Engineers at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, have completed their final inspection of a key element for the agency’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope: the primary mirror...
A book about how AI shapes perceptions of reality came under fire for using AI-generated quotes. Its problems go beyond that.
Honda's Dean Harrison continues his strong form at the Isle of Man TT by posting the fastest Superbike and Superstock speeds in the final qualifying sessions on Friday.
New Zealand warmed up for their three-Test series against England with a crushing innings-and-79-run victory over Ireland in a four-day game at Stormont.
This NASA Hubble Space Telescope image released on May 27, 2026, features the dwarf irregular galaxy ESO 490-017, roughly 12,000 light-years in diameter and some 23 million light-years...
Cognition makes Devin, the first and arguably most successful AI coding agent. But famed coder Wu says it isn't designed to supplant human programmers.
Tehran interprets the US’s seemingly generous concessions as too good to be true
Israel strikes building in Gaza’s Shati refugee camp.
Scotland head coach Steve Clarke has vowed to lead "evolution" instead of "revolution" after signing a new four-year contract extension until the World Cup in 2030.
Adolfo Daniel Vallejo is criticised for saying his French Open second-round match should not have been umpired by a woman.
Britain's Katie Boulter says the French Open on-court sponsorship boards should be removed after Turkey's Zeynep Sonmez retires injured after tripping over one.
The most anticipated matchup of the 2026 NBA playoffs is going the distance after the San Antonio Spurs beat the Oklahoma City Thunder on Thursday night to level the Western Conference Finals at 3-3.
As Colombia prepares to elect a new president, candidates are debating the legacy of Gustavo Petro's signature policy.
The nearly $1.8bn fund stemmed from a recent IRS settlement with Donald Trump over his leaked tax records.
The British Museum, where a Jewish cultural event was postponed this week.
Shi Yongxin is sentenced to 24 years in prison for embezzlement and bribery.
Randall Bourscheidt speaking at a 2010 event for the Alliance for the Arts, the advocacy group he led from 1989 to 2010.
Fate of highly enriched material is one of the thorniest issues in US-Iran talks to end war
Real Madrid are named as the most valuable club in world football, with Barcelona overtaking Manchester United to go second.
His research showing the positive effects of athletics on intellectually disabled children led Eunice Kennedy Shriver to ask him to help stage the Games.
Pope Leo XIV may not be able to disarm AI, but he’s got the attention of the industry.
New Zealand ease to victory against Ireland on the third day of the one-off Test at Stormont, winning by an innings and 79 runs.
Steve Clarke says his near U-turn to continue as Scotland head coach was based on his conviction he is the best man for the job.
Families say he should also be charged in Britain after he sold lethal substances to people across the world, including the UK.
Order by district judge in Virginia temporarily pauses all operations
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Quad kicks back to life in Asia Pacific, looking to develop ports in Fiji, in a counter to China's rise.
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The detonation of the New Glenn rocket resulted in a huge fireball in Florida, and may have long-term implications for the company's ambitions.
Harvard Medical School graduate Leen Ezzeddine dedicated her graduation speech to Palestine and Lebanon.
If you're looking for a fun way to connect with nature while collecting bird species on an app like Pokémon, give this smart feeder a try.
Science correspondent Pallab Ghosh explains why the explosion is a setback for space exploration.
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Perimeter, LondonTesticles have faces and a fox licks a phallus as the French artist mixes online anxiety, family life and saucy erotica in works charged with meaningCamille Henrot used to deal wit...
He rarely gives interviews and hates explaining his work – yet his stunning paintings, inspired by subcultures and German Romanticism, reveal a lot about this reclusive CanadianSteven Shearer is a...
The creator of It’s a Sin is back – and he’s furious. His new series Tip Top explores the rise of homophobia through a feud between two Manchester neighbours. He and stars Alan Cumming and David Mo...
Call comes amid a global push for greater accountability and oversight of social media platforms.
France overcame decades of underachievement to create a football talent system unmatched anywhere in the world.
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Foreign minister asserts abuse against French nationals likely to amount to criminal offences if proven.
The former Mash Report star’s latest show takes aim at his manosphere-courting, Saudi comedy festival-attending peers. Could he be the angry progressive standup we need right now?Nish Kumar – mop o...
South Korean chip startup Xcena is betting that AI's real bottleneck is not compute, but memory.
Neither the Reform UK leader or Green Party leader gained enough votes to be elected council leader.
Sir Jeffrey Donaldson, the former DUP leader, is on trial for 18 sex abuse charges, including one count of rape, all of which he denies.
Bristol City are close to appointing Lincoln boss Michael Skubala as their new manager.
This NASA Hubble Space Telescope image features the active spiral galaxy Messier 88 (M88), located about 63 million light-years away.
Rhun ap Iorwerth's promise of a "road-based solution" to motorway congestion is
Former Italy under-21 international Cristian Volpato switches allegiance to Australia days before the Socceroos announce their squad for the 2026 Fifa World Cup.
I'm one of those people who enjoy on planes and in public spaces in general. But the issue of privacy was always a hurdle.
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Cardiff are confident of upsetting the odds when they play their first play-off match against Stormers in the United Rugby Championship quarter-finals.
Speaking at Amazon’s AI on the Lot event, the Rogue One film-maker Gareth Edwards said ‘it’ll do anything you ask’ and ‘it’s going to be better than CGI’Jurassic World Rebirth and Rogue One directo...
Investigators on the roof of the apartment building in Galati, Romania, that was struck on Friday by what officials called a Russian drone.
Explosion of Blue Origin rocket is a setback for the company and for Nasa's Moon plans.
Erin Patterson was found guilty of killing three family members as she served them a lunch laced with poisonous fungi.
A digital register of land ownership in the West Bank is seen as an escalation of Israel's occupation.
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Adolfo Daniel Vallejo has provoked outrage by claiming his French Open match "needed to be umpired by a man" with sufficient "strength" to go against the Roland Garros crowd.
Judgment outlawing forcing of survivors of trafficking, torture and other forms of violence to share rooms is blow to Shabana Mahmood’s asylum plansShabana Mahmood’s plan to house more asylum seeke...
Former England youth international Emily Cassap is handed her first senior Northern Ireland call-up for June's World Cup qualifiers with Turkey and Switzerland.
The plan to send Ebola-exposed US nationals to Kenya, which has no known cases of the virus, has provoked a backlash.
President Trump at the White House on Wednesday.
A talky, performance-driven two-hander manages to find specificity and spark in what could have felt like an overly familiar throwbackHollywood is currently in an odd but oddly exciting place, wher...
A decades-old mystery about Saturn has finally been solved thanks to the James Webb Space Telescope. Scientists discovered that Saturn’s changing “rotation rate” was never caused by the planet spee...
Sixteen pupils died in the fire that ripped through a dormitory while they were asleep.
Temperatures across parts of continent around 10-15C above average for this time of year, while thunderstorms strike eastern AustraliaEurope has experienced an exceptional heatwave this week, with...
Using cannabis edibles and alcohol together may make drivers far more impaired than either substance alone, according to new research from Johns Hopkins. Even more concerning, common field sobriety...
In a new Netflix documentary, 22-time Grand Slam winner Rafael Nadal opened up about the extreme lengths he went to to prolong his playing career, including surgery to take away feeling in his foot...
Greater Manchester mayor is well-versed in showing solidarity with voters over housing, but his policy record is complicated
Outside the court in Nairobi, the Kenyan capital, that ordered the suspension of the quarantine plans.
22-time major winner Rafael Nadal says the "suffering was less than my passion" as he explains the steps he had to take after sustaining a chronic injury.
Jordan Bardella and Marine Le Pen at a National Rally event in March. Spotting daylight between them has become a preoccupation for French journalists and analysts.
Buzzy new thriller Backrooms takes us on an unknowable journey through liminal spaces, the latest film to turn a building into a horror villainWhen architect turned furniture store owner Clark (Chi...
The Women’s prize-shortlisted novelist on taking inspiration from John Steinbeck, Joan Didion and Jhumpa Lahiri, and weeping through Little Women in her 30sMy earliest reading memory I’m not sure...
When Ben Elton didn’t distract from the pain of moving my body, I found the perfect solution – the interactive smartphone game Zombies, Run!At 56, I am running my first marathon, an old, fat, bald...
A public bus runs once a week between Ruatahuna and the city of Rotorua. It is a cheaper option for the villages who cannot afford to drive because of high fuel prices.
The actor’s alleged clashes with colleagues have sparked rumours about his future on the hit show – which others dispute. But these aren’t the first accusations of him being a tricky colleagueIf yo...
Wigan Warriors and Hull KR prepare to meet in the Challenge Cup final - a fixture described as the "unofficial World Club Challenge".
Torsten Bell says Labour manifesto ‘did not set out the timeline’ for changes to living wage after scale of youth unemployment crisis revealed in Milburn reportGood morning. Last night Alan Milburn...
Many Palestinians in Gaza are forgoing expensive dental treatment, at a detriment to their health.
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The incident adds to concern that Moscow's war on Ukraine risks spilling over to entangle neighbouring NATO states.
The Dutch were unbeaten across their qualifiers and have a outside chance of lifting the trophy for the first time.
Olympic 800m champion Keely Hodgkinson has not ruled out the possibility of breaking athletics' longest-standing world record at the London Diamond League meeting in July.
Ireland's football match against Qatar was stalled by pro-Palestinian protests over upcoming games against Israel.
Abdul Khan tells BBC Sport about learning from his cousin Amir, a former world champion, and his ambitions to reach the pinnacle of the sport.
A sweeping global study found that chronic kidney disease now affects nearly 800 million people and has become one of the world's leading causes of death. Often silent in its early stages, the cond...
The World Cup dream may have been ended by Italy in March, but June's international will have one eye on the future.
US and Iran near a 60-day MoU aimed at reopening the Hormuz strait with talks slated on nuclear and other differences.
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The comedy legend, who adopted his silent persona because of stage nerves, did occasionally address his audience, as revealed by a new archive releaseGroucho was the cigar-chomping wit with the imp...
Twisha Sharma's death on 12 May has sparked rival claims of murder and suicide and dominated headlines.
Lionel Messi's World Cup role was thrown into doubt by injury, but Argentina quell fears by appointing him captain.
Studies and officials report rising PTSD, suicide and social strain in Israel amid sustained conflicts since 2023
San Antonio rout Oklahoma City 118-91 to keep alive their hopes of reaching the NBA Finals, where New York Knicks await.
Senegal were stripped of the AFCON title after a mid-game boycott of the final and now face turbulent World Cup start.
A British and American film crew descend on the Northern Irish city to film a drama about the Troubles, in a keenly observed and snappily written debutThe premise of Séamas O’Reilly’s brilliant deb...
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Opposition fragmentation and violence in parts of the country could potentially limit voter turnout.
Keely Hodgkinson says she would "love" to break the long-standing women's 800m world record on home soil at the London Diamond League in July.
Critics say measure risks undermining electoral process and creating new avenues for contesting results.
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His guilty plea means motive will for ever be a mystery. It just proves that the world can look as hard as it likes at someone’s marriage and never know what’s going onIt sounds like the haul of an...
Researchers find breathing more air pollution can slow lung development all the way up to early adulthoodResearch shows that air pollution is slowing the lung growth of children in the UK. Scientis...
America's voting systems are getting old. But unless Congress makes a massive financial commitment, a new report finds it could take decades before voting machines are widely replaced.
NPR's Leila Fadel speaks to Texas State Democratic Rep. James Talarico in the aftermath of the primary, which solidified Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton as his GOP competitor in November.
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Chinese-made electric vehicles awaiting export at the port in Hangzhou, eastern China, in May.
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Net $14bn pours into funds with stakes in rocket company while ETF providers line up wave of new products
Far-right offshoot Restore Britain gains traction on social media platform X ahead of key Makerfield by-election
New evidence suggests the rise of working from home has made entry-level hires a less attractive proposition
The campaign of repression against the Uyghurs has entered a new phase
Finance ministry asked cabinet in February to freeze expenditure in other areas as cost of conflict mounts
The incident is the latest setback for Jeff Bezos’s space venture as it seeks to narrow the gap with Elon Musk’s SpaceX.
A Blue Origin New Glenn rocket exploded on a launch pad at Cape Canaveral in Florida on Thursday night.
Scientists have uncovered a surprising new way to control superconductivity — the mysterious phenomenon where electricity flows with zero energy loss. By pairing twisted layers of graphene with a s...
Members of the Red Command being arrested last year in Rio de Janeiro. The U.S. designated the gang a terrorist group on Thursday.
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In the week when the hottest May days were recorded, environment editor Fiona Harvey examines a new Climate Change Committee report on how the UK can better withstand extreme heatTemperatures acros...
The explosion is likely a major setback for Jeff Bezos' spaceflight company, and its attempt to compete with SpaceX.
The enterprise AI search startup tripled its annual revenue even as tech giants entered the category.
A new law and AV tracker tool gives the clearest accounting yet of how many robotaxis and self-driving trucks are in Texas.
Lebanese PM Nawaf Salam says 'nothing can justify' Israel's military onslaught against 'peaceful people' in Lebanon.
How to counter Beijing’s unauthorized "distillation."