A search is under way at the French offices of Elon Musk’s social media platform X as part of a preliminary investigation into a range of alleged offences including spreading child pornography and deepfakes, prosecutors said. The investigation was opened in January last year by the Paris prosecutors’ cyber crime unit. It is looking into […]
Continue ReadingA 13-year-old boy has been credited with saving the lives of his mother and two younger siblings with a four-hour swim after the family was swept out to sea off the Australian coast. Austin Appelbee swam 4km (2.5 miles) to shore to raise the alarm after he got into difficulties on Friday with his mother […]
Continue ReadingRussia has fired around 450 long-range drones and 70 missiles of various types at Ukraine in a major attack overnight, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said. The barrage came a day before the two countries are due to attend US-brokered talks in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, on ending the war, which Russia launched nearly four […]
Continue ReadingElon Musk is joining his space exploration and artificial intelligence ventures into a single company before a massive planned initial public offering for the business later this year. His rocket venture, SpaceX, announced on Monday that it had bought xAI in an effort to help the world’s richest man dominate the rocket and artificial intelligence […]
Continue ReadingThe appearance in a Roman church of a cherub that bears a striking resemblance to premier Giorgia Meloni has sparked a minor scandal for both church and state in Italy. The diocese of Rome and the Italian Culture Ministry have both announced investigations into the recent renovations at the Basilica of San Lorenzo in Lucina, […]
Continue ReadingQueen’s University Belfast on Monday cut ties with former US Senator George Mitchell over his links to disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein, saying it was no longer appropriate to remain associated with the key figure in the Northern Ireland peace deal. The university said its decision followed new information on Mitchell released in the latest trove […]
Continue ReadingMedical evacuees from Gaza entered Egypt on Monday as the Rafah border crossing reopened, marking a key step in the Israel-Hamas ceasefire but a mostly symbolic one. Few people will be allowed to travel in either direction and no goods will pass through. Ambulances waited for hours at the border before ferrying patients across after […]
Continue ReadingMorocco has evacuated more than 50,000 people, nearly half the population of the northwestern city of Ksar el-Kebir, as flooding driven by weeks of heavy rain threatened to inundate the city, state media said on Monday. “The city has become a ghost town,” local resident Hicham Ajttou told Reuters by phone. “All markets and shops […]
Continue ReadingNorwegian police said on Monday they have detained the eldest son of Norway’s crown princess over fresh criminal allegations against him ahead of a separate trial this week in which he faces multiple charges of rape and other crimes. Police in a statement said Marius Borg Hoiby, 29, son of Crown Princess Mette-Marit and stepson […]
Continue ReadingPunxsutawney Phil is said to be predicting six more weeks of wintry weather after he saw his shadow on Monday. His annual prediction was translated by his handlers at Gobbler’s Knob in western Pennsylvania. The Punxsutawney Groundhog Club says that when Phil is deemed to have not seen his shadow, that means there will be […]
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