At least 61 journalists killed in Israel-Hamas conflict, says Committee to Protect Journalists
At least 61 journalists and media workers have been killed since the war between Israel and Hamas began on October 7, according to the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) on Friday.
The deaths were overwhelmingly Palestinian...
Former Justice Sandra Day O’Connor, first woman on the Supreme Court, dies
Former Justice Sandra Day O’Connor, who blazed trails as the first woman to sit on the Supreme Court, has died, the court announced Friday morning.
O’Connor, 93, died due to “complications related to advanced dementia,”...
Israel resumes combat operations against Hamas
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Israeli military drops leaflets in southern Gaza city of Khan Younis calling it a "fighting zone"
The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) dropped leaflets in the southern Gaza city of Khan Younis on Friday,...
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Pregnant US woman to remain in jail even as fetus innocent: court
MIAMI: A Florida court has denied the petition of a pregnant murder suspect who sought release from prison on the grounds her unborn child was innocent of the charges and therefore being held unlawfully.In...
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When the story broke last March 13, it combined Gothic horror with a sense of modern depravity. According to the Las Vegas Review-Journal, a nurse at the city’s Sunrise Hospital who called herself the...
Sam Altman: The extraordinary firing of an AI superstar
On Friday, Sam Altman - one of the brightest stars of the booming artificial intelligence industry, a man who for many had become the go-to spokesperson for AI - was unceremoniously...
Macallan: Rare Scotch whisky becomes world’s most expensive bottle at £2.1m
A rare bottle of whisky has been sold for $2.7m (£2.1m) - breaking the record for the most expensive wine or spirit sold at auction.
The Macallan 1926 single malt is one of the world's...
SpaceX launch attempt ends in loss of most powerful rocket ever built
To say that space is a challenging environment is putting it lightly.
During a recent spacewalk outside the International Space Station, a tool bag got away from NASA astronauts Jasmin Moghbeli and Loral O’Hara. The...