Australia news live: Antarctic staff withdrawn from Macquarie Island due to ‘psychological stress’ from bird flu risk; dolphin dies from H5

Follow today’s news liveGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastGreens say Australia needs to ‘step up and really commit’ to aiding rebuilding in NepalDavid Shoebridge, the Greens’ spokesperson on foreign affairs, told RN Breakfast earlier the Australian commitment of $5m for affected communities in Nepal “won’t come close to touching the sides” of the calamity.I think Australia needs to step up and really commit to helping rebuild. This is a country with minimal spare resources. Life is tough in Nepal at most times, but I don’t think $5 million comes close to meeting the sc

У берегов Румынии от удара затонуло торговое судно

Коли батьківські суботи у 2026 році: дати, заборони та як правильно поминати

Щороку в церковному календарі є особливі поминальні дні, коли в храмах моляться за померлих.

“Il Pentagono non può mettere al bando Anthropic, ritorsione capricciosa”: la sentenza di una giudice Usa

Nell’ordinanza, di quasi 60 pagine, viene scritto che la decisione di bandire il colosso dell’IA era stata presa dall’amministrazione Usa affinché potesse essere d’esempio per gli altri

DRC begins vaccinating front-line healthcare workers against Ebola

Trials for a vaccine for the Bundibugyo strain are ongoing as DRC authorities try to control the Ebola outbreak.

Bondi library returns book How to Sell a Genocide to shelves after State Library ‘outlines the law’

Book was removed for review earlier this month following complaint but reinstated after petition and State Library letter to Waverley councilFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastA Sydney library has returned to its borrowing shelves a book critical of Israel called How to Sell a Genocide following a public campaign and an intervention from the State Library of New South Wales.Waverley library removed the book “for review” earlier this month after the Jewish news outlet JWire reported it had approached the council. Cont

Nepal-Tibet flash flood live updates: death toll has risen to 469, Nepal police say; 100 people trapped in hydropower tunnel, army says

About 1,300 people including hundreds of tourists still missing as rescuers race to find survivors; Nepali army working to rescue the trapped from tunnelNearly 1,400 missing, mostly tourists, and hundreds killedNepal-Tibet flash flood: what we know so far on day threeVisual guide: how the deadly flooding unfoldedTell us: have you been affected by the flash floods?China has halted the rescue at the epicentre of the Tibet disaster over flood risk, state media is reportedly saying.More on this soon. Continue reading...

Markets open higher; IT stocks lead gains as investors await Warsh's Jackson Hole speech

The Sensex opened at 77,128.05 and rose to 77,181.97, up 248.38 points by 9:25 AM; The Nifty 50 opened at 24,122.60 and increased to 24,143.30, up 52.45 points

Nepal’s mudslide wiped out areas of eastern China, army helps search

China has dispatched hundreds of military personnel to the border town of Gyirong in Tibet, after a deadly mudslide.

Australia news live: Antarctic staff withdraw from Macquarie Island due to ‘psychological stress’ from bird flu risk; dolphin dies from H5

Follow today’s news liveGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastGreens say Australia needs to ‘step up and really commit’ to aiding rebuilding in NepalDavid Shoebridge, the Greens’ spokesperson on foreign affairs, told RN Breakfast earlier the Australian commitment of $5m for affected communities in Nepal “won’t come close to touching the sides” of the calamity.I think Australia needs to step up and really commit to helping rebuild. This is a country with minimal spare resources. Life is tough in Nepal at most times, but I don’t think $5 million comes close to meeting the sc

Un soldat franco-colombien de la Légion étrangère française enlevé en Colombie par la guérilla

Les responsables présumés de l’enlèvement de José Olger Melo Charry, survenu le 6 août, sont des dissidents de la guérilla des FARC, aujourd’hui dissoute, selon un rapport de l’armée colombienne.

Indonesians march on parliament to demand crackdown on corruption

Thousands of Indonesians demand harsher penalties for corruption during protests outside parliament in Jakarta.

Что разогрело цены на пшеницу и кукурузу

Декабрьский фьючерс на пшеницу на Чикагской бирже на торгах 27 августа достиг максимальной отметки за три года – $7,67 за бушель (примерно 27 кг). Трехлетний рекорд был обновлен второй раз за сутки – предыдущий максимум фиксировался лишь 26 августа на отметке $7,214 за бушель (исчерпав лимит на повышение цены в 45 центов за сутки). Как свидетельствуют данные сайта торговой площадки, фьючерсы с поставкой на март и май 2027 г. торговались 27 августа на отметках $7,83 и $7,87 за бушель соответственно.

Однокурсник убитого генерала Кириллова может возглавить костромской парламент

Заместитель председателя костромской областной думы Владимир Комиссаров («Единая Россия», ЕР) может получить повышение в случае избрания действующего спикера Алексея Анохина депутатом Госдумы в единый день голосования 20 сентября (ЕДГ-2026). Об этом «Ведомостям» сообщили три собеседника в регионе.

Силы ПВО уничтожили два БПЛА на подлете к Москве

‘Confluence of errors’ led to Belgian tourist Celine Cremer’s death in Tasmanian wilderness, coroner finds

Coronor finds 31-year-old deviated from a walking track as dusk fell, four days before the winter solsticeFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastOverlapping errors, including a lack of preparation in near-freezing winter weather, contributed to the death of a Belgian tourist on a wilderness track.Celine Cremer set off on a walk at Philosopher Falls in Tasmania’s remote north-west on 17 June 2023 and was reported missing almost 10 days later. Continue reading...

Trump administration seeks to restrict internships for international students

“Failure to comply with SEVP regulations may result in an institution ‌losing ⁠certification to enroll foreign students,” the memo said

Nvidia’s Jensen Huang counters Bill Gates: ‘AI will change jobs, but also create new ones’

AI to be ‘net job creator’ going forward, says Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang

Sensex today | Stock Market Live: Sensex, Nifty open higher amid cautious investor sentiment

Sensex, Nifty, Stock Price Live Updates: Indian equities began Friday on a positive note, supported by broadly favourable global cues, though gains remained measured as investors weighed elevated crude oil prices, geopolitical risks, mixed Asian markets and the Federal Reserve’s upcoming policy signals.

Identity of high-profile Queensland man drawn into extortion case to remain secret after court ruling

Man – referred to as MM by court – will keep his identity hidden after legal challenge against suppression dismissed The identity of a high-profile Queensland man drawn into a Cairns extortion case will remain secret, after the state’s supreme court threw out a legal challenge against a suppression order.The man – referred to as MM by the court – was drawn into an extortion case earlier this year. He is not a party to the case and is not accused of any offence. Continue reading...

Former AFL star Nicky Winmar jailed for six months for assault on woman

Barrister for former St Kilda player says he will appeal both the sentence and the conviction for unprovoked assault in May 2025 Former AFL star Nicky Winmar has been jailed for six months for attacking a woman in a violent assault.Winmar, 60, dropped his head as he was sentenced in Bendigo magistrates court over the May 2025 assault against a woman at Cohuna in northern Victoria. Continue reading...

Росія та КНДР будують "непереможний" союз, який може пережити війну в Україні, - The Times

Відносини між цими країнами набувають все більш стратегічного характеру.

Palestine Action Activists Accused of Vandalism at Trump Turnberry Face Terrorism Accusation

Prosecutors will seek to prove that members of Palestine Action who they say painted “Gaza is not 4 sale” on the Scottish golf course last year committed acts connected to terrorism.

Seven charged with damaging Trump’s Scottish golf course accused of ‘terrorist connection’

Course at Donald Trump’s Turnberry resort was painted with words ‘Gaza is not 4 sale’ and clubhouse was sprayed with graffitiSeven people charged with vandalising Donald Trump’s Turnberry golf course in Scotland have been accused of malicious damage “having a terrorist connection”.The clubhouse at the five-star Trump Turnberry hotel and resort on the west coast of Scotland was graffitied on 8 March last year and the course was dug up and painted with the words “Gaza is not 4 sale”. Continue reading...

What could Meta’s US settlement mean around the world – and what now for other claims against firm?

Other governments could seek similar concessions, while separate legal action is pending in places ranging from Kenya to the NetherlandsIn October 2021, Abrham Meareg’s father, a professor of chemistry in Ethiopia’s northern town of Bahir Dar, was shot at close range and died outside his family home. This was in the middle of the country’s civil war.For weeks, Facebook’s algorithm had actively promoted posts calling for the academic to be murdered, according to Meareg and Foxglove, a nonprofit organisation supporting Meareg’s lawsuit against the company in Kenya. These posts included photos of

‘No precedent’: Lorde and Little Simz to star at world-first festival run on clean power

A zero-emission compact hydrogen power plant will drive the main stage at Clifton Down in BristolWhen Lorde, Little Simz and Wet Leg stride on to stages in Bristol this weekend, they will not only be entertaining tens of thousands of festivalgoers but taking part in what is being billed as a world-first clean power project.The two stages at Forwards festival on Clifton Down are being driven almost entirely by green power – a combination of hydrogen and mobile batteries charged with sustainable energy. Continue reading...

‘Nature thrives when given a chance’: restored Cheshire wetland now a haven for rare grebe

Woolston Eyes in Warrington, a dumping ground for canal dredgings, has become best place in UK for black-necked grebeA dumping ground for dredgings from the Manchester Ship Canal has become the best place in Britain for the rare and beautiful black-necked grebe, hosting 64% of Britain’s breeding population.Since 2021, Woolston Eyes in Cheshire has been restored, extended and turned into a mosaic of freshwater pools, reedbeds, willow scrub and rough grassland, managed by the RSPB and Woolston Eyes Conservation Group. Continue reading...

Le canal de Suez, ou comment l’Egypte a fait d’un symbole d’exploitation l’instrument de son émancipation

« Suez, canal historique » (5/6). Un parfum de fronde imprègne l’axe maritime. C’est une révolte à Ismaïlia, l’une des villes du canal, qui a entraîné la fondation de la République égyptienne en 1952, mettant fin à une monarchie inféodée à Londres. Et c’est en nationalisant la voie d’eau, en 1956, et en la défendant contre les assauts français, britanniques et israéliens que le pays a construit sa légitimité internationale.

Visa Expands Support for its Clients and the Industry as Organisations Navigate New AI Era of Cybersecurity

Visa Expands Support for its Clients and the Industry as Organisations Navigate New AI Era of Cybersecurity

Allemagne : la raffinerie de Schwedt, symbole de la difficulté à se défaire de la dépendance au pétrole russe

Le complexe pétrochimique, dont dépendent Berlin, des Länder de l’est et plusieurs pays frontaliers, est contraint de diversifier son approvisionnement depuis les sanctions européennes contre Moscou, mais le manque d’anticipation hypothèque son avenir.

En Allemagne, la raffinerie de Schwedt, symbole de la difficulté à se défaire de la dépendance au pétrole russe

Le complexe pétrochimique, dont dépendent Berlin, des Länder de l’Est et plusieurs pays frontaliers, est contraint de diversifier son approvisionnement depuis la mise en place des sanctions européennes contre Moscou mais le manque d’anticipation en hypothèque l’avenir.

Inondations au Népal et au Tibet : après la vague meurtrière, des habitants sidérés par la violence de la catastrophe

Alors que l’aide internationale commence à peine à arriver, les autorités chinoises ont émis une alerte contre le « risque élevé » de rupture d’un lac de retenue formé à la suite de la coulée de boue, qui pourrait provoquer une deuxième crue dans les jours à venir.

Après les inondations au Népal et au Tibet, des habitants sidérés par la violence de la catastrophe et sous la menace d’une deuxième vague meurtrière

Alors que l’aide internationale commence à peine à arriver, les autorités chinoises ont émis une alerte contre le « risque élevé » de rupture d’un lac de retenue formé à la suite de la coulée de boue, qui pourrait provoquer une deuxième crue dans les jours à venir.

Des exercices militaires communs prévus en septembre entre les Etats-Unis, la Corée du Sud et le Japon, annonce Séoul

Cette annonce intervient quelques jours après que Donald Trump a réduit l’ampleur d’exercices annuels entre Washington et Séoul, afin de préserver des liens avec le leader de la Corée du Nord, Kim Jong-un.

SEBI proposes merchant banker exemption for small-value private debt issues by eligible listed issuers

The proposal exempts debt securities or non-convertible redeemable preference shares issued via private placement at a face value of ₹10,000, subject to certain eligibility conditions

Trump administration illegally retaliated against Anthropic, judge rules

The AI startup has been at loggerheads with the Pentagon over the use of AI by the US military.

США, Південна Корея та Японія проведуть спільні військові навчання через загрозу з боку КНДР

Щорічні навчання "Freedom Edge" мають оборонний характер.

Roaches to the rescue: Australian scientists develop cyborg cockroaches for medical missions

The insects successfully navigated designated checkpoints in laboratory tests, offering researchers a potential new tool for reaching victims in inaccessible spaces.

El estrecho de Ormuz tras seis meses de guerra: bloqueo, drones y barcos fantasma

Se suceden los ataques a buques en el estratégico estrecho mientras Irán y Omán ultiman las negociaciones sobre una nueva ruta

El mundo de ayer

Ucrania cumple 1.647 días de guerra, y asumes que lo único seguro en la vida es que no se puede dar nada por sentado

La pesca, la principal barrera entre Islandia y la Unión Europea

Los islandeses decidirán este sábado en un referéndum si reabren las negociaciones para ingresar en el bloque comunitario, en una consulta marcada por el temor a perder la gestión de sus caladeros

Meloni hace hace equilibrios para seguir armando a Ucrania sin irritar a la derecha

Italia mantiene el apoyo militar al país invadido, pero rebaja el tono en vísperas de las elecciones generales del año que viene

Meloni hace equilibrios para seguir armando a Ucrania sin irritar a la derecha

Italia mantiene el apoyo militar al país invadido, pero rebaja el tono en vísperas de las elecciones generales del año que viene

Anthropic in talks with chip start up MatX to speed up chip design, sources say

The merger talks have shifted to a partnership discussion, highlighting the AI lab’s goal to acquire resources and talent for building its own chips

Nepal floods: Rescue efforts intensify as rising lake threatens fresh disaster

Rescue operations continued across devastated Himalayan communities as authorities raced to find missing people and contain the threat of further flooding.

Sensex today | Stock Market Live: Sensex, Nifty may open higher, but profit booking and geopolitical risks remain

Sensex, Nifty, Stock Price Live Updates: Indian markets are likely to open higher on Friday, but cautious sentiment could limit gains as investors assess crude oil prices, mixed Asian cues, geopolitical developments and the Federal Reserve’s policy outlook while remaining alert to profit booking.

Anthropic introduces Model Hardware Standard for AI agents to operate physical devices

The framework aims to connect AI agents with physical instruments, enabling researchers and engineers to automate complex tasks with minimal intervention

Intelligence artificielle : le bannissement d’Anthropic par l’administration Trump est illégal, décide la justice américaine

Washington avait interdit aux agences fédérales d’utiliser les outils d’Anthropic après que l’entreprise eut refusé de laisser l’armée américaine utiliser son chatbot Claude pour des armes létales entièrement autonomes ou la surveillance de masse de la population.

Intelligence artificielle : des sanctions de l’administration Trump contre Anthropic annulées par une juge fédérale

Washington avait interdit aux agences fédérales d’utiliser les outils d’Anthropic après que l’entreprise eut refusé de laisser l’armée américaine utiliser son chatbot Claude pour des armes létales entièrement autonomes ou la surveillance de masse de la population.

South Korea to re-examine 310,000 missing person cases after fake record scandal

Renewed scrutiny comes after police officer accused of falsifying records in order to close the cases of people who were later found deadSouth Korean police will re-examine about 310,000 missing persons cases closed over the past three years, prompted by a scandal in which an officer was arrested on suspicion of falsifying records to close files on two people who were later found dead.The case has drawn national attention, with President Lee Jae Myung ordering an investigation into the police handling of it and telling the force to draw up a reform plan. Continue reading...

Visa Expands Support for its Clients and the Industry as Organisations Navigate New AI Era of Cybersecurity

Visa Expands Support for its Clients and the Industry as Organisations Navigate New AI Era of Cybersecurity

A l’étranger, la « cavale » très politique de la chroniqueuse de CNews Xenia Fedorova

La vedette du groupe Bolloré est passée par Nice, fin juillet, avant de disparaître après l’arrêté d’expulsion de France qui la visait. Après ce coup de force français, la question de sa candidature à la direction de la Maison russe à Berlin, très liée au Kremlin, a déclenché une cascade de réactions politiques en Allemagne.

En Ukraine, le blocage des ports de la mer Noire asphyxie les exportations de céréales

Les Russes ont intensifié leurs frappes sur les navires se dirigeant ou sortant des ports d’Odessa et des villes voisines, à tel point que le trafic maritime local est à l’arrêt depuis plus d’un mois. Une gageure logistique pour de nombreuses entreprises et un important manque à gagner pour l’Ukraine, grande productrice de céréales.

A l’étranger, la « cavale » très politique de la chroniqueuse russe de CNews Xenia Fedorova

La vedette du groupe Bolloré est passée par Nice, fin juillet, avant de disparaître après l’arrêté d’expulsion de France qui la visait. Après ce coup de force français, la question de sa candidature à la direction de la Maison russe à Berlin, très liée au Kremlin, a déclenché une cascade de réactions politiques en Allemagne.

28 серпня: церковне свято сьогодні, що цього дня не можна робити жінкам

Православне свято в народі прозвали Анна Скирдниця.