Russia is seeking to rejoin the United Nations human rights council in an election that will be seen as a key test of its international standing. It was expelled from the UN’s pre-eminent human rights body last April after its … Read More
WASHINGTON, Aug 17 (Reuters) – The United States has approved sending F-16 fighter jets to Ukraine from Denmark and the Netherlands to defend against Russian invaders as soon as pilot training is completed, a U.S. official said on Thursday. Ukraine … Read More
It’s a race against time to locate the tourist submarine that went missing on Monday as it explored the remnants of the doomed Titanic in the Atlantic Ocean. Naval experts say the wreckage is in such a position that it will be … Read More
Farmers are turning to desperate measures in drought-hit Spain, which just had its warmest April on record. Twenty six people have been arrested for tapping illegal wells to grow tropical fruit in southern Spain, police said on Tuesday. During a … Read More
A Melbourne mom being denied a lifesaving transplant under a “no jab, no heart” policy has accused the hospital of “ideological” discrimination for refusing the COVID vaccine. Vicki Derderian, 47, has been on mechanical life support since 2020 after her heart failed … Read More
Huge rallies have been held in several Mexican cities against what protesters say are government attempts to undermine the electoral authorities. The biggest was in Mexico City, where organisers say 500,000 people marched on the city’s main plaza. The local … Read More
NYT correspondent’s conversation with Microsoft’s search engine leads to bizarre philosophical conversations that highlight the sense of speaking to a human In the race to perfect the first major artificial intelligence-powered search engine, concerns over accuracy and the proliferation of … Read More
The drought affecting over half of Argentina’s territory means agricultural production levels this year will be lower than during the 2021/2022 season and below the five-year average, especially for wheat. This is the warning report from the Rosario Grains Exchange, … Read More
‘I think we should be a little bit concerned’ Tesla founder and Twitter owner Elon Musk likes things big. Just look at his personally funded space program, car company and $44 billion purchase of the social-media site. But he’s taken … Read More
(Reuters) -Five students wounded in a shooting at Michigan State University remain in critical condition, three days after a heavily armed gunman entered two buildings at the campus and opened fire, killing three other students, police said on Thursday. The … Read More