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Wed, 22 Jul 2026 08:05:17 GMT
Danish fish fossil cliffs set to gain UNESCO status
The two picturesque cliffs of Hanklit and Knudeklint, overlooking Denmark's Limfjord, have for decades been known for what UNESCO terms "exceedingly well-preserved" fossils of early insects, birdlife, and more than 80 different fish species, includi...

Wed, 22 Jul 2026 07:09:12 GMT
Japan cities 'cruelly hot' for first time
Three central cities on Tuesday logged scorching heat above the threshold, called "kokushobi" which translates to "cruelly hot day", according to the Japan Meteorological Agency. On Wednesday, swathes of other areas, including the central hub of Na...

Wed, 22 Jul 2026 06:21:11 GMT
Lithuania moves Red Army graves to leave behind Soviet past
Sifting through layers of clay-coloured soil, archeologists in Vievis, west of Vilnius, carefully uncover the bones of Red Army soldiers at one of the many memorial sites installed by Moscow in the wake of the Second World War. Lithuania removed mo...

Wed, 22 Jul 2026 05:51:13 GMT
In Bulgarian mountains, local doctor still on call at 90
Apostolov turned 90 in May but still scales the same hill almost every day to visit his patients at the foot of the Belasitsa mountain range, near the border with Greece and North Macedonia. And his case is far from unusual in Bulgaria, where many ...

Wed, 22 Jul 2026 05:47:10 GMT
OpenAI reports 'unprecedented' autonomous hack by AI agents
The San Francisco firm called it an "unprecedented cyber incident" and said it would conduct a joint investigation with the online code library Hugging Face. AI models that underpin tools like chatbots and image generators are known as agents when ...

Wed, 22 Jul 2026 05:37:10 GMT
Australia protests China's 'destabilising' missile test
The remarks came a day after the envoy slammed China's "dangerous conduct" following a clash between Philippine and Chinese sailors at a disputed shoal in the South China Sea. A Chinese submarine fired the ballistic missile fitted with a dummy warh...

Wed, 22 Jul 2026 05:30:00 GMT
Tour de France: Evenepoel wins time trial to strengthen second overall
Remco Evenepoel won the individual time trial on Stage 16 of the Tour de France, 2 days after his victory at Plateau de Solaison. The three-time world time trial champion finished 28 seconds ahead of Tadej Pogacar and 1'04'' clear of Mattias Skjelmo...

Wed, 22 Jul 2026 04:57:09 GMT
India opposition leader released after protest detention
The demonstrations, led by the social media-driven Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) movement, have emerged as one of the biggest challenges to Modi's government since his re-election in 2024, with protesters demanding Education Minister Dharmendra Pradha...

Wed, 22 Jul 2026 04:43:13 GMT
Sydney court dismisses defamation case against film star Rebel Wilson
Charlotte MacInnes, who had featured in Wilson's directing debut "The Deb", accused the star of defaming her in 2024 by suggesting she had changed an account of having been a victim of sexual harassment in order to advance her career. The federal c...

Wed, 22 Jul 2026 04:07:14 GMT
Australia cricket great Warner pleads guilty to drink-driving
Warner, who is one of Australia's best-known sportsmen, was accused of being at the wheel of a van and stopping short of a random testing site, before being breath-tested, arrested and taken to a police station. His lawyer appeared at a Sydney cour...

Wed, 22 Jul 2026 04:05:21 GMT
US tariffs on Brazil take effect as Trump readies fresh flurry
The 25-percent Brazil tariff followed a year-long US investigation, with Washington accusing the Latin American giant of unfair trade practices. This has drawn sharp pushback, although Brazil's Vice President Geraldo Alckmin told a press conferenc...

Wed, 22 Jul 2026 03:25:13 GMT
Death toll rises to 13 in Chile's severe storms
The storm that began July 15 in the southern part of the country hit the typically arid regions of Coquimbo and Atacama, where extreme rainfall is unusual. "We have 13 dead and seven missing," Alicia Cebrian, director of Chile's SENAPRED national e...

Wed, 22 Jul 2026 03:05:16 GMT
Tech lifts Asia stocks, Brent crude back above $92
Tech stocks have had a bumpy ride because of fears that the buzz around artificial intelligence may not match reality and that shares in the sector are overcooked. But mirroring overnight gains on the Nasdaq, Asia tech stocks rose for a second stra...

Wed, 22 Jul 2026 02:57:19 GMT
24 hours in a Ukrainian hospital, buckling under the toll of war
It is 9:00 am in Dnipro's central hospital and already there have been three amputations. Under the knife was a 27-year-old soldier, both legs shredded by a Russian drone. Hospital director Sergiy Ryzhenko and his team watched on in silence. "I'l...

Wed, 22 Jul 2026 02:23:20 GMT
India's domestic workers go online as instant services boom
Households in India have long relied on an informal army of domestic workers to mop floors, wash dishes and cook meals. A growing crop of tech startups is now attempting to bring structure to the unregulated sector that employs some 30 million peop...

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