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What caused the turtles to begin nesting farther north than usual is the ‘million dollar question’A sea turtle crawled out of the surf in southern California last weekend around sunset and started laying eggs in the sand.People on Huntington Beach who saw the female olive ridley sea turtle were shocked and excited. And they weren’t the only ones freaking out, said Justin Viezbicke, the California ...
Hong Kong’s existing animal welfare laws are no longer “fit for purpose” to deal with issues around pet abandonment and strays, legal experts have said, urging authorities to expedite long-delayed reforms to the city’s ordinances following a spate of dog attacks. The calls echo comments by Secretary for Environment and Ecology Tse Chin-wan, who said on Wednesday that authorities would look at whet...
Prime minister says he told Sam Altman he was disappointed it had taken OpenAI ‘way too long’ to disclose breachAnthony Albanese says an artificial intelligence agent developed by OpenAI hacked Medicare in June and the tech giant notified the government earlier this month using an email sent to a “public mailbox”.Australia’s prime minister made the comments at the UN summit in New York, saying it ...
With four measles-related deaths in Pennsylvania, health officials are hoping to get people on board with vaccines in private.
Industry leaders urge global regulation, as Trump administration baulks at setting up new guardrails.
Industry leaders urge global regulation, as Trump administration baulks at setting up new guardrails.
A century-old industry faces a reckoning over regulation, jobs and local benefits.
Turkey will gradually hand over control of its Bashiqa military base in northern Iraq to Baghdad, Ankara and Baghdad said Wednesday, in a move aimed at strengthening Iraqi state authority and easing a long-running source of tension between the neighbours.
Washington is increasingly turning to South Korea to ease ammunition supply bottlenecks triggered by wars in the Middle East and Europe, potentially accelerating Seoul’s integration into the US defence industrial base. Analysts say the United States may struggle to replenish stockpiles quickly enough if conflicts in Iran and Ukraine drag on, creating opportunities for South Korea’s defence industr...
Dockers supporters cannot buy a barrel of Woodside oil – but the fossil fuel company hopes to buy into fans’ loyaltyFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastWhen an oil and gas company buys logo space on an AFL jersey, it isn’t trying to convince fans to buy its products.Fremantle Dockers supporters cannot, for example, go to ...
Iranian president says Tehran will not bow to pressure while remaining open to dialogue in a defiant UN speech.
The BBC has spoken to residents in the Russian-occupied Ukrainian town of Oleshky who say they are being "constantly shelled".
The BBC has spoken to residents in the Russian-occupied Ukrainian town of Oleshky who say they are being "constantly shelled".
The BBC has spoken to residents in the Russian-occupied Ukrainian town of Oleshky who say they now have to eat garden weeds to survive.
Ker’Sean Ramey, 41, died by lethal injection, the sixth person to be executed by Texas officials this yearA man found guilty of fatally shooting three people during a 2005 attempted robbery at a rural Texas home was executed Wednesday, a week after the other man convicted in the killings was put to death.Ker’Sean Ramey, 41, died by lethal injection at the state penitentiary in Huntsville. He is th...
Acting president says Venezuela returning strongly after ‘setbacks’; Trump meets Chinese leader at US air base ahead of meeting set to include trade, AI and Iran warTrump greets Xi Jinping at plane as Chinese leader arrives for state visitThese latest attacks come just hours before Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s address to the UN general assembly, so he is likely to reflect on them during his UN speech lat...
A video shows a British Royal Air Force jet struggling to gain altitude just before it crashed in Wales. The two pilots ejected in time and were treated for minor injuries. Leigh Kiniry reports.
According to a letter from the acting Navy secretary, there were eight attempted suicides by sailors in the USS Lincoln strike group during the vessel's 10-month deployment. Charlie D'Agata has more.
The heads of major artificial intelligence firms pleaded with the United Nations on Wednesday to save the world or at least its people – by somehow regulating the fast-expanding technology that they have been designing. “If managed poorly, I even believe AI could be a risk to humanity as a whole,” said Dario Amodei, chief executive officer of Anthropic. And from his competitor Sam Altman, CEO of O...
The heads of major artificial intelligence firms pleaded with the United Nations on Wednesday to save the world or at least its people – by somehow regulating the fast-expanding technology that they have been designing. “If managed poorly, I even believe AI could be a risk to humanity as a whole,” said Dario Amodei, chief executive officer of Anthropic. And from his competitor Sam Altman, CEO of O...
Campaigners hope the new words will lead to less body shaming and more sex positivity.
Small crowd enjoys singer’s free concert in MacArthur Park, which has often drawn headlines for less cheery reasonsWith no announcement and little fanfare, Justin Bieber performed a free acoustic set on Monday at a Los Angeles park often in local headlines for less cheery reasons.In videos that surfaced online, four musicians flanked the global phenom, who wore a plain T-shirt and shorts as he san...
President lays out the red carpet, and the US treasury secretary announces a two-month extension of ‘Busan agreement’ pausing trade war hostilitiesAI, trade, Taiwan and climate: what will and won’t be on agenda at Trump-Xi summitDonald Trump welcomed Xi Jinping on Wednesday evening, taking the unusual step of greeting the Chinese leader on the tarmac at Joint Base Andrews to kick off his state vis...
China's President Xi Jinping has touched down at Joint Base Andrews as he begins a much anticipated official state visit
Dopamine sites mimic shopping’s thrill without the spending, turning the ritual of consumption into a digital game.
Follow the day’s news liveGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastMore than 600 Qantas ground crew workers have begun a 24-hour strike this morning across the country over an escalating industrial dispute.Qantas said that it has contingency plans in place and any impacts would be felt primarily by the airline’s freight and regional QantasLink services.We remain focused on reachi...
Chinese first lady Peng Liyuan shared a light moment with Melania Trump on Wednesday as the two women renewed an acquaintance dating back to the Trumps’ first term in the White House. The first ladies smiled as they greeted each other at the foot of the aircraft stairs at Joint Base Andrews, where Peng arrived with President Xi Jinping for a visit to Washington. Walking behind their husbands along...
The two B-1 bombers that flew overhead are a key part of the US's combat arsenal, and produce a notoriously loud roar when they pass by.
Andy Burnham under pressure to revisit Brexit as poll suggests pledge to rejoin could boost Labour’s electoral chancesBritain should work towards rejoining the EU in the next decade, Tony Blair has said, adding to growing pressure on Andy Burnham to abandon Labour’s reluctance to revisit the 2016 referendum.The former prime minister has urged Burnham to use his 10-year plan in November to put the ...
