South Africa and Mamelodi Sundowns midfielder Jayden Adams has died at the age of 25, just weeks after featuring for his country at the World Cup. Adams featured in all three of South Africa’s group games at the tournament, where they reached the knockout stages before losing to co-hosts Canada in the round of 32….
President Donald Trump allowed landmark housing legislation to become law overnight on Friday without his signature. He had earlier refused to sign it in protest over Congress’s failure to pass voter ID legislation but did not veto the housing bill. Experts have said the legislation marks the most comprehensive action from Congress on lowering house…
The US Department of Defence said it would continue to prioritise “the care of affected personnel” as it announced the compensation, paid out under the Havana Act which was signed into law in 2021. There has been widespread speculation for many years over what – and who – is responsible for Havana Syndrome. Some have…
A British family on holiday in Bedar has described the “terrifying” experience of escaping one of Spain’s deadliest wildfires. Twelve people in the village – among them four Britons – were killed, according to Spanish authorities. Another 23 people are still missing. Lucinda Curtois, who arrived in Spain with her partner Riyaz Cheytan and their…
Apple has accused OpenAI of gaining access to valuable inside information through the hiring of its former employees. In a federal lawsuit filed on Friday, Apple sued the artificial intelligence (AI) company, two of its employees, as well as io Products, claiming it has engaged in “a pattern of theft” of Apple’s confidential product development…
Acting mayor Regina Kharchenko told the BBC that during one particularly intensive attack she “did not go to the shelter, but when it got too loud I took cover in the toilet”. A Shahed drone crashed not far from Anna’s office with a big bang, and another drone struck a cable, taking down the internet….
Australian police have released bodycam footage showing one of the last attempts to get Bradley Murdoch to reveal the location of Peter Falconio’s body, on the 25th anniversary of his murder. Huddersfield-born Falconio was shot dead on a remote stretch of highway near the Northern Territory town of Barrow Creek in July 2001, while travelling…
Many National Rally supporters will be relieved Le Pen is running instead. She has made politics her life, has already run three presidential campaigns, and her decision has boosted her lead in the polls. Bardella’s age and lack of experience, many feared, would have come under close scrutiny and could have become a liability. Still,…
The pitch by Thomas Lukaszuk, a former Progressive Conservative Alberta lawmaker, is that separation “would be, from a political, economic, and social perspective, a terrible process to have to go through.” Lukaszuk’s group, Forever Canadian, recently formally opened its campaign headquarters in Calgary. He told the BBC that his aim is not to tell Albertans…
Nine passengers and a pilot have died in a small plane crash in the Bahamas, officials said. The light aircraft was making a short trip from Lynden Pindling International Airport, near capital Nassau, San Andros Airport when it “reportedly encountered difficulties” and crashed into bushes prior to landing, the country’s Aircraft Accident Investigation Authority said…