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‘You don’t give a damn’: Anger as review launched into police response to Texas school massacre

An internal review has been launched into the inaction of dozens of police officers who failed to intervene as a gunman murdered 19 children...

World

Putin visits Iran in first trip outside former Soviet Union since invasion of Ukraine

Vladimir Putin visits Iran today for his first trip outside the former Soviet Union since the invasion of Ukraine. The Russian president will meet...

‘Unprecedented day’ beckons as UK braces for possible 41C temperatures

The UK is braced for temperatures as high as 41C today with increased travel chaos – after night-time record temperatures of 26C were provisionally...

Bear which mauled woman to death was ‘food-conditioned’

A grizzly bear which mauled a woman to death in a rare predatory attack in Montana had become “food-conditioned”. Leah Davis Lokan, 65, had...

Technology

Crypto miners moved over $300 million of bitcoin in one day, and some are dropping out altogether

New data from blockchain analytics firm CryptoQuant shows that miners are rapidly exiting their bitcoin positions. 14,000 bitcoin, worth more than $300 million at...

Politics

Tory leadership rivals face further vote as Johnson holds last cabinet

The last four runners in the Conservative leadership contest will face another round of voting later, as the party decides who will replace Boris...

Sports

Way-too-early 2023 golf major championship winners

ST. ANDREWS, Scotland — Golf’s major season ended with Australia’s Cameron Smith winning the 150th edition of The Open and lifting the Claret Jug...

Science

Fossilised Face of Oldest Human to Have Lived in Europe Unearthed in Spain

A team of paleoanthropologists have unearthed a human fossil that is estimated to be around 1.4 million years old. The fossil was found at...

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From Bennifer to royalty: The celeb couples who reunited after break-ups

The course of true love never did run smooth, particularly when it comes to the wild world of celebrity romance. So the story of...

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Bosch and Blubrake/Shimano unveil competing anti-lock braking for electric bikes

Anti-lock brakes might sound like old tech in cars (and motorcycles to a certain extent), but another two-wheeler has had to deal with brake...

Environment

Hilcorp Energy, Exxon Mobil and ConocoPhillips release the most greenhouse gasses among U.S. oil and gas companies

A pumpjack pumps oil in the Inglewood Oil Field as seen from the Kenneth Hahn State Recreation Area on July 13, 2022 in Los...

Science

A Cosmic Time Machine: How the James Webb Space Telescope Lets Us See the First Galaxies in the Universe

It has been an exciting week with the release of breathtaking photos of our Universe by the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST). Images such...

Business

Union calls for maximum workplace temperature in UK

A union is calling for a legal limit on how hot workplaces can be – as the UK faces a heatwave that could see...

‘Hero’ bystander shoots dead man who killed three at US shopping centre

Three people have been killed and two injured in a shooting at a mall food court in Indiana after a man with a rifle...

Red alert: UK set to roast in ‘ferocious heat’ as temperatures could hit above 40C

Britons have been urged to stay inside as the UK braces for “ferocious” temperatures breaching 40C, and swathes of the country are now covered...

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‘We did it’: Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck tie the knot in Las Vegas drive-through chapel

Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck have got married in a Las Vegas drive-through chapel. Lopez announced their marriage on Sunday in a newsletter for...

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Swytch shows off first pocket-sized electric bike battery for DIY e-bike conversion kit

Have you ever thought to yourself, “I’d love an electric bicycle, but it’d be even more convenient if the battery fit into my pocket”?...

Environment

From $25 billion to $167 million: How a major crypto lender collapsed and dragged many investors down with it

Celsius filing for bankruptcy this week surprised virtually no one. Once a platform freezes customer assets, it’s typically all over. But just because the...

World

Zelenskyy sacks security services chief and top prosecutor over ‘treason’ allegations

The Ukrainian head of security services has been fired due to alleged “treason”. President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has also sacked prosecutor general Iryna Venediktova amid...

Science

Thrilling New Images of Jupiter Captured by James Webb Space Telescope

The James Webb Space Telescope’s latest photographs demonstrate that it is capable of seeing more than just cosmic objects that are far away from...