Portuguese galleys are back on France’s Atlantic coast. Beaches have already been closed – but even dead specimens remain dangerous. July 30, 2026, 8:00 a.mJuly 30, 2026, 8:00 a.m Anna-Lena Janzen / t-online An article by Portuguese galleys have washed up again on the French southwest coast. As French media report, the dangerous sea creatures […]
Continue ReadingThe US military says it launched “heavy” strikes against Iran on Wednesday in retaliation for attempted Iranian ballistic missile attacks on American forces. Centcom said it hit “dozens” of Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) targets in response to Tuesday’s firing by Iran on US bases in Jordan and at ships in the Strait of Hormuz. […]
Continue ReadingAustralia is taking Telegram to court over its alleged failure to remove “pro-terror” material, including video of the Christchurch shootings, the country’s eSafety commissioner has said. Julie Inman-Grant, who last year led Australia’s world-first ban on social media for under-16s, said the platform faced a fine of up to to A$54.6m (£28m, US$38m) for failing […]
Continue ReadingUkraine is again targeting Wildberries (archive image).Image: keystone July 30, 2026, 5:00 a.mJuly 30, 2026, 5:00 a.m The Ukrainian military has once again attacked the Russian online retailer Wildberries. A large company warehouse in the Russian Penza region was set on fire by drone fire during the night, as the region’s governor, Oleg Melnichenko, announced, […]
Continue ReadingA Singapore court has fined a French student S$600 ($465; £348) for licking a straw from an orange juice vending machine and putting it back into its dispenser. Didier Gaspard Owen Maximilien, 19, pleaded guilty to one count of public nuisance. Maximilien, who is studying in Singapore, posted the video of himself licking the straw […]
Continue ReadingCoca-Cola is said to have been around since the end of the 19th century.Image: Keystone July 29, 2026, 4:01 p.mJuly 29, 2026, 4:01 p.m In the archives of a monastery pharmacy in Tuscany, documents for a recipe mixture were discovered that could have been a kind of precursor to Coca-Cola as early as the mid-19th […]
Continue ReadingItaly has still not decided how much it will draw from its low-interest defense loans, as domestic factors hold up the decision. Brussels and other capitals are growing impatient, with the clock ticking to reallocate any unspent money elsewhere. ADVERTISING ADVERTISING Security Action for Europe (SAFE) is the EU’s defense financing program, offering European governments […]
Continue ReadingThe hacker attack caused by AI software from OpenAI that got out of control is larger than previously known. July 29, 2026, 4:58 p.mJuly 29, 2026, 4:58 p.m As specialist portals such as Wired.com and Hacker News report, OpenAI’s autonomous AI agent not only attacked the open source platform Hugging Face when it broke out […]
Continue ReadingByAkis Tatsis&AP, AFP, ΑΠΕ-ΜΠΕ Published on 07/29/2026 – 13:58 GMT+2 During a visit to the divided island of Cyprus, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres announced he would convene fresh talks in a 5+1 format in order to end the half-century conflict. ADVERTISING ADVERTISING He invited both the Turkish Cypriot leadership in the north and that of […]
Continue ReadingJapan’s south-western Kyushu region has had more than 100 aftershocks since it was struck on Tuesday by a powerful earthquake which left at least 13 people dead. Many others were said to be in “cardiopulmonary arrest” – a term often used in preliminary reports in Japan before a death is officially confirmed. Amid searing heat, […]
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