Bobi loses ‘world’s oldest dog’ title, posthumously
Guinness World Records (GWR) has revoked the title of the “world’s oldest dog” it awarded a now-deceased Portuguese canine named Bobi last year, as it found no conclusive evidence ...
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Israel hits Gaza’s Rafah; Hamas chief’s trip raises truce hopes
Israeli bombs on Rafah flattened a mosque and destroyed homes in what residents called one of their worst nights yet, while the Hamas chief was in Cairo for talks Gazans ...
Brazil’s Dani Alves jailed over nightclub rape
Catalonia’s top court on Thursday found former Brazil footballer Dani Alves guilty of sexually assaulting a woman in a Barcelona nightclub in 2022, sentencing him to four and a half ...
Reddit to license content to Google for AI training
Social media platform Reddit has struck a deal with Google (GOOGL.O) to make its content available for training the search engine giant’s artificial intelligence models, three people familiar ...
Depleted Liverpool fight back to beat Luton 4-1
Virgil van Dijk and Cody Gakpo scored two minutes apart in the second half to open the floodgates as an injury-bitten Liverpool opened some space at the top of the ...
Australian retired bishop charged with 19 sexual offences
A retired Roman Catholic bishop appeared in court in remote Western Australia on Thursday on charges of sexual offences against children, including two counts of rape.
The charges against Christopher ...
Shock in US after Alabama’s high court decision on frozen embryos
Republican U.S. presidential candidate Nikki Haley said on Wednesday she believed frozen embryos created through in-vitro fertilization were babies, in comments seen as backing a controversial ruling by the ...
Casualties reported in suspected shooting attack near Jerusalem
A suspected shooting attack wounded six people on a highway on the outskirts of Jerusalem near the Maale Adumim settlement on Thursday, Israel’s ambulance service said.
Some of the ...
Rise of fast-fashion Shein, Temu roils global air cargo industry
The rapid rise of fast-fashion e-commerce retailers such as Shein and Temu is upending the global air cargo industry, as they increasingly vie for limited air-cargo space to woo consumers ...
German economy in stormy waters as government slashes forecast
The German government expects the economy to grow 0.2 per cent this year, far less than a previously forecast 1.3 per cent, as weak global demand, geopolitical uncertainty and persistently high inflation ...
Tumbling US natural gas prices prove unstoppable, hurting producers
For nearly a year, US natural gas producers have slammed the brakes on production as prices fall. But relentless output gains including from oil companies that pump gas as an ...
World Bank warns emerging economies need to grow ‘much faster’ to repay debt
The World Bank warned that high borrowing costs have “changed dramatically” the need for developing nations to boost sluggish economic growth.
The multilateral lender’s latest warning comes as international ...
Arsenal stunned by Galeno’s late strike in Porto, Napoli and Barca draw
Porto snatched a shock last-gasp 1-0 victory over Arsenal as Galeno netted a sublime effort deep in stoppage time in their Champions League last-16 tie on Wednesday.
A drab clash ...
UK parliament descends into chaos over Gaza ceasefire vote
Dozens of lawmakers stormed out of Britain’s parliament on Wednesday with tempers flaring as the three biggest political parties sought to outmanoeuvre each other over a vote on a ...
World Bank: Emerging economies must grow ‘much faster’ to repay debt
The World Bank warned that high borrowing costs have “changed dramatically” the need for developing nations to boost sluggish economic growth.
The multilateral lender’s latest warning comes as international ...
Poland moves to summon central bank chief to state tribunal, PAP says
Lawmakers from Poland’s ruling coalition will submit a preliminary motion to put central bank chief Adam Glapinski before a state tribunal by the end of March, state news agency ...
Putin says Russia will push further into Ukraine
President Vladimir Putin said Russian troops would push further into Ukraine to build on their success on the battlefield after the fall of the town of Avdiivka where he said ...
King Charles to appear on UK banknotes from June
Banknotes featuring the portrait of King Charles will enter circulation in Britain from June 5, the Bank of England said on Wednesday, more than a year after unveiling their design.
The ...
Verstappen sets ominous pace as F1 starts testing in Bahrain
Triple Formula One world champion Max Verstappen set an ominous pace as Red Bull picked up where they left off on the first day of pre-season testing in Bahrain on ...
Former London police officer convicted of multiple rapes
A former member of the Metropolitan Police has been convicted of multiple rapes, including of a child, London’s police force said on Wednesday, with some of the offences carried ...
Apple rolls out iMessage upgrade to withstand decryption by quantum computers
Apple (AAPL.O) is rolling out an upgrade to its iMessage texting platform to defend against future encryption-breaking technologies.
The new protocol, known as PQ3, is another sign that US ...
Israeli parliament backs Netanyahu’s rejection of ‘unilateral’ recognition of Palestinian state
Israeli lawmakers voted on Wednesday to back Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s rejection of any “unilateral” recognition of a Palestinian state as international calls have grown for the revival of ...
Gaza death toll rises to 29,313
Israel stepped up its bombardment of the southern city of Rafah, residents said on Wednesday, as the death toll in the war across the devastated Palestinian strip rose to 29,313, according ...
Biden administration to cancel another $1.2 billion of student loans
President Joe Biden’s administration said on Wednesday it is cancelling $1.2 billion worth of student loans for some 153,000 people who are eligible under a program used to make good on ...