May 20, 2025 - Brief Briefing

Fortnite approved by Apple, returns to U.S. App Store 5 years after removal

Thomas Fuller | SOPA Images | Lightrocket | Getty Images Apple approved the Epic Games title Fortnite on Tuesday, returning the first-person shooter game...

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Fortnite approved by Apple, returns to U.S. App Store 5 years after removal

Technology

Waymo says it reached 10 million robotaxi trips, doubling in five months

A Waymo self-driving car, seen with a driver, stops at a red light outside the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., on Friday, March 31,...

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Waymo says it reached 10 million robotaxi trips, doubling in five months

Sports

Trainer Demeritte dies at 75 of cardiac arrest

Associated Press May 20, 2025, 04:47 PM ET LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Larry Demeritte, a trainer who realized his dream of running a horse in...

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Trainer Demeritte dies at 75 of cardiac arrest

World

British doctor in Gaza describes horror as people starve – and tells world leaders to ‘do something’

A British doctor working in Gaza has urged world leaders to “stop talking and do something” as he described how people are starving and...

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World

90% of Port-au-Prince controlled by gangs as thousands forced into heaving displacement camps

A group of school children in their smart uniforms skip past us, overseen by their mums and dads. In front of us, the highway...

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90% of Port-au-Prince controlled by gangs as thousands forced into heaving displacement camps

World

Hard-right populist George Simion to contest Romania’s election result

Romania and its judiciary now face a difficult choice It’s three days since I asked George Simion if he would accept the result if...

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Hard-right populist George Simion to contest Romania's election result

World

Fresh UK and EU sanctions on Russia announced – as Putin procrastinates on ceasefire talks

The UK and EU have placed fresh sanctions on Russia as the Kremlin refused to put a timeline on ceasefire talks with Ukraine. The...

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Fresh UK and EU sanctions on Russia announced - as Putin procrastinates on ceasefire talks

George Wendt, who played Norm in Cheers, dies at age of 76

Actor George Wendt, who played Norm Peterson in the iconic sitcom Cheers, has died at the age of 76. His family said he died...

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George Wendt, who played Norm in Cheers, dies at age of 76

Elon Musk says he will remain Tesla CEO and plans to cut back on political spending

Elon Musk has said he is committed to remaining as Tesla’s chief executive for at least five years, as the electric carmaker faces pressure...

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Elon Musk says he will remain Tesla CEO and plans to cut back on political spending

Technology

Palo Alto Networks beats on earnings and revenue, misses on gross margin

Palo Alto Networks signage displays on the screen at the Nasdaq Market in New York City, U.S., March 25, 2025. Jeenah Moon | Reuters...

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Palo Alto Networks beats on earnings and revenue, misses on gross margin

Donald Trump announces Golden Dome defence project – confirming US plans to put weapons in space

Donald Trump has announced the concept for his Golden Dome missile defence system – which includes plans for the US put weapons in space...

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Donald Trump announces Golden Dome defence project - confirming US plans to put weapons in space

Student, 23, who lost all four limbs to sepsis calls on people to get meningitis vaccine

A medical student who lost all four limbs due to sepsis has called on people to get the meningitis vaccine to help prevent them...

by admin May 20, 2025

Student, 23, who lost all four limbs to sepsis calls on people to get meningitis vaccine

World

What aid has entered Gaza – and where is it going?

The first aid trucks have begun entering Gaza after 78 days of Israeli blockade. The United Nations said nine trucks were given permission to...

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What aid has entered Gaza - and where is it going?

Musk says he will remain Tesla CEO and plans to cut back on political spending

Elon Musk has said he is committed to remaining as Tesla’s chief executive for at least five years, as the electric carmaker faces pressure...

by admin May 20, 2025

‘Khan Younis looks like Stalingrad’: British doctor in Gaza describes horror – and has message for world leaders

A British doctor working in Gaza has urged world leaders to “stop talking and do something” as he described how people are starving and...

by admin May 20, 2025

Business

HSBC ‘being attacked all the time’ by online criminals – as boss ‘kept awake at night’ by cyber threat

The boss of one of the UK’s biggest banks says it is being attacked “all the time” by online criminals and he is kept...

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HSBC 'being attacked all the time' by online criminals - as boss 'kept awake at night' by cyber threat

Science

Scientists Transform Lead into Gold, But Only for a Fleeting Moment

Medieval alchemists would have been stunned to see lead turned into gold – but that’s what scientists at CERN’s Awesomely Large Hadron Collider (LHC) have...

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Scientists Transform Lead into Gold, But Only for a Fleeting Moment

Science

Scientists Discover Three-Eyed Sea Moth From Half a Billion Years Ago

Scientists have discovered a half a million years old three eyed “sea moth” from a cache of museum fossils in Canada. These finger-sized feisty...

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Scientists Discover Three-Eyed Sea Moth From Half a Billion Years Ago

Science

NASA’s LROC Captures ispace RESILIENCE Landing Site Ahead of June 2025 Lunar Touchdown

NASA’s LROC (Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Camera) has taken high resolution picture of the landing area for the ispace SMBC and HAKUTO-R Mission 2 lunar...

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NASA's LROC Captures ispace RESILIENCE Landing Site Ahead of June 2025 Lunar Touchdown

Science

Canadian Astrophotographer Captures Breathtaking Sunflower Galaxy

Canada based Astrophotographer Ronald Brecher has captured a stunning view of the Messier 63 or the ‘Sunflower Galaxy’ . Brecher’s deep-sky portrait reveals incredible...

by admin May 20, 2025