Video: Protesters shut down UNHCR headquarters in Tripoli, Libya
The United Nations refugee agency headquarters in Tripoli, Libya, has been sealed shut by protesters.
Oil hits $100 a barrel for first time since July after US and Houthi strikes
Brent crude – the global benchmark for prices – rises after the US hit five Iranian tankers on Tuesday
US to ban imports of some Canadian alcohol, dairy goods and motorbikes
It is the latest strike in a long trade war, and comes after Canadian counter-tariffs on US goods come into force.
Tycoon to pay ex-wife $1.87bn in record South Korea divorce settlement
The billion dollar payout marks the largest divorce settlement in the country’s history.
Baby orangutans found in Indian forest spark trafficking inquiry
The critically endangered apes were found far from their natural habitat in the eastern Indian state of Odisha.
Trump bans Canadian booze in trade war escalation
The US has revealed plans to outlaw imports of Canadian alcoholic drinks as part of an escalation of their trade war.
Lone juror in Lindsay Clancy trial ‘admitted reasonable doubt’
A lone juror who blocked the acquittal of Lindsay Clancy “admitted he had reasonable doubt”, the jury’s foreperson has said.
Reid Hoffman joins Mosaic Ventures as an advisory partner
Reid Hoffman says he is joining Mosaic Ventures, a London seed and Series A firm that now describes AI in Europe as its sole focus
Google’s map of every possible DNA typo could speed up rare disease research
DeepMind has released AlphaGenome Atlas, a petabyte of precomputed predictions for all 9 billion possible single-letter changes in the human genome, free for academic use.
Why Nepal is demanding climate justice and compensation after deadly floods
Nepal’s politicians have said the country is bearing the brunt for climate change caused by other nations.
Asian Games athletes forced to evacuate amid record rainfall in Japan
Rainwater leaked into competition venues a day before some preopening ceremony competitions beginning on Thursday.
As SDF disband in Syria, Kurds ponder how to secure their rights
As the Kurdish forces dissolve, experts express concern if their rights will be won through democratic means.
Report says Australian study finds 31 rugby league players with brain disease CTE
The Australian Broadcasting Corp. says a study has found that 31 rugby league players have been diagnosed with the degenerative brain disease chronic traumatic encephalopathy
Trump says firefighters near ground zero carried him to safety ‘right after’ 9/11 attacks
Trump, who said that he was “down there right after this happened,” later said on Truth Social that he wasn’t at the World Trade Center