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USA

Police officer, deputy shot dead in upstate New York

Shooter also pronounced dead after police trace suspicious vehicle to address in Liverpool.

15/04/2024

Home

'Reggaeton Be Gone': This machine uses AI to stop neighbours' music

Fed up with his neighbour playing reggaeton loudly, an Argentinian programmer decided to remedy the situation with an invention that has gone viral.

13/04/2024

Business

JPMorgan opens earnings season with profit rise and risk warning

JPMorgan reports a 6% rise in 1Q profits as bank earnings season begins. Wells Fargo profit falls.

12/04/2024

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WATCH: Thousands protest in Chile demanding social reform

Thousands of Chileans demonstrated in Santiago on Thursday.

12/04/2024

Culture news

A cultural history of the O.J. Simpson trial

Dubbed "the trial of the century", here's how the O.J. Simpson murder case influenced popular culture.

12/04/2024

USA

OJ Simpson dies at 76 after years lived in shadow of double murder

After being acquitted in the criminal trial of the century, former football star was found liable for murder in a civil suit.

11/04/2024

Green News

US places first ever limits on forever chemicals in drinking water

Campaigners have celebrated the limit on toxic PFAS, saying ‘We couldn’t ask for a better standard’.

11/04/2024

Culture news

Margot Robbie is producing a Monopoly film

First Barbie, then the Sims and now Monopoly. Margot Robbie's production company LuckyChap seems endlessly busy since the success of Barbie. What else is planning to produce and what should it be making next?

11/04/2024

Work

Laid-off workers turn to content creation for more flexibility

Content creation holds appeal for laid-off workers seeking flexibility.

10/04/2024

Healthcare

Arizona court reinstates 160-year-old law banning nearly all abortions

Arizona can enforce an 1864 law criminalising nearly all abortions, a court in the US state has ruled.

10/04/2024

Culture news

Beyoncé is first Black woman to top Country Album charts

Beyoncé has made history as the first Black woman to ever top Billboard’s Top Country album charts with her #1 album ‘Cowboy Carter’.

10/04/2024

Culture news

Prosecutors say Alec Baldwin 'compromised safety' on 'Rust' set

Prosecutors intend to argue that Baldwin’s behaviour played a role in “safety comprises” that led to a fatal shooting on the ‘Rust’ film set in 2021.

09/04/2024

Mobility

Tesla settles lawsuit over man's death in crash involving Autopilot

The family of a Silicon Valley engineer filed a wrongful death lawsuit after a Tesla crash occurred in California in 2018.

09/04/2024

World News

North Americans elated by total solar eclipse

The next total eclipse will be on 12 August 2026 and will cover large areas of the northern hemisphere.

08/04/2024

Space

Best pictures of total solar eclipse that awed North America

A total solar eclipse has crossed through North America, with large crowds gathering to see the phenomenon.

08/04/2024

Healthcare

Trump says abortion should be left to US states instead of government

The US presidential election will be held this November.

08/04/2024

Climate

Euroviews. In search of a climate breakthrough, all eyes are on Brazil

The road to COP30 demands bold leadership that unites rather than divides and invites international cooperation. Brazil can deliver what we desperately need, May Boeve and Ilan Zugman write.

08/04/2024

Tech News

Brazilian judge investigates Elon Musk over disinformation

Alexandre de Moraes, a judge from the Brazilian Supreme Court included Elon Musk in an ongoing investigation over the dissemination of fake news.

08/04/2024

Health news

Many cancer drugs remain unproven years after accelerated FDA approval

Some drugs remain unproven years after accelerated approval.

08/04/2024

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WATCH: Crane accident kills one in Florida

One person was killed and two others hospitalised on Thursday afternoon when a section of crane fell from a building in downtown Fort Lauderdale, according to officials.

05/04/2024

USA

Earthquake rattles New York and nearby area

The rare 4.8 magnitude quake struck Friday morning.

05/04/2024

Green News

Will the next presidency improve Mexico’s environmental record?

The leading presidential candidate is not making climate a central part of her campaign ahead of the 2 June election.

05/04/2024

Health news

ALS drug removed from US market after trial shows it doesn't work

A pharmaceutical company announced its intention to remove a drug for ALS from the US and Canadian markets after a trial showed it did not work.

05/04/2024

Work

Apple lays off more than 600 workers in wave of post-pandemic cuts

It was the first big wave of job cuts at the tech giant since the COVID pandemic.

05/04/2024

Green News

Is climate change to blame for ‘extremely active’ hurricane forecast?

This is the highest prediction for hurricanes that CSU has ever issued with its April outlook.

05/04/2024

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Heavy gunfire near Haiti’s presidential palace alarms residents

Haitians looking to buy supplies in what used to be a busy market in Port-au-Prince fled in fear on Thursday as gangs clashed with police in front of the presidential palace.

05/04/2024