areas of Mount Hotham and Falls Creek set July records for their hottest daytime and night-time temperatures and Thredbo also set a new hottest July day, according to ...

‘Groundless’: China dismisses Japanese protest over live-fire drill within Okinotori EEZ

‘Groundless’: China dismisses Japanese protest over live-fire drill within Okinotori EEZ

SCMP •

China has rejected Japanese reports that a PLA Navy ship conducted a live-fire drill within its exclusive economic zone on the weekend, saying Tokyo’s claims to the zone are illegal. Japan’s defence ministry said on Tuesday that the People’s Liberation Army vessel was one of three conducting exercises with a Russian navy ship in the Pacific on Sunday. It said that at one point the Chinese ship con...

Japan says Chinese and Russian warships held live-fire drills within its EEZ

Japan says Chinese and Russian warships held live-fire drills within its EEZ

SCMP •

Chinese and Russian navy ships were spotted conducting joint live-fire drills within Japan’s claimed exclusive economic zone in the Pacific Ocean on Sunday, its defence ministry said. Japanese Defence Minister Shinjiro Koizumi first revealed that the two navies had held drills in Japan’s EEZ during an address to the Farnborough International Airshow in Britain on Monday, highlighting their deepeni...

India joins China, US in commercial space race with Skyroot launch

India joins China, US in commercial space race with Skyroot launch

SCMP •

India’s first privately developed orbital rocket has given the country’s fledgling commercial space industry a long-sought proof point, but analysts say Skyroot Aerospace must now show it can launch regularly, cheaply and reliably enough to win customers in a crowded global market. Skyroot’s Vikram-1 rocket lifted off on Saturday from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota in the southern I...