At least seven people, including a child, have died in southern India as Tropical Cyclone Remal lashed the area with torrential rain and heavy winds. More than 1 million people in India and Bangladesh were evacuated Sunday as the cyclone made landfall near the border of between the two countries. The cyclone has continued to move inland across eastern India, toppling trees, ...
A billionaire is planning to take a two-person submersible to the depths of the Titanic to demonstrate that the industry is safe. Five people were killed in June when the Titan submersible, built by OceanGate, suffered a catastrophic implosion. Now Larry Connor, an Ohio real estate investor, wants to rehabilitate the sector’s public image following the deaths. “I want to ...
This is fast shaping up to be the biggest spending election ever – and already the Conservatives are spending their cash begging their voters not to defect to Reform. Take paid political adverts on Meta, which owns Instagram and Facebook. Labour started strong and is still seriously outpacing the Conservatives. Sky News is partnering with Who Targets Me, which tracks ...
Around one in five professional football players currently use snus, tobacco-free nicotine pouches or both, according to a study. The research, covering both male and female players, said the actual number was likely to be higher as some may not want to admit using them. Snus, pronounced ‘snoose’, is a smokeless, moist tobacco pouch that’s put under the top lip. ...
Time is running out for regulators to tackle the threats posed by artificial intelligence (AI) to the democratic process ahead of July’s election, researchers have warned. However, the idea of deepfakes swinging the election should not be overblown as there is no clear evidence of an election result being affected by AI, they said. In a new report published by ...
Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said he had a “visceral reaction against” the removal of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee’s statue in Charlottesville. Speaking to podcast host Tim Pool in a “Timcast IRL” episode Friday, Kennedy — who is mounting a long-shot bid for the White House — said he doesn’t think “it’s a good, healthy thing for ...
U.S. District Judge Aileen M. Cannon on Tuesday denied a request from federal prosecutors that she order Donald Trump to stop making incendiary claims about law enforcement personnel, saying the government should have more thoroughly consulted with Trump’s attorneys before coming to her. The judge, who is overseeing Trump’s classified documents criminal case in Florida, strongly rebuked special counsel Jack ...
One of the more remarkable responses to Donald Trump’s loss in the 2020 presidential election has been the vilification not of voter fraud but, instead, of voting. Because Trump claimed that the election had been tainted by rampant fraud and because no evidence of fraud emerged, many of his allies scrambled to find a middle ground in which they could ...
The Democratic National Committee is preparing to nominate President Biden as the party’s presidential nominee through a “virtual roll call” ahead of its August convention in Chicago, an unusual step to ensure that Biden can meet a deadline to appear on the ballot in Ohio. The move comes despite a special legislative session in Ohio this week that Gov. Mike ...
As closing arguments began Tuesday in Donald Trump’s hush-money trial in Manhattan, the former president stopped to decry the proceedings in remarks to reporters. Trump, who did not testify in his own defense, often speaks in shorthand, so here’s a guide to his statements — and what is false or misleading. This post appeared first on The Washington Post ...