Rafael Grossi, head of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), warned on Monday of a wave of nuclear proliferation if Iran builds a nuclear weapon. “Many countries have said that if Iran gets a nuclear weapon, they will do the same. I think we heard it very clearly from many countries,” Grossi said on the […]
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An Ice Age bird that weighed twice as much as an ostrich became adapted to water, says a team of researchers who recently studied fossils of creatures that went extinct about 45,000 years ago. Based on the bones of Genyornisnewtoni found in Lake Callabonna in South Australia, the animal weighed about 230 kilos, making it
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Russia knows Putin’s Crimean Bridge is “doomed,” a Ukrainian official told The Economist. Dmitry Pletenchuk said Russia is using a new railway line because it knows the bridge is in trouble. Ukraine has long threatened to destroy the bridge and could use US-supplied long-range ATACMS. Russia knows its Crimean bridge is doomed, forcing the country
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CNews, regularly accused of promoting far-right views, became France’s number one news channel for the first time last month, figures published on Monday showed. Often described as France’s answer to Fox News due to its opinionated and divisive presenters, CNews reflects a shift to the right in French politics, often expressing positions against immigration, Islamism
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Enthusiasts kept talking about a resurrected Toyota Supra, so Toyota made one. With BMW deciding to end production of the BMW Z4 in March 2026, we may have to wait until the end of 2025 to find out what Toyota plans to do with the sports car it’s building on top of the Z4 chassis.
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HONG KONG (AP) — Hong Kong police have arrested a performance artist on the eve of the 35th anniversary of The Chinese crackdown on Tiananmen Squarewhich points to the declining freedom of expression in the city. Police took Sanmu Chen on Monday from a street in Causeway Bay, a busy shopping district in Hong Kong,
Israeli drones struck areas deep in Lebanon on Monday, killing one person and wounding another, in retaliation for launches by the pro-Iranian Hezbollah movement from southern Lebanon into northern Israel. Israeli drones targeted a car in the town of Kawthariyat al-Rez in Sidon district and a motorcycle in al-Naqoura. The state-run National News Agency (NNA)
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QUICK FACTS Where is it? The Betsiboka River, Madagascar (-15.920729, 46.367102). What is in the photo? An intricate, rust-colored waterway formed by mangrove islands. Who took the photo? An unnamed astronaut aboard the International Space Station. When was it taken? June 29, 2018. This striking astronaut photo shows the intense color and intricate shape of
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WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland has arrested 18 people on charges of carrying out hostile activities or planning sabotage on behalf of Russia and Belarus, including plans to assassinate Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyythe Interior Minister said on Monday. Ten of the people arrested since December were directly involved in planning various forms of sabotage across
VIENNA (AP) — Russia could eventually restart the Zaporizhia nuclear power plant it seized in southeastern Ukraine, but shares the view of international observers that doing so now is impractical and potentially dangerous, it said head of the UN’s nuclear watchdog on Monday. Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency Rafael Grossi said he
