A US judge in New Mexico on Thursday ordered Meta to pay another $567m (£421m) for its failure to warn the public about dangers its platforms posed to children, marking the largest ruling against the company over child safety. Judge Bryan Biedscheid said the social media giant is a “public nuisance” akin to air pollution…
Traffic jams dominate headlines and social media, pushing authorities to keep vehicles moving. In Delhi, many mid-block crossings have been replaced by U-turns to reduce stoppages, forcing pedestrians onto foot overbridges. “People don’t just need to walk along a road,” says Goel. “They need to be able to cross it safely too.” The result is…
Israeli prosecutors have charged a settler over the killing of a Palestinian activist in the occupied West Bank who helped film Oscar-winning documentary No Other Land. Yinon Levy was charged with reckless manslaughter over the July 2025 shooting of Odeh Hathaleen, according to Israel’s Southern District Prosecutor’s Office. Israeli rights group B’Tselem said it was…
The Minister of Sports, Arts and Culture of South Africa, Gayton McKenzie, posted on X saying that Infantino had been “very good to African football”. “Africa should be cautious in joining the public lynching of Infantino. He has been very good to African football. “We can debate his ideas but let’s not forget who has…
Sydney Towle, a popular social media influencer who shared her experience living with a rare, aggressive form of cancer, has died at the age of 26. Towle’s family announced her death, from complications related to bile duct cancer that had spread to other parts of her body, on her social media accounts on Thursday. “Syd…
At least 30 Yemeni government troops are reported to have been killed in Houthi rebel attacks on military camps in central Yemen. Sources said missiles and drones struck several camps run by the Emergency Forces in the al-Ruwaik area of Marib province and the al-Abr area of Hadramawt. Health Minister Qasim Bahibah condemned the “treacherous”…
Against that backdrop, the administration has sought to assure Americans that missile stockpiles remain robust, even after vast quantities of difficult-to-manufacture weapons were used during the combat operation known as Operation Epic Fury and the tit-for-tat strikes since. CBS News, the BBC’s US partner, reported the US has gone through much of its global stockpile…
Europe’s forests are losing biomass at a rate scientists describe as unprecedented. A new satellite-based study has found that forests across the continent have lost, on average, 46% more aboveground biomass per hectare each year since 2018 than they did during the previous three decades.The change is significant because forest biomass represents stored carbon. When…
Uefa is in something of a pickle as it tries to get rid of Infantino. The easiest route to success was the slow turning of the vice throughout this week, hoping to exert enough pressure to force him to quit. Yet the Swiss appears to have no intention of walking away. European football looks like…
As SpaceX’s shares are unlocked Thursday, some early employees who received thousands of stock options as part of their compensation packages could see a massive windfall. The BBC’s Samira Hussain explains. Read more about one former employee who’s renovating a brewery in Italy. Source link