Epstein met with Bill Gates and foundation leaders around 30 times, report finds
Jeffrey Epstein met with 10 leaders of The Gates Foundation – including billionaire Bill Gates – around 30 times, according to an external review for
Intel confirms more layoffs in its data center unit as stock rallies on turnaround momentum
Intel confirmed on Tuesday that it will cut an unspecified number of jobs in its data center group, the division responsible for Xeon server processors
Poolside releases Laguna S 2.1, the open-weight coding model pitched as the West’s answer to DeepSeek and Qwen
Poolside has released Laguna S 2.1, a 118-billion-parameter open-weight model built for agentic coding that the San Francisco startup says matches or exceeds models several
Spain battles latest in series of major wildfires near Madrid
Fire breaks out amid Spain’s third heatwave of the summer, with temperatures forecast to rise above 40C.
Kuwaitis ration electricity after Iranian strikes hit power grid
Kuwaitis are rationing electricity after Iranian strikes on power infrastructure are raising fears of outages
US judge blocks Trump bid to strip work permits from immigrants
The order prevents thousands from El Salvador, Sudan and Ukraine from losing work authorisation while lawsuit proceeds.
Zelensky sacks Ukraine’s top army commander after days of protests
Oleksandr Syrskyi is dismissed after days of unrest over the removal of popular Defence Minister Mykhailo Fedorov.
Police officers arrested for allegedly seeking roadside bribe from Nigeria’s anti-corruption boss
They are accused of stopping Musa Aliyu at a fake roadblock and telling him to drive to a cash machine.
India’s ‘cockroach’ protest continues a day after police crackdown
Delhi witnessed overwhelming violence on Monday, with at least 60 protesters wounded. Police said 118 of their men were also injured.
At least 41 dead after ferry capsizes off Guyana
The number of people rescued after the MV Barima turned over rose by eight to 77, but dozens remain missing.
Second Ohio house of horrors ‘covered in poo’ discovered after 16 ‘feral’ kids saved
A second property linked to the Siders family, who were arrested after 16 children were found living in squalid conditions in Hamden, Ohio, has been
Deep-sea snails ride surface currents to reach distant hydrothermal vents
The finding shows how life spreads between isolated deep-sea vents — and how closely those ecosystems are tied to the sunlit ocean.
An experimental oral vaccine may prevent invasive bacterial diarrhea
Shigella causes about 450,000 U.S. infections each year. An experimental oral vaccine protected adults in a small human trial.
White House advisers scramble to derail Trump’s ‘barrage’ of new tariffs: report
Faced with the possibility that the Republican Party is headed for a wipeout in the November midterms, White House insiders are attempting to head off