The prime minister of Mauritius has accepted that his coalition, L’Alliance Lepep, has suffered a “huge defeat” following Sunday’s parliamentary election. “The population has decided to choose another team,” Prime Minister Pravind Jugnauth told journalists on Monday. Jugnauth was seeking a second five-year term, but his main rival, Navin Ramgoolam, leader of the Alliance of […]
Russia and Ukraine have carried out their largest drone attacks against each other since the start of the war. Russia’s defence ministry said it intercepted 84 Ukrainian drones over six regions, including some approaching Moscow, which forced flights to be diverted from three of the capital’s major airports. Ukraine’s air force said Russia launched 145 […]
A huge demonstration has filled Valencia’s city centre in Spain, as people protest against the authorities’ handling of floods which killed more than 200 people. Protesters carried placards accusing Valencia’s regional government and its head, Carlos Mazón, of being “stained with blood”, and calling for him to go. Mr Mazón has been accused of missing […]
BBC Hours after the polls closed, Donald Trump took the stage in Florida to declare victory, surrounding himself with a huge group of family, allies, campaign advisers – and sports figures. All five of his children were there, some of whom played key roles in his last administration, alongside their four partners, and two of […]
The end of a terror bird’s left tibiotarsus, a lower leg bone in birds equivalent to that of a human tibia or shin bone, dates back to the Miocene epoch around 12 million years ago. Credit: Degrange et al. Researchers including a Johns Hopkins University evolutionary biologist report they have analyzed a fossil of an […]
Joe Biden will leave office having taken more action on climate change, arguably, than any US president before him — but one pillar of his climate plan has fallen apart. Climate-driven disasters have displaced millions all over the world, an issue Biden acknowledged early in his term yet did little to address. But as climate […]
Activists target the Elbit Systems offices in Merrimack, N.H., blocking entrances and painting the facility red, on Nov. 20, 2023. Photo: Maen Hammad In mid-November, four young women will start two-month jail sentences for an action attempting to halt operations last November at a weapons factory in Merrimack, New Hampshire, operated by Elbit Systems, Israel’s […]
Virginia Attorney General Jason Miyares on Wednesday called the Supreme Court’s order halting a lower court’s decision to reinstate hundreds of potential noncitizens to the state’s voter rolls “a huge win for the rule of law.” “This is just a huge win for the rule of law,” Miyares told Fox News Digital shortly after the […]
LAS VEGAS, NEVADA – JULY 08: A detailed view of fight gloves during the UFC 290 event at T-Mobile … [+] Arena on July 08, 2023 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Chris Unger/Zuffa LLC via Getty Images) Zuffa LLC via Getty Images The UFC Edmonton card is interesting on multiple levels. Beyond the card […]
An Amazon data centre in Ashburn, Virginia. Technology companies are investing in nuclear power to try and address the growing energy demands of such facilities.Credit: Nathan Howard/Getty Last week, technology giants Google and Amazon both unveiled deals supporting ‘advanced’ nuclear energy, as part of their efforts to become carbon-neutral. Google announced that it will buy […]
