A palm tree next to the beach before Hurricane Milton’s arrival on Wednesday, in Fort Myers Beach, Fla. Viral rumors and conspiracy theories have made it more challenging for federal and state officials to share information about the storm and evacuation plans. Joe Raedle/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Joe Raedle/Getty Images With a second […]
PA Media Lily Ebert, who was sent to Auschwitz during World War Two, died on Wednesday A 100-year-old Holocaust survivor, whose story became famous as she searched for the family of a soldier who saved her, has died. Hungarian-born Lily Ebert, who lived in north-west London, was taken to Auschwitz-Birkenau in 1944 with her family […]
Starmer refuses to rule out government changing definition of debt used in its fiscal rules Sunak asks about reports that the government will change the definition of debt. He says Rachel Reeves used to describe this as fiddling the figures. Starmer refuses to be drawn on that, and criticises the Tories’ handling of the economy. […]
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — Alabama defensive back Malachi Moore will not receive a suspension for his late-game outburst against Vanderbilt and will start on Saturday against South Carolina, according to coach Kalen DeBoer. Moore’s actions included throwing his mouthpiece, appearing to refuse to be subbed out during the final moments of the game and subsequently kicking […]
Getty Images The announcement was made in Stockholm, Sweden The Nobel Prize in Physics has been awarded to two scientists, Geoffrey Hinton and John Hopfield, for their work on machine learning. British-Canadian Professor Hinton is sometimes referred to as the “Godfather of AI” and said he was flabbergasted. He resigned from Google in 2023, and […]
Labour won’t be able to rely on ethnic minority voters as ‘bloc’ of support in future, says major report Good morning. Labour has already been in office for almost 100 days, but in some respects it still feels like we’re at the start of a new political season. This morning Keir Starmer is chairing his […]
BBC Dorothy Masasa is one of the thousands of women diagnosed with cervical cancer every year in Malawi Dorothy Masasa happily walks down a dirt road on a sunny afternoon, her baby securely strapped on her back. Just six months ago the 39-year-old, originally from southern Malawi’s Thyolo district, was in Kenya for life-saving radiotherapy. […]
Woodrow Mayes More than 40 school children were in the bus when it crashed A double-decker bus carrying more than 40 school children has crashed in County Down. The Northern Ireland Ambulance Service (NIAS) declared it as a “major incident”, but has since stood it down. It said the bus was carrying 43 school children, […]
People color in a U.S. electoral map during a 2020 presidential election watch party at the U.S. Embassy in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia. Byambasuren Byamba-Ochir/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Byambasuren Byamba-Ochir/AFP via Getty Images The counting of ballots can take longer in some places than in others. In presidential elections, that difference can cause […]
Reuters Victor Ambros (l) and Gary Ruvkun (r) share the 2024 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2024 has been awarded to US scientists Victor Ambros and Gary Ruvkun for their work on microRNA. Their discoveries help explain how complex life emerged on Earth and how the human […]